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WANSTEAD: Flats evacuated after man threatens to blow himself up
6:55pm Saturday 15th November 2008
TERRIFIED residents have been evacuated from a block of flats in Wanstead after a man threatened to blow himself up.
Comments (2)REDBRIDGE: Benefit fraudster escapes jail
8:56am Thursday 13th November 2008
A WOMAN who conned Redbridge Council by fraudulently claiming £5,736 in benefits has been spared jail by magistrates.
WOODFORD GRN: Xmas lights approved despite 'bah humbug' grumbles
8:31am Thursday 13th November 2008
PLANS to spend £6,000 of taxpayers' money on Christmas lights has been approved by the council, despite complaints that businesses should foot the bill.
WOODFORD GREEN: Hospice chief quits
3:32pm Tuesday 11th November 2008
THE head of a cash-strapped children’s hospice has resigned just three weeks after eight volunteers walked out amid allegations that Harry Potter books were destroyed for contradicting Christian beliefs.
WOODFORD: Tube station is most crime-ridden in borough
9:30am Tuesday 11th November 2008
WOODFORD station is the most crime-ridden tube stop in Redbridge, new figures have revealed.
WANSTEAD: Is 'Bigfoot' on the loose in woods?
9:19am Tuesday 11th November 2008
PARK officials have denied a bigfoot-like creature is on the loose in Wanstead’s woods after a “strange and hairy” bear-like animal was spotted by a fisherman.
STH WOODFORD: Post Office battle heats up
9:22am Tuesday 11th November 2008
THE FIGHT to get Redbridge Council to help reopen South Woodford Post Office comes to a head next week, as campaigners meet councillors at Ilford Town Hall to discuss their demands.
REDBRIDGE: Thousands of library books 'vanish'
9:11am Tuesday 11th November 2008
ALMOST 175,000 books have disappeared from Redbridge’s libraries over the past five years - and the council do not know where they have gone.
REDBRIDGE: "Nazi" jibe over foster care smoking ban
8:44am Tuesday 11th November 2008
REDBRIDGE councillor Michael Stark has been branded a "Nazi" and an "ignorant pig" during a live radio debate.
REDBRIDGE: Murdered teenager named
9:10am Monday 10th November 2008
THE TEENAGER stabbed to death during a fight in Ilford has been named.
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