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Birmingham 3 West Ham 1 - Birmingham win 4-3 on aggregate
Birmingham City 3 West Ham 1 Birmingham win 4-3 on aggregate Carling Cup semi-final, second leg WEST HAM were on the receiving end of a stunning Birmingham City comeback as they missed the chance to book their place at Wembley for the Carling Cup
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HALF-TIME: Birmingham 0 West Ham 1 (1-3 on aggregate)
WEST HAM have one foot in the Carling Cup final thanks to a stunning Carlton Cole strike. The striker arrowed a shot from 25 yards in to the top corner after collecting a Wayne Bridge throw-in on 32 minutes to cap a dominant first-half display from the
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Birmingham v West Ham - team news
CARLTON COLE starts for West Ham at St Andrew’s for the second leg of the Carling Cup semi-final against Birmingham City after fears he would not be fit. With Victor Obinna suspended after his sending off in the first leg, Cole will be supported by Zavon
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WALTHAM FOREST: New construction centre to train 4,000
A MULTI-MILLION pound training centre has officially opened - a year after it was supposed to start training local people for construction jobs. The £7.24 million facility in Cathall Road, Leytonstone, which it is hoped will train 4,000 people over
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WEST HAM: 'We deserve Wembley place' - Grant
WEST HAM boss Avram Grant believes his team 'deserves' to face Arsenal at Wembley in the Carling Cup final. The Israeli manager takes his players to St Andrew's tonight with the Hammers leading 2-1 from the first leg at Upton Park. “I think it is most
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WEST HAM: Behrami completes Fiorentina move
VALON BEHRAMI has completed his move from West Ham to Fiorentina for an undisclosed fee. Speculation had been rife that the Swiss international was on the brink of a move back to Serie A, where he played for Lazio before joining the Hammers for £5m in
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WEST HAM TALK: Piquionne interests Sunderland
SUNDERLAND will try and sign West Ham striker Frederic Piquionne for £3.5million, according to reports. The Daily Mirror claims manager Steve Bruce has targeted Piquionne after missing out on Stoke City striker Ricardo Fuller. The Frenchman is the Hammers
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WEST HAM: Owners will not attend Birmingham Carling Cup tie
WEST HAM owners David Gold and David Sullivan will watch tonight's Carling Cup semi-final second leg against Birmingham at St Andrew's on television after deciding not to attend the match. The former owners of Birmingham City, along with Hammers vice-chairman
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WOODFORD GREEN: Shock jock can appeal over 'Nazi' jibe ruling
A CONTROVERSIAL radio host who was sacked after calling a Redbridge councillor a “Nazi” live on air has won a legal battle against a High Court ruling. Jon Gaunt called Monkhams ward councillor Michael Stark a “Nazi” and an “ignorant pig” during
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WALTHAMSTOW: Comic to headline fire-fighter union fund-raiser
THE Standard Music Venue in Walthamstow will see a return to its comedy roots in March when it hosts stand-up Mark Thomas for a Fire Brigade Union (FBU) fund-raiser. The benefit, held to raise money for the union's London members following
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THORNWOOD: Safety concerns over development near blackspot
PLANS to build 120 new homes near an accident blackspot in a small village have been met with a volley of criticism from residents. Property company Telford Homes wants the development on the site of a garden centre in the High Road in Thornwood, close
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ONGAR: Work starts on long-awaited medical centre
CONSTRUCTION work has finally begun on a much-needed new £6 million medical centre. Residents in Ongar will soon be able to access two GP surgeries, dental care, physiotherapy, and a range of other services at the new War Memorial Medical Centre in
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BUCKHURST HILL: Hospital offices due to get the nod
AN EXTRA office block at a hospital is due to get the go-ahead tonight (Wednesday). Applicant Andrew van de Water plans to use the two-storey block at Holly House private hospital in Buckhurst Hill High Road for up to two years, while building
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EPPING FOREST: Major projects set to have funding slashed
MAJOR projects have seen their funding slashed in the district council's budget for the coming year. An upgrade in CCTV on Debden Broadway has had its funding from Epping Forest District Council quartered from the £100,000 originally planned to
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Singh for your supper: The Nearly Naked Chef comes to Barking
Grab a seat and tuck in, as a guest of Hardeep Singh Kohli, the celebrated broadcaster, raconteur, writer and cook, as he combines comedy with inventive cuisine in a wonderfully funny, laid-back evening's entertainment. Food is a great talking point
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LOUGHTON: New arrest in double murder
A THIRD arrest has been made in connection with a double murder. Police arrested a 42-year-old man yesterday (January 25) on suspicion of murdering Lee Wallace, 25, of Debden Broadway, and Jayson Hassan, 28, from Bethnal Green. Both men were shot
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WALTHAM FOREST: Churches tight-lipped over Catholic move
SECRECY surrounds three Anglican churches in the borough which have reportedly decided to join a new branch of Catholicism - but are yet to tell their superiors of the move. This week the Catholic Diocese of Brentwood announced that six congregations
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LEYTON: Fury at five years of floods
A HOMEOWNER who claims that leaking pipes in his street have been flooding his basement repeatedly for the last five years has criticised a water company for refusing to accept responsibility for it. Colin Avis, 55, of Essex Road in Leyton
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CHINGFORD: Golf club raises £1k for charity
A GOLF club collected £1,000 when it held a fund-raiser for the charity Multiple Sclerosis Action. Dozens of residents turned out to the event at Essex Golf Club in Bury Road, Chingford, earlier this month. The day included a variety
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WALTHAMSTOW: Arrest over bus 'murder'
A TEENAGER has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 17-year-old who was run over and killed by a bus. Ezekiel Amosu was hit by the double-decker in Forest Road, Walthamstow, just after 7pm on Monday (January 24). Police are investigating
