Guardian reporter

Charity do attracts the stars
A CHRISTMAS Fashion and Beauty Party in aid of Haven House Hospice is being held at Epping nightspot Club one9five from 7pm on Tuesday.

Dudley Moore's piano up for grabs at auction
A CHARITY auction featuring Dudley Moore's last piano is being held at World of Pianos in High Road, Loughton, at noon on Wednesday, December 10, with the proceeds going towards a new music therapy wing at Oakview School, Loughton.

CCTV holds the key to solving 'gun' robbery
POLICE are confident CCTV images from Epping Forest College could identify four men who tried to rob an 18-year-old woman at gunpoint as she walked across playing fields near the Rectory Lane site.

We've been PALS for two years now
A SERVICE which provides support and advice to patients, carers and the public has celebrated its second birthday.

Viktoria shows lots of promise
A GRADUATE of the Loughton-based East 15 Acting School has been nominated in the Most Promising Newcomer category in the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards for her role in Cooking With Elvis, at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton.

Green space industrial plans 'would be wholly inappropriate'
STRONG objections to link north Loughton to Theydon Bois with the development of a new industrial area, details of which are contained in the Harlow Options Study, have been made by Loughton town council.

Airport protest lands at number 10
CAMPAIGNERS from the Stop Stansted Expansion action group headed to Downing Street to urge Government cabinet members to say no to a second runway at the Essex airport.

Cancer charity benefits from the auctioneer's hammer
A MINI-version of the Antiques Roadshow held at Pegasus Court Retirement Home, Buckhurst Hill, on Friday raised �100 for Macmillan Cancer Relief.

Cat-owner's grisly find
A CAT owner who searched for her pet after he went missing found him decapitated and mutilated near her Chigwell home.

Young orators favour Europe
A EUROPE-America debate involving pupils from secondary schools across the Epping Forest district sparked 'victory' for those who favoured Britain being a member of Federal Europe rather than becoming the 51st state of the United States of America.