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REDBRIDGE: Council to oppose increase in air traffic
CAMPAIGNERS applauded Redbridge Council's decision to unanimously oppose the increase in flights from London City Airport at an animated meeting of the full council. Members of the London City Airport – Fight The Flights group left the chamber delighted
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EPPING: Rod Stewart sued by own lawyers
ROCKER Rod Stewart is being sued for £2million by his own lawyers. The Epping-based pop star, who lives on the Copped Hall estate, faces a lawsuit from Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro, for allegedly failing to pay his legal
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WALTHAMSTOW: Winter fayre this Sunday
A WINTER Fayre will take place on Sunday. The event, at the Lloyd Park Centre, in Lloyd Park, off Forest Road, Walthamstow, will feature craft activities, children's entertainment and Santa's grotto. The fayre will run from 11am to 2.30pm
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CHINGFORD: Prosecution sums up in 'machete rapist' trial
A man accused of robbing lone women at knife point and raping one of them was identified by six different witnesses, a court heard. Donovan Smith, 43, a chef, of Hungerdown, Chingford, is accused of going on a robbing spree, threatening the alleged
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EPPING FOREST: Police issue warning after burglary spree
A SPATE of burglaries in and around the Epping Forest District has led to Police issuing extra advice to homeowners. Essex Police reported four separate burglaries during daylight hours yesterday (November 18) across Epping Forest and Harlow. The first
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OLYMPICS: Latest pictures of 2012 media centres
NEW images of the massive media centres being built on the Olympic site have been released today. The 2012 press and broadcast centres will provide facilities for more than 20,000 journalists and broadcasters covering the Games for a predicted
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Easing of parking rules would not help shoppers
WHILE I welcome any review of parking policy in the borough, the proposals put forward by Conservative councillors in the letter from Cllr Hemsted to ease parking restrictions in the Waltham Forest area show how out of touch with reality they are
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Borough’s population will grow by 19,000
IT’S a shame that Cllr O’Rourke has a problem with figures (Letters, November 5). London’s population is expected to grow and Waltham Forest’s with it. The projected population increase of 19,000 by 2026 is one which he and his Liberal Democrat Group
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EPPING: Dentists is agony for neighbours
REVISED plans to turn a garage into a dental surgery have failed to win over neighbours concerned about traffic problems. One year ago this month, Anu Sood's plans for 31 Lindsey Street, in Epping, were turned down by the district council over fears
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Why not save on street light power?
HAVE any of your readers noticed that the colour/power of some of the street lights have changed? They used to give off a low orange light. Now on the northern stretch of Larkshall Road and Friday Hill the new lights give a very bright, harsh, floodlight-white
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We don’t want six storey buildings on Arcade site
I AM incredibly disappointed with the council’s current plans for the Arcade site. They are both unsustainable and financially unviable. These plans will see a monstrosity of a development that neither local residents nor Greens want. Labour councillors
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WALTHAM FOREST: Community activist wins award
A COMMUNITY activist has won an award for his work in Waltham Forest. Neil Collins has been a volunteer and campaigner for health, wellbeing and social care for more than 40 years. He is a trustee and director of Voluntary Action Waltham
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Autistic student elected president
AN AUTISTIC teenager has been elected president of Waltham Forest College Student Union. James Kennedy, who has had to cope with speech and language difficulties, has spoken of his “amazement” at the respect shown to him since taking up the
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LOUGHTON: Light up a life this Christmas
PEOPLE across a town are being invited to join in with its annual Light up a Life ceremony. A torchlight procession will take place from Loughton Methodist Church, in Loughton High Road, to Kings Green from 4.30pm on Saturday, November 28. Carols will
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WANSTEAD: Date finally set for Tesco opening
A DATE has finally been set for the opening of a controversial Tesco Express store nearly a year after the supermarket giant bought the site. The firm aims to open the new branch in Wanstead High Street on Wednesday, December 9 - twelve months
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ILFORD: Crowds kick off the Christmas season at lights switch-on
THOUSANDS of people from across the borough gathered to see the festive season start with a bang last night (November 18). Crowds massed outside Redbridge Town Hall in Ilford to see the annual Christmas lights switched on, before enjoying a
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LOUGHTON: Baked bean bath for fundraising teacher
CHILDREN In Need's annual charity appeal often inspires unusual fundraising ideas – but there's nothing like an old-fashioned bath of baked beans to get people digging deep for the good cause. Senior nursery nurse at Kids Inc Nursery in Old
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WALTHAM FOREST: More strike misery for bus passengers tomorrow
BUS services across east London will be severely disrupted for 48 hours from tomorrow as drivers again stage a walk out. More than 2,500 employees of East London Bus and Coach Company are expected to strike from 3am. The action will
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WEST HAM: Spector on international duty
WEST HAM defender Jonathan Spector earned another run out for World Cup qualifiers United States as they went down to Denmark 3-1. The 23-year-old was paired in the centre of defence with Carlos Bocanegra and played 70 minutes of the game. Spector is
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Cup woe raises tough questions for Orient
LEYTON Orient's FA Cup dream died amid a chorus of boo's and jeers at Brisbane Road , this week. A sizeable portion of O's fans who witnessed Tranmere Rovers dump Orient out of the competition in the first round made their feelings loud and
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Old boy Boyd adds to Orient's woes
IT WAS one of football's 'quirks' that saw Leyton Orient hung out to dry by the Monkeys of Hartlepool on Saturday, according to Geraint Williams. In predictable fashion, O's old boy Adam Boyd popped up with the decisive goal with just ten minutes remaining
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WEST HAM: Cole return boost Hammers
WEST HAM will welcome back star striker Carlton Cole for Saturday's crucial trip to Hull City. The forward missed the 2-1 defeat to Everton last week after he injured his hamstring during the win over Aston Villa on November 4. The injury also kept
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Hull City v West Ham preview
Hull City v West Ham KC Stadium, Saturday 3pm Last meeting: West Ham 2-0 Hull (28-01-09) Goals either side of the break from David Di Michele and Carlton Cole earned the Hammers all three points at the Boleyn Ground. Opposition: If rumours are
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Harris carries warning for top dogs Daggers
DAGENHAM & Redbridge sit proudly atop the League Two table after grinding out a 1-0 victory at Accrington Stanley last week. But you would never have suspected it, speaking to Daggers number two Terry Harris. If any of the players thought they were sitting
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Ricardo Garcia-Curbelo plays a poem without words
Growing up “surrounded by harps”, with his brother the director of the Music Academy of Villavicencio in Columbia, it seems almost inevitable that Ricardo Garcia-Curbelo would become one of the most celebrated Latin American harpists in the world
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Abstract art comparison
IRISH painter Jonathan O’Dea explores the inter-relationship between the rural landscapes of England and Ireland in his new exhibition Parallel Spaces at the ArtWorks Project Space, Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow which opens today (Thursday). The free
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Art with a statement
THE BEST laid schemes, as Robert Burns once said, often go askew and in her exhibition Britannia 2013-1981, Dalston artist Laura Oldfield Ford, looks at how even the highly structured environment of a new town changes, adapts and bends to the will of
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Get your skates on
GET your skates on at Valentines Mansion & Gardens this weekend, as the Ilford venue hosts Redbridge’s Winter Wonderland complete with ice rink. Skates are available to hire, including disabled skates and dual blade skates for toddlers. The event runs
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End of an era
WHAT are the terrible secrets hidden in the St Maugham household? Why will nothing thrive in the garden? All will be revealed at the Kenneth More Theatre tonight, as the Redbridge Stage Company present Enid Bagnold’s lost classic The Chalk Garden.
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Local tenor helps raise money for church
LOCAL boy-turned-acclaimed international tenor, Ben Johnson (pictured left), returns to his roots for a fundraising performance at the Chingford Parish Church on Saturday. It is here, as a member of the Chingford Parish Church Choir, that the Cheshunt
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Jean Fullerton: An East End girl done good
AS a sufferer of dyslexia, the idea of writing for a living “was torture” to Jean Fullerton, which makes it even more remarkable that here she sits before me, the winner of the Harry Bowling Prize for her debut novel No Cure For Love, discussing her second
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Daggers emerge as genuine title contenders
ANY DOUBTS that Dagenham & Redbridge were not genuine contenders for the League Two title were put to bed when the Victoria Road outfit moved to the top of the table last week. The Daggers' 1-0 win at Accrington Stanley, coupled with slip-ups by Bournemouth
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Comedy in store
LAUGH away the miserable weather and the impending financial burden of Christmas at Walthamstow’s newest comedy night at the Ye Olde Rose & Crown from Wednesday, November 25. Glee17 Comedy Club’s opening night features an improvisation contest and headliner
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Old Loughts tighten grip on league
OLD LOUGHTONIANS men inflicted a first home defeat in two years on Harleston Magpies in a result that saw them extend their unbeaten run to eight games and maintain their place at the top of the Conference East table on goal difference. The team fell
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Violent art
BROKEN and crudely mended, five giant-sized pots make-up Claudia Clare’s new exhibition at The Original Gallery, at Hornsey Church, which runs until Saturday, December 12. Inspired by women’s stories of surviving sexual violence, Shattered celebrates
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Golfers must graduate to win back Tour card
LOCAL golfers Simon Khan and Oliver Fisher will be forced to slug it out in a tour school shoot-out later this month after the pair narrowly failed in their bid to retain their place on the European Tour. The two players headed into last week's Hong
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Charity scores winning goal
GIVE Cancer a good kicking on Saturday, by getting involved with a charity Five-A-Side football tournament in aid of Prostate Cancer in Broomfield Park, Southgate. Organised by Palmers Green-based charity Pro-Cancer-Research Fund, the event
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Curry and rock
ROCK the night away with the Barnet & Enfield Friends of the Earth on Saturday, November 21, for a fundraising evening at The Seabright Arms, Alston Road, Barnet. Performances come from the brilliantly named Daddy Those Men Scare Me and Hokum, while
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Feeling colour by touch
DO not touch’ signs traditionally instruct gallery-goers that our unworthy, grubby hands should stay in our pockets. It’s refreshing then to meet an artist who not only rejects these warnings but also actively encourages the viewer to touch the
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ALDERSBROOK: Cemetery to feature in vampire movie
THE GOTHIC Victorian splendour of a Redbridge cemetery has been used as the atmospheric backdrop for a new vampire movie. The City of London Cemetery, in Aldersbrook, will feature in horror 'Brit flick,' Dead Cert next year after part of the
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BUCKHURST HILL: Gang who attacked train passengers jailed
A VIOLENT gang who subjected passengers on the Central Line to a series of robberies have been jailed. Jeremiah White, and Remell Tulloch, both 18 and of no fixed abode, together with a 17-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons, carried
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SNARESBROOK: Young artists celebrate school's birthday
ARTISTIC youngsters have tested out their painting and drawing skills to celebrate the 175th anniversary of a school. Children from across the borough gathered at Forest School in Snaresbrook to create a range of art work to mark the school's
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WALTHAM FOREST: Council announces free parking following pressure from businesses
THE council is dropping parking charges at six of its car parks for two hours every Saturday in the run up to Christmas in a bid to attract shoppers. The move follows pressure from local traders and the opposition Conservative group to ease
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SOUTH WOODFORD: Young band celebrate groundbreaking gig
AN UP-and-coming Redbridge band has taken another big step towards superstardom by performing at one of London's most famous venues. Former Woodbridge High School pupils, The Skints, played a gig in front of a packed sell-out crowd at the Barfly
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REDBRIDGE: Fly posters targeted by council crime team
THINKING of putting up a poster asking for help to find a lost pet or advertising a car boot sale? Well think again. Residents hoping to promote events in their local area by pinning notices to lamp posts and trees have been warned not - after
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SNARESBROOK: Young artists celebrate school's birthday
ARTISTIC youngsters have tested out their painting and drawing skills to celebrate the 175th anniversary of a school. Children from across the borough gathered at Forest School in Snaresbrook to create a range of art work to mark the school's
