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Water company calls for help to keep sewers fat-free
PEOPLE are being asked not to pour cooking fat down the sink but to use it to help feed birds during the winter months. In a bid to stop sewers getting clogged up with kitchen grease, Thames Water is encouraging its customers in Waltham Forest to
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Police issue con warning
A CON artist has been knocking on doors pretending to be a neighbour in desperate need of money to get to hospital urgently. Police are warning people to be aware of the scam after the Guardian received complaints from residents in Etloe Road, off
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Stay safe while playing the dating game
A WARNING to check carefully on dating agencies when looking for romance has been issued by the Suzy Lamplugh Trust in the run up to Valentine's Day. The charity, which campaigns for personal safety, also warned people to be cautious when responding
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Housing planned for former centre
NOT long after deciding to dispose of Theydon Bois Youth Centre, Essex County Council has submitted a planning application to develop the site for housing. The application, submitted to Epping Forest Council, is normal practice for county hall chiefs
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New surgery on the way
VILLAGERS in Nazeing and Roydon will soon have access to medical facilities on their doorstep after plans for a temporary GP surgery were given the go-ahead by Epping Forest Council. Epping Forest Primary Care Trust wants to site a modular building
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Political groups are leading pupils astray, girls' teacher warns
STUDENTS are being encouraged to play truant from school by political groups, warns a deputy headteacher. The International Socialist Resistance group was canvassing outside Walthamstow School for Girls, asking pupils to take part in Tuesday's protest
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Transport museum's delight at exhibit's return
NUMEROUS miniatures stolen from a transport museum in Walthamstow have been recovered by eagle-eyed staff. Pump House Steam and Transport Museum chief Lindsay Collier discovered most of the stolen models in a bag under the museum's Victorian London
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Residents 'suffer' over council feud with staff
RESIDENTS claim they are being made to suffer new parking restrictions because council staff refuse to use the authority's controversial pay and display car parks. Extra restrictions are to be introduced in The Ridgeway, Chingford, because council
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Cops assure Cohen
COMMISSIONER of the Metropolitan Police Sir John Stevens has assured Leyton and Wanstead MP Harry Cohen that policing levels are being increased in the borough. Mr Cohen and other Labour MPs met Sir John who explained that the Met Police was increasing
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Sports cash on offer
LOCAL amateur sports clubs are being urged to take advantage of a Government scheme to encourage the next generation of sports stars. The tax-relief scheme for Community Amateur Sports Clubs on their income and donations has been extended to benefit
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Police deny targeting more drivers
POLICE are stressing that they are not out to catch more drivers speeding when new front-facing cameras start operating at ten safety camera locations in Essex. Safety camera locations in Chigwell and Ongar are to be among the first in Essex to see
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New services are a piece of cake
HEALTH chiefs shared a cake to mark the start of a five-year agreement which will provide services like cleaning and portering to seven north east London hospitals. Whipps Cross University Hospital in Leytonstone and King George Hospital, Ilford, are
