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In the second part of our exclusive interview jailed Waltham Abbey lorry driver Steven Bryant, the f
THE medical treatment is far from first-class, and Mr Bryant has first-hand experience after suffering stomach problems, and having undergone dental work since he was imprisoned in 1994.o Speaking about treatments he had been given for his stomach condition
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Abridge residents fight on over speeding
RESIDENTS in Abridge are continuing their campaign for traffic calming measures despite being told they are only 16th on a list of sites needing 'immediate attention'. Campaigner Peter Martin, of New Farm Drive, said the measures are particularly needed
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Court is least used in Essex
EPPING Magistrates Court is the least used courthouse in the county, acording to the Essex Magistrates Court Committee, which wants to close it.o Epping Forest Council has yet to submit its comments, and it was waiting until Tuesday the deadline for the
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Crusade for children
YOUNG Christian crusaders busked outside Chislehurst railway station to raise money for BBC's Children in Need. The girls from Chislehurst Crusaders, St Nicholas Church, Chislehurst, raised £170 from generous rail passengers after playing for an evening
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Bombarded by 'bangers'
How I agree with C Harrison (News Shopper, November 14), we have been bombarded with fireworks since early October. Even tonight at 5.30pm on a mid November evening, I took my dog for his walk and someone was letting off bangers. Who are these idiots?
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Sweet Charity in Bishop's Stortford
BISHOP'S Stortford Amateur Operatic Society's production of the hit musical Sweet Charity is at the Rhodes Centre, Bishop's Stortford, from next Monday (November 26), until Saturday, December 1.o Sweet Charity is the story of Charity Hope Valentine, a
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Only organised displays but don't go overboard
I agree with the letter Fireworks need Regulating (News Shopper, November 14). I don't mind organised displays when people know where and when they are taking place. Even so, do we need the extra loud bangs which usually come at the end. What many people
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Hospital land loses value
HEALTH chiefs were yesterday (Wednesday) set to reconfirm their backing for plans to redevelop the St Margaret's Hospital site in Epping.o But a report to North Essex Health Authority's meeting reveals that the surplus land involved in the project and
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Plenty to fill your stockings
STOCKING fillers of all shapes and sizes will be on sale at a Christmas market in Bromley tomorrow (Thursday). The market, at Scotts Park School, in Orchard Road, will have more than 25 stalls offering a range of treats from high street goods to hand-made
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Kids discover the joys of reading books
YOUNG bookworms read more than 12,500 books in challenges set by Bromley Libraries during the summer holidays. Kids who read six books during the summer were given colourful collector's wallets with postcards of well-known children's illustrators, such
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Heroic staff are commended
STAFF at Biggin Hill Airport have been rewarded for their handling of the tragic crashes at last summer's air show by Transport Minister John Spellar. Handling agents, air traffic controllers and firefighters were presented with the commendation for outstanding
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All roads lead to London
Those who live in the borough of Bromley because it is within easy commuting distance of London are following in the traditions of our Roman ancestors, according to writer David Johnson. LUCYA SZACHNOWSKI talks to him about his new book, The London Borough
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Ray-sing this hospital's standard of service
PATIENTS in Bromley are the first in Europe to benefit from a £1m digital x-ray system installed in all the borough's hospitals. The Picture, Archiving and Communication System (PACS) allows doctors in Bromley, Beckenham, Orpington and Farnborough hospitals
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Win a book
The London Borough of Bromley Past and Present, by David Johnson, is available at WH Smith, priced £14.99. But you could be in with a chance of winning one of five copies, courtesy of WH Smith. All you have to do is answer this question: Which bishops
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Kids' campaign to save library
A NEW £30,000 aviation centre in Biggin Hill is set to help young flying fans "get their dreams off the ground". South London Scouts are launching an appeal to raise the cash for a brand new base in the grounds of the terminal. Their current property
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BARNET SUNDAY LEAGUE
London FA Sunday Cup: HFC Old Boys 2 Cameron Athens 4. Premier Division: AC Piacenza 3 Old Elizabethans 3, BSC 0 Victoria Park 3, Leevale 2 Potters Bar Rovers 10, Locomotive Enfield 5 Roving Reporters 2. Division One: Conyers Park Reserves 1 Victoria
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Manager leads Wares walk-out
Edgware Town are deep in crisis, following a mass walk-out. Manager John Harding and all but three of the first team squad resigned following a 6-1 hiding at Ware on Saturday. Chairman Paul Karaiskos, who is also reserve team manager, took charge and
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School pleads for more time
PARENTS and campaigners fighting to lift the possibility of closure from Matching Green Primary School have issued a 'give our school a chance' plea to the education chiefs who will decide its fate.o More than 150 people, with many more outside, packed
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Health chief peaks out ovre 'sacking'
THE chairman of Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has spoken of his "bitter disappointment" about not being reappointed to the role. Martin Lawn, who has been chairman for the past four years, has now written to Health Secretary Alan Milburn over
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'Please find attackers'
A 35 year old man whose neck and jaw were broken in a brutal attack last month has made an appeal through the Guardian for readers to help him catch the men who put him in a head brace for three months. Darren Ellis, a payroll manager from Selhurst Road
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Palace win Bruce injunction
Crystal Palace have won a a temporary High Court injunction which prevents want-away manager Steve Bruce from leaving the Eagles without serving a full nine months notice. The injunction, imposed this afternoon, will run until a scheduled three day hearing
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LATEST: Palace win Bruce injunction
Crystal Palace have won a a temporary High Court injunction which prevents want-away manager Steve Bruce from leaving the Eagles without serving a full nine months notice. The injunction, imposed this afternoon, will run until a scheduled three day hearing
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Heading for chart success
A Temple Fortune drummer has predicted his band will take the UK pop charts by storm after their new track has been adopted as the official Pokemon song. Dusty Scales, 25, of nu-metal pop group 50. Grind said the band got their lucky break with their
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Nurse struck off register after assault
A former nurse at Stanmore's Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) has been removed from the medical register after he was convicted of indecent assault on a 12-year-old boy. The hospital reported David Walter Harland, 41, of Harrow, to the United
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Labour accused of failing pupils
Conservatives have accused Barnet's Labour-led administration of failing pupils at some of the borough's poorest-performing schools. Tory education spokeswoman Councillor Vanessa Gearson, used today's publication of school performance tables to accuse
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VK remain unbeaten
VK Barnet Volleyball Club clinically disposed of Berkhamsted in their latest Herts League match, winning by three sets to nil, 25-14, 25-21, 28-15. Berkhamsted have given the Barnet boys a few frights in recent encounters, but struggled against VK's experienced
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'I want to help my people'
Finchley: Former acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan, Ahmadshah Ahamdzai, is hoping to leave his new home in the borough to play a role in the reconstruction of his country. Mr Ahmadzai, who lives in Finchley, was running Afghanistan just three months
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AFA football round-up
East Barnet OG 4 William Fitt 0 AFA SeniorCup first round East Barnet, slow out of their blocks, didn't find their range until the second half, when they scored all four goals. Jimmy Nuckey punished some hesitant defending, and skipper Rown Innes converted
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BARNET SUNDAY LEAGUE
London FA Sunday Cup: HFC Old Boys 2 Cameron Athens 4. Premier Division: AC Piacenza 3 Old Elizabethans 3, BSC 0 Victoria Park 3, Leevale 2 Potters Bar Rovers 10, Locomotive Enfield 5 Roving Reporters 2. Division One: Conyers Park Reserves 1 Victoria
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Keeper caught Hook, line and stinker
Hendon 0 Croydon 1 Ryman League Premier Division Hendon continued their head-scratching season with a more than disappointing home defeat by Croydon on Saturday. Rather like the little girl with a curl from the children's poem, when they are good, they
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Duncan Smith pushes for cancer investigation
Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has pledged to push for an investigation into the safety of mobile phone masts. The Woodford Green MP visited residents in Carnarvon Road after hearing about the cluster of cancer cases in the South Woodford road. Concerned
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Nothing done since floods
Redbridge: Nothing has been done to stop the river Roding bursting its banks, despite the river being on flood warning twice since the floods of last year. Speaking at a flood public meeting on Friday, Redbridge Council's officer for engineering and building
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'Save my daughter'
A Carnarvon Road cancer victim is living in fear that her daughter could be at risk from radiation. Freda Cousins, who is suffering from breast and liver cancer, lives just yards from the 16 mobile phone masts on top of Forest House in the South Woodford
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Consortium's final plea for cosmic Dome
St Albans/Greenwich: A consortium of St Albans businessmen is making a final plea for support for their idea to turn the Millennium Dome into a planetarium. The consortium, which is backing the scheme to make the controversial Greenwich structure a top
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School pleads for more time
PARENTS and campaigners fighting to lift the possibility of closure from Matching Green Primary School have issued a 'give our school a chance' plea to the education chiefs who will decide its fate.o More than 150 people, with many more outside, packed
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Criminals run riot while PCs in city
Harrow: Street crime has rocketed as officers called to 'anti-terrorist' duty in central London leave the borough vulnerable. Recent figures have shown that Harrow has suffered the biggest rise in muggings in the capital as the number of offences surged
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Not that urgent? Dial 888 says MP
London: Calls for reform of the 999 service by setting up a new 888 service for non-urgent problems has had the support of Walthamstow MP Neil Gerrard. The Labour MP said: "The response by the emergency services to 999 calls is being seriously affected
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Police out to tackle bus crime
A bid to cut crime on buses has been launched by police. Operation Seneca, which is aimed at tackling any criminal activity on buses, will see uniformed and plain-clothed officers patrolling various routes. If the scheme works, it may be extended to Waltham
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Health chief peaks out ovre 'sacking'
THE chairman of Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has spoken of his "bitter disappointment" about not being reappointed to the role. Martin Lawn, who has been chairman for the past four years, has now written to Health Secretary Alan Milburn over
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Council to hold BAA to restrictions
T5 Go-Ahead: Spelthorne councillors welcomed the airport's expansion but promised to make BAA stick tightly to the Secretary of State for Transport's conditions. The council's director of community services, Richard Fairgrieve, said: "We are relieved
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Views from the House
T5 Go-Ahead: David Wilshire, Spelthorne MP: 'A majority of those I represent welcome this long overdue decision. It will help protect the future of Heathrow and my constituents, and give the British aviation a boost after the dreadful events of September
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'It was a grim inevitability'
T5 Go-Ahead: The decision to approve Terminal 5 has drawn a mixed response from politicians. Ealing North MP Steve Pound described it as 'a grim inevitability', while Ealing Council, which opposed it, said it would now be working to 'maximise the advantages
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Story of the Suburb
Me Without You is a new film set in Hampstead Garden Suburb and starring Anna Friel and Trudie Styler. Leigh Collins meets its writer-director Sandra Goldbacher Amid the sumptuous surroundings of a suite in The Dorchester, Sandra Goldbacher prepares for
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Stabbed in the face
Croydon: A Croydon shopkeeper was stabbed in the face so hard that the blade snapped in half, during a robbery this week. Mohammed Sarwar-Lloyd, 60, was left with blood gashing from his cheek after the brutal attack at his shop on Mitcham Road on Monday
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King jailed for molesting teenagers
The Old Bailey: Jonathan King was today jailed for seven years after the pop mogul carried out horrific attacks against five boys. The Old Bailey heard how King, 56, approached boys on the street with surveys, then "exploited his celebrity" to take them
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New crack house every nine days
A new crack house opens in Croydon every nine days, according the police. The shocking statistic was revealed as police unveiled their latest success in the war against drugs, closing down a crack house in Thornton Heath run by Jamaican drug dealers.
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Stabbed in the face
A Croydon shopkeeper was stabbed in the face so hard that the blade snapped in half, during a robbery this week. Mohammed Sarwar-Lloyd, 60, was left with blood gashing from his cheek after the brutal attack at his shop on Mitcham Road on Monday (November
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Final goes to play-off
Two down with two to play, Tony Smith and Richard Harris rallied to square the final of East Barnet's Annandale Trophy golf event and beat Benny Dunne and Jeremy Armstrong at the first extra hole last week. At a separate event Dominic Taylor achieved
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VK remain unbeaten
VK Barnet Volleyball Club clinically disposed of Berkhamsted in their latest Herts League match, winning by three sets to nil, 25-14, 25-21, 28-15. Berkhamsted have given the Barnet boys a few frights in recent encounters, but struggled against VK's experienced
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Kingston lay down Law
KINGSTON 24 LAW SOCIETY 18 Kingston were slow to start against the Law Society on Saturday. They finished the first half 15-5 adrift. A penalty early in the second half stretched the visitors lead. But then Kingston scrum-half Steve Grout scored under
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Ks come up trumps to demolish Beavers
KINGSTONIAN 3 HAMPTON & RICHMOND BOROUGH 0 Kingstonian convincingly beat Hampton & Richmond 3-0 on Saturday, in the first game between the sides in 16 years. But until the first goal went in, on 41 minutes, Hampton enjoyed the bulk of
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Strong Quins put Saracens to sword
HARLEQUINS 43 SARACENS 6 Harlequins were in irresistible form as they swept aside an inexperienced Saracens team in last Fridays Zurich Premiership London derby, writes Angus MacDonald. Quins 43-6 victory bodes well for the remainder of the season and
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Dons prepare not to be thrown to Wolves
Wimbledon face title-chasing Wolves at Selhurst Park this Saturday and will be looking to improve on their performances against Barnsley and Walsall. Kevin Coopers goal, four minutes from time, rescued a point for Terry Burtons men last Saturday after
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Wimbledon experiment results in a close finish
OLD MID-WHIGIFTIANS 18 WIMBLEDON 21 Despite a perfect pitch and ideal playing conditions, Wimbledon struggled to see off Old Mid-Whigitians in their London League Two South Division clash on Saturday. The Dons experimental back line wasted almost all
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Hercules take the honours
Hercules Wimbledon Athletic Clubs youngsters competed in the second Sweat Shop Surrey Cross Country League Division Two meeting in Richmond Park. Mike Deane won the U13 race, covering the 2.5 mile course in 16 mins 34 secs to finish more than a minute
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Merton Town
Football: Merton Town beat Addington 4-1 to regain second place in the top division of the Surrey Combination League on Saturday. Dave Cook (two), Elvis Simpson and Dean Webb scored for Town, who play Sutton High at home this weekend.
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Fencing - Wimbledon High School
Fencing: Wimbledon High School fencer Lucy Goddard won a bronze medal in the U12 girls event at the South East Region Foil Championships in Croydon at the weekend. The top four in each group qualify for the British Youth Championships in Staffordshire
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Win a book
The London Borough of Bromley Past and Present, by David Johnson, is available at WH Smith, priced £14.99. But you could be in with a chance of winning one of five copies, courtesy of WH Smith. All you have to do is answer this question: Which bishops
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Football - Old Rutlishians
Football: Goals from Steve Rowlands, Jimmy Bolton and Simon Young saw off the challenge of Colliers Wood, 3-2, and booked Old Rutlishians a place in the third round of the Surrey Cup on Saturday. A superb diving header from Steve Nicola was scant consolation
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Sports shorts - Merton Women
Football: Merton Women got back to winning ways with a 4-2 away win away over Panthers in theThird Division, West London League Division Three on Sunday. Two goals each from Vicky Morrison and Sarah Marsh kept the pressure on league leaders Camberley.
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Kerb crawler fined £75
A HEXTABLE man has been fined £75 for kerb crawling. Daniel Jon Wilson, 25, of Lower Road, Hextable, was found guilty at Medway Magistrates' Court last week. He was arrested in New Road, Rochester, on November 18. An amendment under the Sexual Offences
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VK remain unbeaten
VK Barnet Volleyball Club clinically disposed of Berkhamsted in their latest Herts League match, winning by three sets to nil, 25-14, 25-21, 28-15. Berkhamsted have given the Barnet boys a few frights in recent encounters, but struggled against VK's experienced
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Hendon punish Hatfield
Hatfield 0 Hendon 60 Herts/Middlesex Division 3 Hendon's slick three-quarter play was all too much for bottom club Hatfield as the visitors ran in nine tries in a runaway win that lifted them to third spot in the Division Three table. Left-wing Jamal
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Showcase of science
TRYING to create balloon-powered vehicles was one challenge facing Foster's Primary School children in Welling during its Science Week. The children read science-based pieces during their literacy hour, did full science investigations and took part in
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Showcase of science
TRYING to create balloon-powered vehicles was one challenge facing Foster's Primary School children in Welling during its Science Week. The children read science-based pieces during their literacy hour, did full science investigations and took part in
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Gas repairs increase traffic jams
MAJOR traffic delays and diversions are expected as a result of emergency gas repairs being carried out in Greenwich. The work will centre around Romney Road, near the junction with King William Walk, and could take another two weeks to complete. Restrictions
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Silcott takes first step towards freedom
WINSTON Silcott has enjoyed his first day out of prison in 16 years as he takes the first steps to release.o Silcott, jailed for the murder of PC Keith Blakelock in the 1985 Broadwater Farm riots but cleared on appeal, is serving a life sentence for killing
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Fostering team looks to future
A POSTER campaign which aims to recruit new foster carers in Lewisham has received support from Joan Ruddock MP. The campaign aims underline the difference foster carers can make to the lives of children in the borough. Lewisham and Deptford MP Joan Ruddock
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Thanks for September 11 support
THE American ambassador to Britain has thanked Dartford residents for their kind messages following the September 11 attacks. Dartford mayor Councillor Tom Maddison, sent a letter of comfort and support to the American embassy along with a book of condolences
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Festival of Lights marks spiritual time for Hindus
The Mauritian League of Friends celebrated the Diwali festival of light. The event at Fleetdown Community Centre in Dartford, welcomes in the Hindu new year and is the time when the god Rama returned to the Kingdom of Ayodha, a mythical version of India
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David fires up pupils
CHARIOTS of Fire producer David Puttnam made a special visit to a Plumstead school to talk to pupils at the school's prize-giving ceremony. Plumstead Manor Secondary School pupils were given a motivational talk by the man responsible for movies The Killing
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Festival of Lights marks spiritual time for Hindus
The Mauritian League of Friends celebrated the Diwali festival of light. The event at Fleetdown Community Centre in Dartford, welcomes in the Hindu new year and is the time when the god Rama returned to the Kingdom of Ayodha, a mythical version of India
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Hit-and-run victim seriously ill
A MAN is being treated in hopital after a hit-and-run incident left him in a critical condition. The 22-year-old man received serious internal and head injuries after being hit at the Knockhall and Mounts Road junction in Greenhithe. The driver and passenger
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Inquiry hears PC's investigation was Inadequate'
A catalogue of errors by a woman police officer now training recruits in Hendon meant the horrific abuse of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie went unnoticed, an inquiry heard this week. Neil Garnham QC said PC Karen Jones, failed to investigate adequately
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Ks come up trumps to demolish Beavers
KINGSTONIAN 3 HAMPTON & RICHMOND BOROUGH 0 Kingstonian convincingly beat Hampton & Richmond 3-0 on Saturday, in the first game between the sides in 16 years. But until the first goal went in, on 41 minutes, Hampton enjoyed the bulk of
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Strong Quins put Saracens to sword
HARLEQUINS 43 SARACENS 6 Harlequins were in irresistible form as they swept aside an inexperienced Saracens team in last Fridays Zurich Premiership London derby, writes Angus MacDonald. Quins 43-6 victory bodes well for the remainder of the season and
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Hero is laid off by firm
A MAN who was gunned down at work has slammed the employers who have now laid him off. Tony Holloway, of Rowan Crescent, Dartford, was shot outside a Hornchurch bank in August 1999 while working as a guard for Securicor. After being treated in hospital
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Workers go to jail for Children in Need
A LEADING light in the business community was jailed on Friday and only released after her employers paid her bail. Assistant chief executive of Gravesham Chamber of Commerce Heather Wilding took part in a "jail and bail" event for Children in Need. Along
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Workers go to jail for Children in Need
A LEADING light in the business community was jailed on Friday and only released after her employers paid her bail. Assistant chief executive of Gravesham Chamber of Commerce Heather Wilding took part in a "jail and bail" event for Children in Need. Along
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'They stole my mum and dad'
A MAN has spoken out after both his parents died following a burglary by bogus callers at their Northfleet home. Betty Wardlaw, 74, of Struttons Avenue, died 10 days ago having never recovered from the death of her 78-year-old husband during the theft
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Labour is failing secondary pupils' say Tories
Conservative councillors used today's publication of school performance tables to launch a broadside against Barnet's Labour-led administration. They accused the council of failing to turn round some of the borough's poorest performing schools which have
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Hospitals apologise for 'serial failures'
The family of a Kurdish refugee sent home from Barnet Hospital who died just hours later from a rare throat infection received £390,000 damages at the High Court this week. Barnet, along with North Middlesex Hospital, issued an "unreserved apology" to
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Inquiry hears PC's investigation was Inadequate'
A catalogue of errors by a woman police officer now training recruits in Hendon meant the horrific abuse of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie went unnoticed, an inquiry heard this week. Neil Garnham QC said PC Karen Jones, failed to investigate adequately
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Physic Well to be fenced off
The historic Physic Well in High Barnet once renowned for the medicinal properties of its water is to be fenced off. Two-metre high railings will protect the well's outer chamber as part of a £60,000 restoration and landscaping. The Physic Well, in Well
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Court hears how lorry driver failed to brake until too late
The driver of a lorry which smashed into the back of an RAF coach, killing three air cadets, failed to brake until a split second before impact, Peterborough Crown Court heard yesterday. Lorry driver Simon Bland, 37, of Peterborough, and coach driver
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Floods action call
EDMONTON MP Andy Love has asked the government to take action in flood hit areas. Mr Love has lodged written Parliamentary questions on flooding after Montagu Road residents revealed their concerns of a repeat of last year's disaster which forced 200
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Five helping police with inquiries into terrorism
ANTI-TERRORIST officers arrested five men after raiding an address in Edmonton which has been linked to an Irish dissident group's recent reign of terror on the UK mainland.o As the Independent went to press, the five, along with another arrested in Liverpool
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Sport hits jackpot in Lottery handout
ENFIELD is celebrating after being granted almost £3 million of Lottery funding to help boost sporting facilities in the borough.o The borough is set to receive £2,995,000 from the lottery's New Opportunities Fund, which will dish out more than £81 million
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Bleak future of social services
AS residents reel in shock over one set of draconian cuts to social services, it seems that another wave is on the way. We have to wonder just how people in need, particularly frail, elderly residents and disabled folk, are going to survive in the community
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Lord Mayor says "thank you"
I WANT to thank all those, particularly the young people, who took part in the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London, on a cold but bright Saturday, November 10. It was a wonderful day and I was impressed by the splendid activities of thousands of people
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What sort of message about Krays?
YOUR eulogy to the murdered cat-burglar Charlie Clark hard on the heels of a recent feature on the Krays, really makes me wonder what sort of message you are trying to put across to your readers. Mr Clark is described as having been "a very kind and popular
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TO THE POINT
Contest it now We can expect the demise of a lot more councillors now the new mayoral system has been forced in by the Labour Party. The elected mayor cannot be sacked, but councillors forming his senate can be. This trial has seen many councillors who
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Care to explain council?
Bus 284 restored to original routing. Good news for residents around the Ravensbourne Park Road area. They now, once again have a frequent daytime bus service and more importantly, an evening service. But was there really a necessity to re-route the 284
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The man who can't phone Walthamstow
THE new Thomson's Local Directory has just been delivered to my door as usual for Ilford and Chingford. This will remain largely unused until the next yearly delivery. Highams Park, in spite of the E4 postcode, has always been part of Walthamstow, and
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Gas repairs increase traffic jams
MAJOR traffic delays and diversions are expected as a result of emergency gas repairs being carried out in Greenwich. The work will centre around Romney Road, near the junction with King William Walk, and could take another two weeks to complete. Restrictions
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Toilet situation is very inconvenient
IN response to Mrs Pleasance's plea for help finding public toilets in Leyton (Letters, November 8), the only ones I know of are at Leyton Green, opposite the bus garage, and just around the corner I believe there are public loos in the Bakers' Arms Tesco
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Fostering team looks to future
A POSTER campaign which aims to recruit new foster carers in Lewisham has received support from Joan Ruddock MP. The campaign aims underline the difference foster carers can make to the lives of children in the borough. Lewisham and Deptford MP Joan Ruddock
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David fires up pupils
CHARIOTS of Fire producer David Puttnam made a special visit to a Plumstead school to talk to pupils at the school's prize-giving ceremony. Plumstead Manor Secondary School pupils were given a motivational talk by the man responsible for movies The Killing
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Win a book
The London Borough of Bromley Past and Present, by David Johnson, is available at WH Smith, priced £14.99. But you could be in with a chance of winning one of five copies, courtesy of WH Smith. All you have to do is answer this question: Which bishops
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A sigh of relief on jailing
THE sentencing of the man who raped a 16-year-old schoolgirl will bring relief and satisfaction to many parents in Woodford. For someone as young as Mitchell to have carried out such disgusting crimes is frightening. Let's hope he serves the majority
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It's a Floody disgrace
AT last a council officer has held up his hands and admitted that nothing much has been done since the floods in October 2000. There has been so much talk about the apparent efforts taken to look into last year's disaster but, when the efforts are analysed
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Rapist gets 14 years
A BRUTAL rapist who kidnapped a 16-year-old schoolgirl and subjected her to a two-hour ordeal of terror in Woodford Green, has been jailed for 14 years. Judge Gareth Hawkesworth ordered Sean Mitchell, 21, to sign on the Sex Offenders Register for life
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Duncan Smith pushes for cancer investigation
TORY leader Iain Duncan Smith has pledged to push for an investigation into the safety of mobile phone masts. The Woodford Green MP visited residents in Carnarvon Road after hearing about the cluster of cancer cases in the South Woodford road. Concerned
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Our children need speech help
COUNCILLORS have expressed their concern at the lack of speech and language therapists in Redbridge. They fear the staffing problem will cause children to suffer unless urgent action is taken by both the council and Redbridge and Waltham Forest Health
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Politicians' Remembrance Day hypocrisy
ONCE again Remembrance Day has come and gone, and once again we have had to witness the hypocritical stance of our leading politicians standing at the Cenotaph crying crocodile tears for the people who have given their lives in wars since 1914. They say
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The real reason for the low turn-out for general election
JO Moore's proposed loathsome subterfuge indicates a malaise which extends far beyond her. Its flagrant conception and unquestioning ministerial acceptance betray the whole deceitful culture of control and spin which permeates New Labour. Such matters
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Reggae legend back on the beat
DESMOND Dekker is to perform at O'Neill's Bar in Leytonstone on Sunday, an amazing 32 years after he first achieved international stardom with the hit single Israelites. Desmond, now 59, was born in Jamaica and recorded his first single in 1963. Along
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Consistency will be key to club success
Dulwich Hamlet manager Martin Eade wants his players to show more consistency. Eades men have struggled to put together a consistent run of form this season having taken just five league points from a possible 15 and sit in an uncomfortable 17th place
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Herne Hill demonstrate great strength in depth
Herne Hill Harriers emerged from the mens and womens Surrey League with enhanced team prospects after some solid engine room running from their unsung stars last Saturday. Dave Taylor treated the field at Wimbledon to the rare sight of total control as
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Bradley takes Bath
Streatham fencer Jonathan Bradley, 15, claimed the U15 title at the Bath epe tour-nament, at Millfield School, Somerset recently his fourth victory in the five-event 2001 Leon Paul Junior Series (LPJS). The win means Jonathan who is ranked number two
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Harlow pupils attend conference
YEAR 11 pupils at Mark Hall School, Harlow, took part in a two-day conference aimed at preparing them for life after they leave school next year. The conference and workshop sessions were led by employees from 24 local and regional businesses including
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Water company cash helps schools
TWO Harlow schools have each received £500 as a thank you from Three Valleys Water for their co-operation during a recent water mains refurbishment project. Work on the main affected the grounds of Stewards School and neighbouring St James Church of England
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Shack attack on extension
BUILDERS are still working on a "shack in a shanty town" that the council ordered to be knocked down. Residents were outraged when work first began to extend the property in Claremont Road, Walthamstow. One complained that it did not look as if it had
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TO THE POINT
Insult to dead What a sad reflection on the dead from the two world wars, when you publish photographs and headings on CND activists preaching their hypocritical nonsense close to war memorials. To highlight the recent incident in New York to justify
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TO THE POINT
It's not all bad I am very pleased I accepted my invitation to the Bexley Environmental Challenge 2001 annual award ceremony. It proved to be a most stimulating and enlightening evening. Sadly, we are always hearing of mindless vandalism so it was refreshing
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Epping Forest MP Eleanor Laing - still hoping
FOREIGN Office Minister Baroness Ramsey of Cartvale, responding to written questions submitted by Epping Forest MP Eleanor Laing, said in a letter: "Mr Bryant has been tried, convicted and sentenced in accordance with Moroccan law. "We have to respect
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Best way is to name and shame them
Regarding the letter from Mrs Endacott about the shaming of the ASBO yob (News Shopper, November 14). In reply I say great. I think they should be named and shamed and the public should be aware. How else are we going to stop the threat to our civil liberties
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St Clare Hospice news
A TOTAL of 20 walkers have been busy throughout the summer raising funds to enable them to trek part of the Great Wall of China in June next year, with walkers from four other hospices.o A total of £2,500 is needed from each walker and St Clare will benefit
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So near in Weakest Link quiz
PLUME Housing Association housing officer Gillian Thompson who deals with tenants in the Epping Forest and Harlow area faced Anne Robinson when she appeared in the BBC quiz The Weakest Link on Monday. She narrowly missed out on £2,350 when she became
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Stop hounding the good ones out
Even though I am not a Conservative I feel I must protest at the disgraceful way the Sidcup Conservative party is treating hard-working and devoted councillor Graham Holland. That Graham should have been too busy dealing with the everyday problems of
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Spy threat to flytippers
SITES across the district which are regularly being used by fly-tippers could be put under watch in a bid to catch the culprits, the district council has said.o The possible move is being considered as a councillor hits out about the problem in Nazeing
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New-look Tesco strore to open
TELEVISION garden design guru Diarmuid Gavin will officially open the new extension at Epping's Tesco store on Monday morning. The star of the BBC show Home Front in the Garden will also present £1,000 to the Epping Forest Volunteer Bureau, to purchase
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Poor animals are terrified
I refer to a letter from C Harrison last week (News Shopper, November 14) about inconsiderable people letting off fireworks weeks before and after November 5. You are not a killjoy, far from it. These very ignorant and inconsiderate idiots do this every
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I've had enough of exploding fireworks
Well done C Harrison for speaking out against fireworks (News Shopper, November 14). Gone are the days when people had respect for other people, animals, the elderly and Sundays. No more a few discreet fireworks and a get together on November 5. Now it's
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Council tenants face agreement update
TENANTS of Epping Forest Council are to be consulted on proposals to update their tenancy agreement. The proposed changes would affect all existing and future tenants. The proposals include setting out the conditions for recovery of rent arrears more
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Roydon pupils enjoy their Harry Potter day
HARRY Potter fans from Roydon Primary School were among the first to see the movie adaptation of J. K Rowling's first book Harry Potter and the Philsopher's Stone.o The junior school children and their teachers dressed up as their favourite characters
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Win a book
The London Borough of Bromley Past and Present, by David Johnson, is available at WH Smith, priced £14.99. But you could be in with a chance of winning one of five copies, courtesy of WH Smith. All you have to do is answer this question: Which bishops
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All roads lead to London
Those who live in the borough of Bromley because it is within easy commuting distance of London are following in the traditions of our Roman ancestors, according to writer David Johnson. LUCYA SZACHNOWSKI talks to him about his new book, The London Borough
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Volunteers do lunch for 10th anniversary
VOLUNTEERS at a charity shop in Sydenham are celebrating its 10th birthday today (Wednesday). The Imperial Cancer Research Fund shop, in Sydenham Road, has been open for the past decade and a celebratory lunch for volunteers and staff will be held at
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Kids' campaign to save library
TWO caring youngsters have entered the political fray in Anerley by campaigning to save the town hall and library, which are threatened by council cuts. Sarah McKeen, 11, and her sister Kelly, eight, have spent all their spare time in the last two weeks
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Airport Scouts on cloud nine
A NEW £30,000 aviation centre in Biggin Hill is set to help young flying fans "get their dreams off the ground". South London Scouts are launching an appeal to raise the cash for a brand new base in the grounds of the terminal. Their current property
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SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACK CLUE?
A DIY granddad got the shock of his life when he found a newspaper cutting from September 11, 1974, in his son's kitchen wall. Frank Parradine, 62, of Oakway, Eltham, was left shaken when he found the cutting, noticed the date and then saw the headline
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Still confident his Bees have the beating of Carlisle
Barnet 0 Carlisle 0 FA Cup first round Barnet manager John Still and his Carlisle counterpart Roddy Collins both wore smiles of satisfaction after this keenly-contested FA Cup clash ended all square. Still said: "We could have scored two or three goals
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Tranmere wait for Cup replay winners
Barnet will be clocking up the miles in pursuit of every FA Cup minnow's dream, a financially rewarding third round clash with one of the Premiership giants. Following Saturday's first round goalless draw at Underhill with Third Division Carlisle, the
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AFA football round-up
East Barnet OG 4 William Fitt 0 AFA SeniorCup first round East Barnet, slow out of their blocks, didn't find their range until the second half, when they scored all four goals. Jimmy Nuckey punished some hesitant defending, and skipper Rown Innes converted
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Blues halt Croydon
Wingate & Finchley 3 Croydon Athletic 2 Ryman League Division Three Wingate put the brakes on runaway leaders Croydon on Tuesday. It was only the second defeat in 17 matches for Croydon and demonstrated the full potential of the home side. And they
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Keeper caught Hook, line and stinker
Hendon 0 Croydon 1 Ryman League Premier Division Hendon continued their head-scratching season with a more than disappointing home defeat by Croydon on Saturday. Rather like the little girl with a curl from the children's poem, when they are good, they
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Story of the Suburb
Me Without You is a new film set in Hampstead Garden Suburb and starring Anna Friel and Trudie Styler. LEIGH COLLINS meets its writer-director Sandra Goldbacher Amid the sumptuous surroundings of a suite in The Dorchester, Sandra Goldbacher prepares for
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Roydon pupils enjoy their Harry Potter day
HARRY Potter fans from Roydon Primary School were among the first to see the movie adaptation of J. K Rowling's first book Harry Potter and the Philsopher's Stone.o The junior school children and their teachers dressed up as their favourite characters
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Bus route axed
BUS company Arriva is to withdraw the troubled 392 service from Nazeing to Harlow after increasing complaints. The company has cited a "severe" staff shortage as the main reason for the withdrawal, which takes place on Friday, December 21. Marketing manager
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Final goes to play-off
Two down with two to play, Tony Smith and Richard Harris rallied to square the final of East Barnet's Annandale Trophy golf event and beat Benny Dunne and Jeremy Armstrong at the first extra hole last week. At a separate event Dominic Taylor achieved
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Hendon punish Hatfield
Hatfield 0 Hendon 60 Herts/Middlesex Division 3 Hendon's slick three-quarter play was all too much for bottom club Hatfield as the visitors ran in nine tries in a runaway win that lifted them to third spot in the Division Three table. Left-wing Jamal
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Heart bypass lottery
Heart bypass patients in Barnet face a lottery for treatment according to new figures. Patients in the borough are more than twice as likely to die at some NHS heart units than at others according to The Hospital Guide published by healthcare specialists
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Student 'stabbed friend over game'
Barnet: A former Barnet College student stabbed his friend to death after a row over a computer game descended into violence, a court heard this week. Yonis Jama was 16 when he stabbed Steven Siewlal, also 16, in the face and body 60 times with two knives
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Still confident his Bees have the beating of Carlisle
Barnet 0 Carlisle 0 FA Cup first round Barnet manager John Still and his Carlisle counterpart Roddy Collins both wore smiles of satisfaction after this keenly-contested FA Cup clash ended all square. Still said: "We could have scored two or three goals
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Tranmere wait for Cup replay winners
Barnet will be clocking up the miles in pursuit of every FA Cup minnow's dream, a financially rewarding third round clash with one of the Premiership giants. Following Saturday's first round goalless draw at Underhill with Third Division Carlisle, the
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Blues halt Croydon
Wingate & Finchley 3 Croydon Athletic 2 Ryman League Division Three Wingate put the brakes on runaway leaders Croydon on Tuesday. It was only the second defeat in 17 matches for Croydon and demonstrated the full potential of the home side. And they
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Silcott takes first step towards freedom
Stoken: Winston Silcott has enjoyed his first day out of prison in 16 years as he takes the first steps to release.o Silcott, jailed for the murder of PC Keith Blakelock in the 1985 Broadwater Farm riots but cleared on appeal, is serving a life sentence
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Man kidnapped and burned with iron
Epping: A man was kidnapped and assaulted with a hot iron before being dumped in Epping Forest. The 24-year-old Asian victim was left with burns but managed to call for help by staggering to Epping New Road. The man was in his car in Ilford Lane, Ilford
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Manager leads Wares walk-out
Edgware Town are deep in crisis, following a mass walk-out. Manager John Harding and all but three of the first team squad resigned following a 6-1 hiding at Ware on Saturday. Chairman Paul Karaiskos, who is also reserve team manager, took charge and
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Roydon pupils enjoy their Harry Potter day
HARRY Potter fans from Roydon Primary School were among the first to see the movie adaptation of J. K Rowling's first book Harry Potter and the Philsopher's Stone.o The junior school children and their teachers dressed up as their favourite characters
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DJ killed in street fight
Wembley: A Radio 1 DJ died after he was shot early on Tuesday (Nov 20) during a fight between 10 men. The 24-year-old victim, who has been identified as Horace Pinnock - also known as DJ Village - was taken to Central Middlesex Hospital where he was pronounced
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£52m PFI funding for schools
Millions of pounds is set to be spent on 11 schools in the capital as part of a Private Finance Initiative (PFI). The government has agreed up to £52million in PFI Credit funding, which is to be used to increase the number of classes per year in the borough's
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Bus route axed
BUS company Arriva is to withdraw the troubled 392 service from Nazeing to Harlow after increasing complaints. The company has cited a "severe" staff shortage as the main reason for the withdrawal, which takes place on Friday, December 21. Marketing manager
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Trial 'offended justice'
Waltham Abbey: The trial into an alleged Jewish Cemeteries fraud - in which a Chingford woman stood accused - has been scrapped this week, costing the taxpayers £500,000. Members of a family, who were employed by United Synagogue, were accused of a systematic
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Inquiry accuses PC for failing tragic Victoria
Hendon: A catalogue of errors by a woman police officer now training recruits in Hendon meant the horrific abuse of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie went unnoticed. The inquiry into Victoria's death heard on Monday how PC Karen Jones, based at the Peel
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Terminal 5: Yes
T5 Go-Ahead: Terminal 5 has finally been approved at Heathrow Airport, paving the way for an extra 25 million passengers a year. The decision, which comes as a massive blow to anti-T5 campaigners such as HACAN, was announced by Transport Secretary Stephen
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Yes to T5 but no to night flights
T5 Go-Ahead: Transport Secretary Stephen Byers' blessing for Terminal 5 on Tuesday imposed conditions to protect Heathrow's neighbours. Mr Byers told the House of Commons he agreed with the inspector's report that the terminal would have wider benefits
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Business leaders welcome T5
T5 Go-Ahead: Business leaders welcomed approval of Heathrow's Terminal 5 and the jobs and transport links which will follow. The Chamber of Commerce stated that while residents' quality of life must be a priority, transport links from Staines to the new
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West London: 'an airport surrounded by car parks'?
T5 Go-Ahead: Green groups have condemned the Government's intentions to press on with Terminal Five. John Stewart, chairman of HACAN Clearskies, said: "We are very disappointed on behalf of residents who live under the flightpath as they now face more
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United in disapproval
T5 Go-Ahead: Green groups have described the government's decision to approve Terminal 5 as 'a disaster for the environment'. Speaking after Transport Secretary Stephen Byers gave the go-ahead for the £2.25 billion scheme on Tuesday this week, anti-T5
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Local MPs remain firmly on the fence
T5 Go-Ahead: Ann Keen, MP for Brentford and Isleworth, and Alan Keen, MP for Feltham and Heston, issued a joint statement after Mr Byers had finished his speech. They said: "We welcome the end to the uncertainty that the prolonged decision-making process
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Byers seeks safeguards for neighbours
T5 Go-Ahead: Transport Secretary Stephen Byers' blessing for Terminal 5 on Tuesday imposed conditions to protect Heathrow's neighbours. He limited total flights per year to 480,000, up from 460,000 last year. He suggested that would see 90 million passengers
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New crack house every nine days
Croydon: A new crack house opens in Croydon every nine days, according to the police. The shocking statistic was revealed as police unveiled their latest success in the war against drugs, closing down a crack house in Thornton Heath run by Jamaican drug
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Murdered man's girlfriend pleads for help
Sutton: An emotional appeal for help in tracking down the brutal killers of a hard-working Sri Lankan is being made by the woman he left behind. Kanthie Rathanapala, 43, spoke exclusively to the Sutton Guardian about her shock at hearing of her boyfriends
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Teenage girl is assaulted
A teenage girl was subjected to a terrifying indecent assault in Norwood Junction this week as she walked home from work. The 19-year-old victim was pounced on by her attacker as she walked through an alleyway between the train station and Belgrave Road
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Mum launches charity for brain-damaged son
A South Norwood mother is planning to launch her own charity in a bid to improve the quality of care for her severely brain-damaged son. Jenni Prior, not her real name, is part of a small band of parents with brain-damaged children who are determined
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Casuals lucky with draw
ABINGDON TOWN 1 CORINTHIAN CASUALS 1 Corinthian Casuals were lucky not to be beaten by Ryman League Division Threes bottom club Abingdon on Saturday and it was only the home sides poor finishing which prevented them from claiming their first win of the
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Hendon punish Hatfield
Hatfield 0 Hendon 60 Herts/Middlesex Division 3 Hendon's slick three-quarter play was all too much for bottom club Hatfield as the visitors ran in nine tries in a runaway win that lifted them to third spot in the Division Three table. Left-wing Jamal
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U.S. flag will not be flown on town hall
Town hall chiefs today stand accused of a "bureaucratic cop-out" after refusing to raise the Stars and Stripes over Hendon Town Hall. Tory councillor Brian Coleman wanted 'Old Glory' to fly alongside the Union Flag for the first time ever to celebrate
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Shopkeepers' fury as abandoned lorry blocks bus stop
Shopkeepers in East Barnet have blasted Barnet Council over its policy on abandoned vehicles after it took them almost a month to remove a lorry which was parked in a dangerous position. The lorry, which was left outside the bus stop on Cat Hill, had
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Football - Wimbledon Ladies
Football: Wimbledon Ladies were beaten 5-1 by Arsenal Ladies in the London Cup at Kingsmeadow on Sunday. Michelle Riley scored for the Dons, who were only overhauled by the Premier Division side in the last 20 minutes of the game. This Sunday, the Dons
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All roads lead to London
Those who live in the borough of Bromley because it is within easy commuting distance of London are following in the traditions of our Roman ancestors, according to writer David Johnson. LUCYA SZACHNOWSKI talks to him about his new book, The London Borough
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Final goes to play-off
Two down with two to play, Tony Smith and Richard Harris rallied to square the final of East Barnet's Annandale Trophy golf event and beat Benny Dunne and Jeremy Armstrong at the first extra hole last week. At a separate event Dominic Taylor achieved
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Showcase of science
TRYING to create balloon-powered vehicles was one challenge facing Foster's Primary School children in Welling during its Science Week. The children read science-based pieces during their literacy hour, did full science investigations and took part in
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Bookworms for charity
A DARTFORD primary school held a book celebration week to raise interest in reading and money for charity. The highlight for Sutton-at-Hone Primary School, Church Road, was a day where pupils dressed up as their favourite book characters. Headteacher
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Dinner lady hangs up apron
AFTER dishing up the dinners at an infants school for more than 30 years, Joy Morgan has finally hung up her apron. Mrs Morgan started work at Slade Green Infants School in 1971 and is reluctantly leaving now because she has reached retirement age. But
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Dinner lady hangs up apron
AFTER dishing up the dinners at an infants school for more than 30 years, Joy Morgan has finally hung up her apron. Mrs Morgan started work at Slade Green Infants School in 1971 and is reluctantly leaving now because she has reached retirement age. But
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Council gets tough on litter
LITTERBUGS in Lewisham will face hefty fines if they so much as flick a cigarette butt into the street in future. As part of a crackdown on litterbugs, Lewisham Council launched a new initiative which will see teams patrolling the borough's streets over
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Dinner lady hangs up apron
AFTER dishing up the dinners at an infants school for more than 30 years, Joy Morgan has finally hung up her apron. Mrs Morgan started work at Slade Green Infants School in 1971 and is reluctantly leaving now because she has reached retirement age. But
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Keep warm this winter
AGE CONCERN Lewisham will be helping elderly residents find out how much they can save on energy bills this winter. The Energy Day will be held from 10.30am to 1.30pm in Lewisham Civic Centre on December 4. Residents are asked to take an old gas or electricity
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Festival of Lights marks spiritual time for Hindus
The Mauritian League of Friends celebrated the Diwali festival of light. The event at Fleetdown Community Centre in Dartford, welcomes in the Hindu new year and is the time when the god Rama returned to the Kingdom of Ayodha, a mythical version of India
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Festival of Lights marks spiritual time for Hindus
The Mauritian League of Friends celebrated the Diwali festival of light. The event at Fleetdown Community Centre in Dartford, welcomes in the Hindu new year and is the time when the god Rama returned to the Kingdom of Ayodha, a mythical version of India
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Roadworks are on hold
Work to improve safety at an accident black spot in Edgware will not begin until April next year. Residents believed notices that went up at the junction of the A41 Edgware Way and Broadfields Avenue in August and earlier this month meant work commissioned
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Do you want your child to join a club?
PARENTS looking for a club or group for their children to join can contact Bexley Council for Voluntary Youth Organisations Limited. The BCVYO deals with all the voluntary youth groups in Bexley. It recently gained limited company status and is waiting
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Lorry driver admits: I saw the coach too late
The driver of a lorry which smashed into the back of a RAF coach killing three air cadets admitted he was driving carelessly, Peterborough Crown Court heard yesterday. Lorry driver Simon Bland, 37, of Peterborough, and coach driver Jeanette Morris, 48
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Do you want your child to join a club?
PARENTS looking for a club or group for their children to join can contact Bexley Council for Voluntary Youth Organisations Limited. The BCVYO deals with all the voluntary youth groups in Bexley. It recently gained limited company status and is waiting
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Hospitals apologise for 'serial failures'
The family of a Kurdish refugee sent home from Barnet Hospital who died just hours later from a rare throat infection received £390,000 damages at the High Court this week. Barnet, along with North Middlesex Hospital, issued an "unreserved apology" to
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Twickenham on the ball
TWICKENHAM 40 SUDBURY 24 The return of Chris Titherley and Rob Kirby to the Twickenham pack restored the sides cohesion and ensured a plentiful supply of ball for new scrum half Andy Rogers, who released his three-quarters for six tries. If Twickenham
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Hampton make a splash
Hampton School swimmers were victorious over St Pauls and Highgate schools last Thursday, thanks to impressive performances by Ben Silver (first, U18 50m backstroke), Matthew Martin (first, U16 50m breaststroke and 50M butterfly), Chris Webb (first, U14
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It's traffic not truancy' says Bishop Douglass headteacher
Traffic and travel problems were blamed for the high proportion of unauthorised absence among pupils at Bishop Douglass RC High School. The school, in Hamilton Road, East Finchley, recorded 6.1 in half-days lost due to unauthorised absence twice that
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Court hears how lorry driver failed to brake until too late
The driver of a lorry which smashed into the back of an RAF coach, killing three air cadets, failed to brake until a split second before impact, Peterborough Crown Court heard yesterday. Lorry driver Simon Bland, 37, of Peterborough, and coach driver
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Inquiry accuses PC for failing tragic Victoria
A catalogue of errors by a woman police officer now training recruits in Hendon meant the horrific abuse of eight-year-old Victoria Climbie went unnoticed. The inquiry into Victoria's death heard on Monday how PC Karen Jones, based at the Peel Centre,
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Baby Liam laid to rest
The funeral was due to take place today of five-month-old Liam Moriarty killed when a fire swept through his grandparents' Friern Barnet pub. Liam was sleeping in a first floor bedroom of the Alexandra Arms in Cromwell Road on Monday last week as a wake
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Student stabbed friend over game'
A former Barnet College student stabbed his friend to death after a row over a computer game descended into violence, a court heard this week. Yonis Jama was 16 when he stabbed Steven Siewlal, also 16, in the face and body 60 times with two knives and
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Gunners boss Wenger backs Bees stadium bid
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is among 57,000 people to call on Barnet Council to do its utmost to keep Barnet FC in the borough. The title-winning Frenchman from Totteridge was among football fans across the country, including Brentford chairman Ron
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Hospitals apologise for 'serial failures'
The family of a Kurdish refugee sent home from Barnet Hospital who died just hours later from a rare throat infection received £390,000 damages at the High Court this week. Barnet, along with North Middlesex Hospital, issued an "unreserved apology" to
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Cash earmarked for increase in TB rate
CASES of Tuberculosis in Enfield are on the rise according to recent figures released by the local health authority. Since 1987 cases of the disease in the borough have increased from 19 a year to 83 in the year 2000 and Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Health
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Elderly to have say on transport
ELDERLY borough residents will get the chance to bring their views on transport in the borough to the fore at a meeting next week. Sponsored by the Enfield Borough over-50s Forum, the event looks to involve the elderly in important local decision-making
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CancerLife forum to launch
THE CancerLife forum will be launching a branch this month at Community House in Fore Street, Edmonton. The forum is being organised to help cancer sufferers and carers from ethnic minority groups, deaf people, people with sight and learning difficulties
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Neighbours at war over traffic plans
s=10RESIDENTS of streets bordering Pymmes Park are at war with each other over proposals to introduce a traffic calming scheme.o Householders living in Victoria Road towards the junction with the North Circular Road are delighted their part of the road
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Museum funding cut a real shame
WE are very disappointed to hear that funding has been refused for the Pump House in Walthamstow. My children love it there and have been to most of the open days. They enjoy the old engines and old buses and it makes a wonderful afternoon out. The children
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Do we have a new system for using our buses?
I WRITE to warn other passengers who may be travelling on a W11 bus into Sainsbury's supermarket at the Billet that they must now give specific instructions to the driver if they wish to alight. Last Friday I boarded the bus at Walthamstow Central going
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Keep up the clean message
THE improvement in the cleanliness in Whipps Cross University Hospital, has resulted in it being moved off the clean hospital red status (Guardian, November 15). This is very much welcome. Being advanced to amber status indicates there is lots more yet
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Make unused hospital into Christmas shelter
I read with interest your story (News Shopper, November 14) concerning the maritime mural at the site of the old Greenwich Hospital. As everyone knows the Greenwich District Hospital moved to its brand new site earlier this year. But it seems a shame
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Making a noise over new library cost
PLEASE let us get our priorities right before it is too late. If we are expected to pay approximately £70m for a new library and its environs in Walthamstow town centre, then let us re-examine such expenditure, re-tender the cost of building a new library
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Us E4 residents do get the rough deal
I FEEL I must write to agree totally with Angry of Chingford's letter (November 15). It most certainly does feel and seem that any event or literature produced is targeted towards the southern part of the borough. Chingford, it seems to me, is obviously
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The children suffer more than anyone
Just when you think you can't be any more appalled by the actions of somebody, another revelation comes out and you are proved wrong. I am, of course, referring to the stabbing to death of New Cross bouncer George Napier and more to the point to the person
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Bah humbug to Christmas
CHRISTMAS is coming, and yet again I bet north and south Chingford shopping centres will be completely devoid of any street decorations, making them the most miserable, unfestive shoppping areas around. Even poorer so-called inner city boroughs put on
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Madness of closing magistrates court
IT recently took me more than an hour by bus from Walthamstow to Stratford due to traffic jams, so goodness knows how people will get there at the appointed time if the barmy plan to close Waltham Forest Magistrates Court goes ahead. It also emphasises
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Council gets tough on litter
LITTERBUGS in Lewisham will face hefty fines if they so much as flick a cigarette butt into the street in future. As part of a crackdown on litterbugs, Lewisham Council launched a new initiative which will see teams patrolling the borough's streets over
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Keep warm this winter
AGE CONCERN Lewisham will be helping elderly residents find out how much they can save on energy bills this winter. The Energy Day will be held from 10.30am to 1.30pm in Lewisham Civic Centre on December 4. Residents are asked to take an old gas or electricity
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All roads lead to London
Those who live in the borough of Bromley because it is within easy commuting distance of London are following in the traditions of our Roman ancestors, according to writer David Johnson. LUCYA SZACHNOWSKI talks to him about his new book, The London Borough
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Synagogue slated as trial is halted
THE trial into an alleged Jewish cemeteries fraud, which involved a Woodford Green man, has been halted, costing the taxpayers £500,000. Members of a family, who were employed by United Synagogue, were accused of a systematic fraud involving hundreds
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Man kidnapped and burned with iron
A MAN was kidnapped and assaulted with a hot iron before being dumped in Epping Forest. The 24-year-old Asian victim was left with burns but managed to call for help by staggering to Epping New Road. The man was in his car in Ilford Lane, Ilford, on Wednesday
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Nothing done since floods
NOTHING has been done to stop the river Roding bursting its banks, despite the river being on flood warning twice since the floods of last year. Speaking at a flood public meeting on Friday, Redbridge Council's officer for engineering and building services
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Save my daughter
A CARNARVON Road cancer victim is living in fear that her daughter could be at risk from radiation. Freda Cousins, who is suffering from breast and liver cancer, lives just yards from the 16 mobile phone masts on top of Forest House in the South Woodford
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Football bid consultation agreed
RESIDENTS will be consulted if Tottenham Hotspur puts forward plans to develop land at Bancroft's rugby site. Councillors at Thursday's full Redbridge Council meeting promised to listen to residents' views if the premiership football club submits an application
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Odds not good for an early verdict
THE verdict on the proposed Fairlop Racecourse may not be known until after Christmas. That's the fear of campaigners against the planned development on Fairlop Plains who are anxiously awaiting the public inquiry decision. Although the inquiry was completed
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5-4-3-2-1 - it's the Manfreds
THE MANFREDS have reunited and are playing at The Centre, Brentwood, as part of a national tour. The highly successful 60s pop band recorded chart hits such as Do Wah Diddy Diddy and 5-4-3-2-1, but stopped performing in 1969. They re-united in 1991, however
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Beautiful dreamer?
A NEW play at Stratford Circus promises to reveal the surreal landscape of a young girl's dream world through a combination of new technology and multimedia. I Love opened on Tuesday, November 20, and runs until Saturday, November 24. The play is directed
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Producing the goods
A former Leytonstone man is hoping for chart success after launching a debut single on his band's own record label. Matthew Ryan, 24, originally from Leytonstone, formed Step 13 Records with Nicholas Maule at university in Luton four years ago. Both previously
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What's on in Waltham Forest
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22 WALK: With West Essex Ramblers led by John Francis. Meet at 10.15am at Royal Forest Hotel, Rangers Road, Chingford, walk to Highams Park Lake via old forest lanes; pubs at end. EXHIBITION: Free, until further notice, The Ancient
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Champions too strong for the Towers
KINDER BOLOGNA 94 KINDER LONDON TOWERS 72 Kinder London Towers lost 94-72 to reigning champions Kinder Bologna, of Italy, in Group B of the Euroleague on Thursday night. But their was no shame in the defeat as Towers kept pace with their mighty opponents
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Rmanian mission for college students
SIXTH formers at Hockerill Anglo-European College in Bishop's Stortford helped to paint and decorate an orphange during a trip to Iasi in Romania. It was the college's second visit to the orphanage as part of an on-going project to support the children
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Wheelchair actor shares Harry Potter limelight
A CHINGFORD actor is set to star alongside Harry Potter at cinemas across the South. Andy Dear, 24, of Waltham Way, will be seen by hordes of theatre-goers going to see the popular tale of wizardry and wonder. Andy, who uses a wheelchair, stars in an
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Shady business
A KEEN vegetable grower was told that he has no "right to light" when he complained that 60ft trees have shrouded his garden in darkness. The statement was made in a letter from Waltham Forest environmental services department to Ken Dixon, 63, of Chingford
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'Give me life'
A PRISON rights campaigner shocked a judge by begging her to jail him for life after saying he could not face life outside prison.o Appearing for sentencing for arson at Snaresbrook Crown Court, Glen Fielding, 40, of Bulwer Road, Leytonstone, told Judge
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Ravaged!
SHOCKED bowlers have started rebuilding their clubhouse after vandals attacked their property and wrecked the £25,000 astro-turf. Members arriving at the club in Lloyd Park, Winns Terrace, Walthamstow, on Monday discovered a scene of utter devastation
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Are speed traps the best use of police time?
In response to your front page article about the low figures of police in Bromley (News Shopper, November 14), I would like to make the following point about which I feel strongly. Last week, I made a trip into Beckenham which took me down Wickham Way
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Check maps for access rights
The draft Access Land maps for Surrey, Sussex and Kent are published on November 16 by the Countryside Agency. You, the public, have only three months to make representations regarding "heathland, moorland, downland and land over 600sqm". You have been
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Black History month a wasted opportunity
Having viewed the article about Black History Month (News Shopper, November 14), I was surprised to learn no event took place in Penge or Anerley to mark the occaision, when this is where the largest number of black and minority ethnic people in Bromley
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Opposition not based on bigotry
C Lydon's letter (News Shopper November 14) wonders whether those petitioning against the Darul Uloom School planning application would have had the same objections had the proposals come from a Christian school rather than an Islamic one. I do not know
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Dog owners clear up after your pets!
In a day and age when we can build a hotel in space and travel from one side of the world to the other in a day, it beggars belief that dog owners are unable to stop their pets from excreting on pavements. I cannot be the only person who is sick to death
