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Man 21, and girl, 16, die after car smashes into tree

Children's charities benefit from Children in Need cash

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Actors return with tribute to iconic comedy duo

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Don't over-exercise your flat-faced dogs, vets warn as heatwave arrives

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Great wines for less than £10

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Six of the best restaurant freebies you can get if it's your birthday

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Your Local Guardian grants available for east London charities

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Hammers ace helps launch disability charity's orchard garden

Your chance to snap up prizes in photography competition

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Private renters less likely to register to vote claims Mayor

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Reaction and photos as pupils collect their GCSE results 2019 - recap

Overcrowding the biggest problem with public transport, say Londoners

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Image released of wanting man following Hackney face-slashing

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TOWIE star and six men attend court over £3million diamond fraud scam

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Four men arrested for suspected GBH and pinning down man

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The restaurants offering FREE food to GCSE pupils receiving their results

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12-year contract with waste collectors ended by council

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London gets three times as much transport funding as the North, study finds

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Islamic charity spreads joy with Eid food handouts

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Morning update: Bakerloo line signal failure delays on GCSE results day

Conservative mayoral candidate claimed more police won't deter crime

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McDonald's staff raise over £200 in charity pub quiz for sick children

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Children are growing up in container homes and converted offices, study finds

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Loughton woman accused of buttocks silicone implant death has case extradited to USA

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Adult social care in London could be £500 million short by 2025, study finds

Traces of toxic asbestos and lead found at Manford Way Park temporary accommodation site

TOWIE star and five men face court over diamond fraud scam

Traffic news: Broken vehicles cause delays across the M25

We need cows - but not pop concerts - at Wanstead flats

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Minute's silence marks 75th anniversary of V1 attack on Walthamstow

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One-eyed French Bulldog seeks new home

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Uni student to appear in this year's The Great British Bake Off

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Fury as 78 trees felled at cricket club

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Council leader bids to become prospective Labour MP for Ilford

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Metropolitan Policeman from Ongar tearfully admits to £200 theft in court

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GP Surgery massively improved after previously being rated as 'inadequate' by CQC.

Traffic and travel update: Some delays on M25 and A406

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MP steps in over "absurd" hospital parking fine

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Heathrow expansion bad for locals and the city says London Assembly

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Nurse with no midwifery experience delivers baby in hospital car park

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Anti-animal-cruelty protesters form blockade in Parliament Square

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Council should practice what it preaches over emissions

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Then & Now: What do historic houses look like today?

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Ageing ice centre to be replaced by £30 million Olympic-sized venue

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Leytonstone hip hop artist Lemzi to perform at Chingfest

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How can MP support more police but also police cuts?

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Renters are falling into debt and forced to leave homes due to attending weddings

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Went to Barca, bought the T-shirt, but was it worth it to see Messi?

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A-Level results 2019: Top marks see students secure top university places

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BBC award nominated singer-songwriter NAO to headline Chingfest

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A-level student set to appear in new HBO series secures university place

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Ilford man jailed for assaulting TfL worker, train passenger and British Transport Police officer

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Brutally beaten Loughton woman fears ex-boyfriend will be released from jail

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Hospital blood testing service to close for essential work

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August 5 is black day for people of Kashmir

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Traffic news: Partial closure on TfL and clear motorways

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Great political causes always start outside the mainstream

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72-year-old facing eviction from council house left distressed

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Motorbike accident at Romford Road - recap

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Rum: when and how to drink it when not on board ship

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Home Office anti-knife chicken shop campaign slammed as "blatantly racist"

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Fire brigade received 34 999 calls to burning car

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Facial recognition cameras are being used around this London train station

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Fake landlord fined £4,000

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Two collisions on the M11 southbound leaves drivers gridlocked for hours

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Salvation Army appeals to help give poorest families school uniforms and shoes

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New cycle hangars to be rolled out in coming weeks

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Reaction and photos as students receive A-level results 2019

Student's stellar A-level results after dealing with sister's death

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Final units in place for temporary accommodation project

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Free football for London youngsters and Kane and Khan launch partnership

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Sport

Pochettino: Spurs are not a 'charity'

Pellegrini wants to replicate big victory

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Nkoudou makes Turkish move

Embleton hails 'incredible' victory

O's complete stunning fightback

West Essex get first win

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Sport

Young O's secure back-to-back-wins

Ling praises O's performance

Embleton: O's performance deserved three points

Epping Bowls club hosts mixed pairs competition

Waltham Forest to host club day

Simmons recovers well for Silverstone success

Wicketz in Leyton going from strength to strength

Moving summer window was 'massive mistake'

Spurs snatch draw as VAR denies City late win

O's held at home by Stevenage

Hammers forced to settle for Seagulls point

Pochettino: Contract situations not linked to selection

Pellegrini wanted to keep Super Cup hero

Lee links up with Glovers

Embleton: O's 'beaten by the better team'

Orient out at first-round

Anderson believes Hammers can do better

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National sport

England chasing 359 to keep Ashes hopes alive in third Test

Wiggs delighted to revel in World Championship medal double

Para canoeist Clark rolls back the years at World Championships

Wiggs defends World Championship title with storming Szeged performance

Athlete Sugar maintains canoeing bid with World Championship silver

Son in ‘perfect condition’ ahead of Spurs return

Bury fans face anxious wait over sale as EFL considers extending deadline

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Read more National sport

Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone

Aldi's Loughton and Harlow stores latest branches to join Waste Less scheme

Hospice's popular 'Bereavement Cafe' meet-ups to expand

Smoking rates in Epping Forest below national average

TOWIE star and six men attend court over £3million diamond fraud scam

Four men arrested over suspected GBH and pinning down man

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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

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Connect - Little Ones

Connect - Little Ones

Connect - Little Ones

Connect - Little Ones

West Ham

Hammers forced to settle for Seagulls point

Pellegrini wanted to keep Super Cup hero

Anderson believes Hammers can do better

Sterling scores hat-trick as champions thrash Hammers

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National news

Tusk warns Johnson: I will not co-operate on no-deal Brexit

Merkel: G7 leaders cannot be silent over Amazon rainforest fires

Weddings and honeymoons in doubt over British Airways pilots strike

Sports drinks and energy bars ‘wrecking athletes’ teeth’

Hong Kong police fire tear gas at demonstrators amid chaotic scenes

Teenage girl dead and two others critical after car hits tree

Man appears in court accused of child grooming offence

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