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WALTHAMSTOW: Pub named best in east London
A WALTHAMSTOW pub has been named the best in east London by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). Ye Olde Rose and Crown, in Hoe Street, scooped the top prize for the division's pub of the year this week. Bun Constantinou, who is one of
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WANSTEAD: Dying art of stamp collecting
PYGMIES and pyramids, Orang Utans and tigers, for generations a hobby now seen by many as dull and dusty opened up a new world for young people in the area. As the Leytonstone and Wanstead Philatelic society celebrates its 75th year I talked
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WALTHAM FOREST: Over £6million spent on travel expenses
MORE than £6million was paid out under the council's "poorly managed" system for staff travel expenses, it has emerged. Documents obtained by the Guardian show that an average of almost £800,000 has been handed over to workers every year since
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ORIENT: vs Southampton - preview
ARE SOUTHAMPTON too big for League One? The long history of the club in higher divisions is fuelling the club's drive to burst out of the division, next month. The Saints come into this weekend’s clash on the back of seven games without defeat.
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WALTHAMSTOW: Police hunt woman in burka over knife attacks
A WOMAN wearing a burka attacked two shoppers with a knife on separate occasions last week. The two men were attacked as they looked at a shop window in Walthamstow's St James's Street, near Ladbrokes. A 55-year-old received a graze
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WALTHAM FOREST: Public give mixed reaction to retirement law change
A CHANGE in the law means that bosses no longer have the right to force their employees to retire when they reach the age of 65. Iain Duncan Smith MP, the work and pensions secretary and Chingford MP, claims that many people want to carry on working
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EPPING FOREST: BNP fielding no candidates in election
IN a dramatic turn of fortune the British National Party will be fielding no candidates in the forthcoming local elections. Only four years ago the BNP had seven members on Epping District Council, more than at any other time in their recent
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WALTHAMSTOW: Pensioner distraught at damaged heirloom
A DISABLED pensioner was distraught to find a treasured family hierloom smashed close to where builders had been working. The raw iron garden table owned by Kevin Fleisch, 65, was left to him by his aunt and had been in the family for 50 years
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ORIENT: vs Southampton - prediction
CAN ORIENT sink the Saints and lay to rest at last a recent run of bad results? Visitors Southampton are widely tipped to seize the second automatic promotion place in League One, this season. Orient have their own designs on the play-offs and earned
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CHINGFORD: Sentencing due for Saddam deal businessman
A BUSINESSMAN who has admitted breaching United Nations’ sanctions and trading with Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq is due to be sentenced next week. Last month, Mark Jessop, of Bury Road, Chingford, pleaded guilty to nine charges of making
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WANSTEAD/WOODFORD: Positive reaction to retirement age changes
A CHANGE in the law means that bosses no longer have the right to force their employees to retire when they reach the age of 65. Iain Duncan Smith MP, the work and pensions secretary and Woodford Green MP, claims that many people want to carry
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WANSTEAD: MP's expenses claims eighth highest
LEYTON and Wanstead MP John Cryer’s expenses claims are among the highest in the country, according to the latest figures. Records released by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) show that, of the 650 MPs, Mr Cryer was
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WALTHAMSTOW: Schoolchildren raise concerns with police
CONCERNED children have told police officers about what makes them feel uncomfortable in the area around their primary school. The group of nine and ten-year-olds from Mission Grove Primary School in Buxton Road, Walthamstow, walked with members
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EPPING FOREST: Public back retirement age choice
A CHANGE in the law means that bosses no longer have the right to force their employees to retire when they reach the age of 65. Iain Duncan Smith MP, the work and pensions secretary, claims that many people want to carry on working into their 70s
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WALTHAMSTOW: Stella hits back but avoids trespass claim
WALTHAMSTOW MP Stella Creasy has hit back at the owner of the former EMD cinema after she was accused of breaking the law by trespassing in the building. It comes after the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), which wants to convert
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Bolton v West Ham prediction
Last meeting: West Ham 1-3 Bolton (21-08-10). A Matthew Upson own goal and a brace from Johan Elmander continued the Trotters’ hex over the Hammers. Bolton have won the last seven encounters between the teams. Opposition: Owen Coyle has done a terrific
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CHINGFORD: Man caught after dramatic chase admits burglary
A MAN who was arrested following a dramatic police chase along a series of balconies above shops has pleaded guilty to burglary. Ashley Thompson, 26, was caught by police after he attempted to break-in to the rear of a business in Station Road
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ORIENT: I want to play in the Championship - skipper
I will be bitterly disappointed if we don’t make the play-offs this season. Us players will need to take a long look at ourselves to have let that slip. I want to play in the Championship and I’ve made that clear. So I certainly do not want for this
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EPPING FOREST: Woman's two day charity hike
A HEALTH worker will be putting her best foot forward in a two day hike for charity this Easter. Kate Siebke, of West Essex Community Health Services, will be walking 52 miles from Goring to Avebury over the Easter holiday weekend to raise
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ORIENT BLOG: We need a plan B
ORIENT have to find a plan B, and fast, in order to make the play-offs. I’m worried that over the past few games (Plymouth excepted) we have been found out by teams who have learned how to handle our slick possession game. I shudder to say it, but
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ORIENT BLOG: Did Jones' howler expose deep problem?
A GOALKEEPING howler by Jamie Jones marked the beginning of the end at Charlton Athletic last weekend, but was a deep problem exposed in Orient’s play by his blunder? Jones mistakenly threw the ball to hitman Bradley Wright-Phillips in a fluffed bid
