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ORIENT: Loan star Smith signs from Chelsea
ORIENT have signed Jimmy Smith on a two year contract. Boss Geraint Williams' fourth signing of the off-season was announced late this afternoon (Thursday). The free transfer is a coup for Williams because Smith still had a year to go on
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ORIENT: Demetriou on play-off hopes and move rumours
ORIENT star Jason Demetriou is thinking big about what the O’s can achieve on the pitch next season. According to the 21-year-old Cyprus international, Orient, under boss Geraint Williams, can mount a raid on the League One play-off places. He told
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WALTHAM ABBEY: Sun Street facelift given the go-ahead.
Plans to transform three boarded up shops in Sun Street into four retail units and flats have been given the go-ahead by the council. Traders and councillors had complained that the three units made the shopping parade look shabby and run down
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WALTHAM ABBEY: Crash teen in "stable" condition
The 17-year-old driver who was left with serious head injuries after a crash in Honey Lane on Tuesday evening (July 7) remains in a stable condition in Hospital today. The girl, who has not been named by police, was thrown clear of her Mini Cooper
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HAINAULT: Special needs workers get pay rise after threat to strike
SPECIAL needs workers will receive a pay increase after school staff threatened to strike. Twenty-nine support workers at Little Heath Foundation School in Hainault Road will have their salaries increased by be between £1,500 and £2,000 a year
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WOODFORD GRN: Devoted gran speaks of 10-year battle for answers into grandson's health
A DEVOTED grandmother who battled with doctors for ten years in a search for answers about her grandson's behavioural problems is to publish a book about her remarkable story. Rita Cecil-Smith, 78, who has faced bouts of cancer, the break-up
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CHINGFORD: Developer defends flats plan
A DEVELOPER has defended its plans to knock down four 1930s homes and build a large block of flats. L and C London and Family Mosaic hope to create 46 flats and 30 car parking spaces in Kings Head Hill, Chingford. But people living nearby
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STH WOODFORD: Charity shop targeted by thieves
VOLUNTEERS have raised concerns about security after a safe and a handbag were snatched from a charity shop. The portable safe, containing just under £100 in cash, was stolen in the middle of the night from the Children's Society charity shop in George
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WOODFORD BRIDGE: Bogus gardener swipes £500 from pensioner
POLICE are hunting a conman who stole £500 from a pensioner by pretending to be a gardener looking for work. The thief was invited into the 87-year-old woman's back yard, in Tomswood Hill, Woodford Bridge, after knocking on her door asking
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THEYDON BOIS: Four year campaign against landfill site is a success
IT has been a battle that has taken four years to fight, but finally work has begun to remove waste dumped on Green Belt land. In 2003 the owner of Blunts Farm in Theydon Bois began illegally using the golf course site for landfill, and up
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NORTH WEALD: Charity makes a dream come true
IT was a dream come true for a 21-year-old who was treated to tea at the Ritz after being picked up in a pink limousine. Emma Rolfe, 21 from North Weald has down's syndrome and was given a day out to remember by children's charity the Dream Factory,
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REDBRIDGE: Parents could face legal action at swine flu schools
PARENTS who deliberately withhold healthy children from schools with cases of swine flu could face prosecution, the council has warned. At least three schools in Redbridge have reported outbreaks of the potentially deadly virus within recent
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CHINGFORD: Vets holds open day this weekend
A VETERINARY surgery is holding an open day this weekend to celebrate a move to a new premises. The VetCall Veterinary Surgery is holding a fun day to celebrate the opening of refurbished premises in Station Road, Chingford. The new centre will
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CHINGFORD: Pupils learn about dangers of drinking and driving
THE dangers of driving under the influence of drink or drugs were witnessed by school pupils during a road safety presentation. Members from national driving school RED Driving School talked about road safety with the aim of reducing the number
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Review: Crouch End Festival Chorus at the Barbican
As far as musical genres go, you can’t get further apart on the scale than Take That and the Crouch End Festival Chorus (CEFC), and this week I had the pleasure to see both within just 24 hours. While I took little persuading to go and see the
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WALTHAMSTOW: Murder police examine link with two more sex attacks
POLICE hunting a serial rapist who killed widower Michelle Samaraweera are examining possible links with two other more attacks in the area. Detectives now want to speak to witnesses to two incidents in the South Grove area of Walthamstow in
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LOUGHTON: Dealership on track with classic car display
A SCALEXTRIC track and collection of classic Volkswagens attracted lots of attention when crowds of visitors and customers turned up to a car dealership open day. Abridge Volkswagen, in Langston Road, Loughton, put on a selection of vintage
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LEYTON: Schools to 'merge' next term
A LEYTON primary school is set to “merge” with a secondary school as of September. Beaumont Primary School, in Burchell Road and George Mitchell School, in Farmer Road, will become George Mitchell All-Through School, although they will remain
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EPPING: Author transports children on a magical journey
AN author will be transporting children on a magical journey to a land of witches and wizards. Tracey Rolf, 45 from Waltham Abbey will be reading her fantasy stories The White Witch of Spiton and The Book of Dreams to pupils from Epping Primary School
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WALTHAMSTOW: Failed asylum seeker found guilty of murder
A FAILED asylum seeker has been found guilty of kicking a sales assistant to death. Mossab Belhocine, 19, of Forest Road, Walthamstow, kicked and beat 28-year-old David Cooper to death in November last year. The Algerian national kicked
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WALTHAMSTOW: Fun-packed line up for festival
AN eclectic mix of samba, acoustic and rock local and national performers will be appearing at this year's Walthamstow Festival on Saturday. The day kicks of with First Orchestra - 30 people from the Youth Bands of the Borough – and finishes with
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LEYTON: Inspectors hand school glowing report
A LEYTON school has been given a glowing report by Ofsted inspectors. George Mitchell School, in Farmer Road, received a two-day survey inspection, focussing specifically on its personal, social, health and economic education (PSHEE) programme
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LEYTON: Annual Youthfest held at primary school
A FESTIVAL for young people has been held at a Leyton primary school. Downsell School, in Downsell Road, played host to the annual Langthorne Youthfest, which was attended by about 2,000 people. The event featured music, sport and dance
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REDBRIDGE: Send us your celebrity look-alike pets
DOES your pug look like Prestcott or your moggy like Maggie? If so, we want to hear from you, as we join the quest to help leading veterinary charity PDSA find the UK’s best celebrity pet look-alikes. So if you think your bundle of love
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ILFORD: Valentines Park is young artist's inspiration
VALENTINES Park has been the colourful inspiration behind a talented student's award-winning design. Budding artist Abhirame Bavaharan, from Parkhill Junior School in Clayhall, beat thousands of pupils across London to scoop third place in
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LOUGHTON: St Clare Hospice is new partner charity at Debden Sainsbury's
ST Clare Hospice has been chosen as the official charity of the Debden branch of Sainsbury's. Earlier this year, the store, in Torrington Drive, Loughton, asked customers and colleagues to suggest an official charity partner and the Hastingwood-based
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WALTHAM FOREST: International students graduate
MORE than 120 International students celebrated their graduation success with families and friends. The 2009 International Students’ Award ceremony was held at the University of East London (UEL) Docklands Campus last Friday. Lord Rix
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Introducing Vanderville Falls
AS a child Jenny Bailey would often dream of a make believe place called Vandeville Falls. Now it’s the name of her band. The 26-year-old singer/songwriter can stop pinching herself as she prepares to release her debut album Ten Years of Talk in
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4 Poofs and a Piano arrive in Leytonstone
THEIR TV slot on the Jonathan Ross chat show may amount to only a few minutes a week, but that’s enough to earn 4 Poofs and a Piano an ever growing band of dedicated fans. What viewers don’t get to see from the punchy musical introductions to Jonathan
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Keeping the house in order
To audiences of the world-renowned Royal Opera House (ROH), in Covent Garden, Walthamstow resident Emma Turner is the measured voice announcing that tonight’s show will start in two minutes and reminding us to turn off our phones. To the cast and crew
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THEYDON GARNON: Scouts hoping for new home
The first Theydon Garnon Scouts are hoping that the district council will give them the go ahead for a brand new home to replace their old hut. The scouts have been in their current home in Flux's Lane, Epping since 1965. The former army hut was
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Diary of Anne Frank staged for Leytonstone Festival
As far as directorial debuts go, The Diary of Anne Frank is something of an ambitious production, but first-time director with the Woodhouse Players Anna Heinink seems more than up to the job. Coming to the story aged just 12, Anna, who has acted with
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Clayhall teenager gets first bite of stardom
FOR most teenagers, being 16 is tumultuous. Muddling through situations with family, friends or school can easily set the raging hormones off on epic proportions – well that, and the spots, are my memories of being 16. Fast foward 20 years and I’m interviewing
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LOUGHTON: PR manager conquers Kilimanjaro
A PR manager proved she had a head for heights when she ventured out on a fund-raising adventure. When Sarah Swailes, from Loughton, set out to generate £3,500 for charity she had a mountain to climb. She went on to do just that conquering
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WALTHAM ABBEY: Man cut free after motorway crash
A Man had to be cut from his car close to the Waltham Abbey junction of the M25 yesterday evening (Wednesday July 8) after an accident involving a lorry. Four fire crews and an ambulance were called to the scene close to the junction 26 shortly after
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EPPING FOREST: Potential swine flu sufferers urged to stay at home
NHS West Essex has urged people with swine flu symptoms not to turn up at their GP practice. The PCT has also said potential sufferers should not visit the walk-in centre in Harlow, A&E or their local pharmacy unless told to do so. People concerned
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LOUGHTON: Drug raid targets homes in London and Essex
A CROSS-BORDER police operation in east London and west Essex saw 17 people arrested in a clampdown on drug gangs. Houses across Chingford and an address in Valley Hill, Loughton, were targeted in the operation which saw more than 100 officers
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LOUGHTON: Academy accepts licence limitations in aftermath of mass brawl
ONE of the district's largest entertainment venues has had a number of restrictions placed on its licence after a mass brawl broke out at a previous event. More than 600 people had to be dispersed, at the Academy, in Langston Road, Loughton
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REDBRIDGE: Family support centre closed
A CENTRE offering help and support for families in the borough has temporarily closed due to flooding. The Families Information Direct (FIND) office, in Manford Way, Chigwell, shut down this week because of the internal problems. A council
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LEYTON/WANSTEAD: Clarification regarding Harry Cohen MP
We would like to point out that Leyton and Wanstead MP Harry Cohen did not accept free trips to India paid for by the taxpayer. Mr Cohen's official meetings with the Dalai Lama have been solely financed by the Tibet Society. The Guardian apologises
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WALTHAM FOREST: Fake DVD gang convicted
A FAMILY used slave labour to produce fake DVDs in the largest illegal operation of its kind uncovered in western Europe. Houses throughout Waltham Forest were turned into factories where illegal Chinese immigrants worked around the clock to
