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Liberal Democrat councillors voted against Epping Forest District Council continuing its legal fight over the Bell Hotel saying the court action has "so far achieved precisely nothing except to drain the council’s reserves".
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EEF NEWS - EPPING: Liberal Democrats oppose council's ongoing Bell Hotel legal fight
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November 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Liberal Democrat councillors voted against Epping Forest District Council continuing its legal fight over the Bell Hotel saying the court action has "so far achieved precisely nothing except to drain the council’s reserves".
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A former Loughton-based police officer who joined the Roads Policing Unit based at Chigwell has died in a road crash while on duty on the A12 near Ingatestone.
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EEF NEWS - LOUGHTON / CHIGWELL: Police motorcyclist dies in A12 crash
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November 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A former Loughton-based police officer who joined the Roads Policing Unit based at Chigwell has died in a road crash while on duty on the A12 near Ingatestone.
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EEF NEWS - News round-up: November 26
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November 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
News round-up - Here is the link to the latest news round-up from Everything Epping Forest - November 26 edition.
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BREAKING: Epping Forest District Council has voted "to proceed to the next stage of the appeals process" after losing High Court case seeking injunction to close Bell Hotel.
"The council will continue to take legal advice at each stage of the appeals process and remains committed to the closure..."
"The council will continue to take legal advice at each stage of the appeals process and remains committed to the closure..."
November 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
BREAKING: Epping Forest District Council has voted "to proceed to the next stage of the appeals process" after losing High Court case seeking injunction to close Bell Hotel.
"The council will continue to take legal advice at each stage of the appeals process and remains committed to the closure..."
"The council will continue to take legal advice at each stage of the appeals process and remains committed to the closure..."
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November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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BREAKING: The leader of Epping Forest District Council has said the impact of the Bell Hotel issue is being felt across the district, and vowed it will "not remain silent" over a new plan to house asylum seekers in eight flats in Buckhurst Hill.
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EEF NEWS - DISTRICT: Council "will not remain silent" over asylum seekers accommodation plan
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November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
BREAKING: The leader of Epping Forest District Council has said the impact of the Bell Hotel issue is being felt across the district, and vowed it will "not remain silent" over a new plan to house asylum seekers in eight flats in Buckhurst Hill.
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BREAKING: Protesters have gathered outside the Civic Offices in Epping before district councillors meet to decide - in a private meeting - what to do next over the Bell Hotel issue.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
BREAKING: Protesters have gathered outside the Civic Offices in Epping before district councillors meet to decide - in a private meeting - what to do next over the Bell Hotel issue.
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LATEST: Buckhurst Hill Parish Council has told Everything Epping Forest it has "not received any information" about the Government's plan to use eight properties in Buckhurst Hill as accommodation for asylum-seeking families.
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EEF NEWS - BUCKHURST HILL: Government plan to use eight flats to accommodate asylum-seeking families
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November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
LATEST: Buckhurst Hill Parish Council has told Everything Epping Forest it has "not received any information" about the Government's plan to use eight properties in Buckhurst Hill as accommodation for asylum-seeking families.
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UPDATE: A Buckhurst Hill street name - Walnut Way - mentioned on social media as the location of eight flats the Government plans to use to house asylum-seeking families is "100 per cent inaccurate", a source has told @eefnews.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
UPDATE: A Buckhurst Hill street name - Walnut Way - mentioned on social media as the location of eight flats the Government plans to use to house asylum-seeking families is "100 per cent inaccurate", a source has told @eefnews.
UPDATE: Epping Forest MP Dr Neil Hudson has called on the Government to stop the plans to house asylum-seeking families in eight flats in Buckhurst Hill.
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EEF NEWS - BUCKHURST HILL: Government plan to use eight flats to accommodate asylum-seeking families
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November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
UPDATE: Epping Forest MP Dr Neil Hudson has called on the Government to stop the plans to house asylum-seeking families in eight flats in Buckhurst Hill.
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BREAKING: Epping Forest District Council has hit out at Government proposals to accommodate asylum-seeking families in eight flats in Buckhurst Hill saying it is "tone deaf to the concerns and anxieties of our residents" and described the plans as "ludicrous".
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EEF NEWS - BUCKHURST HILL: Government plan to use eight flats to accommodate asylum-seeking families
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November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
BREAKING: Epping Forest District Council has hit out at Government proposals to accommodate asylum-seeking families in eight flats in Buckhurst Hill saying it is "tone deaf to the concerns and anxieties of our residents" and described the plans as "ludicrous".
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BREAKING: The Government is proposing to use eight flats in Buckhurst Hill to accommodate asylum-seeking families, it has emerged.
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EEF NEWS - BUCKHURST HILL: Government plan to use eight flats to accommodate asylum-seeking families
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November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
BREAKING: The Government is proposing to use eight flats in Buckhurst Hill to accommodate asylum-seeking families, it has emerged.
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Buckhurst Hill FC are tenth in the Essex Senior League after a 3-1 win at Basildon United on Saturday, their fifth successive victory in all competitions.
'The Stags host Athletic Newham in the Essex Senior League at Roding Lane on Saturday afternoon.
'The Stags host Athletic Newham in the Essex Senior League at Roding Lane on Saturday afternoon.
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Buckhurst Hill FC are tenth in the Essex Senior League after a 3-1 win at Basildon United on Saturday, their fifth successive victory in all competitions.
'The Stags host Athletic Newham in the Essex Senior League at Roding Lane on Saturday afternoon.
'The Stags host Athletic Newham in the Essex Senior League at Roding Lane on Saturday afternoon.
A new tree has been planted on Lindsey Street green in Epping in memory of Janet Walton, a founder member of The Epping Society.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A new tree has been planted on Lindsey Street green in Epping in memory of Janet Walton, a founder member of The Epping Society.
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Police say their enquiries are continuing after a 36-year-old woman was arrested for drink-driving after a car crashed into two parked cars in Coopersale on Saturday evening.
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EEF NEWS - COOPERSALE: Woman arrested for drink driving after car crashed into parked cars
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November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Police say their enquiries are continuing after a 36-year-old woman was arrested for drink-driving after a car crashed into two parked cars in Coopersale on Saturday evening.
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The 150-year-old Traps Culvert in Loughton has been given a new lease of life thanks to innovative engineering works by Essex Highways.
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EEF NEWS - LOUGHTON: Historic culvert refurbished
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November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The 150-year-old Traps Culvert in Loughton has been given a new lease of life thanks to innovative engineering works by Essex Highways.
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A talk entitled 'My London Thames' was given by guest speaker Ian Kirby at the last lunch meeting of the Probus Club of Epping.
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EEF NEWS - EPPING: 'My London Thames' talk to Probus club
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November 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
A talk entitled 'My London Thames' was given by guest speaker Ian Kirby at the last lunch meeting of the Probus Club of Epping.
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EVERYTHING LOCAL BUSINESS from Everything Epping Forest: Forest Kitchen & Bar in Epping High Street - offering Mediterranean cuisine - has launched a £13 two-course Lunch Special (noon-3pm daily) and a new loyalty card programme - buy nine lunches and get the tenth free.
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
EVERYTHING LOCAL BUSINESS from Everything Epping Forest: Forest Kitchen & Bar in Epping High Street - offering Mediterranean cuisine - has launched a £13 two-course Lunch Special (noon-3pm daily) and a new loyalty card programme - buy nine lunches and get the tenth free.
Latest planning applications submitted to Epping Forest District Council.
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EEF NEWS - DISTRICT: Latest planning applications
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November 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Latest planning applications submitted to Epping Forest District Council.
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Baffled residents responding to the Government's online consultation over plans for unitary councils in Essex are wondering why there is a Welsh translation.
One resident told EEF: "I knew the residents of Essex are a diverse bunch but didn't realise in Essex Welsh only speakers were so prominent."
One resident told EEF: "I knew the residents of Essex are a diverse bunch but didn't realise in Essex Welsh only speakers were so prominent."
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Baffled residents responding to the Government's online consultation over plans for unitary councils in Essex are wondering why there is a Welsh translation.
One resident told EEF: "I knew the residents of Essex are a diverse bunch but didn't realise in Essex Welsh only speakers were so prominent."
One resident told EEF: "I knew the residents of Essex are a diverse bunch but didn't realise in Essex Welsh only speakers were so prominent."
Former England footballer Andy Carroll has avoided a driving ban but ordered to pay £1,052 bill in fines and court costs after he admitted using his mobile phone while driving to film a protest at the Bell Hotel in Epping.
Carroll was given six penalty points and now has 16 on his licence.
Carroll was given six penalty points and now has 16 on his licence.
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Former England footballer Andy Carroll has avoided a driving ban but ordered to pay £1,052 bill in fines and court costs after he admitted using his mobile phone while driving to film a protest at the Bell Hotel in Epping.
Carroll was given six penalty points and now has 16 on his licence.
Carroll was given six penalty points and now has 16 on his licence.
Plans for a solar farm on 28 acres of Green Belt land near High Beech have been rejected by a planning inspector who has branded the proposals "unacceptable".
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EEF NEWS - WALTHAM ABBEY / HIGH BEECH: Planning inspector rejects "unacceptable" solar farm plans
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November 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Plans for a solar farm on 28 acres of Green Belt land near High Beech have been rejected by a planning inspector who has branded the proposals "unacceptable".
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Concerns have been raised over a potential loss of parking in Ongar after it emerged that the lorry park at The Borough, off Greensted Road, is up for sale for £800,000.
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EEF NEWS - ONGAR: Concerns raised after lorry park put up for sale
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November 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Concerns have been raised over a potential loss of parking in Ongar after it emerged that the lorry park at The Borough, off Greensted Road, is up for sale for £800,000.
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This year's Ongar Christmas Lights event on Sunday, November 30, is set to be bigger than previous years with a host of events and attractions, and a parade from Ongar Leisure Centre through the town.
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EEF NEWS - ONGAR: Christmas lights event to feature bigger-than-usual parade
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November 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This year's Ongar Christmas Lights event on Sunday, November 30, is set to be bigger than previous years with a host of events and attractions, and a parade from Ongar Leisure Centre through the town.
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Four days after Cottis Yard multi-storey car park for fire alarm work - the alarm has been sounding for more than ten minutes tonight.
District council had said the day's closure was needed for work at the entrance following "extensive investigations" with repairs and enhancements installed".
District council had said the day's closure was needed for work at the entrance following "extensive investigations" with repairs and enhancements installed".
November 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Four days after Cottis Yard multi-storey car park for fire alarm work - the alarm has been sounding for more than ten minutes tonight.
District council had said the day's closure was needed for work at the entrance following "extensive investigations" with repairs and enhancements installed".
District council had said the day's closure was needed for work at the entrance following "extensive investigations" with repairs and enhancements installed".