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WALTHAMSTOW: Permission for £6M park revamp to be sought
PLANS for the re-development of Lloyd Park are set to be submitted to the local authority. The Project Board, which is over-seeing the re-vamp of the Walthamstow park, was due to make a final decision on the designs yesterday (Wednesday) in order to
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Here goes then... Whipps Cross Hospital's been having a devil of a time over the last couple of weeks. There's been an outbreak of the norovirus (aka the winter vomiting bug - that says it all, really) which spread quickly, which closed first three
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CHIGWELL: Smart lights installed to ease traffic woes
INTELLIGENT traffic signals are being installed to tackle congestion problems at a busy junction in Chigwell. The new sets of lights - which will be operational at the junction of Manor Road and Fencepiece Road by the end of January - will reduce delays
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LEYTONSTONE: Anti-gang youth project "has gone seriously wrong"
A PROJECT set up to save young boys from gang culture following the murder of Paul Erhahon has gone “seriously wrong”, according to angry youth workers. Waltham Forest Council agreed to pay £320,000 to charity Catch 22, formally known as Crime
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BARKINGSIDE: School knife panic caused by excluded teen
A TEENAGER who sparked panic when he was seen with a knife heading towards King Solomon High in Barkingside is a pupil at a unit for excluded children next door to the school, the Guardian can reveal. On Monday hundreds of pupils and staff
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LOUGHTON: Student picked to star in Channel 4 campaign
A BUBBLY student has been signed up by Channel 4 to help spearhead a campaigning project aimed at inspiring teenagers to use the web to tackle social issues such as poverty, self-harm and knife crime. Siobhan Maycraft, 20, of High Beech
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WALTHAMSTOW: Baby killer jailed
A MOTHER has been sentenced to five years for killing her three-month-old baby. 22-year-old Maria Kompusova, a Slovakian immigrant, is believed to have violently shaken her baby, Joseph Kompus, causing brain damage which led to his death.
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WALTHAMSTOW: Caustic soda gang rapist to be sentenced
A MAN from Walthamstow will be sentenced on Monday for his part in a gang rape of a girl who was also doused with caustic soda. The 16-year-old victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, suffered "life-changing burns" as a result of the
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STH WOODFORD: Teen stabbed in broad daylight
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was stabbed in broad daylight in South Woodford. The youngster, who was slashed by the junction of Albert Road and Chigwell Road near South Woodford station, was rushed to Whipps Cross Hospital
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WOODFORD GRN: 270 cannabis plants discovered in house
TWO people have been arrested by police after around 270 cannabis plants were found growing in a Woodford Green home. The pair, a 58-year-old Vietnamese man and a 35-year-old French woman, have been charged with cultivation of cannabis and
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WALTHAMSTOW: Mother who killed baby son to be sentenced
THE mother of the baby who died after suffering sustained abuse is due to be sentenced today for his manslaughter. the 22-year-old was found guilty of killing her three month old son, identified as "Baby J", at a flat in Hoe Street, Walthamstow
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CHINGFORD: Leading councillors asked to rethink care home closure plans
LEADING councillors are being asked to reconsider their decision to close a Chingford care home for the elderly. The Conservative group has put forward a motion calling on the cabinet to revise its plans to axe Walton House in Chingford Mount
