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LEYTONSTONE: School breached planning rules
A SCHOOL will have to move two new mobile classrooms after bungling officials realised they are too close to homes, breaching council planning rules. George Tomlinson Primary School, in Vernon Road, Leytonstone, agreed in September to take
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WALTHAMSTOW: Man cleared of raping disabled boy
A TUNISIAN man has been found not guilty of raping a 15-year-old disabled boy. Despite initially denying to police that he had sex with the boy, who suffers from learning difficulties, married Naoufel Jelassi change his story when conclusive forensic
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WALTHAM FOREST: GP opening hours longest in country
NHS Waltham Forest has the highest percentage of GP practices offering extended hours in the country. Figures released by the Department of Health today show that 98 per cent of surgeries in the borough are now offering patients extended opening hours
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WALTHAM FOREST: Imam warning over 'jihad' posters
POSTERS advocating terrorism have appeared near a college and a mosque in Waltham Forest – fuelling fears that extremists are using the Gaza crisis to recruit young people. Dr Usama Hassan, imam of the Al-Tawhid Mosque, spotted a poster saying
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THEYDON BOIS: Commuter car park could be built
NIGHTMARE parking problems could come to an end as plans are put forward to build a commuter car park. People living in Theydon Bois have not been able to park outside their own front door because of restrictions introduced to prevent commuters
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DISTRICT: Hundreds injured in workplace accidents
A TOTAL of 232 people were injured in local workplaces last year - and one employee died. The toll should act as a stark reminder for the district's businesses of the need for safety, according to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
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EPPING: Seats could create trip hazard
SHOPPERS fear that plans to install seats on a market area could be dangerous. Money has been put aside to create a seating area on Epping's controversial piazza. But last year bollards were removed following a number of people seriously
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EPPING: Flood causes charity shop to close
TWO shops have been forced to close after a flood of water came through the ceiling. The Cancer Research store on Epping High Street had two inches of water covering the floor after a pipe burst in the restaurant above. And clothes shop
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DISTRICT: Controversial road pricing trials planned
A BIG-Brother-styled road-tax scheme will be tested on local roads in a bid to cut congestion. The Government has appointed four firms to conduct 'spy-in-the-sky' road-pricing trials in seven areas across the country - including Essex. It has prompted
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ONGAR: Man dies in car crash
A MOTORIST died after losing control of his car and crashing into a lamppost. Despite the best efforts of the emergency services, Dean Self, 46, of Green Walk, Ongar, died shortly after the collision in the early hours of Saturday morning (January 10
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LEYTONSTONE: Holocaust exhibition visits school
A LEYTONSTONE school this week played host to an exhibition put on by the Anne Frank Trust. The Trust visited Tom Hood Community Science College as part of the pupils’ studies on World War II and the Holocaust and also to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
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CHINGFORD: Man accused of knife attack
A MAN has been accused of attacking three men with a knife as they walked home from a night out. The three men, aged 18, 19 and 20, left the Royston Arms pub, in Chingford Mount Road, and were walking to a car park when two of them were stabbed
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WANSTEAD: 'Metric martyr' will not pay legal fees
WANSTEAD 'metric martyr' Janet Devers will not have to pay any legal fees towards her failed prosecution by Hackney Council for selling fruit and veg in pounds and ounces on her market stall. Last month the Guardian reported that the authority
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WOODFORD GRN: Speed camera is 'most money-making in UK'
A NOTORIOUS speed camera in Woodford Green has caught more people breaking the limit than any other device in the country, it has been claimed. The ‘Gatso’ device, on the southbound carriageway of the M11 near Woodford Green Athletics Club,
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STH WOODFORD: Baghdad's vicar returns to Redbridge roots
A VICAR who moved to Baghdad when the Church of England told him his multiple sclerosis made him too ill to work in Britain returned to his Redbridge roots last week. Canon Andrew White, who grew up in Wanstead, came to South Woodford's Holy
