A Redbridge man has been jailed after assaulting and threatening to shoot tube staff after he tried to force them to let his friend through the ticket barriers without paying.

There has been much publicity recently about people growing their own food.

A serving police officer has been found guilty of drunkenly beating up a member of public while off-duty.

Orford House Social Club on Orford Road celebrates its centenary this year. The building was once one of Walthamstow’s grand domestic residences, one of the few remaining from an era of mansions built by wealthy city merchants when the area was a w...

Pictured above is Albert Crescent in c1940. Chingford was in the grips of the Second World War with the centre having a sand-bagged warden’s post installed together with public shelters.

Nine out of ten black Waltham Forest Council employees do not feel promotions “generally go to the best qualified employees”.

Waltham Forest Council’s is standing down after four years.

Air pollution in Waltham Forest fell below legal limits during lockdown for the first time since records began.

TfL has successfully appealed a court decision that had ruled its Bishopsgate Streetspace scheme “unlawful” earlier this year.

A man tried to abduct a teenage girl on her way to school yesterday morning.

Half of proposed traffic restrictions around Redbridge schools will not go ahead after the plans were rejected by neighbouring residents.

A faulty flat screen TV set fire to a flat above a shop in Ilford.

A man who pushed his groin into a 15-year-old girl on a crowded tube train has avoided jail time.

Waltham Forest binmen were “stranded for two hours” yesterday after a car was abandoned in the middle of a Leytonstone road.

A doctor who worked more than 230 shifts he was unqualified for at King George Hospital has been struck off.

New London Assembly chair Andrew Boff has said that London should have more powers “to make decisions itself”.

There are growing calls for the Government to extend financial support to businesses following a delay to the easing of lockdown restrictions.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said that he will “hold the Met to account” after a report found evidence of “institutional corruption” within the Metropolitan Police.

Joe Gallen has linked up with Leyton Orient boss Kenny Jackett for the fifth time after accepting the role of assistant manager, the League Two club has announced.

Redbridge Council could be paying TfL more than £5,000 a day to use vehicles that don’t meet the Low Emission Zone standards.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called on the Government to “act urgently” to protect businesses after the Prime Minister announced a delay to the easing of lockdown restrictions.

Redbridge councillors are “uncomfortable” that the council does not plan to compensate a mum whose son missed a year of school.

There was an unexpected move in determining the future of Walthamstow Stadium ten years ago this week

A Walthamstow GP with more than 7,800 patients is in special measures after an inspector found it “had not acted” on safety concerns.

London today marks four years since the Grenfell Tower fire as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan says that “we must ensure nothing like this ever happens again”.

A friend was recently excited to get a ticket for the final game of West Ham’s season at the London Stadium.

More homes were built in Tower Hamlets than in any other London borough during Sadiq Khan’s first term as mayor, figures have revealed.

We are able to enjoy a trip to a pub once again now lockdown restrictions have eased but the choice of where to pop for a pint has reduced over the years.

The photo above from 1923 shows Station Road and ‘The Parade’ in Chingford.

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Sadiq Khan is set to call on the Government to “urgently” review construction safety laws to provide more financial protection for tenants and leaseholders after the Grenfell tragedy.

A promising cellist fears her dreams of turning professional have been shattered after she nearly lost her arm when it was driven over by a lorry.

THE Guardian Series has joined forces with NatWest in a collaboration to find our best apprentices and the top 100 companies to bang the drum for business in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said that cancelling the Silvertown Tunnel “is not an option that is sensible”.

A man has been jailed for 10 years after a gun and cocaine worth over £1 million was found at his home, including under his child’s cot.

The Met Police has issued a warning over the current terror threat level in the capital ahead of the European Championship.

Passenger numbers on TfL services are not expected to return to pre-pandemic levels until at least March next year, according to the head of the network.

Redbridge Council wants to increase parking fines to inner-London levels because the current cost “has not proved an effective deterrent”.

Waltham Forest residents in Grove Green and Lea Bridge go to the polls today to elect their new local councillors.

Pavements, roads and buildings across London will be transformed into an outdoor art gallery during the summer as the capital plays host to eight games in the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.

Violent crime in London is being “suppressed” below pre-pandemic levels despite a recent increase in incidents, according to a senior Metropolitan Police officer.

A new children and young people’s assessment unit has opened at Queen’s Hospital in Romford.

A burger restaurant that hopes to sell alcohol until 1am on weekends insists its high prices will put street drinkers off.

Around one in eight people aged 50 and over in Waltham Forest and one in 10 in Redbridge have yet to receive a first vaccination dose against Covid-19 – despite being invited to book a jab more than two months ago.

Transport for London has today announced the opening of the new southern entrance and ticket hall at Ilford station.

An east London pizzeria and an Indian takeaway have both been slapped with the second worst possible hygiene ratings following council inspections.

An 18-day art festival celebrating Walthamstow’s creatives and performers will come this summer.

A volunteer police officer has been booted off the force for repeatedly claiming expenses for food, drink and petrol when he was not entitled to it.

It's ten years ago this week since Chingford's MP put his weight behind plans for dog racing to return to the historic East London venue.

A new campaign encouraging rapid testing, particularly among south Asian communities in east London, has been launched to coincide with the end of Ramadan and the easing of lockdown restrictions.