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Everything Epping Forest Page 1 of 26 everythingeppingforest.co.uk covers the Epping Forest district in Essex and features regularly updated news - in words and pictures - has a what's on listings section to highlight local events, a Local Business Directory and a section which allows clubs and organisations to publicise their activities free of charge Home | News | Sport | Your News Views | Events - What's On Diary | Clubs - Organisations | Local Business Directory | Jobs | Food & Drink Friday, 2 May, 2014 News Archive click here Sport Archive click here Tell us your news... Publicise your event... Promote your business... Have your say... Buy copies of photos that appear here... email: [email protected] tel: David Jackman on 07710 447868 EVERYTHING EPPING FOREST MAGAZINE Click on the link for the latest e-edition March 2014 Review of polling stations underway 9.08am - 30th March 2014 WITH local and European elections a few weeks away and the General Election next year Epping Forest District Council is holding its regular consultation on polling stations and polling districts. The review runs until May 30 within the district. A council spokesman said: "This is your opportunity to look at the arrangements currently in place and suggest any alternative for the future in your area." A polling district is a geographical area created by the sub-division of a UK parliamentary constituency for the purposes of a UK parliamentary election. Each parish is a separate polling district unless there are special circumstances such as a small number of electors. Polling stations should be within easy reach of all electors from across the polling district. Representations may be made by email to [email protected] or by post to Polling District/Place Review, Epping Forest District Council, Office of the Chief Executive, Civic Offices, High Street, Epping, Essex CM16 4BZ. Details of the review notice, existing polling districts and polling places are available online can also be viewed at the main reception desk, Civic Offices, High Street, Epping; Waltham Abbey Library, Sun Street; Chipping Ongar Library, High Street; Buckhurst Hill Library, Queens Road and Loughton Library, Traps Hill. The council will make a final decision on future polling districts and places on September 30. Winning hospice lottery numbers 9.06am - 30th March 2014 THE winner of the £1,000 prize in this week's St Clare Hospice lottery lives in Bishop's Stortford. The winning number is 627211. The £100 prize goes to number 316720. The holder lives in Harlow. For information about how to join the lottery visit www.stclarehospice.org.uk or ring 01279 773730 (Monday- Friday 9.30am-1.30pm). PLANE CRASH: Motorist recalls moment plane came down 7.50am - 30th March 2014 AN eyewitness has told Everything Epping Forest he believes the Yak plane may have been performing some kind of stunt seconds before it crashed into a field off the A414. Lee Sifford was driving home to Great Oakley having visiting his parents in Loughton, with his 14-year-old daughter, Lucy, when he noticed the plane overhead. He said: "A wide winged aircraft in the sky caught my eye as it was inclining steeply and rapidly then turned sharply mid-air and headed straight down towards the ground, nose first at a very fast speed. "The plane then disappeared from my view." He added: "I was pretty sure that a plane had crashed as it seemed to be going downwards too fast to avoid it. "As I drove another couple of hundred yards I noticed cars on the other side of the road beginning to stop and I then spotted the plane in the field on fire. I could only really make out the tail of the plane as the rest of it was alight. "It looked to me that the plane was maybe attempting some kind of stunt or loop the loop. "The plane did not seem to be in fire nor was there any smoke coming from it when it was descending." The crash happened in a field some distance off the A414 by the Fox and Goose pub at Cooksmill Green, near 02/05/2014 Everything Epping Forest Page 2 of 26 Norton Heath, at about 3pm yesterday. Staff and customers from the pub also witnessed the crash and ran across the field to see if they could help. The pilot and passenger, both from Essex, had taken off from North Weald Airfield. Everything Epping Forest knows the identity of the passenger but is not publishing his details until next of kin have been informed. It is understood he had been at the airfield with his family when he was offered the chance flight. He is a prominent member of the airfield community. Four fire crews were called to the scene and a stretch of the A414 was closed for a time while emergency services dealt with the incident. Town launches Mum of the Year competition 8.37am - 29th March 2014 MUMS-and-babies choir Mama Sing launched Loughton High Road's 2014 programme of events. Bella Sorella owner Lydia Bright formally opened the event with Mama Sing celebrating Mother's Day by singing to the crowds in the High Road. Shoppers were invited to nominate a Loughton Mum of the Year, a new competition announced by the Loughton High Road Town Centre Partnership. The event was organised by Becky Elliott, owner of Bababoom, who chairs the Partnership, and Loughton town councillor Stephen Pewsey. The event is one of a series of family-friendly events to be staged in the High Road this year. The next event to be staged by the Partnership - recently re-branded as 'Loughton First' - is on Easter Saturday when there will be Easter bonnet making and egg rolling. Loughton Mum of the Year nomination forms are available from Bella Sorella, Bababoom, Halo, Benefit, ChiChi and other stores in the town. Nominations close on April 13 with the winner to be announced on Easter Saturday. PLANE CRASH EXCLUSIVE: Victim was only on board after being offered chance flight 7.21pm - 29th March 2014 ONE of the victims of the Yak crash had only been on board after being offered a chance flight in the plane, Everything Epping Forest understands. A source has told Everything Epping Forest the identity of the man, who was a passenger in the plane, but his details are yet to be released by police until next of kin have been told. It is understood he had been at the airfield when he was offered the flight. The man, who has close links with the airfield, died along with the pilot when the plane came down moments after being "seen in difficulties" in a field off the A414 at Cooksmill Green - near the Fox and Goose pub - near Norton Heath shortly before 3pm today. The victim has been described as a "family man" who played an "enthusiastic" part within the airfield community. Emergency services at the crash scene PICTURE (Photo by Essex Fire and Rescue Service) PLANE CRASH: Plane "seen in difficulties" before crash 7.19pm - 29th March 2014 TWO men died when a Yak 52 light aircraft, which had flown out of North Weald Airfield, crashed in a field off the A414 near Norton Heath. Essex Police say the plane was "seen to be in difficulties" moments before it came down some distance away from the main road on the opposite side of the A414 to the Fox and Goose pub. A stretch of the A414 was closed for some time while emergency services dealt with the incident. Emergency services are still at the scene this evening. A spokesman for Essex Fire and Rescue Service said the plane was "completely alight" when firefighters arrived on the scene. Two crews from Chelmsford and others from Colchester and Maldon had been alerted shortly before 3pm today. The firefighters took about an hour to deal with the fire. In a statement issued this evening, Essex Police said: "Two men, a pilot and his passenger, both from Essex were on board. The plane had flown out from North Weald airfield. "Investigators from the Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) will be investigating the cause of the crash." Emergency services at the crash scene PICTURE (Photo by Essex Fire and Rescue Service) MP becomes Ambassador for Loughton Music Academy 9.08am - 29th March 2014 EPPING Forest MP Eleanor Laing has agreed to become an Ambassador for Loughton Music Academy having visited its premises and praised its work. Some 500 students are currently on the books of Loughton Music Academy which provides music tuition on a range of instruments for all ages. Mrs Laing said: "Loughton Music Academy is a really exciting place. I'm most impressed by the range of skills that are being taught there. "It's obvious that learning music in this atmosphere is also fun and that's so important for encouraging talent." She added: "The new interactive keyboard and screen that they have designed and developed is truly amazing. It brings a new edge to learning. It's also going to be a fantastic export opportunity as these new learning systems are being used all over the world. "I'm very proud to have such a successful organisation right here in Loughton." MP praises schoolchildrens' campaign 9.06am - 29th March 2014 EPPING Forest MP Eleanor Laing visited Daiglen School, Buckhurst Hill, to support the school's efforts with the Send My Friend to School campaign. Children in Years 5 and 6 had put together a presentation on what they thought made a perfect teacher and created some work, including pictures, to support their ideas.