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BUSY roads in Barking and Dagenham may have to be closed for days if pollution levels are not reduced by 2012 under tough air quality proposals. The Mayor of London Boris Johnson s draft air quality strategy says that certain London roads could face drast...
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A DESPERATE mother who injected her severely brain-damaged son with a fatal dose of heroin in a mercy killing , was jailed for life and told she must serve a minimum of nine years, after being found guilty of murder today (Wed). Frances Anne Inglis, 57...
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A YOUNG family were devastated after burglars broke into their home and stole a laptop containing irreplaceable wedding, honeymoon and baby pictures. Karen and Phil Crighton, who celebrated their third anniversary in September, never had prints made of th...
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A LIDL store will open on the site of the former Robin Hood pub next summer. The supermarket in Longbridge Road will employ up to 30 staff. The landmark pub was nearly 100 years old when it shut in 2005. It is hoped the budget store will make as much as...
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FORD workers have found themselves doing weekend shifts to meet engine production demand triggered by the government s scrappage scheme. During August, staff at the motor giant s plant in Dagenham saw production volumes soar by 36.5 per cent from last yea...
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A HEADTEACHER who turned a Dagenham comprehensive threatened with closure into one of state education s leading lights has received a knighthood. Paul Grant famously suspended 300 unruly pupils in his first week at the helm of Robert Clack School, Gosfiel...
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THE first swine flu case in Barking and Dagenham was confirmed on Tuesday night. Health bosses are not releasing the patient s age or sex but say it is an adult who has returned from a trip to the US and is being treated at home with anti-viral drugs. No...
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