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Morning update: Cold and cloudy to end the working week

Morning update: Cold and cloudy to end the working week

Pupils battle it out for the bards

Police officers at risk of 'burnout'

Emergency shelters for rough sleepers open in the capital

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Council to change how it interacts with public over planning applications

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Campaigners call on council to tackle idling

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Evening update: Slip road on M25 closed

Church says 'no more arms sales to Saudi Arabia'

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A total of 34 affordable homes will soon be available

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Dozens volunteer in loneliness banishing project

Opera singer's weightloss triggered by baby's pregnancy gaff

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Hospital spends £9.5m on beds to cut poor A&E waiting times

Council chairman and WWII serviceman remembered by colleagues

Could you be the council's next chief?

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Increase in number of winter deaths, fuel poverty blamed

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Trouble on the M25 this morning

Second hand furniture charity hosts Christmas dinner

Ofsted chief praises college for improvement

Police could soon stop replacing officers who leave the force

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Prevention strategy aims to cut suicides to zero

'Outrageous' - council's summons to 98-year-old woman

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MPs opt for change as vote looms

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Queen honours volunteer for four decades helping the blind

UKIP London Assembly group disbands creating Brexit Alliance Group

School gives parade a samba beat

Man stabbed by group of six in suspected targeted attack

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Woman spots husband's leg at Harry Redknapp's wedding

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Not so hardy now: anniversary of treehouse protest heads indoors

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MP asks for public's advice ahead of vote on Theresa May's future

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Travel students raise festive funds for Middle East trip

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Countryside crime campaign launched

Drug drivers outstrip drink drivers in 'staggering' first

Fairly smooth sailing ahead on this midweek morning

Railway enthusiasts welcome Royal British Legion and Tube chief to restoration project

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New scheme could stop children running away from care

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Dragons Den's Deborah Meaden hosts business breakfast

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Professional darts man fundraisers for promising player struck down with Parkinson's on the oche

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Schoolgirl's Brexit insight bags her hefty prize

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Crossrail given £1.4bn bailout

Olly Murs takes over well-known pub

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X-Factor star performs at curry based charity concert

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Alzheimer's group's Christmas sing-a-long spreads some festive cheer

Builder fined for gutting Grade II listed building

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Rain and wind can't deter large crowds celebrating Hanukkah

Council considered plans to give its councillors medals

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School performs self-penned song at celebrity filled Christmas concert

MP joins protesters fighting against bedsits

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Morning update: Crash shuts one lane on M1

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'Devoted' staff praised as nursery scoops outstanding Ofsted

Gang steal car after dragging driver out and assaulting him

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School's chairman of governors to stand down against academisation

Famous Page 3 girl's step-son plays lead in pantomime

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Calls for blood test improvements

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Search mounted for family of fallen RAF volunteer

First anti-slavery commissioner to tackle modern day perpetrators

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UKIP London Assembly member resigns

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Pupils take over museum for the day

Crowds flock to Christmas market

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Theresa May one of 900 to receive schoolgirl's victorious Christmas card

Timescale for major council move revealed

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Updated

Morning update: Long delays on M25 as crash closes two lanes

Chairman braves chilly sleep outdoors for charity

The Brett Ellis column: According to the Matilda song, I'm not grown up

College becomes corporate partner of Society for Education and Training

Unearthed: The dirty history of a well-known bridge

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Why should carers be penalised for earning?

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Headboy and girl coordinate Christmas foodbank donation

The Paul Donovan column: Celebrating the groups making Wanstead a green and pleasant place

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Nurse who treated London bombing victims and HIV patients honoured with OBE

TOWIE's Lydia Bright and sister Georgia climb skyscraper for charity challenge

Picture of the week: Tree Branch in Lake

Fresh appeal for witnesses into unsolved murder of "very happy" teenager five years on

Sport

Pellegrini not considering Toure reunion in wake of Wilshere setback

Mixed news for Pellegrini

Pochettino comfortable with speculation

Skipper extends Hammers stay

Wembley to host United clash

Proud Pochettino delighted after completing 'mission impossible'

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Sport

Moura dramatically sends Spurs through in Champions League

Pochettino not focused on Barcelona team

O's suffer Dayton blow

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Edinburgh: 'Let's not lose sight of where we are'

O'Sullivan vows to keep on entertaining

Walker-Peters signs new Spurs deal

Alli: Barcelona win would 'definitely be up there'

O'Sullivan: I don't want to stop here

Pellegrini sets sights on top six

Spurs' focus switches to Barcelona after Foxes win

Ruthless O'Sullivan sweeps aside Ford to reach final

O's suffer setback as Wood end winless league run

Ling confident ahead of Wood clash

Pellegrini hoping to manage for 'many more years'

Pochettino insists he is committed to Spurs

Pellegrini challenges strikers to make their mark

Pochettino believe Trippier is still suffering with World Cup injury

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National sport

Levy is ‘worried’ about speculation over my future, jokes Pochettino

Chelsea pledge strong action after anti-Semitic chanting

Half-century for Harden as Houston star makes history

Football rumours from the media

Chargers clinch playoff place with dramatic 29-28 win over Chiefs

Defending champion Cross kicks off title defence with impressive win

Laurent Koscielny targets “new chapter” after making Arsenal return

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Read more National sport

Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone

Not so hardy now: anniversary of treehouse protest heads indoors

Calls to declare a climate emergency slammed as "virtue signalling"

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Gym partly reopens after blaze rips through roof

Brexit: The cost of deal or no deal

Cardboard box owners beware - second illegal dumper hit with £1,500+ fine

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Local History

Independent religious school falls from highest to lowest Ofsted rating

HISTORY: The Pearly Kings and Queens of Redbridge

HISTORY: A hero of the Titanic

HISTORY: The football club that had a flying start

HISTORY: The stories behind Redbridge's Open House hotspots

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Education Yearbook 2018

Education Yearbook 2018

View the latest education news, and information for parents looking for new schools

Education Matters 2018

Education Matters 2018

Click here to view supplement

Connect - Little Ones

Connect - Little Ones

Connect - Little Ones

Connect - Little Ones

West Ham

Pellegrini not considering Toure reunion in wake of Wilshere setback

Mixed news for Pellegrini

Skipper extends Hammers stay

Pellegrini sets sights on top six

Pellegrini hoping to manage for 'many more years'

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National news

ATG Access on the block as terror fears boost growth

Man arrested after being found with huge stash of Twirl bars

EU heaps pressure on PM with attack on lack of clarity over Brexit

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Baby attacked by dogs dies in hospital

Girl, seven, dies after being taken into custody by US Border Patrol

Trump chief-of-staff search like a reality TV show as fresh names emerge

School heads urge parents to sign petition on funding

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