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Proposals for eight per cent council tax rise
COUNCIL tax for Wanstead and Woodford residents will increase by more than eight per cent if new budget proposals are approved. Redbridge Council unveiled its proposals this week for a 7.1 per cent increase under the slogan 'Delivering Investment,
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Diocese welcomes its new bishop
THE diocese of Chelmsford, which includes Redbridge, welcomed its new bishop during a ceremony on Saturday. Rt Rev John Gladwin, former Bishop of Guildford, was installed as the new Bishop of Chelmsford at Chelmsford Cathedral. Bishop Gladwin now
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Share thoughts on future healthcare
DETAILED proposals for the future of healthcare in Wanstead will be opened up for discussion at two public meetings later this month. Redbridge Primary Care Trust (PCT) is currently planning to amalgamate health care services on the site of the former
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Meeting hears of concerns
RESIDENTS of Bower Hill, Epping, descended on a town council meeting to complain about proposals for two three-storey houses on their doorstep. Worried neighbours say the plans for 64A Bower Hill are totally inappropriate for the area and the site access
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Dead man's links to borough
A TEENAGE asylum seeker who lived and worked in Waltham Forest has been found dead in a shallow grave in Hertfordshire. Police have spent the week speaking to the Albanian community in Walthamstow and Leytonstone after the discovery of Dritan Perdoda
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Girl slashed during robbery
A FOURTEEN-year-old girl was slashed across the face during an attempted robbery in Montague Road, Leytonstone. The girl was walking along the street at around 8.45am on Thursday, January 8 when she was approached by three older teenage girls. The
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IDS defends book
IAIN Duncan Smith has hit back at claims that his novel, The Devil's Tune, is a flop. The Sunday Mirror has claimed that fewer than 600 copies of the thriller by the MP for Chingford and Woodford Green had been sold and sales were so bad that publisher
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Phone marking day
POLICE volunteers in Waltham Forest will be taking part in a mobile phone marking day on Saturday, January 24. Mobile phone marking is a security measure which taps the owner's postcode into the handset. This means that if the phone is lost, the owner
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Volunteers needed
A PROJECT helping vulnerable people in Waltham Forest is looking for volunteers. The Reaching Out Project based in Warner Road, Walthamstow, provides a range of services for people who are alone, isolated, disabled and elderly in the borough. All
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Pia's write up there with the best
CREATIVE Pia Khan has seen off tough competition to become one of five winners of a prestigious BBC writing contest. The nationwide competition was launched last autumn for budding writers to produce a short story based on one of Chaucer's Canterbury
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Back to school
A SCHOOL reunion for students who studied their O or A levels at Nevin Drive School - now Chingford Foundation School between 1980 and 1982, will be held on Saturday, February 28. The venue is The Front Room, Station Road, Chingford, from 7.30pm onwards
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Norris gets his facts wrong over Mayor Ken's visit
STEVE NORRIS, mayoral candidate for London, made a faux pas when he said this week that Ken Livingstone had never visited Waltham Forest in his term of office. Mayor Ken made his first official tour of Waltham Forest on July 17 last year. Mr
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Village future talks
THORNWOOD residents are being called to a public meeting on Sunday to discuss the future of the village. The meeting is the first step to creating a village design statement that will define what villagers want to see in the coming years. As well as
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Fury over burden on council tax payers
DEVELOPMENTS around Stansted could cost the tax payer over £100 billion but Essex County Council plans to stop the expansion by taking the airport owner to court. The county council, which is vehemently opposed to a second Stansted runway, has put
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Cash row puts M&S on hold
A DECISION on plans for a Marks and Spencer food store on the Lambs Garage pay-and-display car park in Loughton High Road has been deferred to allow Epping Forest Council to renegotiate over money for community gain. Councillors at Tuesday's district
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Father shot at school gates
A MAN was shot at as he waited for his daughter to finish nursery school for the day. He had been waiting on the pavement in Woodbury Road, Walthamstow, at around 5.30pm on Tuesday, January 6, when a Proton car coloured either white, silver or
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College offers drop-outs second chance
WALTHAM Forest College is giving young people aged between 16 and 19 a second chance to experience student life. Potential students who thought it was too late to sign up or had decided further education was not for them can now enrol on courses at
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Education chief appointed to London council for learning
A WALTHAM Forest education chief has been promoted to a London-wide position within the Learning and Skills Council. Verity Bullough, who is the executive director of the London North LSC, has been appointed operations director for London. She
