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Local foodbanks invited to apply for funding advice programme
Cook for Good is offering a seven-month initiative helping community food projects develop sustainable funding
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London Ambulance Service installs 30 defibrillators across capital
The rollout has been led by the London Ambulance Charity as part of its Heart Starters campaign
Council tenants asked for views on repairs service
The town hall is asking for feedback from its tenants, leaseholders, and shared owners
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Walthamstow named one of London’s best places to live
The Sunday Times has yet again said E17 is one of the most vaunted postcodes in the capital
Chingford Mount bar at centre of Feburary stabbing loses license
Police were called to Scorpion Lounge, in Hall Lane, at around 4.48am on Sunday, 1st February following reports of a stabbing
Town hall apologises as ‘technical issue’ results in mass emails being sent
Residents received duplicate emails this morning advising them to view their council tax bill
Demand for London borough councils to keep 50% of new tourist tax revenues
Sir Sadiq Khan and other civic chiefs are set to soon be given the authority to impose an overnight charge on visitors
Comedian Iain Stirling announces special live shows at Soho Theatre Walthamstow
The comic will perform two shows on Friday 24th April, with them being his sole London gigs this year
Council to enter new partnership agreement with NHS NEL
The partnership will manage the borough's Better Care Fund, which seeks to integrate health and social care
London City Airport consults on plans to allow larger planes to land
The airport says a new shallower landing approach would enable aircraft used by EasyJet and WizzAir to fly there
Waltham Forest awarded £3m TfL grant for ‘safer, greener’ streets
The money will allow the council to draw up improvement plans for Shernhall Street and other major roads and junctions across the borough
Residents ponder future of demolished Highams Park Lake boathouse
The boathouse was destroyed by a fire last September and has now been demolished, prompting residents to consider what should replace it
‘I’m not anti-motorist, I’m anti-death,’ insists Khan
The mayor is considering new charges on SUVs as they now account for almost one-in-three vehicles on capital's roads despite being more dangerous for pedestrians
Council creates new senior role to oversee cuts and bailout
A 'strategic director for strategy, change and communities' will manage £40million of cuts and a £19m government bailout
City Hall urged to shift toward mid-rise instead of high-rise housing in London
A London Assembly report concludes the mayor should pursue a simpler strategy of “gentle density” across the capital to unlock more homes
Fire Brigade investigates blaze that ripped through Chingford Subway shop
The roof of a building housing flats and a Subway shop partially collapsed during the blaze on Saturday (14th March)
Iconic Highams Park signal box to reopen as community hub
Network Rail has agreed for the building to be rented out after nearly seven years of it sitting empty
‘My child won’t stop crying’: Parents shocked as Walthamstow primary slashes SEND support
Parents at Hillyfield Primary Academy say their special needs children lost their one-to-one teaching assistants “overnight” after a staffing review
Council’s befriending service conducts 534 home visits since launch
Women over the age of 60 make up the largest group of people using the service
Regal Cinema redevelopment on track to finish in autumn 2027
Work has started on redeveloping the former Regal Cinema in Highams Park, an iconic art-deco filmhouse which shut in the 1960s, into a building with a café, flats, and two cinema screens