Firefighters rescue bird 10:22pm Friday 11th April 2003 CARING firefighters have been praised for flying to the rescue of a bird who had flown into a children's nursery.
You've Bin a naughty Lad 8:29am Sunday 16th March 2003 TEACHERS at a Highams Park school were horrified to discover that one child taking part in a fancy dress competition of favourite literary characters had turned up as Osama bin Laden.
Horseplay cause hold-up 8:38am Saturday 22nd February 2003 A LOOSE horse brought traffic chaos to Walthamstow and Chingford.
Mystery surrounds death 10:11am Sunday 9th February 2003 A MAN died from an allergic reaction, possibly to a pasta and tomato sauce meal he had at his home.
Council clamps down on rubbish bin men 10:06am Sunday 9th February 2003 THREE work-shy refuse collection crews have been accused of disrupting the service and letting down colleagues by faking truck breakdowns, taking sick days and not completing their rounds.
Council clamps down on rubbish bin men 10:06am Sunday 9th February 2003 THREE work-shy refuse collection crews have been accused of disrupting the service and letting down colleagues by faking truck breakdowns, taking sick days and not completing their rounds.
V for victory 11:41am Thursday 30th January 2003 LEYTONSTONE firefighters were given the finger by a Senior Green Goddess Army officer as he drove past their picket line.
Flat blaze caused by a burning ambition 1:23pm Thursday 9th January 2003 A BLAZE destroyed a kitchen after a four-year-old tried to toast a piece of plastic on Friday.
Sex aid raid 12:35pm Thursday 19th December 2002 SEX aids were seized by council officers when they raided a Wood Green High Road store.
Pastor bows into action 3:15pm Thursday 12th December 2002 A PASTOR was stabbed by a masked gunman as he fought off seven robbers with a crossbow in a bizarre attempted armed robbery at a Walthamstow home.
Wild weekend 2:51pm Thursday 12th December 2002 A MIDDLESEX University undergraduate is gearing up for the wildest weekend of her life as she prepares to compete to become Britain's most 'up-for-it' student.
Croc shock 4:59pm Friday 1st November 2002 A RAID on a Tottenham shop has uncovered a crocodile's head and bush rats.
21st century Rod 12:14pm Thursday 24th October 2002 EPPING rocker Rod Stewart has followed many his age by moving into the 21st century with top-notch new technology.
Fungal bungle 4:33pm Wednesday 23rd October 2002 POLICE launched a full-scale investigation when an American couple reported finding the scene of a pagan ritual complete with human brain and bloody clothing in a Leytonstone forest.
Teen found on M25 12:32pm Wednesday 2nd October 2002 TRAFFIC coming into Enfield was brought to a standstill after a teenage boy was found lying in a pool of blood on the hard shoulder of the M25.
Chicken run 12:16pm Wednesday 2nd October 2002 A shoplifter escaped with 11 packs of chicken fillets from an Enfield supermarket.
Hot couple 12:36pm Thursday 26th September 2002 TWO avid Tottenham Hotspurs fans fulfilled their dream of being married on the home turf of their favourite team on Friday.
Model backs teen footballers 3:23pm Thursday 5th September 2002 A TEENAGE football team based in Chingford has been given new equipment to help them train after a donation from a glamour model.
Wanted: missing vulture called Baldrick 12:20pm Thursday 8th August 2002 A YOUNG vulture is flying round the Fyfield area after escaping its tether.
Mushroom marauders face fines in the fores 12:12pm Thursday 8th August 2002 FOREST bosses are introducing a licence scheme to stop the widespread removal of fungi from Epping Forest.
Great escape for tame ferrets 12:25pm Thursday 1st August 2002 ESACAPED pet ferrets have been running wild around the back gardens of Woodford Green.
Moving the goalposts 9:17am Wednesday 17th July 2002 THIEVES have stolen two sets of goalposts from an Enfield school.
Dress flasher 9:10am Wednesday 17th July 2002 A BIZARRE incident in Southgate has been reported to the police.
Bog standard Tories 9:08am Wednesday 17th July 2002 PLANS to re-open public toilets in the borough have gone down the pan.
Shoplifter wanted some Ooh La La 5:09pm Wednesday 10th July 2002 AN OPTIMISTIC shoplifter was left red-faced after he was allegedly caught stealing 21 packets of condoms from an Enfield supermarket.
Pain in the backside 5:07pm Wednesday 10th July 2002 A WOMAN was shot in the bottom with an air pellet as she was browsing the rails outside an Ponders End clothes shop.
Pensioner packs a punch 10:49am Wednesday 10th July 2002 A PENSIONER was acquitted at Chelmsford Crown Court last Thursday of causing actual bodily harm after a February incident in a Harlow street in which another retired man suffered a broken nose.
Residents want rid of rat pack 5:39pm Thursday 4th July 2002 RESIDENTS of a Palmers Green road are calling for action after finding that their road is infested with rats.
Posh and Becks look for new pad 11:07am Monday 10th June 2002 HELICOPTERS could fill the skies over Sawbridgeworth after the town's celebrity residents David and Victoria Beckham submitted plans for a helipad in the grounds of their Harlow Road home, 'Beckingham Palace'.
"Batty boy" groom's bottle attack 10:38am Thursday 30th May 2002 A MAN smashed a bottle over a groom's head on his wedding day.
Members accused of breaking law 10:33am Thursday 30th May 2002 THREE Labour councillors face lengthy bans from public life if they are found guilty of breaking election law.
No gnome motive 10:28am Thursday 30th May 2002 THREE gnomes were stolen from the front garden of an elderly woman's house.
	Little shop of horrors 9:24am Thursday 23rd May 2002 A VILE sight greeted health officers when they inspected a butchery in Walthamstow High Street.
Our Paul did nothing dishonest, says family 9:20am Thursday 23rd May 2002 FRIENDS and family have leapt to the defence of the man at the centre of a £1 million insider-dealing investigation.
Mum admits toy assault 8:39am Monday 20th May 2002 A MOTHER-OF-THREE who admitted hitting another mum in the face with a toy following an argument between their sons has been bound over to keep the peace for 12 months.
BMW goes like a bomb 1:46pm Friday 17th May 2002 FIREFIGHTERS were called to a freak accident in Hornsey last week when the engine of a driver's BMW exploded while he was still in the car.
Man loses sex claim case 1:35pm Friday 17th May 2002 AN ABBEY National bank worker has criticised the legal system after losing an employment tribunal in which he was forced to represent himself.
Snakes alive in capital 1:04pm Friday 17th May 2002 SNAKES are on the loose in London and the RSPCA is warning residents to be on the look-out after a number have been rescued in the capital.
Biblical tree chopped 1:00pm Friday 17th May 2002 A TREE of biblical proportions has been felled in the former grounds of Essex Hall, Walthamstow.
Rats in play area 12:55pm Friday 17th May 2002 RATS have been spotted at the council-owned children's play area next to Selborne Walk shopping centre in Walthamstow.
Fish almost had it's chips 12:39pm Monday 8th April 2002 A DISTRESSED fish was saved by Ongar firefighters after washing-up liquid was poured into its pond outside a house in Coopers Hill, Ongar, on Saturday morning.
A nasty smell 12:08pm Monday 8th April 2002 CHILDREN will be invited to make their own bubonic plague quack doctor's masks on Thursday at Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge, Rangers Road, Chingford.
Council Tax doesn't fit the bill 11:33am Monday 8th April 2002 HUNDREDS of Epping Forest Council council tax bills have had to be reprinted after a printing blunder saw bills sent out with the details of other people's payment demands.
	Wanted: man to join list for dating agency 12:00pm Thursday 21st March 2002 FOR some women the easiest way to find the man of their dreams is to go through a dating agency.
A case of haunting 8:56am Monday 18th March 2002 IN late August 1977, a semi-detached council house in Enfield became the centre of intense poltergeist activity focussed on the family of Peggy Harper and her daughter Janet and Rose.
The road to fear 8:58am Monday 18th March 2002 A murder that took place in 1832 is said to be the cause of the haunting that now takes place along Barnet Road in Enfield.
The Enfield Flyer 9:00am Monday 18th March 2002 The phantom stagecoach called the Enfield Flyer has often been seen travelling at speed some five or six feet above the Bell Lane road surface.
No release for Castle prisoner 9:21am Monday 18th March 2002 TThis is the former home of Rowland Hill, founder of the Post Office and the Penny Post. The building dates back to Elizabethan times, and is on the site of an older house constructed by the father of Robert Bruce.
A knight to remember 9:18am Monday 18th March 2002 Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex, seems to have been a wholly unpleasant individual who built up his fortune by preying on the very people that he had been charged to protect by the king.
Ghost pub 9:02am Monday 18th March 2002 The Crown and Horses pub in Enfield has been the site of at least two sudden deaths, one in 1816 and the second in 1832. On one occasion witnesses saw the apparition of an old woman pass one of the windows.
Ghost spotted in legion 9:16am Monday 18th March 2002 The apparition of a man wearing black trousers, a white shirt and a black tie has been seen standing in the corner of the cellar in the Royal British Legion Headquarters in Enfield .
Oak Avenue presence 9:10am Monday 18th March 2002 One of the houses at the top of the hill on Oak Avenue, in Enfield is said to have a ghostly presence in one of the bedrooms.
The woman in black 9:05am Monday 18th March 2002 In 1622 a witch was blamed for much of the suffering that went on in and around the area now known as Hadley Wood, Enfield, particularly illnesses that occurred.
	Old-boy racer is a menace in his invalid carriage 10:26am Thursday 14th March 2002 POLICE are hunting a manic pensioner who they say is driving aggressively and at dangerous speeds in his invalid carriage.
Burglars' sexy haul 9:59am Thursday 14th March 2002 BURGLARS have stolen thousands of pounds-worth of dirty videos, sex toys and blow-up dolls from a sex shop in Walthamstow.
Cannabis man 'grew it all for his own use' 10:10am Thursday 14th March 2002 A TRAVELLER from New Zealand grew 59 cannabis plants at his Walthamstow flat, Waltham Forest Magistrates Court was told.
Pervert strikes 3:28pm Wednesday 6th March 2002 A WOMAN who was decorating her house was stunned to see a man masturbating in her front garden.
What a dope 3:42pm Wednesday 6th March 2002 WALKING around with five bags of cannabis led to a court appearance for Rashid Butt.
Truncheon trouble 3:39pm Wednesday 6th March 2002 MUSTAPHA Ismail was fined £100 for having a wooden truncheon with him in a petrol station.
	Murder in the family 4:26pm Tuesday 5th March 2002 Elizabeth Jeffries who was executed for the murder of her uncle, in Epping Forest on March 28th 1752, found the prospect of hanging too much for her delicate consitution.
	Pulling no punches 4:40pm Tuesday 5th March 2002 ENFIELD councillor Wendell Daniel is getting ready to rumble after making an amazing move to bring world championship boxing to the borough.
The Lord strikes 4:43pm Tuesday 5th March 2002 A MAN wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with a red crucifix punched a man in the face then shouted "Jesus Christ has risen".