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LEYTON: Imam of mosque jailed for beating a child

A former Imam of The Jamia Mosque in Lea Bridge Road, Leyton, has been jailed

3:56pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

A RELIGIOUS leader has been jailed for punching and kicking a nine-year-old boy, then beating him with a bamboo stick.

LEYTONSTONE: Teen gang jailed for tube robberies

Fhazio Mulindwa

2:33pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

A TEENAGER who was part of a gang that committed robberies on the tube after the Notting Hill Carnival has been jailed for two years.

Ricky Penfold inquest verdict

2:04pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

A DAD died after being restrained by police because he had taken cocaine which triggered an episode of 'excited delerium', a jury concluded.

CHINGFORD: Football World Cup song is internet sensation

Brian Hodgson in action

10:48am Tuesday 9th February 2010

A WORLD Cup 2010 song co-written by a music producer from Chingford has become an internet sensation.

WALTHAMSTOW: Shoppers' romantic messages to be shown on big screen

12:36pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

ROMANTICS can have their Valentine's Day messages shown on Walthamstow's big screen this weekend.

CHINGFORD: MP welcomes bus lane decision

Iain Duncan Smith with Chingford Mount Road traders

10:07am Tuesday 9th February 2010

IAIN Duncan Smith has welcomed the decision to withdraw plans for a 50m bus lane in Chingford Mount road.

WALTHAMSTOW: Council backtracks on 'missing cat' poster penalty notice

Lynda Dyson with her cat Fluffy

4:31pm Monday 8th February 2010

THE council has U-turned after a resident complained about being issued a fixed-penalty notice for putting up a missing cat poster.

WALTHAMSTOW:Fury over CPZ plan

Residents are angry that the council wants to put a parking zone in their area.

3:13pm Monday 8th February 2010

A PLAN for a permit parking zone in a quiet area of Walthamstow has been slammed by residents.

WHIPPS CROSS: Virus "spread because of open wards", says former chairman

Stephen Jacobs OBE

12:45pm Monday 8th February 2010

THE outbreak of norovirus at Whipps Cross may have been avoided if funding had been approved to replace open wards, according to the hospital's recently departed chairman.

CHINGFORD: Campaigners celebrate victory after bus lane plans are scrapped

Traders in Chingford Mount Road objecting against plans for a new bus lane

12:44pm Monday 8th February 2010

TRADERS campaigning against plans to install a bus lane outside their shops are celebrating after the proposal was scrapped.



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