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EPPING: MP welcomes new bus service
11:21am Tuesday 7th October 2008
ONGAR MP Eric Pickles has welcomed the prospect of a new bus service that will link Abridge and Stapleford Abbotts to Romford, Epping and Lakeside shopping centre.
Comments (0)WALTHAMSTOW: Meeting descends into farce
11:09am Tuesday 7th October 2008
A PIONEERING political process descended into farce as Walthamstow West Community Council made "a shambles" of allocating £45,000 of public money.
TRAVEL: New bus strike announced
10:32am Tuesday 7th October 2008
BUS services across Redbridge are set to be severely affected this Friday (October 10) as drivers go on strike in a dispute over pay and conditions.
WALTHAM FOREST: Council leader 'embarrased' by staff parking on yellow lines
11:31am Tuesday 7th October 2008
COUNCIL leader Clyde Loakes has admitted he is embarrased that staff keep parking on double-yellow lines outside the town hall.
Review ordered amid police race row
9:38am Tuesday 7th October 2008
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced a nationwide assessment of how ethnic minorities are treated by the police as the race row surrounding the Metropolitan force continued.
Woman denies torturing child
8:36am Tuesday 7th October 2008
A WOMAN accused of repeatedly branding a three-year-old boy with a lighter told a court she believes the man who lured her into heroin addiction could be responsible.
Man charged with graveyard murder
5:40pm Monday 6th October 2008
A MAN has been charged with the murder of a woman whose body was found in a graveyard.
WALTHAMSTOW: Police baffled by shop staff attack
12:50pm Monday 6th October 2008
BAFFLED police have still not arrested anyone in connection with a sickening assault on shop staff, despite the incident being captured clearly on camera.
TRAVEL: Bus staff strike over pay gap
6:06pm Monday 6th October 2008
EIGHT bus routes in Waltham Forest not run after union members agreed to walk out over pay inequalities.
LOUGHTON: CCTV image of bookmakers robber
3:56pm Monday 6th October 2008
CCTV pictures have been released of an armed robber who stole cash from a bookmakers.
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Human evolution coming to a halt
Updated 10:32am Tuesday 7th October 2008
Human evolution is grinding to a halt, according to a leading genetics expert.
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