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SHOCKING: Walthamstow - What They Never Told You

Sadiq Khan issues shock wildfire warning: Create firebreak around your home, mayor tells Londoners

Sir Sadiq issues unprecedented safety message as London faces an ‘extreme’ risk of wildfires in third heatwave of 2026

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‘We lost it all’: Tragic twist of fate that meant family's treasured heirlooms destroyed in Walthamstow fire

Family lose irreplaceable possessions as major blaze destroys as many as 30 gardens, sheds and studios

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Exclusive: Full scale of Walthamstow fire devastation revealed as blaze guts home and destroys gardens

Footage and images from the scene in east London show destruction caused by blaze with home, gardens and outbuildings lost

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Wildfire alert: Create firebreaks around gardens to protect your homes, Londoners told

Cut back long grass, shrubs and trees, fire chiefs advise as capital hit by unprecedented heatwaves and major blazes

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London travel news LIVE: Central line delays after trespasser on track

It comes after a fire next to railway lines in south London caused rail disruption

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Homes evacuated as firefighters tackle railway embankment blaze in east London

Fire in Walthamstow affected one house and multiple gardens and sheds, according to London fire brigade

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Huge fire damages homes and gardens in east London closing train lines and sparking evacuations

Two homes and around 30 gardens damaged by the huge blaze, which closed an Overground line

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Hundreds of east London homes left without power after ‘wire theft’

Some 400 homes in Walthamstow have been left without power after the problem was reported on Thursday

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Fourth suspect arrested after Jewish community ambulances set on fire in London

Hamza Iqbal, 20, and Rehan Khan, 19, both British nationals from Leyton, and a 17-year-old boy, a dual British and Pakistani national from Walthamstow have been remanded in custody

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Analysis: Why are some politicians cringeworthy online, while others get away with it?

British MPs have been busy on social media this week, though some more purposefully than others. While Keir Starmer was filmed playing five-a-side football, Walthamstow Labour MP Stella Creasy posted a controversial video of her at a silent disco.

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Cruelty to immigrants is not what my party stands for. It’s time for True Labour, not Blue Labour

We must get back to the party’s roots before it is too late. That means embracing difference, rejecting division – and fighting for opportunities for all, says MP for Walthamstow, Stella Creasy

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Moment Met Police arrest rider carrying sword in Walthamstow motorbike chase

Officers initially attempted to stop a man on a motorbike after he had been spotted with a false number plate

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Man charged with murder following fatal stabbing in Walthamstow

Eugeniu Neamtu, 58, of Westbury Road, is due to appear in custody at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Monday

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Four arrested after man in his 60s stabbed to death in Walthamstow

Officers were called to an address on Westbury Road, Walthamstow, just before 9pm on Friday

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The Boy Who Bakes: How GBBO winner Edd Kimber built his dream kitchen in Walthamstow

The food writer and Bake Off star is finally set for his dinner party era at his E17 home

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‘I’m part of this country’: Windrush man left homeless by Home Office inaction

George Campbell, 69, slept in bus station as officials questioned his right to live in the UK after hospital stay

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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

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Raye stuns locals by secretly shutting down street for new music video

British singer-songwriter Raye stunned London locals when she shut down a whole street in Walthamstow to shoot a new music video, and even the local postman was shocked by her performance.

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Man dies after fire at block of flats in east London just days before Christmas

Firefighters tackled the blaze on Darndale Close, Walthamstow at 7am

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London's 10 most popular areas among homebuyers and renters

Homebuyers and renters are searching their searches in these leafy south-west London areas as the price gap between east and west narrows

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Two men charged after woman injured in east London shooting

Police were called to reports of gunshots on Howard Road in Walthamstow just after midnight on September 29

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Move over Walthamstow! Are these east London's last two property hotspots?

As buyers are priced out of E17, it’s all about Highams Park and South Woodford

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London leaver: 'I swapped a Walthamstow three-bed for a rented townhouse in Mallorca'

Blown away by Mallorca, Emma Colbeck decided to relocate with her two children in tow

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Convicted killer admits brutally murdering pregnant girlfriend when she refused abortion

Shaine March dramatically changed plea at Old Bailey on Friday to admit horrific murder of Alana Odysseos in Walthamstow

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Police release man’s 999 call after ‘gentle’ school teacher murdered 30 years ago in east London

Devout Christian Joy Hewer - ‘who hurt no one’ - sexually assaulted and stabbed six times before her Walthamstow flat torched in October 1995

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