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WANSTEAD: Peace at last in planning war
PEACE has broken out at the end of one of the longest planning battles in the area’s history, with agreement for 24 new homes in a conservation area. For more than three years developer Telford Homes has been trying to secure permission for three blocks
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SOUTH WOODFORD: Customers' terror at police struggle
SHOPPERS scattered in terror after a scuffle between a police officer and a 24-year-old man finished with them both crashing into a beauty parlour through a plate glass window. Police Community Support Officers called for re-inforcements after
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WALTHAM ABBEY: PCSOs help deliver baby while on patrol
A BABY was delivered with the help of two community police officers after they heard the mum-to-be's screams from the street. Sharp-eared Shelley Cole, 24, and colleague Stacey Ayres, 20, were on patrol when they heard Kaparzyna Bedmarek yelling
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WHIPPS CROSS: Restrictions after outbreak
AN outbreak of the winter vommiting bug has led to restrictions being imposed at Whipps Cross University Hospital. A number of patients at the Leytonstone hospital currently have the Norovirus bug, but it remains unclear how many. The
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WALTHAM FOREST: Police renew appeal over multiple stabbing
POLICE have renewed an appeal for witnesses to a series of assaults which ended in a man being stabbed 15 times. The 30-year-old eastern European was discovered with multiple slash wounds to his back, legs and abdomen at around 5.40am on Friday
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WALTHAM FOREST: Deadline for community awards
THERE are just over two weeks left for residents to nominate their community heroes. The closing date for nominations for the Love Your Borough awards is Monday 31 January at 12pm. The ceremony will take place on Friday April 8.
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EPPING FOREST: Father appeals for return of treasured memories
A FATHER-of-two who had his video camera stolen is appealing for the footage it contained of his mother’s last few days and the only video of his brother’s wedding to be returned. Simon Morgan, 38, of Theydon Grove, Epping, returned home from
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Rochdale vs Orient - prediction
WILL Orient do the double over Rochdale this weekend? Boss Russell Slade takes his team to Spotland tomorrow. A rerun of the 2-1 win in the reverse fixture last October is the target because win-shy Orient are in sore need of league wins. At
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The ‘Rocket’ blazes into national final
ROCKET Ronnie Nwakaeze blazed to a brilliant semi-final win in the Under-63.5kilo National Boxing Senior Novice Championship against Corporal Lieutenant Tombes of the Army on Sunday. The Waltham Forest Amateur Boxing Club (ABC) fighter was slow to get
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SPURS BLOG: Who needs Becks when you've got Bongani?
THE FAIRYTALE return to Old Trafford seems to be off the cards, so hopefully a few more important things will take centre stage on Sunday afternoon. The presence of David Beckham at Spurs Lodge may have a caused a low level of hysteria among the paparazzi
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Martial arts instructor off to India to defend his title
LOUGHTON Taekwondo head instructor Chan Sau has been given the chance to defend his gold medal at the Commonwealth Taekwondo Championships this month after being selected to represent England at the event in Chennai, India. Sau, a 3rd Dan black belt,
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Rochdale vs Orient - preview
WILL Nicky Adams punish Orient for not signing him up last summer? Orient spurned the chance, so Adams joined rivals Brentford, where he endured a miserable few months. Now back in his native north-west on loan at the Dale, Adams is
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CHINGFORD: Gruelling sports challenge for fast-food employee
A FAST-FOOD giant employee is taking part in a gruelling fitness challenge in aid of a research charity which helps his niece. Gareth Etherington, 29, of Newgate Street, Chingford, is taking part in the 'Porridge Pot or Bust' event which includes
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HISTORY: Chingford Aerodrome
THE only aircraft seen in the skies over Chingford nowadays are passenger planes, but almost a century ago pilots learned their trade there before going off to fight in the First World War. The Chingford Royal Naval Air Station – also known
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EPPING: Faster internet connection promised
SUPER-fast broadband will soon be introduced to part of the district. Epping is one of eight rural market towns in the east of England that will benefit from a 40Mb/s internet connection from the first half of 2012. According to BT,
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WALTHAM FOREST: Fire dispute talks due
THE end of fire brigade strikes could be in sight, as a settlement is due to be discussed today (Friday). Officials from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) have agreed in principle to new shift patterns, which have been disputed for six years.
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Briggs back from injury to win in Holland
CHINGFORD squash star Lauren Briggs marked her return from injury with a superb victory at the Flowerbulb Open in Holland. Briggs, 31, had been forced to undergo surgery on her knee to repair damaged cartilage and ligaments in September, but
