A Waltham Forest policeman has become a full-time BMX Coach for the borough’s youth in an effort to keep them on the right track. PC David Sparks, 55, has been volunteering in his spare... Read more »
Police are concerned for the welfare of a six-year-old boy who has gone missing from his home. Vlad, whose surname has not been revealed, lives in Waltham Forest in North East London.... Read more »
A man banned from contacting council staff for six months is hoping to be elected as a councillor next week. Charles Edwards, a candidate for Walthamstow’s St James ward, has long been... Read more »
Four out of five Waltham Forest homes pay hundreds more in energy bills than they should each year due to poor insulation. About half of the borough’s approximately 110,000 homes are more... Read more »
An independent candidate for Larkswood ward is promising to protect the area’s leisure centre and its neighbouring parkland from being developed into hundreds of homes. Retired construction teacher Tom Quigley was inspired... Read more »
Cllr Grace Williams sees housing as the biggest challenge of her council leadership. Many questions are asked about the price, location and number of homes being delivered in Waltham Forest, both by... Read more »
A NEW Safe Streets app has been launched in Waltham Forest to help women and girls report incidents of harassment and other incidents when they feel unsafe. It gives users the choice... Read more »
Plans for new flats were rejected last week, defying advice from council officers, after residents argued they would “totally overwhelm” the neighbourhood. Developer Morris Nourani applied to build 68 flats in two... Read more »
The film Don’t Look Up charts the effort of scientists to alert politicians to the pending threat of an asteroid hitting the earth. The response is a mixture of denial and ineptitude... Read more »
Bin men are up in arms and claim a contractor hired by a council for £13 million a year is treating some staff like “second class citizens”. Waste collection staff employed by... Read more »
