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Epping Forest: Households light up gloomy nights with dazzling displays
FAMILIES across the district have been defying the gloomy weather - and economy - " with one of the best ever years for extravagant household Christmas displays.
Epping Forest: Charity thanks public for their generosity
THE GENEROSITY of people across the district has resulted in thousands of shoeboxes being filled with much-needed items for an important charity.
How a mother's courage solved daughter's murder new
In the interview room of Loughton police station Hanim Goren broke down in tears.
Playboy model tried to push woman's head down lavatory
A former Playboy Model of the Year repeatedly punched a former friend in a Brighton nightclub toilet cubicle during a bust-up about her husband, a court has heard.
LOUGHTON: Mother warns that home schooling is in jeopardy
A MOTHER who teaches her son at home has pledged to go to jail rather than submit to new rules which she believes will put his education at risk.
LOUGHTON: Council set for U-turn over stripping flats bare
THE district council looks set to perform a U-turn over plans to ban its maisonette tenants from keeping any furnishings in their communal hallways.
LOUGHTON: Bar's licence to be reviewed after series of violent incidents
POLICE have called for a late-night bar's licence to be reviewed after a string of violent incidents.
Epping Forest: Prolific thieves who targeted elderly - jailed
A PAIR of distraction burglars who preyed on more than a dozen elderly residents during a string of raids carried out on the same day - have been jailed.
Suspected bank robber footage released
FOOTAGE of a suspected serial bank robber who poses as a customer and then brandishes a gun has been released as part of a desperate attempt to catch him.
The election was sparked by the resignation of Gary Martin
THE British National Party has lost a seat on Loughton Town Council to the Independent Loughton Residents Association .
LOUGHTON: Policeman speaks of gunman terror
A POLICE sergeant has spoken for the first time of the terrifying moment a one-armed man tried to kill him with a sawn-off shotgun on the streets of Loughton.
LOUGHTON: Rival pizza chains clash over store opening
A WAR of words has broken out between rival pizza chains as a new take-away prepares to open just yards from the door of an existing one.
Conman Jamie Mody stole 11,000 from a widow just weeks after the death of her husband.
A FURIOUS family has slammed a conman who stole thousands of pounds from a grieving widow just weeks after her husband died.
LOUGHTON: Fire crews called to bedroom blaze
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a fire in the bedroom of a property this morning . Essex Fire Service was called to Hillcroft in Loughton at around 9:30am. Three crews from Woodford, Waltham Abbey and Loughton fire stations attended the scene.
LOUGHTON: Boxing personality takes to the stage
BOXING fans will be in for a treat later this month as a top name from the sport brings his larger-than-life personality to the area.
LOUGHTON: Nursery fined after child loses finger
A NURSERY has been fined after a two-year-old tot lost the tip of their finger when they caught it in a gate - despite a similar accident just days before.
LOUGHTON: Prolific graffiti gang jailed
A GANG of men who were caught vandalising tube trains at Loughton station have been jailed.
LOUGHTON: Town council by-election next week
ELECTION is to be held next Thursday for the Loughton Broadway seat of Loughton Town Council.
Armed robbers raid antiques shop
An antiques shop owner in an Essex town was threatened by armed robbers who escaped with goods and cash.
Epping Forest: Loved ones remembered at light parade
A COMMUNITY came together to remember loved ones and to support a local hospice during a candlelit procession yesterday.