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EPPING FOREST: Housing objectors get their responses in on final day of survey
MORE than 1,000 responses to a questionnaire on where 10,000 homes should be built were delivered on the final day of a consultation today. The Issues and Options consultation, which was launched at the end of July, put forward sites in the district
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'We'll go and put it right on the training ground'
Leyton Orient manager Russell Slade has admitted his squad will work harder after their limp defeat at Bournemouth. The O's produced their most disappointing performance of the season on Saturday as they failed to muster a decent effort on target
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BARKINGSIDE: Phones and car stolen while residents sleep
A CAR and two iPhones were stolen during a burglary after thieves broke into a home via the front door. The owners of the home in Fullwell Avenue, Barkingside awoke at 10am on Sunday to find their house had been ransacked. Sometime between
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WALTHAMSTOW: Funday celebrating diversity to counter EDL march
A FUNDAY celebrating the borough's multiculturalism is to be held as a counter to a planned march by the far-right English Defence League (EDL) on the same day. Waltham Forest Council has announced that the event will take place in Walthamstow
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SNARESBROOK: Takeaway application "underhand"
HOUSEHOLDS fear another take-away could open in a conservation area after a company submitted an application for a food outlet even though it has already been granted permission to build flats and shops. Chalkwell Holdings Ltd, which is based in
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WALTHAM FOREST: Councillor admits swearing at competition winner
AN investigation into a councillor who swore at a competition winner during an Olympics event has concluded he did use abusive language. The probe was launched after a formal complaint by Walthamstow photographer Katherine Green, who alleged
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ONGAR: E-fit released of man who posed as police officer
AN e-fit of one of a gang who posed as policemen to steal jewellery from a couple’s home has been released. The seven called at a house in Longfields, Ongar, claiming they were involved in a local investigation and one of the owners, a woman in
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Hammers keen on Ajax forward
West Ham United are reportedly keen on bringing Ajax forward Miralem Sulejmani to the club. The Hammers tried to sign the 23-year-old Serbian two years ago but the move fell through. However Sulejmani's contract in the Netherlands expires in
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CHINGFORD: Riot-hit shop to close
A SHOP which has been trading for 36 years is to close after failing to recover from being looted during last year's riots. A gang smashed their way into designer clothes shop Aristocrat in Chingford Mount Road, Chingford, in the early hours of
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WOODFORD GREEN: Tenants call on authorities to evict 'neighbour from Hell'
TIME could be finally running out for a woman whose neighbours have suffered 20 years of abuse and anti-social behaviour. People living at Chartwell Court in Broomhill Walk, Woodford Green, are demanding her eviction, claiming she is loud, dangerous
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WANSTEAD: Cancer survivor backs awareness campaign
POSTERS and leaflets urging people to visit their doctor if they spot blood in their faeces is the new weapon in tackling bowel cancer survival rates in east London. Bowel cancer survivor, 83-year-old Muriel Hanover of Brading Crescent Wanstead
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WANSTEAD: Crime writer in library talk
A CRIME writer will discuss her novels in a talk at a library. Barbara Nadel’s ‘Hakim and Arnold Mystery’ series features a former policeman and soldier, turned PI, and his Muslim assistant as they investigate crime in east London. The author
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WOODFORD GREEN: Panto tickets on sale
TICKETS are on sale for this year’s Woodford Pantomime, Dick Whittington. The pantomime is now in its 52nd year and rehearsals are under way for the latest production which begins a 12 day run on January 2, 2013. The panto will be staged at
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SOUTH WOODFORD: MP given history lesson at exhibition
IAIN Duncan Smith came face to face with an illustrious predecessor when he popped into a local history exhibition. The Chingford and Woodford Green MP joined councillors for a look at the ‘History of Woodford’ exhibition which is on show at South
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CHINGFORD: Walthamstow Stadium 'S106' details revealed
DETAILS of the final agreement between the council and a housing association over plans for a housing estate at Walthamstow Stadium have been published. Labour councillors granted planning permission for London and Quadrant (L&Q)'s scheme to
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EPPING: Man bailed following fatal crash
A TAXI driver arrested over the death of a woman in her 40s has been released on bail. The woman died after her Volkswagen Polo and a Ford Galaxi crashed head-on in Epping Road, just outside Epping, between the Wake Arms roundabout and the turning
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REDBRIDGE: Pensioners condemn fuel price hike
PENSIONERS have condemned a rise in fuel prices which they say will leave elderly people struggling as winter approaches. British Gas raised its fuel prices by six percent last week, Npower will increase the price of gas by an average of 8.8 percent
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WALTHAM ABBEY: Town steps back in time for King Harold Day
MEDIEVAL knights, monks and maidens packed a town park for an annual pageant to mark its ancient roots. King Harold Day - a yearly festival celebrating Waltham Abbey's links with the Anglo-Saxon monarch - drew thousands of visitors to the Abbey
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LEYTONSTONE: Teachers to strike over academy proposals
TEACHERS at a Leytonstone secondary school are to go on strike in protest at proposals to turn it into an academy. At least 21 staff members belonging to the National Union of Teachers (NUT) will stage the one day walk-out at Connaught School
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WALTHAMSTOW: Man stabbed in back remains in hospital
A MAN who was stabbed in the back during a street fight Saturday morning remains in hospital. Police were called to Marten Road, Walthamstow at 8.20am to find a man, whose age has not been released, suffering with stab wounds. He was taken
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Footballer enters national competition
A promising footballer who thought his dreams were over has been shortlisted in a nationwide competition, giving youngsters the chance to earn a professional contract. Sam Deaney, from Waltham Abbey, suffered an exploded appendix when he was younger
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ONGAR: Santa to arrive by steam train to switch on Christmas lights
SANTA will swap his sleigh for a steam train as he visits Ongar to turn on the Christmas lights. The Epping-Ongar Heritage steam railway, which opened in May, will ferry passengers, including Father Christmas, to the traditional event on December
