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CHIGWELL: Our apprentice gives his verdict on last night's show
HE is the apprentice who said ‘you’re fired’ to Sir Alan Sugar. Chigwell entrepreneur Adam Freeman, who runs the loans website www.mrlender.com, dropped out of the hit TV show hours before it started, avoiding the media circus that was about to engulf
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WALTHAM ABBEY: Cannabis plants seized in raid
Three men were arrested after police conducted a drug raid on a house in Waltham Abbey. Police entered the residential property in Foxwood Chase on Monday (April 6) and found 48 suspected Cannabis plants. The swoop was part of Epping Forest District's
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EPPING: Pensioner seriously injured in crash
A PENSIONER has been left with serious head injuries following a crash involving a cyclist. The 67-year-old Epping woman had been crossing the road outside Westcliff Casino, in Western Esplanade, Westcliff, when she was involved in a collision with
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LEYTONSTONE: High Road closed after accident
A MAN was taken to hospital with head injuries after a motorbike accident in Leytonstone High Road. London Ambulance Service were called today (April 9) after a pedestrian was hit by a bike near Gainsborough Road. The man, who is in
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WALTHAMSTOW: Valuable sporting memorabilia stolen
THIEVES stole sporting memorabilia from a picture framing business and art gallery in Walthamstow. The crooks took pictures of boxing gloves signed by former heavyweight world champion boxer Mike Tyson, a snooker cue signed by former world
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Farewell at last, Lincolns!
At last it’s over. The chaotic den opposite my house – Lincolns Public House – is finished. After four years of licence hearings, many hours of lost sleep, one near-fatal stabbing and who knows how many people urinating in the street, the local residents
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Dalston gets its very own arts and music festival
Long overshadowed by its trendier neighbour Shoreditch, Dalston’s time to shine has finally arrived thanks to four friends who have bought together some of the finest artists, DJs, promoters and labels in the area for a unique arts and music festival
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WANSTEAD: Travellers react with horror to station's closure
TRAVELLERS have reacted with shock to news of Wanstead tube station's summer shutdown. Earlier this week the Guardian exclusively reported how the busy transport hub will close from Monday June 22 until the end of August 2009 while 'modernisation
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CHIGWELL: Teenager shot in the back
A TEENAGER is recovering in hospital after being shot in the back on Monday. The 15-year-old was walking with his friends in Tufter Road at around 11pm when he was hit. It is believed the group were approached by a gang of six or seven
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EPPING: Protesters march down high street
Campaigners marched down Epping High Street in protest against the town council's decision not to name a park after fallen Royal Marine Georgie Sparks. Nearly 200 people gathered at St John's Church wearing t-shirts with Georgie's face on and
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WALTHAM ABBEY: Slimmers inspired by battle with cancer
A FATHER has been so inspired by his daughter defeating first cancer and then weight gain that he has decided to set-up his own slimming group. Parents Gary and Angie Muffett of Breach Barns in Waltham Abbey had their lives ‘devastated’ when their daughter
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CHIGWELL: Teenager in final of beauty pageant
A TEENAGER from Chigwell is hoping to kick start her career in modelling after entering a national beauty pageant. Danielle Conway, 16, from Millwell Crescent is now through to the semi-finals of the Miss Teen Queen UK pageant, which looks
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Hammers’ defender is loving life after the winds of change at Upton Park
WEST HAM defender James Tomkins insists he has been swept away by the ‘breath of fresh air’ that Gianfranco Zola and Steve Clarke have brought to the club. The 20-year-old academy graduate, who scored his first goal for the club in last week
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Hammers' stars of the future shine
THERE must be something in the water at West Ham’s academy. Just when you think the club had outdone themselves by churning out the likes of Frank Lampard, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole and Rio Ferdinand in the space of a few years, a new batch
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DISTRICT: More foster carers needed
IT is not a job for the impatient, but foster carers in the district are encouraging others to step up to the challenge. As Essex County Council launched an appeal for more people to come forward as foster carers, a couple who have fostered for 27 years
