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Soho Theatre Walthamstow to open in May with cut-price tickets for locals

Soho Theatre are opening their second venue in what will be a landmark opening for the area and London as a whole

Evening Standard

960-seat Soho Theatre Walthamstow to open in May with programme announced

Tickets for the venue’s opening programme will go on sale on Thursday.

Evening Standard

Aldi fined £64,000 after mouse droppings found in Cadbury's Easter Egg

Aldi has been prosecuted after mouse droppings were found in a Cadbury’s Easter Egg in its Leyton store

Evening Standard

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Leyton Orient FC face complaints from neighbours over loud music and cheering

Locals say they accept music related to football games but noise pollution has significantly increased in recent years

Evening Standard

Waltham Forest Council faces backlash over plan to house 9,000 people in high-rise towers near Hackney Marshes

Campaign group Save Lea Marshes claims the development would threaten the area's ecology and be a flood risk

Evening Standard

Council's committee 'concerned' pension fund is invested in companies with 'interests in Israel'

Waltham Forest Council’s pension committee fears ‘any exposure the fund has to companies accused of human rights violations’

Evening Standard

TfL announces new 'leisurely' cycle routes in bid to get more Londoners on their bikes

The cycle routes stretching up to 10 miles are thought to help increase the use of active transport on weekends

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End of construction work for new Walthamstow theatre in sight

The 1,000-seat venue is at the core of the council’s vision for Walthamstow to become a ‘cultural corner’

Evening Standard

KFC customers ordered to leave Leytonstone branch immediately after rats found overrunning kitchen

Food was being prepared in areas with ‘very poor levels of hygiene’

Evening Standard

Harry Kane's £7,200 hidden statue finally revealed - but it still doesn't have a home

The statue is yet to find a permanent home despite being first commissioned in 2019

Evening Standard

Raw deal? Judge quotes Winnie-the-Pooh in UK honey-labelling ruling

AA Milne brought to bear to help settle dispute between Waltham Forest council and Greek food firm Odysea over labelling

The Guardian - UK

Harry Kane statue in storage for years and hidden from view in London

A sculpture of England’s record scorer was commissioned by Waltham Forest council in 2019 but is still yet to appear anywhere in public

The Guardian - UK

Council's Harry Kane statue stuck in storage for years with nowhere to go

The England captain and record Spurs goalscorer was raised in Chingford

Evening Standard

Loo-dicrous! London council accused of ‘flushing money down toilet' with heated loo seats costing £636 each

Waltham Forest Council installed 12 of the 'fancy' bidet seats for a total price of £7,632 at its Town Hall and Assembly Hall

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First citizens’ assembly set up in east London to help scrutinise Met Police

‘We want a police service that works for all our communities. Many of the police want that as well’

The Independent UK

Doctors fear for life of boy, 7, sick after filthy sewage water flooded home for years

Boy’s younger brother struggles to breathe in damp and mouldy home as family plagued by sewage for seven years

The Independent UK

London nursery fined after mouse droppings found in children’s play areas and kitchen

Busy Bees at Leytonstone, in east London, was closed by health inspectors

The Independent UK

McDonald’s fined £500,000 after customer finds mouse droppings in cheeseburger

Authorities uncover infestation that posed an ‘imminent risk’ to public health at branch in east London

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McDonald's fined £475,000 after customer finds mouse droppings in cheeseburger

McDonald's has apologised and been fined £475,000 after a mouse infestation was found at its restaurant in Leytonstone, east London, which was forced to close its doors for several days

Wales Online

McDonald's told to pay £500,000 after mouse dropping found in cheeseburger

An inspection found droppings in the restaurant, as well as a half-dead mouse, and it was closed for 10 days

The Guardian - UK

Stella Creasy says police ‘green lighting’ trolls to target politicians’ children

MP questions police response that troll who tried to have her children removed was ‘entitled’ to call her an ‘extremist’

Evening Standard

Butcher given a life ban for letting mice overrun filthy shop in Leyton

Officers vowed enforcement action when “public health is put at risk”

The Guardian - UK

UK families tell of threats and police warnings over children playing in street

Readers say they are afraid to let children outside after warnings from authorities and neighbours’ threats

Daily Mirror

Boy, 12, misses 7 months of school because of council error that left him without a place

James Yalçın, from East London, has missed the past academic year of classroom learning after an error at Waltham Forest Council over his special educational needs

Daily Mirror

Woman who feared racist attacks wins court battle to stay in her home city

In a last ditch attempt to stay in London, Nadia Zaman took Waltham Forest Council to court after they said the only suitable home for her was in the Potteries, Stoke on Trent

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