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REDBRIDGE: Post Office faces fresh uncertainty
8:29am Wednesday 8th October 2008
FURIOUS residents have spoken of their disgust that more ‘lifeline’ post offices may face the axe if Royal Mail loses the contract to distribute pension and benefit payments.
Comments (0)REDBRIDGE: Mansion rennovation costs spiralling
8:43am Wednesday 8th October 2008
AN extra £860,000 is due to be spent on restoration work at historic Valentines mansion and Redbridge taxpayers are footing the bill.
Jury out in child torture case
5:54pm Tuesday 7th October 2008
A JURY has retired to decide if a 23-year-old woman repeatedly branded a three-year-old boy with a cigarette lighter.
WALTHAMSTOW: Family 'ripped apart' by father's murder
5:12pm Tuesday 7th October 2008
A FAMILY have spoken of their anguish after a father-of-three was stabbed to death.
LEYTON: Free O's tickets up for grabs
4:36pm Tuesday 7th October 2008
FOOTBALL fans who have an E10 postcode can go and watch Leyton Orient for free.
WALTHAM FOREST: Bullying culture within council, says union
4:17pm Tuesday 7th October 2008
BULLYING is behind a dramatic rise in the number of council staff taking legal action against their employer, it has been claimed.
REDBRIDGE: School installs CCTV in classrooms
1:57pm Tuesday 7th October 2008
AS teaching unions raise concerns about surveillance in schools, it has emerged that King Solomon High is the only site in the borough to actually have CCTV cameras in its classrooms.
CHIGWELL: Soldier reunited with stolen war medals
12:34pm Tuesday 7th October 2008
A HERO has been reunited with his stolen war medals following a successful plea by the Epping Forest Guardian.
CHIGWELL: Teenager remanded over death crash
12:15pm Tuesday 7th October 2008
A TEENAGER charged in connection with a fatal car crash has had his case adjourned until the result of an inquest.
LEYTON: Plasterer in £62,000 lottery win
12:24pm Tuesday 7th October 2008
A PLASTERER has scooped a £62,000 lottery win.
National News
Bid to cut red tape criticised
Updated 8:23am Wednesday 8th October 2008
Government attempts to cut business red tape seem to be having "almost no effect", the chairman of an influential committee of MPs said after a report revealed firms found complying with regulations at least as time-consuming as last year.
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