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Mo' money, mo' problems
The MPs' expenses row rumbles on (and will most likely continue to do so for some time yet) and our Right Honorable Member has refused to apologise over his involvement. Harry Cohen, MP for Leyton and Wanstead, will not say sorry for claiming
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WANSTEAD: Parents criticise extra class plan at "overcrowded" school
PARENTS have vowed to fight proposals to add an extra temporary classroom to an "overcrowded" school as the council struggles to provide enough primary places for September. Redbridge Council has approached Aldersbrook Primary School, in Empress
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Cottee backs Green to get gong
WEST Ham United legend Tony Cottee has backed Robert Green to win the club's Hammer of the Year contest. The Irons will announce the winner of the prestigious end of season award at the club's home game against Middlesborough on Sunday.
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CHINGFORD: Former plastics company honoured
A PLAQUE from the Plastics Historical Society is to be unveiled at the site of a former moulding company. The De La Rue & National Plastics company employed thousands of people at its site in Walthamstow Avenue from 1937 to 1982 and was one of the
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WALTHAM FOREST: Probe launched after pensioner's death
AN investigation is underway as to whether an elderly man receiving home care missed vital medication days before he died. The family of 93-year-old Reginald Dean, of Enterprise House, Kings Head Hill, Chingford, say he should have lived for
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NAVESTOCK: Fundraising target reached for church attacked by woodpeckers
THE Guardian's year-long campaign to raise cash for a church damaged by randy woodpeckers has ended in success. The £3,000 needed to hire a steeplejack to repair the proud wooden spire of St Thomas' Church in Navestock has been collected following
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EPPING: Police appeal for help over missing Adam.
Police have appealed for information after a man with Epping links was reported missing. Adam Kidson, 30, from Sydenham is well-known on the Epping nightclub and pub scene. Police are growing increasingly concerned for Adam's welfare, after he
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WOODFORD GRN: Cash reward for return of sentimental tiara
A WOMAN is offering a cash reward after a holiday suitcase containing her crystal and pearl wedding tiara was snatched from her doorstep while she waited for a taxi. Jane Gray, of Hillside Avenue in Woodford Green, was about to set off on a
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ALDERSBROOK: Schoolgirl killed by ex-boyfriend
AN OBSESSED student was responsible for brutally killing a 15-year-old girl, a jury decided. Arsema Dawit's blood-drenched body was found slumped in a lift at the Waterloo tower block where she lived after being stabbed more than 30 times.
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DISTRICT: Police crackdown on rogue traders
POLICE have launched a crackdown on rogue callers and bogus traders going to people’s homes in Epping Forest. Operation Liberal, a week-long county wide project, is aimed at preventing and detering illegal trading activities, and raising awareness of
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LEYTON: Walk across Leyton Marshes marks Lammas boundaries
THE boundaries of the Leyton Lammas Lands have been marked out with a special ritual. For the 16th year, the New Lammas Lands Defence Committee (NLLDC) led a procession across Leyton Marshes, marking the boundaries as they were in 1904. About 40
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Hate crime clampdown underway across capital
A POLICE operation to tackle hate crime is currently taking place across all London boroughs. Officers have carried out raids across the capital as part of Operation Athena and have so far arrested 30 people on suspicion of committing homophobic or race
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LEYTON: Row over mosque control at an end
THE long-running row over control of a Leyton mosque could finally be at an end. The current Waltham Forest Islamic Association (WFIA) committee and an opposition group have been locked in a bitter dispute over control of the Lea Bridge Road Mosque
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Top Harvard professor to speak at UEL
A WORLD-RENOWNED theorist in post-colonialism will be giving a lecture at the University of East London (UEL) next month. Harvard Professor Homi Bhabha will speak about how evil can become routine among neighbours, citing Nazi Europe and the
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REDBRIDGE: Mixed response to leaflet plan
A PLAN to help fight the recession with leaflets has been met with a mixed response by embattled businesses and residents in Redbridge. The council has spent £1,905 on a series of new information sheets which offer advice to businesses and
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EPPING: School has own film club
ALL the excitement of a night out at the movies has arrived in-house at one secondary school. St John’s School, in Tower Road, Epping has opened a filmclub for year 7s to enjoy their favourite pictures in the comfort of their own classroom. It has
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UEL gay awareness film wins award
A FILM co-produced by a University of East London (UEL) psychologist which imagines a world in which the majority of people are gay has won a prize at the London Independent Film Festival (LIFF). Homoworld is a 17-minute film co-produced by
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CHINGFORD: 'Eyesore' could be dangerous to children
A DERELICT building site has been "left to rot" because of council inaction, it was claimed. Residents of Wyemead Crescent, Chingford, say the site on their street, which used to be a playground, has been vacant for about 30 years and could be dangerous
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REDBRIDGE: Autism UK gives thumbs up to new novel
AUTISM campaigner Ivan Corea and Ilford North MP Lee Scott thumbed through the pages of a new novel during its launch at the Palace of Westminster. 'Gauntlet' is a techno-thriller, the hero of which is based on the autistic son of its Canadian author
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EPPING FOREST: Get to grips with Orienteering in the forest
Epping Forest District Council is offering residents a chance to improve their sense of direction with a six-week orienteering course. The course starts on Saturday June 6 at 9:30am until 10:30am at the Ivy Chimneys Primary School, in Ivy Chimneys
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REDBRIDGE: Borough is worst for Tube robberies
MORE passengers were robbed on Tube trains and stations in Redbridge than in any other London borough last year. The number of robberies on the Central Line in Redbridge was the highest in the capital last year - despite a 15 per cent drop
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EPPING: Girl meets pop star heroes.
For most children, encounters with their pop heroes only goes as far as watching them on TV or putting their posters up on the wall. But lucky Gili Amzallag, 8 from Epping beat thousands of other children to meet her heroes, girlband The Saturdays
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THEYDON BOIS: Women race in memory of cancer victims
WOMEN raced around a five kilometre course to raise money for Cancer Research UK. The team from Theydon Bois took part in the Race for Life fun run in memory of family and friends who have had cancer. Team member Fiona Bradley said:
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WOODFORD GRN: Golfers have swinging time for charity
BLUSTERY conditions could not stop play at a challenging charity golf day which raised more than £9,000. Woolston Manor championship golf course, Essex, provided a beautiful setting for a four-ball competition to raise money for Woodford Green's
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SOUTH WOODFORD: Tube footbridge to close for repairs
A RUSTY old footbridge used by thousands of commuters every day will be closed for repairs this summer - but residents have demanded it be replaced altogether amid fears it is close to collapse. The walkway, over the tracks at South Woodford tube
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GANTS HILL: Man shot in chest
A MAN is in a serious condition after being shot in the chest. The shooting, at Frinton Mews, Gants Hill, happened at around 2am this morning. The man, who is believed to be in his early 20s, is currently being treated in hospital.
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WALTHAM FOREST: More poor now in outer London
MORE people live in poverty in outer London boroughs like Waltham Forest than in inner city areas, research has revealed. The City Parochial Foundation has found that 54 per cent of Londoners on a low wage live in borough’s on the outskirts of the city
