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ORIENT: Cheaper tickets for next season
THE COST of watching Leyton Orient is to drop next season, for season ticket holders at least. The club has unveiled its prices for a season seat, and stuck two fingers up at world-wide economic collapse. Prices for adults start at £200. A child's
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WALTHAM FOREST: Flags out for St George's Day
FLAGS are already flying ahead of St George's Day and the Guardian wants to find the most patriotic people in the borough. Do you decorate your home, garden or business with lots of flags to commemorate the day, on April 23? Does your
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LOUGHTON: Taxi driver assaulted by Tweed speaks out
A TAXI driver assaulted by Jack Tweed has told the Guardian he thought he was going to die the night he gave him a lift. Tweed was sentenced on Tuesday to 12 weeks in prison for threatening to stab Stephen Wilkins of Loughton taxi firm Sadlers
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WALTHAM FOREST: Excavation work to cause disruption
TRADERS, medical staff and motorists are bracing themselves for months of disruption as National Grid is preparing to dig up 300 of the borough's streets. The company needs to replace the area’s old iron gas mains, and a council order will
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Hammers defender signs new deal
WEST HAM have secured the services of left back Herita Ilunga on a permanent contract. The 27-year-old has been on loan from French club Toulouse, but the Hammers have wasted no time in exercising the option to make the move permanent after a series
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WANSTEAD: Tonight's by-election hustings cancelled
A DEBATE between the candidates in the upcoming Wanstead by-election has been cancelled. The news comes in the wake of the police arresting a British National Party (BNP) canvasser last night for allegedly launching a racist tirade against
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Chickenshed delve into the life of the young Stalin
Chickenshed, a theatre company that prides itself on being all-inclusive, has a new play showing at The Studio Theatre in Southgate from next Wednesday. The People’s Happiness, written by long-term Chickenshed member Peter Dowse, is a drama that focuses
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WANSTEAD: BNP by-election campaigner arrested over 'racist attack'
A FRIGHTENED mum-of-two has been left too scared to leave her home after she was allegedly called a ‘n*****’ by a British National Party (BNP) canvasser during a racist tirade in front of her five year old son. Shirlene Tobin, of Wanstead
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The glory days of power: Hawker Siddeley remembered
With our country crippled by recession it seems somehow apt that Vestry House Museum has chosen now to celebrate one of the greatest Walthamstow employers to fall foul of the changing face of industry in recent years. A Powerful Past charts the history
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Paul Daniels works his magic in Harlow
ENTERTAINING, humorous, even a tad eccentric – that’s what we have come to expect of magician Paul Daniels, who shot to fame with his own television series nearly 30 years ago. Now with a new UK-wide tour lined up for his show, Musical Magic, Paul is
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Alternative Fashion Week showcases the best East London talent
FORGET Gucci, Issey Miyake or Prada. Forget Paris, Milan and New York. This season, think college students, unsung talent and up-and-coming artistes as Alternative Fashion Week (AFW) prepares to hit the catwalk. Running from Monday, April 20 to Friday
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Orient's silver service
LEYTON ORIENT Com-munity Sports Programme (LOCSP) has been awarded silver status and handed £48,000 by the Football League Trust for their work in the community. The announcement comes just weeks after the charity was named League One’s community club
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Magnificent Manor dispatch Letchworth
ETON MANOR continued their rousing run-in to the London Two North season with a terrific 39-11 victory over Letchworth Garden City. In the side’s penultimate game of the campaign, the New Wilderness men ran riot, with Stefan De Jong grabbing a brace
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CHINGFORD: Elderly woman conned out of £1,500
AN elderly woman was conned out of £1,500 by scammers posing as police officers. Deborah Simmons, 82, of Sinclair Road, Chingford, received a phone call from the scam artists, who told her someone had accessed her bank accounts and they needed
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Abbey secure play-off berth with a derby victory
WALTHAM ABBEY secured their place in the promotion play-offs with a 1-0 win over local rivals Enfield Town on Monday. A late Denny Webb free-kick ensured the Abbotts will have to face a possible two more games, with the incentive of a place in the Premier
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Girls golf-ban protests slammed
PROTESTS over a ban on girl golfers from some competitions have been blasted as ‘pathetic’ by one senior figure in Essex golf. The Ladies captain at Essex Ladies County Golf Association (ELCGA) has come forward to defend its decision to ban girls under
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Swimmer’s Olympic dream takes a dive
A DEAF swimmer who dreams of winning medals for Britain has been left high and dry because the government will not fund deaf athletes. Daniel Voss has been selected to swim for Britain in the 50m and 100m freestyle at this year’s Deaflympics in Taipei
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Daggers’ boss is Still hopeful of promotion
DAGENHAM and Redbridge boss John Still insists the mission remains the same after the team’s defeat to Gillingham: win three more games. The Daggers have just four matches remaining in which to transform themselves from League Two overachievers to League
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Aston Villa v West Ham preview
Aston Villa V West Ham Barclays Premier League Saturday April 18, 3pm LAST MEETING: West Ham 0-1 Aston Villa (20-12-2008) A late Lucas Neill own goal ensured Martin O'Neill's men escaped Upton Park with all three points. LAST TIME AT VILLA PARK
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WALTHAMSTOW: Greens select general election candidate
A CAMPAIGNER concerned about the dangers posed to the environment by large cars has been selected as the Green Party's prospective parliamentary candidate for Walthamstow. Sarah Cope, 30, of Highgate, will attempt to win the seat for the Greens
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WOODFORD GRN: Residents attack traffic plans
HOUSEHOLDS in Woodford Green have reacted angrily to council plans to introduce a raft of new traffic calming and parking measures in their streets. The proposals, first revealed in February, include multiple 20mph zones near schools such as
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WALTHAM FOREST: Polyclinics closer to opening
CONTROVERSIAL plans to introduce polyclinics in Waltham Forest have moved forward as the first official contract was signed. Managers from NHS Waltham Forest signed the document with Forest Community Health, the primary care trust’s chosen
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WANSTEAD: Cows could return to Flats
THE City of London Corporation have said they still want to re-introduce cow grazing to Wanstead Flats but it could take “many years” before it becomes a reality. The admission, by the group’s Conservation Manager Jeremy Dagley, was made at
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EPPING: Parade for fallen marine Georgie
ROYAL Marines will take part in a special parade to honour fallen comrade Georgie Sparks. Led by the Epping Forest Pipe Band, members of 42 Commando will march through the town on Sunday, April 19, to commemorate the 19-year-old who was killed
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EPPING FOREST: Gypsy consultation costs tax payers £250,000
ALMOST £250,000 has been spent so far on the district’s Gypsy and Traveller consultation, to the anger of residents. Epping Forest District Council has said much of the money will have to be paid for by local tax-payers with the Government refusing
