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LOUGHTON: Crystal Lounge keeps its licence
A TROUBLED club linked with a 150-person brawl will be allowed to keep its license, despite residents' pleas. The Crystal Lounge in Loughton High Road will have its closing time brought forward to 1.30am from 2am on a Friday and Saturday after
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HIGHAMS PARK: Drainage problems cause school closure
A SCHOOL will be closed tomorrow because of problems with its drainage system. Joseph Clarke School in Vincent Road, Highams Park, is expected to re-open on Wednesday morning. But parents have been asked to contact the school on Wednesday
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SNARESBROOK: Guard on drugs-at-court charge
A SECURITY guard was arrested on suspicion of dealing drugs at Snaresbrook Crown Court. The 22-year-old man was held on December 22 and charged with misconduct in a public office for dealing drugs to prisoners. Police are investigating
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EPPING: Motorcyclist killed in crash
A MOTORCYCLIST was killed in a crash with a taxi on a busy main road earlier this morning. The man was riding a red Honda motorbike along the B1393 near Thornwood Common at around 8.15am this morning (January 17). Police said he lost
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WALTHAM FOREST: Warning of Town Hall overspend
TOO much money is still being spent by the council, placing increasing pressure on the authority’s finances as it struggles to deal with an unprecedented cut in Government funding. The latest projections show the authority is expected to overspend
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ILFORD: Rogue traders jailed
TWO BOGUS builders have been jailed after conning a woman out of £7,300. Shayne Ennew, 29, and Steven Taylor, 33, were both jailed for 15 months for defrauding the 57-year-old woman from Ilford, following a three-day trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court
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EPPING: Son pays tribute to pub landlady
A PUB landlady who devoted more than 50 years to running her traditional watering hole and helping the community has died. Betty Stokes, 88, who ran the Forest Gate Inn in Bell Common, near Epping, died last Monday, January 10. Her son
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No team, no club? Leyton FC bow out
CRISIS-HIT Leyton FC has been rocked by the exit of boss Gordon Boateng. Reports say chairman Tony Hardy and club secretary Steve Bellanoff have also left the club. Suspension from Ryman League one north last week was followed by the
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WALTHAMSTOW: Concern over children's centre health staff
A CHILDREN’S centre providing vital support for parents could be left with no trained healthcare professionals as council cuts begin to bite, it has been claimed. Woodside Children’s Centre in Wood Street, Walthamstow, provides parent support
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WALTHAM FOREST: Police 'too soft' on unnamed vandal
A LANDLADY has slammed the police after learning a vandal who hurled rocks through the window of a busy pub will not be prosecuted. The criminal was caught on CCTV approaching Chequers pub in High Street, Walthamstow, on a bicycle before hurling
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WALTHAM FOREST: Cuts protesters to lobby councillors
CAMPAIGNERS will put their case to councillors outside a Town Hall meeting this week, in their ongoing fight against proposed council cuts. The Waltham Forest Anti-cuts Union will protest from 6pm on Wednesday (January 19) before a cabinet
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Leyton in League cash ban
A BAN from Ryman League football is the punishment doled out to Leyton FC for overdue payments. Officials “reluctantly” suspended the Lilywhites after no subscription instalment was paid by the club, last week. In what is sure to be
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LOUGHTON: Fun weekend for scouts
SCOUTS tested their pedal power at a thrilling adventure camp. Members of the Loughton-based 41st Epping Forest Scout Group visited Thriftwood Scout Activity Centre in Brentwood along with hundreds of scouts from other groups across Essex last
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CHINGFORD: Teenagers bailed over burglary
THREE teenagers have been released on bail following a burglary at a house. Two boys aged 17, and one aged 16, all from Chingford, were arrested on suspicion of burglary at a house in Sewardstone Road, Chingford, on Tuesday night. They
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ILFORD: Eight flee flat blaze
EIGHT people fled to safety as a fire seriously damaged a flat in a converted house. Crews were called to Ingleby Road in Ilford to find the ground floor flat in the terraced house alight. Two men, two women and three children had already
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REDBRIDGE: Residents invited to first anti-social behaviour meeting
VANDALISM and yobbish behaviour are just some of the issues up for discussion at the first ever anti-social behaviour surgery meeting in the borough, later this month. Residents in the Valentines, Newbury Park and Clementswood wards are invited
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EPPING: Young people have their say
SCHOOL children are being given more of a say over what happens in their community. The 'Have Your say' postcards and Youth Council suggestion boxes are now available in schools in the Epping forest District for 11 to 18-year-olds to complete
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LEYTONSTONE: Boris to discuss youth violence
MAYOR of London Boris Johnson is due to visit the borough later this month to discuss youth violence. Residents are being asked to come to the Epicentre, 41 West Street, in Leytonstone, on Monday, January 24, to share their views and ideas
