High Court judge dismisses Leyton Orient winding-up petition

A judge has dismissed bids to wind up struggling football club Leyton Orient.

Registrar Sally Barber was told that debts had been paid, at a Bankruptcy & Companies Court hearing.

Orient were relegated from the Football League at the end of the 2016-17 season after finishing bottom of League Two.

A lawyer representing Orient told Registrar Barber that all debts had been paid and she dismissed all bids to have the club wound up.