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  • Museum gets grant to put more art on show

    THE Epping Forest District Museum has benefited from funding being made available through the Art Fund, the UK's leading independent art charity, which is designed to boost local collections. The new scheme, Enriching Regions: The Art Fund Collecting

  • Christmas tree hit by vandals

    VANDALS have targeted Moreton's village Christmas tree just a week after its lights were switched on. The tree, on the corner of Gould Close, has now been replaced but villagers have been left wondering who would want to vandalise the tree, and why.

  • Cash for college

    HARLOW College is set to benefit from a £10m boost that will be used to build a higher education centre. The cash award is part of a £20m injection given to Anglia Ruskin University, of which Harlow College is a partner, aimed at improving skills and

  • Hospital may save millions in redundancy

    THE uncertainty over the future of Whipps Cross University Hospital Trust has meant it could save millions in redundancy pay. Director of human resources, David Grantham, told the trust board meeting on Friday that staff insecurity over their hospital's

  • Thank you to our readers for making their feelings known

    OUR readers have proved in large numbers that they want to keep Whipps Cross as a full district general hospital. In the words of our petition, they demand "a full range of urgent and non-urgent services for local people" at Whipps Cross University Hospital

  • No road to Wigan cheer for the beaten Londoners

    West Ham 0 Wigan 2 (Barclays Premiership) WHILE he may not have been aware of it at the time, his side's limp performance against Premier League minnows Wigan signalled the beginning of the end for manager Alan Pardew. Speaking after the game Pards

  • Maintaining services is still the favoured option

    MAINTAINING services at Whipps Cross University Hospital is still the most popular option after a financial appraisal under the Fit for the Future programme, it has been claimed. "Stakeholder meetings" held as part of a review of healthcare services

  • Police will be targeting drink and drug drivers at Christmas

    THE METROPOLITAN police's annual December offensive against drink driving will be accompanied this year by a crackdown on drug drivers. Since May last year more than 700 traffic and transport officers across London have been trained to carry out field

  • BAA in blast at council over rejection of more passengers

    AIRPORT operator BAA has blasted Uttlesford District Council for going against government policy after its decision to reject the company's planning application to increase passenger numbers at Stansted Airport. BAA Stansted managing director Terry Morgan

  • Declaring war on bad behaviour

    A POLICE operation to crack down on crime in Chigwell has been hailed "a great success" after three arrests were made. Operation Infuse saw extra police officers allocated to patrol the Limes Farm estate on foot and by car in an effort to clamp down