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currybetdotnet (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
I became a crime statistic last week, when my bike was stolen in Walthamstow . Again . It has prompted me to blog about something that has been irritating me in the Borough for some time. On the day I discovered my bike was missing, I'd been in Selbourne Walk The Mall , where volunteers were out in force trying to get me to sign a council petition. " Waltham Forest is calling for back-up...
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Waltham Forest PSC (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... NOVEMBER WFPSC STALL - WALTHAMSTOW TOWN SQUARE 11-2pm - Join us to distribute more information to Waltham Forest's residents about the importance of boycotting. WALTHAM FOREST & REDBRIDGE GREEN PARTY BAZAAR - United Reformed Church, Nightingale Lane, Wanstead (off the High St) 11-3pm - Join Liz and the fair trade gang selling Zaytoun produce. Turn up early to avoid disappointment...
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currybetdotnet (Free subscription) | yesterday
I'm the kind of person who still buys a local paper , and this week in the Waltham Forest Guardian I noticed a feature I found distinctly odd. "My First Term" is an 8 page pull-out compiling school classroom pictures from a variety of nearby local authorities. The geographical range covered is quite wide, including Walthamstow, Woodford Green, Loughton and Waltham Abbey. Initially,...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cllr Afzal Akram, Waltham Forest Council's cabinet member for community safety, enforcement and protection, said: "This refuge puts Waltham Forest at the very forefront of efforts to tackle forced marriage and 'honour-based violence' and we are doing everything we can to offer help and support to the most vulnerable women in our communities."
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BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cllr Afzal Akram, Waltham Forest Council's cabinet member for community safety, enforcement and protection, said: "This refuge puts Waltham Forest at the very forefront of efforts to tackle forced marriage and 'honour-based violence' and we are doing everything we can to offer help and support to the most vulnerable women in our communities."
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diamind geezer (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... Southwark, Wandsworth (6) ; Barking & Dagenham, Merton, [Herts] (5) ; Enfield, Havering, Waltham Forest (4) ; [Bucks] (3) ; Hackney, Richmond (2) ; Greenwich, (1) ; Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Kingston, Lewisham, Sutton (0) (This is an updated, hopefully now correct, version of a list which first appeared in Tube Week 2003 ) My borough-by-borough list perfectly sums up the inequitable...
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Neil Woollcott (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Across the country millions of people fell in silence to remember those who have died in battle and those who have died since who fought for our freedom. This year I went to the Remembrance Sunday service in Leyton, where Dad laid a wreath on behalf of the residents of Waltham Forest.This is the first time our family attended the Leyton service (we attend the Walthamstow act of remembrance
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BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Councillor Liaquat Ali, Waltham Forest Council's cabinet member for children and young people, said: "I am extremely concerned that the welfare and education of Norlington pupils continues to be threatened by a dispute that is completely out of their hands.
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Greater London Authority news (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... the post as Mayor in May 2008, Boris Johnson has hosted public meetings in Bromley, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Croydon, Hillingdon, Greenwich, and now Lambeth.In addition to People’s Question Time, the Mayor hosts an annual State of London Debate where Londoners have a further opportunity to quiz him and his senior officials. He also answers questions from London Assembly members each...
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Ambush Predator (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... doesn’t it? And here’s another: Jennette Arnold, who represents Hackney, Islington and Waltham Forest on the MPA, said some offenders are from cultural backgrounds where rape is more common . She said the crime is seen by some as a 'weapon of war' and more work needs to be done to get into the minds of culprits . Say what…? I can’t wait for the inevitable ‘Guardian’...
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Operation Black Vote (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... Two other BME Haringey councillors, Sheik Thompson and Jayanti Patel, have also been axed.In Waltham Forest Labour suspended its proceedure for picking candidates to fight the next local elections, in May next year, after four serving BME councillors – including the borough’s first citizen, the mayor Anna Mbachu. One of the quartet, Milton Martin, has since defected to the Liberal Democrats.In...
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Islingtongue > Leytonstongue (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
What If... Britain had pulled out of the EEC... An intriguing idea and timely given the ratification of the Lisbon treaty - see which version of history you prefer http://ping.fm/ouOfz London, psychogeography, walking, topographics, moblog, urn10hfuk, Leytonstone, Waltham Forest, East London
