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Author: Waltham Forest Echo

Heading in the right directory

Adrienne Aslan, owner of Stone Mini Market, one of the businesses listed in Leytonstone Green Directory (credit Phil Mason)
Ros Bedlow introduces an initiative supporting ethical Leytonstone businesses Transition Leytonstone has launched an online directory to collate information...

Let there be love

Luke Norton's artistic posters as seen in Mare Street, Hackney
Luke Norton uses public art to promote positivity I am an artist. I make art to try and uplift...

Learning the language

Paul Fletcher is a teacher and the founder of Business English Study
Olivia Devereux-Evans meets an English teacher who is determined to help others succeed Teacher Paul Fletcher wants education to...

Crackdown on illegal raves

Evidence of an illegal rave in Leytonstone
Report by Victoria Munro, Local Democracy Reporter Waltham Forest Council is clamping down on illegal raves after separate events...

Calls for second job centre

Leytonstone Job Centre Plus, before it closed (credit Glyn Roberts)
Surge in unemployment putting pressure on service, reports Victoria Munro, Local Democracy Reporter Campaigners are calling on the government...

Going glean

Joyce and Irene helping out at The Gleaners
David Latto on how a Bakers Arms café is building a healthy community The Gleaners is a ‘pay-what-you-feel’ community...