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Fresh plans submitted for new flats on former medical centre site

The planning submission, from Shivisi Investments Ltd, would see 26 flats built on Hurst Road in Walthamstow The post Fresh plans submitted for new flats on former medical centre site appeared first on Waltham Forest Echo....

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May the ‘force’ be with Sadiq Khan, urges Star Wars actor

Mark Hamill says Londoners should vote for the Labour mayor "for a fairer, safer and greener London" The post May the ‘force’ be with Sadiq Khan, urges Star Wars actor appeared first on Waltham Forest Echo....

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Council criticised for £120k Henry Moore sculpture

‘The Arch,’ designed by the late sculptor Henry Moore, has been loaned to the council for the next four years at the cost of £120,000 The post Council criticised for £120k Henry Moore sculpture appeared first on Waltham Forest Echo....

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Teen airlifted to hospital after Leyton High Road stabbing

Several roads were closed overnight while emergency services dealt with the incident The post Teen airlifted to hospital after Leyton High Road stabbing appeared first on Waltham Forest Echo....

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Thurlow Gardens, Hainault 'sword attack': Arrest in pictures

New photos showing the moment a sword-wielding man was arrested in Hainault have emerged.

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Thurlow Gardens Hainault stabbings - Everything we know so far

We have created a summary of all the key information we know after a boy was killed and four others injured in a major incident in Hainault today.

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Rough sleeping across London up by 33% in a year

Between January and March 4,118 people spent a night sleeping rough in the capital, up from the 3,107 people in the same period last year The post Rough sleeping across London up by 33% in a year appeared first on Waltham Forest Echo....

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Firefighters tackle fire at Chingford high-rise

Part of a balcony was damaged by the blaze which took 25 firefighters to put out The post Firefighters tackle fire at Chingford high-rise appeared first on Waltham Forest Echo....

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Thurlow Gardens Hainault stabbings: Redbridge Council reacts

Redbridge Council has shared its response after people were stabbed in Hainault today.

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Thurlow Gardens Hainault sword attacks: Police need surgery

Two police officers require surgery after horrifying sword attacks in Hainault which left a boy dead.

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Thurlow Gardens Hainault 'attack': Boy stabbed to death

A boy has died after being stabbed in Hainault this morning.

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Fresh call by Greens for rent controls in London

Green mayoral candidate Zoë Garbett would demand powers to freeze capital’s private rents for two years and establish a ‘rent commission’ The post Fresh call by Greens for rent controls in London appeared first on Waltham Forest Echo....

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Thurlow Gardens Hainault ‘stabbing’: Photo of sword-wielding man

This is a picture of the alleged attacker wielding a sword in Hainault where five people were left injured.

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Thurlow Gardens Hainault 'attack': 'Scared' residents react

Nearby residents have expressed their shock at a suspected attack in Thurlow Gardens, Hainault which has left five people in hospital.

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Khan urges Tory-run councils to approve more new homes

Analysis from London Labour reveals that 2,566 fewer homes have been completed on average in Conservative boroughs since 2016 The post Khan urges Tory-run councils to approve more new homes appeared first on Waltham Forest Echo....

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Hainault station sword attack: Sadiq Khan statement

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has responded to a major emergency incident by an underground station in Hainault that has put five people in hospital.

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Thurlow Gardens, Hainault 'attack' puts five in hospital

Five people have been taken to hospital in connection with an incident in Thurlow Gardens, Hainault which saw a man with a sword arrested.

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Thurlow Gardens Hainault ‘stabbing’ is ‘not terror-related’

A critical incident near a Tube station in Hainault has been declared to be not terror-related.

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Thurlow Gardens Hainault 'attack': Pictures from the scene

Police cars have been pictured at the scene of a critical incident by a train station in New North Road, Hainault.

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Hainault Ilford Tube station 'stabbing': Man arrested

A critical incident has been declared after reports of several people stabbed outside a tube station in Ilford.