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THE alleged ringleader of one of the UK's deadliest gangs has been convicted of two murders during a bloody tit-for-tat street war.Hamza Ul Haq, 25, w

Its ten years ago this week since one of Britains biggest stars was in east London to film for a very popular TV crime drama.

Its ten years ago this week since one of Britains biggest stars was in east London to film for a very popular TV crime drama.

Its ten years ago this week since one of Britains biggest stars was in east London to film for a very popular TV crime drama.

The developer which has spent years rebuilding a Walthamstow estate has won permission to squeeze almost 150 extra flats onto the site.

Proposed changes to a Walthamstow estate regeneration risk exposing the project to loss-of-light compensation claims from neighbours.

Walthamstow’s streets are lined with Victorian and 20th century buildings, making it difficult to imagine it as the quiet rural corner of Essex that it once was. The area was popular with London merchants and the gentry who built large mansions with spacious gardens as country retreats in the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries. Several impressively grand houses were located along Hoe Street, where much land there south of Marsh Street (now High Street) was owned by the Conyers family. Gr...