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Thrills 'n' spills in the middle of Epping Forest
12:32pm Friday 25th July 2008
Thousands of visitors a year travel to High Beech to enjoy a quiet drink at the Kings Oak pub or to take a relaxing walk in the woods. Their predecessors in the 1920s came for a very different reason. SAM ADAMS reports.
Comments (0)Just another busy night on the town
7:11pm Thursday 24th July 2008
Guardian reporter JAMES COLASANTI swaps a Saturday night in front of the TV for a shift alongside Epping Forest's new police commander, Chief Inspector Jonathan Baldwin
A serious business, but still room for fun
5:14pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
ENVIRONMENTAL issues were to the fore at the annual Green Fair - but the seriousness of the topic did not stop people of all ages having lots of fun.
Reaping the reward of working the land
10:30am Friday 18th July 2008
FROM marigolds to methi, cho-cho to carrots, Higham Hill Common Allotments are growing it all.
Going under in George Lane
2:10pm Monday 2nd June 2008
THE art of hypnotism can be traced back to the ancient Greeks, but is now more popular than ever before and is enjoying a renaissance on television at least, in programmes by Derren Brown and Paul McKenna.
Idyllic setting to say goodbye to loved ones
9:10am Monday 19th May 2008
Epping is one of the few places in the country which has a 'green' woodland burial park. EMILY ROBERTS met Kate Adie at its official opening.
Is gender really so instrumental?
3:50pm Wednesday 23rd April 2008
MOST parent's heart will sink when their teenager says: "I want to learn the electric guitar."
Leaving a lasting impression
10:02am Friday 19th January 2007
IN a modest cottage in Epping, the painter and bookmaker Lucien Pissarro brought together two of the pivotal artistic movements of the late 19th century.
Mother of all issues
9:00am Sunday 17th December 2006
Reporter Hannah Crown, a 25-year-old fully westernised woman, attended a meeting of a Muslim women's group to hear what they had to say about integration.
One very high jump for charity
11:00am Saturday 16th December 2006
A SOUTH Woodford girl took to the skies to raise £1,700 for a Waltham Forest Parkinson's charity.
National News
Tories register record poll lead
Updated 4:38am Thursday 21st August 2008
The Conservatives have raced into a record 24-point opinion poll lead among those certain to vote as Labour hit a 30-year-plus voter rating low.
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