London Skolars 42 South London Storm 12 (Rugby League Conference) SKOLARS moved back into second place in the table with a comfortable victory over their local rivals. Trevor O'Loughlin crossed for the first try after 20 minutes, with Mario DuToit adding
JUDAS Escariot would be rubbing his hands together in triumph if he could see what has been happening in north London football recently. With ex-Arsenal manager George Graham, the ultimate sinner in recent years, crossing the Seven Sisters Road to Tottenham
Woodford Green 215-6 Epping 266-4 (Essex League Division Three) EPPING's good run of form continued as they had the better of a runfest at local rivals Woodford Green with the batsmen on both sides having a field day, smashing an enormous 481 runs in
SHOPKEEPERS and residents poured out on to Market Street on Thursday afternoon to watch as firefighters dealt with a fire in a block of flats. Billows of black smoke alerted those in the area to the fire which was attended by three fire engines and firefighters
The Wimbledon fortnight may be drawing to a close, but there is still more drama to unfold. The business end of the tournament has arrived, yet no one can be sure who will lift the trophies this weekend. So far, this has been a wonderful Wimbledon. The
THE LEYTON Orient Community Sports Programme has, since its inception in 1989, been a driving force in developing football for girls and women across east London. Leyton Orient Girls, Leyton Orient Women and Clapton Orient Women have all enjoyed success
OVER 3,000 sporting youngsters, aged nine to 15, took part in the Essex Youth Games in Southend. The combined Epping and Harlow team (pictured above) won the event last year but they couldn't quite manage to defend their title in a tight contest. They
ESSEX'S Aussie batting star Stuart Law has launched a stinging attack on his colleagues and the county club revealing that the dressing room has not been the same since an early-season "bust up". Law whose comments have heightened speculation that he
TOMMY TAYLOR made two significant additions to the Leyton Orient midfield this week with the signings of Scott Oakes and Phil Hadland. Former England under-21 international Oakes cost £425,000 when he moved from Luton Town to Sheffield Wednesday in 1996
ON the subject of the farm in Cow Lane: Mr John Nicholas, of Foxhill, North Watford, recalls: BACK in the 1950's, about 1952, Cow Lane in Garston consisted of three cottages, Vale Plant Hire and also Ault and Wiborgs that was an ink factory and then there
The Wimbledon fortnight may be drawing to a close, but there is still more drama to unfold. The business end of the tournament has arrived, yet no one can be sure who will lift the trophies this weekend. So far, this has been a wonderful Wimbledon. The
TWO EAST LONDON triathletes, Daniel Bullock and Ben Rankilor, have qualified to represent Britain at the upcoming World Triathlon Age Group Championships to be held in Canada this month. The pair, who are members of the East London Triathlon Team and
LEYTON Pennant FC started back at training on Tuesday evening, a week before most professional and semi-professional football clubs. The Lilywhites, under new manager Gary Brooker, aim to be fully prepared for the season to come. As the Ryman League division
JANE Marjoram has never been frightened to make the journey to Walthamstow to take on the best dogs, and who can blame her after numerous successful raids. The Yarmouth handler will be confident of more big race success in the final of the Half Grand
DOG & BULL: Beer garden with outdoor bar and barbecue Thur - Sun. 24-25 Surrey Street, Croydon. Tel: 020 8688 3664. HOGSHEAD: Friendly service, new healthy options menu and Perfect Prices Sun - Thur: £1.95 selected spirit doubles, £1.50 pint of Boddingtons
ALL good things must come to an end, as the Leyton All Stars football team found when they lost for the first time since October 2000. They took on Parkside FC from Hackney in the Thames Gateway/Leyton Orient CSP Cup. The All Stars began well and came
SUN LOUNGE level 1: The Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon. Tel: 020 8688 9291. SOUTH CROYDON HERITAGE GROUP: Sanderstead United Reformed Church Hall, Sanderstead Hill. Tel: 020 8651 5707. KINGSMEAD GALLERY: Church Road, Great Bookham. Tel: 01372 458481
STANDING OVATION COMEDY CLUB. City Limits, The Colonnades, Purley Way, Croydon. Every Wednesday night. Tel: 01245 381 300. JONGLEURS: 49 Lavender Gardens, SW11. Friday 8.45pm, Saturday 7.15pm and 11.15pm. Friday, £14, £11. Saturday £12, £9. Tel: 020 7564
FAIRFIELD HALLS CONCERT HALL: Elkie Brooks, 5th July. Robert Cray and Support, 9th July. Lunchtime Concerts every Tuesday at 1.05pm. Tel: 020 8688 9291. CARSHALTON JAZZ CLUB: Charles Cryer Studio Theatre, High Street. Phoenix Jazz Band and Roy Williams
ASHCROFT THEATRE: The Fairfield Halls, Park Lane, Croydon. MURDER MYSTERY SEASON. Murder on the Nile, by Agatha Christie. 10-14 July. Tel: 020 8688 9291. WAREHOUSE THEATRE: Dingwall Road, Croydon. Is there life after High School. 11 - 14 July. The Flying
THE LEYTON Orient Community Sports Programme has, since its creation in 1989, been a driving force in developing football for girls and women across east London. Leyton Orient Girls, Leyton Orient Women and Clapton Orient Women have all enjoyed success
TOMMY TAYLOR made two significant additions to the Leyton Orient midfield this week with the signings of Scott Oakes and Phil Hadland. Former England under-21 international Oakes cost £425,000 when he moved from Luton Town to Sheffield Wednesday in 1996
Darren Currie's £200,000 move from Barnet to Wycombe Wanderers has hit a snag. The deal seemed to be complete after Currie had agreed his personal terms but a hitch occurred when the 26-year-old winger sought payment from Barnet of wages he felt were
The 'No to Woking' movement was given a boost last week with the news that the move may be blocked. Chairman Ron Noades wants Brentford to move in with the Conference club next year so he can sell Griffin Park to property developers and use the proceeds
West Harrow Cricket Club, recent winners of a £5,000 National Lottery Grant, are on the lookout for new players. The club, based in Headstone Manor, compete in the Middlesex Premier Cricket League and the North West London League on Sundays, and they
The Harrow School of Gymnastics had two women's teams competing at the British Sports Acrobatics Championships 2001 last month. The Championships, which were held at Newton Aycliffe in the north east of England, saw two days of competition between 14
Ealing Rugby Club is currently in the final stages of planning what has been described by the Rugby Football Union as the largest junior tour to leave these shores. With a party of 270 people the tour leaves London Heathrow on August 2 for 12 days travelling
This week, QPR confirmed the signing of Steve Palmer from Watford on a free transfer as Peter Crouch and Jermaine Darlington made the move away from Loftus Road. The Brighton-born defender is well known to Rangers' new assistant manager Kenny Jackett
Hounslow has entered a strong team for this year's London Heathrow Games, but when the finals come round this weekend, perhaps most eyes will be focused upon the results achieved by the borough's Junior Angling Team. A keen bunch of anglers, the Hounslow
Fears over the uncertain future of Purley ambulance station have been allayed by Mayday Hospital chiefs. South west sector commander for London Ambulance, John Berry, said lives could be put at risk if the proposed redevelopment of Purley Hospital ignored
Side Show formed recently, and have a lot of promise. The three man indie-rock group enjoy a distinctly British sound, despite being heavily influenced by the American kings of grim indie music, Smashing Pumpkins. The lead singer uses hushed tones, which
I DECIDED to go for a stroll on a beautiful English summer Sunday morning. I walked from Leyton High Road, through Abbots Park, along James Lane through to the forest. Rather than enjoy my walk, I found I was mesmerised by the appalling amount of litter
THANK you for your feature on the late Jack Watling (June 28). I had the pleasure of meeting Jack and his daughter Deborah last year at an event to celebrate their numerous appearances in Doctor Who (including when Jack had to age 40 years in stories
THERE should be a public service reform starting with the running of the local bus service after I experienced three separate incidents in the last fortnight. Firstly, a ride on the 215 route to Yardley Lane ran 20 minutes late and tore along at breakneck
THE blame for the terrible state of affairs around the ex-Pioneer store in Leytonstone must be laid on the planners who granted permission to Tesco for the conversion of the old Leytonstone House Hospital. To allow a new supermarket with a giant car park
WATFORD have confirmed they will be playing two of the biggest teams in European football when they go on a pre-season tour of Italy from July 23 to August 5. The Hornets will take on Serie A giants Inter Milan on July 3 in the northern Italian town of
CELEBRITY sportsmen and comedians will feature in a cancer awareness video to be launched by the founder of the Orchid Cancer Appeal.o Colin Osborne, from Hainault, who set up the charity in 1997 after winning his own 18-month battle against testicular
Lambeth:: British schoolgirl Bunmi Shagaya was today found dead in the French lake where she vanished. The 11-year-old's devastated mother and family were being reunited with the tragic schoolgirl's body. Bunmi, from south London, disappeared while swimming
Hounslow: A man was today appearing in court charged with the murder of a five-year-old boy. Perry Flower died after being shot in the head at his mother's home in Hounslow, west London, on Monday. James Anthony Murphy, 31, of Fulham, south-west London
A MURDER hunt has been launched after the body of a man was found dead on Epping Forest land. The body, said to have been wrapped up in carpet, was discovered by a woman who was walking her dog near Rangers Road, Chingford. Ray Anthony Samuels has been
A TEENAGER, who went to the aid of three men in a car which he believed had broken down, was suddenly ordered to get into the vehicle and told: You're kidnapped. The 18-year-old was walking near the Horse and Wells pub in the High Road, Woodford Green
A SECURITY guard prevented an armed robbery at a South Woodford bank by refusing to give in to a gunman's demands. The guard was making a delivery to the George Lane branch of Barclays Bank on Tuesday at 11.25am when he was approached by a white man brandishing
Ongar 175-8 Old Parkonians 177-4 (Essex League Division Three) BATTING first, Ongar were in trouble early on, finding themselves at 17-3, thanks to some great bowling from Jamie Abbott and Imran Khan. But an injury to one of Parks' bowlers meant they
Wanstead 249 a/o Shenfield 217-9 (Essex League Premiership) WANSTEAD started slowly in their clash with Shenfield and only Danny Walters managed a decent score with eight fours in his 47. Lunch was taken at 110/6 and the pitch took a remarkable transformation
A HOST of athletes from Woodford Green with Essex Ladies were performing at different levels around the country last weekend and had a large measure of success. In the Norwich Union AAA under-23 championships at Bedford, Emika Udechuku continued his outstanding
The Wimbledon fortnight may be drawing to a close, but there is still more drama to unfold. The business end of the tournament has arrived, yet no one can be sure who will lift the trophies this weekend. So far, this has been a wonderful Wimbledon. The
TWO zebra crossings outside Epping Junior School and Epping Infants School are to form part of a £60,000 traffic caliming scheme for St John's Road. The Epping Forest Council scheme received the support of 53 per cent of the residents who responded to
EPPING businesses and shops were disrupted by a total power failure which lasted an hour yesterday (Wednesday) for the second time in three weeks. The problem has been blamed on a cable fault. All residential areas in town were severely affected by the
SUN POSTAL are looking to recruit a Physiotherapist and Reserve Team Manager for the forthcoming season. The Reserve side has been a major force in the league in recent years,winning the league four times in the last nine seasons as well as producing
Hillingdon has had a storming start to the 2001 London Heathrow Youth Games the largest youth sports event in Europe with over 20,000 competitors. Hillingdon are currently aiming for a place in the top three overall out of the 33 London boroughs that
FIVES AND HERONIANS batted first on a flat Gidea Park wicket and started well, with the opening partnership of Hussain and Edwards putting on over 100 for the first wicket, before Edwards was dismissed for 38. Sharif, with a welcome return to form, continued
Harold Wood 195 all out Buckhurst Hill 196-1 (Essex League Division Three) BUCKHURST HILL continued their recent good form with their third win in four games, this time against Harold Wood. Chasing 195, Hill eased home by nine wickets with 10 overs to
GAY officers from Hertfordshire Constabulary were trying to attract new recruits at London's Mardi Gras festival at the weekend. PC Eleena Armstrong, based in Rickmansworth, and Inspector Nick Smith-James and PC Karen Wilson, based in Welwyn Garden City
WATFORD COUNCIL has been accused of "wasting" tax-payers' money by offering cash to staff as an incentive to attend consultation meetings. A letter sent to all town services and community services staff leaked to The Watford Observer promised a one-off
Epping Forest College student Jeanette Kwakye has been selected to represent Essex Schools in the 100m in the English Schools Track and Field Championships at Exeter this weekend. Jeanette, who lives in St Egberts Way, Chingford, is currently studying
Darren Currie's £200,000 move from Barnet to Wycombe Wanderers has hit a snag. The deal seemed to be complete after Currie had agreed his personal terms but a hitch occurred when the 26-year-old winger sought payment from Barnet of wages he felt were
CHINGFORD chose to bat first after winning the toss for their clash with to local rivals West Essex. The team saw a change in their opening pairing as Richard Alston was kept out of the side because of illness, and it was wicket keeper Billy Rhone hwo
Waltham Forest Diving Club were at Reading at the end of June. They were competing in an inter-club tournament with a small minority of divers from the club competing. Results were: girls aged eight to nine Rebecca Hewitt sixth, Lauren Starling eighth
Orsett 223 all out South Woodford 227-6 South Woodford won by four wickets ROCK-solid batting at the top of the order led South Woodford to a four-wicket win at Orsett. Tho home side batted first and lost two early wickets but recovered with a long partnership
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THE FRIDGE BAR: 1 Townhall Parade, Brixton. Quake. Saturday, July 7. Tel: 020 7326 5100. LOUGHBOROUGH JUNCTION: 242 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton. Tel: 020 7738 4000. THE BUG BAR: Under St Matthew's Church, Brixton Hill. Tel: 020 7738 3184. THE DOGSTAR: 389
CHEAM CHEROKEES: Cheam Parochial Room, The Broadway, Cheam. Line dancing every Wednesday, 8pm to 11pm. Tel: 020 8661 6418. STETSONS LINE DANCING: Croydon/Norbury. Tel: 020 8654 0702. MISSISSIPPI LINE DANCING: U.R.C. Church Hall, Sanderstead. Beginners
DAGENHAM & Redbridge manager Garry Hill has signed an extension to his current contract which will tie him to the club until 2006. Since joining from St Albans City in June 1999, Hill has led the Daggers to the Ryman League title, the one2one
PETER NICOL set aside the emotional stress of returning to the land of his birth to win the Scottish Open squash title at Bell's Sports Centre in Perth last weekend. Since his defection from Scottish to English nationality in April, Nicol has been the
Darren Currie's £200,000 move from Barnet to Wycombe Wanderers has hit a snag. The deal seemed to be complete after Currie had agreed his personal terms but a hitch occurred when the 26-year-old winger sought payment from Barnet of wages he felt were
Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan returned to the club this week to scotch claims that the club was on the brink of serious financial trouble once again. Jordan dismissed speculation in a national newspaper that Palace could not afford to pay outstanding
Pictured above is Whitton Town Youth FC, parading their trophies after winning the Hayes End Wanderers summer tournament last month. The players are, from the top left, Courtney Joseph, Dean Mitchell, Sammy Davison, James Wheeler, Jamie O'Callaghan. Bottom
Kodak Sports Ground in Harrow hosted the first Harrow Borough F.C. Academy trials for the 2001-02 academic year, earlier this week. The academy is a partnership between Harrow Borough F.C., Harrow College, Middlesex F.A. and The Football Academy Ltd.
THE level of violent crime involving weapons is frighteningly high. In Waltham Forest, we hear every week of attacks in which guns or knives are used. There was controversy when the ownership of licensed guns was tightened up following the Dunblane massacre
Ealing Southall & Middlesex continued their run of good form in the McDonald's Boys National Young Athletes League, finishing second to league leaders Windsor in their Division One match at Perivale on Sunday. The club put up its usual strong
YET another spate of crime in Wanstead and Woodford is reported in this week's issue. Of course every area will have a certain amount of crime but the level of attacks seems particularly high in this borough. This week we report on a murder, yet another
The future of Borehamwood's oldest surviving film industry buildings is in doubt, after it was revealed it is up for sale. The old Gate Studios has been put on the market by its owner, screen-maker Harkness Hall Group, sparking fears the unlisted building
Wendi DeJai is a young, up-and-coming pop singer, who recently released her debut single Suddenly you care. Battle of the Bands talked to her about her hopes, dreams, and Ronan Keating. BotB You've just finished a tour with teen pop band Damage, what
Free smoke detectors are to be given to every council home in Croydon in a £1m drive to save lives. The alarms will go to every one of Croydon Council's 15,000 tenant households in the joint operation by the authority and the fire service. Croydon is
Croydon's Muslim community has offered its support to one of their leading figures, who was detained at the Old Bailey last week for battering his pregnant daughter-in-law to death. The highly respected Mohammad Yousaf, 64, beat Aneela Malik, 30, over
IT is very disturbing to see that racial tension is high in some northern towns. It is even more upsetting that British National Party candidates made substantial numbers of visits to those towns in the run-up to the General Election. There is an urgent
SO, Concerned, why do people like you get so do-gooder minded when schemes such as the Citizen Card are available? (Letters, June 28). To start with, it is a voluntary scheme and there are already many other identity schemes in operation anyway, such
AT each boundary of Walthamstow, there is a notice bearing the words "You are now entering a litter-free zone." One would expect the area of Walthamstow, therefore, to be cleaner than the average borough. Nothing could be further from the truth. Litter
I REFER to Simon Flanders' letter (June 21), regarding the town hall fountain. It is our aim to make the town hall fountain into a pleasant feature to appreciate and enjoy. We will do all that we can to ensure that it is maintained to the highest standards
WHILE the improvements are welcome, travel along Leytonstone High Road is still a nightmare, certainly during the day. Can the planners please have a re-think? JOHN TURNER, Langthorne Road, Leytonstone.
THE bungled redesign of Leytonstone town centre's traffic scheme could be creating pollution for local residents and shoppers. Hordes of gridlocked cars caught up in the botched one-way system may be leaving high levels of fumes over the shopping area
AN ELDERLY woman cheated death on Friday when her car careered into a forklift. The 78-year-old woman from South Woodford crashed into the front of the forklift, leaving the fork prongs just inches from piercing the windscreen. Trapped inside the vehicle
THURSDAY, JULY 5 WALK: With West Essex Ramblers, led by Len Banister. Meet at 11am at Island Gardens station on the Docklands Light Railway, walk along Thames Path South Bank to Thames Barrier and proceed to Falconwood station via the Green Chain Walk
MEMBERS of a police armed response unit took part in a chase over garden fences to help customs officers trap a gang of alleged cocaine smugglers. The men, who were subsequently caught and include a Woodford Green man, are currently facing trial at Isleworth
A TRAIL of destruction and rubbish has been left by travellers who descended on Wanstead last week. Caravans of people arrived on land in Roding Lane South near Wanstead Flats last Thursday. They left on Sunday, hours before Redbridge Council was to go
A MAN was attacked with a pair of pliers by two men after he went to help them with directions. The 22-year-old had driven into Roding Lane North at around 8.20pm last Thursday when he was flagged down by the pair in a Toyota T saloon car, which was about
A HAPPY and contented family life has been the secret ingredient of long life for Minnie Scott who celebrated her 100th birthday on Tuesday. Mrs Scott, who lives at Avondale Nursing Home in Woodford Green, was born just after Queen Victoria's reign had
UP to 200 ravers escaped from a burning building in Sutherland Road, Walthamstow, after an illegal party got out of hand. Nearby residents and factory workers claimed that this was not the first time the rave had taken place. They confirmed that it was
FOLLOWING on from their outstanding success against Berkshire last weekend, Essex Under-17 girl's cricket team comprehensively out-bowled and out-batted Middlesex's under-17s. Middlesex won the toss and chose to bat first as monly nine of their players
Orsett 223 all out South Woodford 227-6 South Woodford won by four wickets ROCK-solid batting at the top of the order led South Woodford to a four-wicket win at Orsett. Tho home side batted first and lost two early wickets but recovered with a long partnership
DAGENHAM & Redbridge manager Garry Hill has signed an extension to his current contract which will tie him to the club until 2006. Since joining from St Albans City in June 1999, Hill has led the Daggers to the Ryman League title, the one2one
A FARMER'S market could become a reality in Epping High Street, if the town council can obtain a favourable response from Epping Forest Council. Most councillors supported the idea which was discussed on Tuesday, saying it would provide a boost to farmers
THE LEYTON Orient Community Sports Programme has, since its creation in 1989, been a driving force in developing football for girls and women across east London. Leyton Orient Girls, Leyton Orient Women and Clapton Orient Women have all enjoyed success
TOMMY TAYLOR made two significant additions to the Leyton Orient midfield this week with the signings of Scott Oakes and Phil Hadland. Former England under-21 international Oakes cost £425,000 when he moved from Luton Town to Sheffield Wednesday in 1996
FOOTBALL: Hayes boss Terry Brown has revealed that he's had no luck in the transfer market but he's getting closer - and the players are becoming cheaper! The manager of the London-based Nationwide Conference outfit has admitted that he needs at least
Uxbridge's 191 Royal Signals cadet detachment helped London's Army Cadets to a creditable third place at the National Sports Championships in Grantham, Lincolnshire, at the weekend. Army cadets travelled from all over the country to represent their regions
The people of Radlett have donated £20,000 for new sound facilities at The Radlett Centre, due to be fitted this month. A new sound system will spread the amplified sound evenly throughout the auditorium, providing greater clarity and less distortion.
