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Martin features in GB win
Team GB’s men’s hockey side made a winning start to their Olympic campaign with an impressive 4-1 victory over Argentina in Pool A at the Riverbank Arena tonight. Matt Daly looked to have given Britain an early lead but his effort was chalked off
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'It is the worst place to finish at the Olympics'
Pete Waterfield admitted fourth place feels like the worst place to finish after he and Tom Daley fell agonisingly short of an Olympic medal at the Aquatics Centre today. The duo went together in the men’s 10m synchronised event and led the field
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LOUGHTON: Cyclist tells of part in "spectacular" Olympics opening ceremony
A FATHER-of-four who took part in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games on Friday has described his experience. Paul Bird, 56, a property services director from The Greens Close in Loughton, was one of the cyclists portraying the
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WOODFORD BRIDGE: Parking restrictions shelved in face of trader opposition
CONTROVERSIAL plans to introduce tough parking restrictions outside a small parade of shops have been shelved by the council after traders protested. Shopkeepers on the stretch of road by the Chigwell Road/Manor Road roundabout in Woodford Bridge
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Waterfield misses out on synchro medal
Walthamstow’s Pete Waterfield missed out on a medal in the Olympic 10m synchronised diving today alongside Tom Daley. The pair led the competition at the halfway point but a disappointing dive in round four saw them slip out of the medal positions
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BUCKHURST HILL: Residents celebrate parking ban at junction
DRIVERS are celebrating ‘half a victory’ at a busy junction that straddles two local authority areas – after one council agreed to improve road safety on its side. Beech Lane in Buckhurst Hill sits on the boundary between Redbridge and Epping
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REDBRIDGE: Youth parliament members clean up town centre
TEN members of Redbridge's Youth Council donned high-vis jackets and cleaned up Ilford town centre. They joined council leader Keith Prince, on Wednesday (July 25) in a bid to rid Ilford's streets of rubbish. Abda Kazemi, a member of youth
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EPPING: Teenagers' bid to bridge the generation gap
TWO young highflyers have set out to bridge the generation gap by forging friendships between local teens and the elderly – and are looking for care homes to take up their services. Rosie Mercer, 14, and Lauren Elder, 16,
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Neave through to Olympic semi-finals
Lizzie Neave guaranteed her place in Thursday's Olympic canoe slalom K1 semi-finals with a clean run of 101.95 secs, securing herself fourth place after the first run, with the top 15 of 21 making it through. The 25-year-old, from Stone, Staffordshire
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WOODFORD GREEN: Thousands attend Olympic-themed funday
THOUSANDS of people of all ages attended a funday organised by a group of churches. The Olympic-themed day on Saturday (July 28) saw a patch of open space in Inmans Row, Woodford Green, transformed into five activity zones - each zone
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REDBRIDGE: CCTV cameras provide live feed of Olympic traffic
LIVE CCTV footage of key travel routes in the borough has gone live on the council’s website. The footage is being streamed to help people plan their routes during the Olympic Games. In addition a number of cameras already available from
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CHINGFORD: Call for action on commuter parking
HUNDREDS of people have signed a petition calling for action to stop commuters parking in their street. Three ward councillors recently intervened to block the introduction of a controlled parking zone in north Chingford, claiming they were
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Bristol City offer for Hammers striker accepted
Bristol City have reportedly had a £1.5m offer for West Ham United striker Sam Baldock accepted. The forward has been linked with a number of clubs this summer including Charlton. Hammers boss Sam Allardyce is prepared to offload Baldock
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LEYTONSTONE: Boy, 15, charged with attempted robbery
A 15-year-old has been charged with attempted robbery after he allegedly tried to mug two boys. The victims, aged 14 and 16, were walking through the park area of Hollydown Way in Leytonstone at 6.20pm on Saturday (July 28) when they
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WANSTEAD: Sisters call for action on rats
TWO sisters are afraid to visit a historic green near their home due to a long-runnng rat infestation nearby. Maisie and Rosie Folan, of Hermon Hill, Wanstead, are calling for action to rid the area of the large vermin which live in holes on wasteland
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LEYTONSTONE: Aspiring model makes competition final
THE former Miss Congo has won through to the final of a modelling competition. Amelia Lola, 21, of Dyson Road in Leytonstone, beat more than 100 entrants on her way to reaching the final of Top Model of Colour 2012. The
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WANSTEAD: Pearly Queen Doreen Golding on her part in the Olympic opening ceremony
FRIDAY’S Olympic opening ceremony wowed the world with a dazzling mix of music and theatre. Pearly Queen Doreen Golding, who lives in Gardner Close, Wanstead, was one of the hundreds of volunteers who took part in the spectacular show. Doreen
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WALTHAM FOREST: Festival of sport & giant Godiva this weekend
FAMILIES can try their hand at a variety of Olympic sports at a two-day event in Walthamstow this weekend. The 'Festival of Sport' takes place in both the grounds of Waltham Forest Town Hall in Forest Road and the nearby Waltham Forest Pool & Track
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NORTH WEALD: Riders hit out at 'dangerous' bridleway workshop plan
HORSERIDERS have condemned a ‘dangerous’ plan to allow a car repairs workshop to set up shop on a well-used Green Belt bridleway. The owners of Cold Hall Farm, in Kiln Road, Stanford Rivers, are seeking retrospective permission to run a
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CHINGFORD: Businessmen join forces to make £16 million Stow stadium bid
TWO businessmen are set to make a last-ditch bid to re-introduce greyhound racing to Walthamstow Stadium - with the backing of some high-profile names. Housing association London & Quadrant (L&Q) had an application approved to turn the Chingford
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EPPING FOREST: 100 more historic buildings set to be protected while dozens crumble
NEARLY 100 buildings deemed interesting and historic look set to be given extra protection from development. The 93 sites are being put forward by Epping Forest District Council as places it wants to add to its local list, giving it more control
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New Hammers signing features for Senegal
New West Ham United signing Mohamed Diamé played 90 minutes as ten-man Senegal secured a 2-0 win over Uruguay at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Two first-half goals from Moussa Konate either side of Abdoulaye Ba’s red card settled the match, held
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OLYMPICS: Security documents found dumped in bin
CONFIDENTIAL security documents for an Olympic Games training venue used by hundreds of athletes have been found dumped in a bin. The paperwork contains detailed drawings of security cameras and building layouts for a sports hall at the Mayesbrook
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CHINGFORD: Hundreds attend Olympic street party
THE community came together to celebrate the start of the Olympic Games. Children enjoyed a bouncy castle and paddling pools, while others played football, table tennis and basketball on Saturday. The party at Rush Croft Sports College
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WALTHAMSTOW: Man attacked by racist on train
A good samaritan was punched in the face on a train after he tried to intervene when a man began shouting racist abuse at passengers. The 32-year-old, from Walthamstow, was on a Gospel Oak to Barking train when the incident happened just outside
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LEYTONSTONE: Fight after men expose themselves on train
POLICE are appealing for information about a fight which broke out on a Tube train after two men exposed themselves to women passengers. It happened on a westbound train and spilled out onto the platform at Leytonstone at around 11.20pm on Friday July
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WOODFORD GREEN: Tiddlers land whoppers at children's fishing contest
CHILDREN enjoyed themselves at a fishing competition. The tiddlers aged between three and thirteen were taking part in the annual contest at Redbridge Lakes in Roding Lane North, Woodford Green last Wednesday (July 25). After a quick fishing
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LEYTON: Police appeal for information on missing teenager
POLICE are appealing for information to help trace a missing teenager. Fourteen-year-old Mohamed Sillah, from Leyton, was last seen at around 11am on Friday (July 26), on his way to the Masjid al Tawhid Mosque in High Road, Leyton. He was on
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BARKINGSIDE: Barnardo's celebrates construction of new HQ
THE UK’s largest children’s charity hosted a ‘topping out’ ceremony to celebrate the construction of its new head office. Barnardo’s chief executive, Anne Marie Carrie laid a commemorative brick on the roof of the charity’s new HQ in Tanners Lane
