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New Year Honours: Epping, Harlow, Redbridge & Waltham Forest

People who have helped their communities during the Covid pandemic have been named alongside senior civil servants, charity and schools bosses and police officers in the New Year Honours list. Dozens of... Read more »
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Waltham Forest College Learners Outlines Plans to Tackle Climate Emergency

Waltham Forest College is ready to play its part and help tackle the Climate Emergency.  We recognise that every single student can make a difference and we have empowered our students to... Read more »
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Former Waltham Forest council leader new housing firm job

Waltham Forest Council insists there is “no question of any impropriety or conflict of interest” after its former leader took a job at a housing company. In September, Cllr Clare Coghill, who... Read more »
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Waltham Forest cop sacked for sharing photos of murdered sisters

An east London cop who shared photos of murdered sisters while referring to them as “dead birds” has been sacked. Jamie Lewis, 33, and his recently resigned colleague Deniz Jaffer, 47, were... Read more »
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Waltham Forest teens who committed spate of ‘horrific’ and unprovoked knife attacks jailed

A pair who committed a series of horrific knife attacks in London and Yorkshire in 2018 and 2019 have been jailed. Arslan Ahmed, 20, who worked with an unnamed 16-year-old accomplice will... Read more »
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Waltham Forest Council faces £13.5m overspend

Waltham Forest Council must find more ways to cut corners as it faces a predicted budget gap of £13 million this year. Halfway through the financial year, the council revealed yesterday it... Read more »
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Record Recruitment and Fun Freshers’ at Waltham Forest College

The autumn term is now in full swing and a growing number of young people have chosen Waltham Forest College as the place to create their future. The college has an enviable... Read more »
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Waltham Forest celebrates Black History Month this October

Waltham Forest is celebrating Black History Month with a range of free events in libraries, ranging from interactive workshops to photography exhibitions and a chance to meet and greet with local black... Read more »
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Waltham Forest food wholesaler fined after rodents found

A Waltham Forest food wholesaler has been fined £10,000 after mice, flies and cockroaches were found during a hygiene inspection. Nisa’s Homemade Recipes Ltd, at Leyton Business Centre, Etloe Road, supplied kebabs,... Read more »
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Blackhorse Lane towers in Waltham Forest Council masterplan

High-rise towers of 18 storeys or more could be on the horizon in Blackhorse Lane as part of Waltham Forest Council’s “masterplan” for the area. The council is working with the Mayor... Read more »