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  • The Goose

    GO into any pub near a station in central London and you normally enter a nightmare of untidily suspended lives of people who are waiting for something to turn up, have just missed their train or are con artists or pickpockets set on relieving you of

  • Nurse meets Cherie Blair at 10 Downing Street

    A NURSE was invited to No 10 Downing Street after he helped set up a special immunisation programme for children. Martin Smith, clinical nurse specialist in child and adolescent mental health with Waltham Forest's Youth Offending Team, met Cherie

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  • New Stansted service

    A DAILY service between Stansted and the Swiss city of Basle is to be launched by airline easyJet on March 28, with fares from £17.99 each way to the city's Euro Airport. Stansted will be the only airport in the UK from which easyJet will operate flights

  • MP supports breakfast fund-raiser

    EPPING Forest MP Eleanor Laing is giving her backing to Cancer Research UK's Britain's Biggest All-Day Breakfast. The charity hopes thousands of people across the country will follow suit on Friday, March 12, and host their own breakfast parties for

  • It's in the stars

    VISITORS to Loughton Astronomical Society's next open evening from 7pm until 9pm on Sunday, February 22 may have the chance to view Saturn, if the skies are clear. The event continues the winter programme of public open evenings at the observatory behind

  • Alarm after kidnap bid

    SCHOOLS across Redbridge are on red alert following the attempted abduction of a 10-year-old boy. The Fairlop Primary School pupil from Barkingside bravely fought off his attacker and managed narrowly to escape his clutches when the pervert tried to

  • New look for Charlie Browns

    CHARLIE Brown's roundabout could be getting an overhaul under proposals being examined by Transport for London (TfL). Traffic lights may be introduced and a clean-up of the area could take place within weeks of TfL finishing its report next month.

  • Litter action makes school a better neighbour

    A MAGNIFICENT seven litter bins are now cleaning up the streets around Beal High School after Year 13 student James Juggapah corralled Redbridge Council into action. The 17-year-old, who was a director of his school's Youth Action group, responded

  • Pair cook up success

    JADE Combrink and Scott Chandler from Wanstead High School triumphed in a knife-edge contest to win the Redbridge Rotary Club Young Chef Competition. Their dish of pork in honey and mustard coating with crispy potatoes, salad, and bread rolls won the

  • Man on murder charge after body find

    A MAN has been charged with murder following the discovery of a body at a Walthamstow flat. The body of 45-year-old Brian Cherry was found by police at an address in Manning House, The Drive on Tuesday, February 17. Peter Bryan, 34, of Topaz

  • Couple blame council for evictions

    A FAMILY who are to be made homeless by Waltham Forest Council within two weeks have accused the authority of forcing them out on the street. Marion and David Marshall, who live in Ascham End, Walthamstow, were evicted from their former home in Elmfield

  • Council offers top money for job

    WALTHAM FOREST COUNCIL is offering a six-figure wage to the new head of its failing community services department sparking complaints that the salary is unjustifiable. The authority has taken out a full-page advertisment in social worker magazine

  • Indecent assault

    A 31-YEAR-OLD woman was indecently assaulted as she walked to a friend's home in Leytonstone The woman told police she was about to cross the footbridge in Norman Road at the Trinity Close side when she saw two men. She started to turn back but the

  • Let more immigrants in, says MEP

    JEAN Lambert, Green MEP for Waltham Forest, has singled out the Morecambe Bay tragedy in which 19 Chinese cockle pickers died as "another powerful reason for relaxing immigration laws". She said: "Human trafficking can only flourish like this because

  • New school inspection times proposed

    SCHOOLS in Waltham Forest could be seen with "warts-and-all" by Ofsted inspectors under new education proposals. The suggested legislation could see head teachers given only 48 hours notice by inspectors wishing to pay their schools a visit. Ofsted

  • Peaches bites back

    REALITY bites, and when it does it can mess up your dreams, so the only thing to do is to turn around and bite back. That's the philosophy of Leytonstone actress/rapper Peaches, who is about to launch her own performing arts company - Reality Bytes

  • Warming dish to help battle cold outside

    WITH the cold weather firmly here, it's high time we had a few warming dishes that are just perfect for when it's wet and windy outside. Any type of smoked fish will work with this dish, with the exception of salmon. If you fancy it, you can cook the

  • How functional are you?

    SO you had a great workout at the gym yesterday. You lifted more weights for longer than ever before and pulled at a high enough level on the rowing machine to try out for the Olympic team. Today, you lift a large suitcase and do your back in. What

  • Bursting rivers were a welcome sight

    FEBRUARY is known as "February Fill Dyke", and this year has proved to be no exception as rivers are running bank high and in many places bursting over. In times past, however, swollen rivers were allowed to flood, creating huge areas of water meadows

  • Beat the battle against depression

    EVERYONE experiences some sort of unhappiness from time to time, and it's often triggered by a traumatic event such as the break-up of a relationship or bereavement. Most people also feel down from time to time, but this unhappiness can develop into

  • Noble's and the count

    THE early morning mist clung like shredded muslin to the damp cobbles and pastel-coloured houses. It could be a setting from a Dickens novel, with tiny shops, lights twinkling, tilting for your attention, and curious passages, dark burrows of adventure

  • Walk 52 -- Isle of Dogs

    Each fortnight, Len Banister of the West Essex Ramblers provides you with a detailed itinerary for a short walk. Feedback and suggestions for future excursions are always welcome. Email him on talkingwalking@aol.com. A dry walk with lots of water and