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New dental practice opens in Chingford Mount

The Chingford Smile Club offers both general and specialist dental services, and a seven-day-a-week commissioned urgent dental care service

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Wood Street café stripped of license after indoor smoking

The move means the café will not be allowed to sell alcohol or hot food after 11.30pm

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Mayor urged to ban ads promoting cars and flights

Green assembly member claims good work on reducing air pollution undermined by allowing ads promoting fossil fuel consumption

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‘This show is made for everyone’: What to expect from Soho Theatre Walthamstow’s ‘The Elmer Adventure’

This Christmas, Tall Stories’ magical adaptation of the much-loved Elmer books by David McKee, will bring colour and cheer to the newly opened Soho Theatre Walthamstow

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Recipe: Olive oil, yoghurt and honey cake with whipped yoghurt cream

Local chef Despina Siahuli shares how to make a delicious cake from Greece that she says is the perfect way to end any festive meal

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Council’s adult social care provision rated ‘good’

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) gave Waltham Forest Council a 64/100 in its assessment

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500 students from east London schools attend City Airport’s ‘STEM in Aviation Day’

Pupils from Willowfield School in Walthamstow won a business challenge where they were tasked with coming up a vision for airport infrastructure and the aircraft of tomorrow

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Leyton resident: ‘Council fined me £300 for throwing book parcel in public bin’

Daniel Dixon was slapped with a £300 fixed penalty notice for 'unauthorised waste disposal' after throwing an A5 cardboard package in a public bin

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Man jailed for life for Chingford murder

Beibit Baimolda, 34, will serve a minimum term of 18 years for stabbing Oleg Sloboda to death in his Chingford home

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Claims that City Hall ’embellished’ affordable housing figures

Sir Sadiq Khan accused of “misleading” voters in last year’s election campaign

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Comment: ‘The council is shirking its responsibility to divest from arms companies’

Waltham Forest for a Free Palestine say Waltham Forest Council has been agonisingly slow in progressing on its commitment to divest its pension fund from arms companies linked to Palestinian harm

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GLA struggling to plug £19m budget gap amid warning over West Ham relegation

United's poor Premier League form could end up costing City Hall another £2.2m thanks to Boris Johnson "own goal"

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Council could need bailout within 18 months amid precipitating reserves, leader says

Waltham Forest Council leader Grace Williams has said the town hall could be forced to request a bailout by the end of 2027 as reserves fell by £17m last year

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Residents express concern over Walthamstow café plan to serve booze

Good Day Lounge, in Lea Bridge Road, has applied to serve alcohol between 11am and 10pm seven days a week

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Council ‘bending the rules’ in refusing by-election for councillor who missed meetings

Opposition parties have criticised Waltham Forest for following an 'overly liberal' interpretation of the law to prevent a by-election after High Street ward councillor Tom Connor did not attend official meetings for six months

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Two shot and two stabbed in shocking four days across London

Two teenagers have been shot and two people stabbed in a shocking few days across London.

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Is Cloudflare down? Thousands report issues with X and Canva reporting an outage

Thousands of customers are reporting they are unable to access Cloudflare, X, Canva and other services in what appears to be another internet outage.

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Housing Ombudsman says Waltham Forest consistently mishandled social housing repairs

The ombudsman reported poor handling of complaints and repairs, particularly leaks, damp and mould

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Nature and housing can work together, insists City Hall boss

Concerns around increased urban density displacing nature have been raised as London aims to build 88,000 homes per year

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London's largest indoor Christmas attraction takes over historic venue

Winter Funland runs at Kensington Olympia and features an indoor funfair