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WOODFORD BRIDGE: Joy as park's future secured
WHAT is thought to be London’s largest new park for a century has been handed over to the public in Woodford Bridge. After years of legal wrangling Claybury Park, off Roding Lane North in Woodford Bridge, has been transferred to Redbridge Council
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WOODFORD GREEN: Secrets of the River Roding to be revealed during free guided tour
NATURE lovers will get the chance to learn more about one of Redbridge's most popular beauty spots by taking part in a special guided tour. The secrets of the River Roding's diverse wildlife will be revealed during a two hour walk along the
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WALTHAMSTOW: "Hapless" Naz is Youtube sensation
A WALTHAM FOREST councillor and parliamentary candidate has become an internet sensation – but for all the wrong reasons. Cllr Naz Sarkar, who represents Hoe Street ward, has been selected to try and win the seat of Reading West for Labour
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WANSTEAD: Golfers get in the swing of things to raise £1,000 for charity
A GROUP of amateur golfers have put their swinging skills to the test to raise more than £1,000 for a children’s charity. More than 20 competitors battled it out over 18 holes at Wanstead Golf Club at the annual Primavera Golf Day. The
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WOODFORD GRN: White Hart not to become celebrity nightclub
JADE Goody's widower Jack Tweed will not be opening up a nightclub in Woodford Green, the Guardian can reveal. Contray to reports in a Sunday newspaper, a spokesman for the late Big Brother star's ex denied that he had designs on turning the
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LEYTON: Charity Wedding Dress Day to take place
A LEYTON woman is to wear a wedding dress for a day in aid of Diabetes UK. Last year, Maria Perridge, of Vicarage Road, managed to raise more than £600 for the charity and this year hopes to better the total. She will spend the entire
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LEYTON: Park is 'hotspot for drugs and violence'
A LEYTON park has become a hot spot for drug dealing and violence, residents say. Those living in Lyttelton Road say their street is often cordoned off and they have seen youths fighting and selling drugs in nearby Coronation Gardens.
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ONGAR: Row over new street names
A ROW has blown up in Ongar after a construction firm named the streets and blocks of its new development while the town council was drawing up a list of its own. The Ongar Station site will include several blocks of flats and affordable homes
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REDBRIDGE: Uncollected council rent tops £1million as tenant anger worsens
MORE than £1million's worth of council house rent went uncollected during the last financial year, as some furious residents deliberately witheld payments because of the crumbling state of their homes. Newly released figures from the authority's
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REDBRIDGE: Prostitution on the rise
HOT on the heels of last week's shocking revelations of a Thai sex slave brothel in Wanstead High Street, a leading Met Police vice officer has told the Guardian that prostitution is rife in the area. Atchara Nualpenyai, of Perth Road, Gants
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REDBRIDGE: Special event for borough's older gay community
CHARITY Age Concern is to hold a special event for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transexual residents aged 50 or over in Redbridge next week. The evening, organised in conjunction with London AIDS charity Positive East, is being held as an opportunity
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WALTHAM ABBEY: Parkour summer school for youngsters
PARKOUR, or free running as it is more commonly known, is an energetic way to keep the kids occupied this summer. So if your youngsters are already driving you mad during the summer holidays, then pack them off to the summer school, run by
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WALTHAMSTOW: Cash machine thieves who stole £500,000 jailed
A WALTHAMSTOW gang who stole more than £500,000 from cash machines across England have been jailed for a total of 30 years. The 10 men, eight of whom are from Waltham Forest, took money from 24 ATMs in the space of seven months between May 2007 and
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WALTHAM ABBEY: Families living by phone mast reject council compensation
HOMEOWNERS living in the shadow of a 60ft mobile phone mast which was erected two years ago after a council mix up, have rejected an offer of compensation. The O2 mast, on the junction of Stoneyshotts and Honey Lane was allowed to stay up because
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LEYTON: Lammastide picnic to be held
THE New Lammas Lands Defence Committee is to hold its annual picnic on Sunday (August 2). The event will take place in Marsh Lane Fields, near Eton Manor Cottage picnic area, beginning at about 2pm. Held annually, the picnic celebrates Lammastide
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WANSTEAD/LEYTON: Progress on MP's calls for great train robber's release
REPORTS suggest that Wanstead MP Harry Cohen may soon get his wish to see great train robber Ronnie Biggs set free. Biggs’ controversial lawyer Giovanni Di Stefano is reporting on his website that he has been granted permission by the High
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LEYTON: Community sports day to be held
A COMMUNITY sports day is to take place in a Leyton park. The Beaumont Community Sports Day will be held at Leyton Manor Park, Capworth Street, from 12pm to 7pm on Saturday (August 1). The event will include races, competitions, a football friendly
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REDBRIDGE: Fears raised that extra flights will be diverted over borough during Olympic Games
RESIDENTS worried about an increase in flights from London City Airport have reacted with concern to suggestions that more planes could be diverted over Redbridge during the Olympic Games. The fears come after the Civil Aviation Authority admitted
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Oldest surviving WWI veteran had Chingford links
AT 113, Henry Allingham was one of the last survivors of the First World War and also the world's oldest man. He will be remembered for his efforts to keep the memory of the war alive to modern generations. Mr Allingham's funeral took place on July
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CHINGFORD: Charity to be launched in honour of tragic Kenny
THE family of a popular sportsman who died in a motorcycle accident in Thailand are to launch a charity in his name. Kenneth Ibrahim, known as Kenny, died in May following an accident in Phuket, where he had gone to attend a summer-long Thai
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St Albans 2 Leyton Orient 0
ORIENT suffered a 2-0 defeat to non-league St Albans, last night (Thursday). Geraint Williams’ started the match with three youngsters in the line-up, alongside a strong selection of regular first teamers. The match featured an ex-O in action
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LEYTONSTONE: Pupils return to school for popular holiday club
SCHOOL'S out for the summer but more than 140 young people have returned to the classroom for a summer holiday club. Tom Hood School, in Terling Close, Leytonstone, has for the past five years run clubs for pupils out of school term time.
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WOODFORD GREEN: Duncan Smith calls for overhaul of drugs policy
IAIN Duncan Smith has called for a complete overhaul of the UK's drugs policy - but has rejected new proposals for tackling the problem. Talking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme,the Woodford Green MP described the government's current strategies
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WALTHAM ABBEY: ET looking for a home
HIS looks may be out of this world, but ET is finding it tough to find a new home. The Mexican hairless is one of only 27 of his kind in the UK, and was given to the RSPCA’s Hillside Kennels in Waltham Abbey after his elderly owner could not
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WOODFORD GRN: Flooding inquiry finds communication faults
AN INQUIRY into the severe flooding which hit Woodford Green earlier this year has revealed that a council hotline for worried residents did not work properly. The report, produced by Redbridge Council itself, said its response to flooding
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WALTHAM ABBEY: Cannabis grower pleads guilty
A MAN has pleaded guilty to growing over 250 cannabis plants in the bedrooms of a quiet house in Waltham Abbey. The Guardian reported in May that the house in Poplar Shaw was raided after police officers spotted a white van "acting suspiciously
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TRANSPORT: Travel chaos expected as strikes continue
COMMUTERS are advised to find another way into work as a 48-hour strike by rail union staff continues today. It will affect the overground services on the Chingford to Liverpool Street line, as well as trains throughout London and Essex, including
