Following a complaint by a resident of Macdonald Road claiming the road had not been swept for 4 weeks, your Focus Team arranged for Kier Street Services to do a thorough clean of both sides of the bridge.

When they left all the weeds had been removed and the street was in a class A condition.

It was clear however that the street had been swept in recent weeks.

On our regular ward walk on Saturday Cllrs John Macklin and Bob Belam came across this rubbish dumped under the arch at 31/44 Ashdown Court.

We asked officers to carry out an inspection to see who is responsible for the removal of rubbish, the purpose builds sheds and management of the site.

An inspector will be visiting today and will be liasing with colleagues in order to resolve this issue.

On our regular ward walk on Saturday Cllrs John Macklin and Bob Belam came across a gully that was blocked by concrete.

We have asked for it to be cleared.

An order went out this morning to have it inspected and cleaned.

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Following a complaint by a resident at our surgery on Saturday

we asked for action to be taken against this overloaded skip.

An order went out this morning to have it inspected and cleared and for action to be taken against the company for an unlicensed skip.

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Following a complaint by a resident at our surgery on Saturday we asked for these barriers to be removed.

An order went out this morning to have it inspected and the barriers removed.

We also asked for all other barriers left after utility works have been completed are inspected and that enforcement is taken against the companies involved.

We received notification today that of the 3 WF post offices still under review, Forest Road Post office has been saved from closure - one of only 7 in London.

Post Watch cite a major reason for retaining the service as being the numbers of elderly and vulnerable people living in the area, and levels of deprivation in the surrounding areas

While we are pleased that the Forest Road post office remains open we are disappointed that the one in Chingford Road looks like it will close

Walthamstow library was shut on Monday 23 June following a small fire that took place in the building early on Monday morning.

“The Council is working closely with the Fire Brigade to establish the cause of the fire.

“The library will be shut until it has been confirmed that there is no risk to members of the public. Work to rectify any damage will begin as soon as possible.

“We would like to apologise to residents for any inconvenience this incident has caused and would like to thank them for their patience.”

While out delivering the latest Focus we spotted these overgrown hedges.

We have asked the Highways Maintenance department to ask residents to cut back this overhanging vegetation impacting upon the highway.

We would not like to see Enforcement action taken against these residents but it is unfair on other users of the highway.

We also came across this fridge sitting in the kerb.

We have asked for it to be removed.

To leave a fridge like this is a danger to children. We would hate to see a child injured from playing inside a dumped fridge.

You can get a free removal from the council by phoning 020 8496 3000.

It is great to see that someone has repaired the wall around the plantation on the corner of Rushbrook Crescent and Brettenham Road.

We requested this to be done some time ago.

It really look nice and adds to the area.

It is a shame that a contractor has left their barriers in amongst the bushes.

We have asked for them to be removed.