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Woman cop injured in street shooting
A FEMALE police officer was hurt after being shot in Leytonstone High Road. Two 17-year-olds are being questioned about the incident which took place near the junction with Wingfield Road. Officers were speaking to people in a car in the
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Tributes to dance teacher
LOUGHTON School of Dancing's principal for 30 years, Janice Plampton, known to pupils as Miss Todd, has died aged 48. Mrs Plampton, a former South Woodford dancer, had fought cancer for three-and-a-half years, and died at St Clare Hospice in Hastingwood
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Parish wants less than a quid extra
ONGAR parish council has set a tiny increase in its precept for the coming year with band D households only paying 98p more in 2004-05. Councillors approved the increase (less than 2p a week for band D) at last week's parish council meeting when a total
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Town adds 5.4 per cent tax rise
EPPING town council has agreed a 5.4 per cent increase in its precept for the next financial year, meaning an increase from £57.19 to £60.25 for a band D council tax payer. The council's precept makes up a small part of the overall council tax bill,
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Bradley believes missing cat Tinks will come home
A "HEARTBROKEN" Buckhurst Hill schoolboy whose pet kitten Tinks ran off during a trip to the vet has embarked on a desperate search for him. Bradley Harradence, 11, and his father's partner, Theresa Bailey, took Tinks to the Goddard and Allen
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Garage security alert
RESIDENTS are being urged to step up garage security following a spate of burglaries in Woodford Green and Ilford. Seven burglaries occurred during the first two weeks of the month in lock-up garages in Snakes Lane West, Woodford Green and Laing Close
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Man hurt in attack
A MAN who is dumb was left with a black eye and a cut to his head after intervening in an argument in a fast food store in Ilford. The 25-year-old Lithuanian man was inside Dixy Chicken in Ilford town centre at 1.40am on Saturday, January 17 when he
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Man dies weeks after attack
A MURDER hunt was launched after a "quiet family man" died in hospital, nearly seven weeks after he was brutally stabbed. John Ryan, 53, remained in hospital on life support for 47 days after he was knifed in a frenzied attack near his home, on Thursday
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Views sought on school merger plan
PARENTS are invited to voice their opinions on a plan to create two new primary schools by amalgamating existing junior and infant schools. The two are the existing Davies Lane Schools, in Leytonstone, and the Newport Schools in Newport Road, Leyton
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Home numbers to rise
THE number of homes being earmarked for the Epping Forest district has increased by more than 10,000, to 18,600, latest figures have revealed. Initially a regional planning policy report stated that some 8,000 new homes would need to be built in the
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Woman's £190 car ordeal
A WOMAN was fined £190 for parking her car so that two wheels on a pavement. Laura Fineberg, 21, had parked on the kerb because the road was narrow and she was concerned that emergency vehicles would not be able to drive along it. The student
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A chance to shine in Oliver
BOYS between the ages of nine and 14 are wanted to "pick a pocket or two" for a production of the musical Oliver, later this year. WOADS (Woodford Operatic And Dramatic Society) is looking for the youngsters to take on a number of parts, including the
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Builders robbed
BUILDING equipment worth almost £2,500 was stolen when three men threatened to batter two Leyton builders with a shovel. A 22-year-old man and 39-year-old man were transporting hire equipment, including a disc saw and diesel hydraulic breaker worth
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Teenager is stabbed in street after fight with trio
A TEENAGER was stabbed in the chest after a fight broke out in a quiet Walthamstow street. The 18-year-old suffered a punctured lung, broken ribs and a superficial stab wound to the chest after an altercation with three men in the Billet Road area
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All change for the mobility bus routes
LOCAL London Assembly member Meg Hillier this week welcomed proposals from London Buses to make a number of changes to the mobility bus routes in north east London. The plans follow a detailed review of usage with the introduction of low floor, fully
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£190 fine for wheels on pavement
A WOMAN was fined £190 for parking her car so that two wheels on a pavement. Laura Fineberg, 21, had parked on the kerb because the road was narrow and she was concerned that emergency vehicles would not be able to drive along it. The student
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Gull count on the way
THAMES Water is helping the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) in its latest gull survey at Chingford and Walthamstow reservoirs. Volunteers from the company monitored the numbers of various types of gull at King George V and William Gurling reservoirs
