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WEST HAM TALK: Bridge signs on loan
WEST HAM have completed the loan signing of Manchester City left-back Wayne Bridge until the end of the season, according to Sky Sports News. Bridge is expected to complete his move to the Hammers after reportedly passing a medical at Upton
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ORIENT: Chambers back on injury list
INJURY-prone Adam Chambers has been struck by another setback. The midfielder faces up to one month out of action after damaging his hamstring, earlier this week. Chambers was at training on Monday when the latest blow happened. It comes only
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WALTHAMSTOW: Road reopened following crash
A MECHANIC has suffered injuries to his head and arm after a crash in Walthamstow. The man was driving a marked police car when it collided with a lorry under the Waterworks roundabout on the A406, on the border of Walthamstow and Woodford.
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ORIENT: Injury hits Omozusi
A HAMSTRING injury means Elliot Omozusi faces a spell on the sidelines at the Matchroom Stadium. The right-back buckled during the 1-0 defeat of Norwich City in the FA Cup. Omozusi now faces up to four weeks out of action, ruling him
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ORIENT: 'League is main thing'- skipper
VICTORY in the FA Cup cannot get in the way of league matters, according to Stephen Dawson. “We need to go now and win some league games, that is the biggest thing, make no mistake,” he said. “We’re in the bottom six or seven (of the League One
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WOODFORD/WANSTEAD: Shopkeepers' fears over weekend parking charges
TRADERS fear they could be among the big losers as the council attempts to balance its books by introducing charges to its car parks up to seven days a week. Derby Road car park in South Woodford and the Hawkey Hall car park in Woodford Green
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ORIENT: Teenager on target for loan club
A GOAL was the reward for Orient youngster Harry Beautyman on his loan debut. Eighteen-year-old Beautyman was on target for non-league Hastings Utd against Fleet Town, last night (Tuesday). But it was not enough as the Ryman League Cup match ended
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WOODFORD: Calls for police probe over hospital death
A POLICE investigation has been called for by Woodford Green MP Iain Duncan Smith into the death of a man at one of the area’s leading private hospitals. Cancer patient Charles Leahy, 59, had a heart attack at the Spire Roding Hospital in Woodford
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BUCKHURST HILL: Businessman admits conning investors out of millions
A CITY trader who conned investors out of millions of pounds has pleaded guilty to fraud. Terry Freeman, 62, of Whitehall Lane, Buckhurst Hill, who owned the company GFX Capital, based in The City, admitted running a 'ponzi' scheme, where he
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EPPING: Part of town's high street could hit the big screen
ONE of the district's high streets has been turned into a film set for the past few weeks. An actor and producer from Epping is shooting part of a feature-length film called Lost in Italy, starring Ray Winstone, in the town's Club 195, just
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WEST HAM: Grant spared the sack?
AVRAM GRANT will stay on as West Ham boss for the time being, say reports. The BBC claims Grant will remain in the Upton Park hotseat after the club's owners reportedly decided to back him at a board meeting today. Rumours had been rife that the Israeli
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SPURS: Club will 'demolish' most of Olympic Stadium
TOTTENHAM Hotspur have confirmed that they will demolish most of the Olympic Stadium if they won the right to take over the venue after the London 2012 Games. Spurs are in direct competition with West Ham over who will take over the stadium, with both
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WEST HAM: Grant defends Hammers record
AVRAM GRANT has defended his record with West Ham in the face of growing speculation about his future. The Hammers boss insisted he should not be the only manager under scrutiny after over-seeing the team's 2-1 win over Birmingham City in the first leg
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ILFORD: 48 arrests on bus route before Xmas
POLICE arrested 48 people for a range of offences on a busy bus route in the run-up to Christmas. Officers from Redbridge Police worked with neighbouring boroughs to patrol the number 25 bus – which terminates in Ilford town centre – as part
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WALTHAMSTOW: Road closed after crash
A MECHANIC is being treated for injuries after a crash in Walthamstow. The man was in a marked police car driving when the crash happened with a lorry under the Waterworks roundabout on the A406, on the border of Walthamstow and Woodford.
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WALTHAM FOREST: Anti-robbery campaign launched
THE public is being warned to keep valuables hidden from the prying eyes of potential robbers with posters which are going up around bus and train stations. Waltham Forest is one of six boroughs chosen for the campaign due to high levels of
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EPPING: Reward offered by police searching for alleged burglar
A REWARD is being offered for a man charged with burglary who police believe may be in the district. James Doe, 37, was charged with a burglary in Worcestershire in 2001, when £30,000 of antiques were stolen. But he failed to turn up
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WOODFORD GREEN: Company director zip-wires across Grand Canyon
ZIP-wiring across the Grand Canyon and sky-diving were some of the daring stunts that healthcare workers put themselves through to raise money for a children's hospice. The employees of health recruitment company HCL Healthcare raised more
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WALTHAM FOREST: Family fury over OAP flat
A GRANDMOTHER is to be evicted from a nursing home after refusing to move into a flat her family say was infested with rats and cockroaches. Following a period in hospital last year, Myrtle Foote, 81, was deemed medically fit to leave Albany Nursing
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WALTHAMSTOW: Tower block protesters plan mass pillow fight
CAMPAIGNERS are to hold a mass pillow fight in protest at proposals to build a 14-storey hotel tower block in the heart of Walthamstow. A council planning committee is to meet next Thursday (January 20) to decide on the application for the
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ORIENT FAN BLOG: FA Cup joy makes jibes worth it
Supporting one of the “Big Four” teams brings a more consistent supply of victories, but nothing can beat the sheer joy of a good old-fashioned FA Cup giant killing. It’s days like last Saturday’s win at Norwich when I forget about the all-year-round
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WALTHAM FOREST: Date set for legal challenge into school cuts
A DATE has been set for a legal challenge to the Government’s decision to scrap mutli-million pound school improvements in Waltham Forest. The council is one of four authorities which has requested a judicial review into the abolition of the
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WALTHAMSTOW: New leads in harassment case
POLICE say they are chasing up new leads in the case of a woman who keeps leaving animal mess on the doorstep of a Walthamstow home. The suspect has been regularly targeting the house in Mansfield Road, off Palmerston Road, since January.
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WALTHAM FOREST: Public meeting to discuss health cuts
CAMPAIGNERS are to hold a public meeting next week to discuss possible cuts to health services in the borough. The Government is expected to announce proposals for reforms to the NHS early next week which it says will improve the efficiency
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CHINGFORD: Women warned over woods pervert
POLICE have issued a warning to walkers in Chingford after a woman was approached by a man who performed a sex act in front of her. The lady was walking with her two dogs in the woods opposite Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge, in Rangers Road
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LEYTON: Vandals strike at allotments
VANDALS caused hundreds of pounds of damage when they ransacked an allotment storage area. Five youths broke into the building, at the allotment site in Osier Way, Leyton, at around 11.30pm on Sunday (January 9), and trashed containers of paint
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ORIENT: Walker walks
JAMES Walker has been released by Orient. The striker left at the end of a four-month long stay at the Matchroom Stadium. Twenty-three year-old Walker made fourteen appearences with no goals under boss Russell Slade. Spurs teenager
