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“We have cut policing to the bone”: borough’s worst streets for vehicle crime revealed

Thursday, January 3, 2019 Hannah Somerville

Cranbrook Road in Gants Hill, the road in Redbridge most afflicted by vehicle crime. Picture: Google Streetview

Ninety-eight per cent of vehicle crime in Redbridge has gone unsolved over the past three years.

Revealed: council’s millions spent on property acquisitions

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 Hannah Somerville

Saxon House in Essex and the If Bar in Ilford Hill are two of the properties Redbridge has bought since 2016. Picture: Savills/Polly Hancock

Redbridge Council has quietly splashed out £25 million on commercial properties, including the sites of two nightclubs, an investigation has found.

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