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TRAVEL: Delays and closures on Central Line
SEVERE delays are occurring on the Central Line following reports of a man under a train at Stratford and a fire at Mile End. Services are currently suspended between Bethnal Green and Leytonstone eastbound, while the rest of the line is also
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LEYTONSTONE: Overdose kills secret heroin user
A FATHER-TO-BE who had a secret drug habit died of a heroin overdose, an inquest heard. Pawel Darmofal, originally from Poland, died aged 25 on March 23 last year after injecting the drug at his home in Leytonstone. His girlfriend, who
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DISTRICT: A&E services for residents rated among the worst in the country
EMERGENCY services at Princess Alexandra Hospital have been rated as some of the worst in the country. For overall care, patients scored it in the bottom 20 per cent of worst-performers of 151 hospital trusts nationwide in a survey by the Healthcare
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WALTHAM FOREST: Norovirus forces council meeting cancellation
A FULL council meeting due to take place tonight has been postponed after reports of an outbreak of norovirus. The meeting, at the town hall, in Forest Road, Walthamstow, was to have included a debate on the future of Walton House care home
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WOODFORD GREEN: Massive rise in teenage pregnancies
A YOUNG mother has called for better sex education for youngsters after new figures revealed a shocking 40 per cent rise in teenage pregnancies in Woodford Green. The first constituency-by-constiuency snapshot of the number of teenage girls
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LEYTON: Arrests following drugs raids
HOMES across Leyton were this morning raided by police and class A drugs seized. Five residential properties were searched as part of co-ordinated raids from 6am, and police seized heroin, crack cocaine, drug-related paraphernalia, cash and
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WALTHAMSTOW: Bus crashes into McDonald's
A BUS crashed into a McDonald's restaurant in Walthamstow, causing traffic chaos during rush hour. The double decker 97 service swerved off the road as it made its way along Hoe Street soon after leaving Walthamstow Central bus station at around
