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LOUGHTON: School merger plan provokes strong debate
A CONTROVERSIAL merger of two schools looks set to go ahead despite fears voiced by parents that standards would be dragged down. The plan to amalgamate Staples Road Infant and Junior Schools in Epping was put to a public meeting where parents had
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CHINGFORD: Hundreds board steam trains on anniversary day
TRAIN drivers and platform staff had their work cut out after hundreds of people turned up to ride one of the steam locomotives in Ridgeway Park. Visitors travelled from as far as Yorkshire to help celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Ridgeway
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WALTHAMSTOW: Celebrate local produce at Organiclea event
AN EVENT celebrating local produce will be held in Walthamstow next week. Organiclea, a small food growing cooperative based in Chingford, will be marking World Food Day with an event at the Hornbeam Centre, in Hoe Street. From 10am to 3pm on October
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WALTHAMSTOW: Factory fire under control
FIRE ripped through a Walthamstow warehouse. There was no-one in the Durban Road building at the time. Two cars in storage were completely destroyed and 25 per cent of the one-storey warehouse was damaged. Fire-fighters cooled
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WANSTEAD: Thousands of newts and toads moved to park from Olympics site
THOUSANDS of newts and toads have been moved to a new home in Wanstead to make way for work on the Olympics site. More than 2,000 amphibians have been released in specially created ponds on Wanstead Flats while their original habitat - Pudding
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CHINGFORD: Cat owner banned from keeping pets
A CAT owner has been banned from keeping animals after his cat was found with a third of his lip missing. Fluffy, which was named by RSPCA officers who rescued it, was found by a member of the public roaming the streets in a poor condition. Following
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WALTHAM FOREST: Men accused of plotting terrorist attacks
THREE men have appeared in court charged with plotting to launch suicide bombs on passenger jets. Adam Khatib, 22, from Walthamstow, Nabeel Hussain, 25, from Chingford, and Mohammed Shamin Uddin, 39, from Stoke Newington, are accused of assisting
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Players Wanted
WADHAM are looking for a goalkeeper to join their U10s A team. Contact manager Chris Pash on 07939 845631. Chigwell U12s girls are looking for new players. Contact Barry on 077183 88215 for more information. Ridgeway Rovers U16s girls team need players
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EPPING FOREST: Council fails to collect £1.7m of council tax
THE council failed to collect £1.7m of expected council tax in 2008-09. Epping Forest District Council only collected 97.6 per cent of its estimated tax take - the third poorest performance in the whole of Essex. The figure means the district's collection
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Hard work does the trick for Daggers
DAGENHAM & Redbridge number two Terry Harris insists the secret behind the club’s superb start to the season is nothing more than hard graft. The Daggers are sitting pretty in League Two, occupying the final automatic promotion place after 11 games,
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Trophies up for grabs
A FORMER fixtures secretary of the Walthamstow & District Youth League has found three trophies in his loft, dating back some 30 years. Now Leslie Hall would like them to go to a good home. Do you have any use for them? If
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WALTHAMSTOW: Church loses noise appeal
A CHURCH has accused the council of taking away the ability to praise God by restricting the noise made by of its congregation. In what has been described as an “ugly case”, the Immanuel International Christian Centre has failed to overturn
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EPPING: 'Brawl' nightclub hearing held in secret
THE public and press have been thrown out of a "public" meeting to discuss the future of a nightclub's licence, following a request by its lawyers. The move came this afternoon as councillors met to discuss whether to continue to suspend the
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WOODFORD GREEN: Schoolgirl prepares for big moment on TV talent show
A GIFTED young singer will take another step towards pop stardom when she appears in the final of a prestigious TV talent show on Friday. Katie Woolnoth, 17, of Forest Approach, Woodford Green, won a place in the final of the GMTV No 1 Family competition
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Indian silk collaboration
BEAUTIFUL Indian silks and embroideries will go on display alongside block printed fabrics at the William Morris Gallery this Saturday, to mark the centenary of Victorian textile entrepreneur Thomas Wardle. Experiments in Colour explores the collaboration
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Diane and Hazel scrub up nicely
RECENTLY-formed local theatre company Femme Fatale will present its first ever production, Scrubbers, at Leytonstone Library next Friday, October 16, at 7.30pm. The play is a heart-warming tale of five women who bond together to improve their dull lives
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Enjoy the wit of Adam Hills
FRESH from success at this summer’s prestigious Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Australia’s triple Perrier-nominee Adam Hills brings his acclaimed new stand-up show, Inflatable, to the Stratford Circus this Friday. Described as “effortlessly brilliant”, expect
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Muslim life in pictures
Opened in 1985, the East London Mosque serves the UK’s largest Muslim community, with congregations of up to 6,000 worshippers coming through its impressive doors every day. Keen to open these doors to the masses, photo journalism student Rehan
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Music be the food of love
For somebody who “never intended to have a career in music”, American jazz singer Stacey Kent has achieved phenomenal success. With seven best-selling albums, two BBC jazz awards for best vocalist and a Grammy nomination to her name, the mesmerising songbird
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EPPING: 'Brawl' nightclub licence hearing underway
A HEARING into the licence of nightclub One9Five has got underway. Councillors are considering whether or not to continue with the suspension of its licence following a mass brawl outside its premises last weekend. The meeting has currently
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Celebrating Black culture
Taking the theme of journeys this year, Haringey’s Black History Month (BHM) programme of events allows a look back at the past and a visionary glance at the future, as the achievements of the Black community are highlighted and celebrated through art
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WOODFORD GREEN: Lift misery for pensioners
DISABLED residents in their 80s and 90s are climbing flights of stairs to their homes after yet another of the notorious lifts on Woodford Green’s Orchard Estate broke down. Attention has been focussed on the estate since grandmother-of-seven
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SOUTH WOODFORD: Campaigners call for ban on 'anti-social' games
FED up residents have called for a borough-wide ban on youngsters playing 'anti-social' sports in residential streets. Residents across Redbridge have complained for years about children making their lives a misery by kicking balls against
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EPPING: Bing Bong fun produces Peppa Pig
GENEROUS nursery school children were given the chance to meet their TV hero when they earned a visit from Peppa Pig for their charitable actions. The lower kindergarten group at Coopersale Hall School, in Flux's Lane, Epping, held a sponsored performance
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EPPING: Caffe Nero saga brought to close
A THREE-YEAR battle by Caffe Nero to stay open on Epping High Street has finally been won. Planning permission for the coffee shop was agreed in principle in August, and was formally granted this week. Nigel Richardson, the assistant
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WEST HAM TALK: Napoli target Hammers boss Zola
NAPOLI are reportedly lining up a move for West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola. The Italian club sacked coach Roberto Donadoni after defeat to Roma on Sunday left them languishing in 15th in Serie A. And while they have appointed Walter Mazzarri
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THEYDON BOIS: Golfers call for action against fast cars
GOLFERS say they are still being blighted by fast cars tearing down a road which runs through their course, six months after they launched a campaign demanding traffic calming measures. More than 220 members and staff at Theydon Bois Golf Club
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REDBRIDGE: Council slammed for failing to collect millions of pounds in tax
CRITICS have accused the council of leaving vital services unnecessarily underfunded after it failed to collect millions of pounds in unpaid tax. The authority is currently owed more than £6.5 million in council tax and business rates - which
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EPPING: Someone 'could die' unless club is curbed say police
POLICE have said they fear someone could be killed at Club One9Five unless action is taken against the nightspot soon. The shock comments come ahead of a council hearing this afternoon to decide the fate of the Epping club's licence, following
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WALTHAMSTOW: Residents fear they will never get rid of poisonous spiders
PEOPLE living in a housing block which is infested with poisonous spiders fear they will never get rid of the pests after several unsuccessful fumigations. 'False Widows,' which can hospitalise an adult human with their stings, have reappeared
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EPPING FOREST: Advisory group announces date for next meeting
THE date for the next meeting of an influential community advisory group has been announced. Essex & Southend LINK will meet at Murray Hall, in Borders Lane, Loughton, on October 13, between 5pm and 7pm. The group was established to give members
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WOODFORD GREEN: Duncan Smith's wife suffering from cancer
IAIN Duncan Smith's wife is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Betsy Duncan Smith, 50, has been having chemotherapy since first being diagnosed with the condition in June. Messages of support have poured in from across the political
