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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
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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
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‘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
Council evicts residents from property at centre of antisocial behaviour complaints
The council’s antisocial behaviour team had received long-running complaints about a property in Leytonstone linked to suspected drug use and dealing
Walthamstow’s Harmony Hall to shut amid 163% rent increase
Harmony Hall in Truro Road will shut on Friday 27th March after its owners said it would no longer offer CREST, the charity which manages the site, a below market rate rent
Concern over slow NHS rollout of weight-loss drugs in London
London Assembly committee warns without faster public provision, more Londoners will encounter health risks from purchasing “skinny jabs” on black market
Measles cases recorded in at least nine London boroughs
Enfield and Haringey continue to be the worst-affected boroughs but a small number of cases have now been confirmed in seven or more others
Raising children in London could become unsustainable, Khan warned
London's population of children aged nine or under has been declining since 2013 even while the overall population continues to rise
Council hands out free water butts to prevent flooding
Households across the borough living in properties at high risk of flooding are being invited to apply for free water butts
Council approves new Walthamstow off-license despite resident pushback
14 objections were lodged against the application, and seven residents attended the meeting in person to urge councillors to reject the scheme over safety and antisocial behaviour concerns
Local refugee charity launches crowdfunder to keep going
The Stories & Supper fundraiser - running from Tuesday 17th to Tuesday 24th March – seeks to raise £6,750 to deliver welcome workshops for refugees, asylum seekers and local residents in Walthamstow
Leytonstone residents call for speed cameras amid dangerous driving in High Road
Following a serious car crash along the High Road yesterday, locals have appealed for speed cameras