Affordable housing needs not met

A HOMELESS charity has blasted Redbridge Council's failure to meet its affordable homes target. Shelter produced a housing league table this week that shows Redbridge is delivering only 40 per cent of the affordable homes that are needed. Chief executive... » MORE

Warning issued over bogus medicine collection

PATIENTS are being warned to ignore pleas for unused medicines to be donated to help sick people. NHS Redbridge said it is on alert after receiving reports of a bogus group trying to collect medicines by sending out flyers that read: Don t throw your u...

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Anti-Tory cartoons mystery

FURIOUS Tory councillors found their desks littered with cartoons mocking their party, minutes before a meeting was set to start. Pieces of paper with an image of a mock billboard plastered with anti-Conservative cartoons was placed on the desks of a hand...

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Neighbours' shock at woman's death

NEIGHBOURS of a 'nice, kind' woman found with fatal injuries in her home have told how their peaceful cul-de-sac has been shattered by her death. Residents in Charles Church Walk, Ilford, said Carmen Stanescu was a happy woman, always smiling. The 30-year...

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Protestors to meet officials over hospital axe threat

CAMPAIGNERS determined to save King George Hospital services from the chop will meet health officials tonight. From 7.30pm at Somerville Hall, Somerville Road, Chadwell Heath clinical director Dr Mike Gill and NHS Redbridge managing director Conor Burke w...

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Musical youngsters showcase their skills at the Royal Albert Hall

YOUNGSTERS sang their hearts out in one of the country s most prestigious venues, as the biennial Redbridge Choral Festival once again proved a roaring success.   Around 1800 youngsters from schools across the borough spent all day at the Royal Albert Hal...

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Sex workers reeling in police blitz

THE street sex trade has taken 'a real dent' after officers completed the first phase of their blitz on prostitution in Ilford Lane. Last week the Recorder told how police and Redbridge Council had begun a three-day operation to clear the streets around I...

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Virtual lessons for classmates during school rebuild

THERE will be no queues for the school bus for pupils at Loxford School in the run-up to Easter, as two weeks of lessons are uploaded exclusively onto the internet. The school will run virtual classrooms during the week before and following the Easter ho...

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