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Hero keeper caps top O's show at MK Dons
Injury time heroics from their teen keeper kick-started 2009 for Leyton Orient against the MK Dons, on Tuesday night. 19-year-old Jamie Jones guessed right in the 93rd minute and turned Sam Baldock's penalty onto the post. It sealed
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WOODFORD GRN: Farrow murder - daughter speaks of horrific discovery
THE daughter of a young mum murdered in her home 30 years ago has spoken of the horrific moment she discovered her dead mother, as part of a new appeal on the BBC's Crimewatch which is being broadcast now. Lynda Farrow was four months pregnant
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EPPING FOREST: Children rating teachers on website
TEACHERS have hit out at a website that allows pupils to grade THEM. Students in their hundreds from schools across the district have joined the website rate myteachers.com, marking their teachers in categories including helpfulness and popularity.
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WALTHAMSTOW: Evacuation following kebab shop fire
FIREFIGHTERS rescued people from a flat after a fire broke out in a kebab shop below. The emergency services were called just before 3pm this afternoon to a blaze in the Hoe Street shop, Walthamstow, close to the High Street junction.
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WOODFORD GRN: Dog suffering from 'depression' after theft of pooch pal
A FAMILY say their pet dog has been suffering from depression ever since its companion pooch was stolen at Christmas. It has now been one month since the Ott family had their two rare pet miniature pinchsers stolen from their Woodford Green
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WALTHAM FOREST: Anger at hefty clamping fines
CUSTOMERS are outraged after having their cars clamped in shop car parks - then fined £465 to release their vehicles. A clamping firm has approached owners of petrol stations and private car parks in Walthamstow, Chingford and Highams Park,
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REDBRIDGE: Bogus caller pair 'could be in borough'
POLICE have released CCTV footage of two men they want to question in connection with an attempted con in Dagenham, and warned that the pair could be on the loose in Redbridge. It comes after a 49-year-old woman was left "very shaken" when
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WALTHAMSTOW: Water leak "dangerous" for commuters
A LEAK is the latest in a long line of problems to plague a subway that has already cost the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of pounds. The subway, which links Walthamstow Central to the bus station, was part of a £500,000 make-over of the
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WANSTEAD: New hope in battle to save historic tree
AN ICONIC 300-year-old tree which was torn down during the construction of the M11 Link Road could be preserved for future generations at a day centre in Wanstead High Street - if new plans get the go-ahead. Conservationists launched a campaign
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WALTHAMSTOW: Sheltered housing security fears
CONCERNS about the safety of vulnerable people in sheltered accommodation have been raised after a intruder managed to get into a council-run home. A man knocked at the front door of Holmcroft House, in Orford Road, Walthamstow, and told a 66-year-old
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WALTHAM ABBEY: Mechanic charged with burglary and theft
A MAN will appear in court today (Tuesday January 27) charged with Burglary and the theft of a car from an address in Waltham Abbey. 22-year-old Lee Parsons, a motor Mechanic of no fixed address will appear before Magistrates in Harlow after
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ABRIDGE: Disrepair reaching dangerous levels
A SMALL corner of Epping Forest district has fallen into such disrepair that residents believe the county council may have forgotten they exist. For years, broken paving slabs, potholes, rusty roadsigns and faded junction lines have been part of daily
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WOODFORD GRN: Police hunt killer of young mum
A KILLER who brutally stabbed a young mum to death is being hunted by police, 30 years after her body was first discovered in a Woodford Green home. Desperate police have this week offered a reward of £20,000 to anyone who can help catch the