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Sadiq Khan urged to ramp up safety at 'dangerous' London bus station after serious injury and death

TfL is already facing prosecution over alleged safety failures at Walthamstow bus station where a pensioner was struck by a double decker and died in 2023

Evening Standard · Sep 24

Huge 18-storey tower set to be built in popular east London neighbourhood

The plans will see a tower with 66 new flats built in the middle of the buzzing Walthamstow area

Evening Standard · Jan 15

Bin workers strike over Christmas could seen rubbish pile up in east London

GMB regional organiser Mary Goodson said: ‘Our members still have not been offered a decent pay uplift’

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2025

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 · Dec 11, 2024

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 · Nov 20, 2024

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 · Oct 10, 2024

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 · Jun 13, 2024

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

Evening Standard · May 30, 2024

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 · May 15, 2024

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 · Mar 25, 2024