A selection of the week's stories from Wanstead and Woodford. Click on the text to read more...
Friends of a schoolgirl who died suddenly raise money for a charity in her memory.
Police officers have been praised for arresting a 'disturbed' man who killed a 77-year-old woman.
A nursery school is judged as chaotic and inadequate by Ofsted inspectors.
Meanwhile, the same body has called a primary school 'world class'.
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