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Popular postwoman remembered by cycling sextet

6:50pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

Six men are to take part in a cycling challenge in memory of a popular post woman who lost her life to cancer.

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Anger at EMD cinema decision delay

6:25pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

Campaigners have bemoaned the “never ending” saga of what will happen to the former EMD cinema after the result of an appeal which could determine its future was delayed.

• Decision on EMD cinema delayed, say campaigners

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Park users form group to improve public space

5:36pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

People who got fed up of their park becoming a dumping ground for rubbish have taken it upon themselves to give it a spring clean.

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Engineer wins award for making nursing home more 'green'

5:00pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

An independent engineer has spoken of his delight after being awarded for his work installing solar panels and new boilers at a nursing home - in a project which has cut its energy consumption by half and saved thousands in bills.

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Campaigners join march on Whitehall in NHS protest

4:42pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

Waltham Forest residents joined thousands of campaigners who marched on Whitehall in protest against A&E cuts and a perceived threat of privatisation of the NHS.

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Breaking news Trio jailed for country's largest coin fraud

4:37pm Tuesday 21st May 2013

Three men, thought to have run the country’s largest ever counterfeit coin operation, have been jailed for between two and seven years.

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