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  • Why Coronation Street air pollution plot resonates

    Air pollution has hit the cobbles in the latest plotline of the soap Coronation Street. The story focuses on single parent Maria, who starts opposing another resident's efforts to get a Controlled Parking Zone on the street. Maria's son, Liam

  • 23-storey tower by station approved by council

    A high-rise block of flats almost as tall as Big Ben is set to be built on a car park near Ilford station. Plans for the 23-storey in Mill Road were approved by Redbridge Council’s planning committee on September 10. The development will house

  • Private fostering agency receives 'inadequate' Oftsed rating

    A private fostering agency in Redbridge put a child "at risk of harm" three separate times, an Ofsted inspection revealed. Shine Fostering, in George Lane, South Woodford, was rated 'good' at its last inspection in 2017 but has now received Ofsted