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The RSPB has confirmed the date a shop and café at its Rainham Marshes nature reserve will close for good. The café and shop will have its final day of trading on February 2 - after which it will shut ...

Controversial plans for 40 new homes in Chingford have been green-lit. The former Chingford Kennels, which sits empty in Chingford Mount Road, will be torn down and replaced with four housing blocks.

An aspiring mum who owns 16 reborn dolls says she "understands" why Katie Price has bought them - and urges trolls to stop calling her "crazy". Jess Ellis, 29, started making and collecting the ...

A person has been hit by a train at Stevenage which is causing major delays at London King’s Cross. The incident was reported between King's Cross and Peterborough at around 6.30pm today (January 21).

Ian Fowler, from Basildon, says his father Bernard's "barbaric" killing at Harold Wood station should result in "a ...

A new McDonald's restaurant is set to open next week in Brentwood town centre. The restaurant will open in High Street on Wednesday, January 29. The new 52-seater restaurant will create around 70 new ...

A mental health storyline on EastEnders that will see Phil Mitchell attempt to take his own life as his depression and psychosis symptoms spiral has been praised by the charity Samaritans for being a ...

Steven Kalozois, 39, of no fixed abode, has been charged with Alan’s murder and will appear at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (January 21). Kalozois is also charged with preventing the ...

Havering Council is working to bring around 600 homes into use to ease pressures on its housing sector and reduce the number of families living ...

Dagenham teenager Jonas Vaitekunas featured on a record for the Rays of Sunshine charity that grants seriously ill youngsters their wishes.

A novel synthetic opioid called protonitazene is claiming lives across east London, sparking concerns from the area's senior coroner.