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Dramatherapist to travel to Romania to counsel orphans

9:43am Friday 10th July 2009

A LEYTONSTONE woman is bound for a small Transylvanian town to help counsel orphans, using life-sized puppets. CLAIRE HACK finds out more.

HISTORY: Diana, the bodyguard and one rainy evening in South Woodford

Princess Diana

4:45pm Friday 3rd July 2009

In 1987, one of Princess Diana's bodyguards was killed in an horrific crash in South Woodford. Everyone assumed it was just a tragic accident. But was it? Reporter DANIEL BINNS decided to find out more.

Lovebox Festival announces thrilling line up

Lovebox Festival announces killer line up

3:16pm Tuesday 30th June 2009

EAST London's premier festival have announced their stellar line up for this year's musical extravaganza.

Students showcase sartorial talent

Models pout and pose at Waltham Forest College on June 25

3:10pm Tuesday 30th June 2009

WALTHAM Forest College was given a taste of the catwalk as fashion students staged their end-of-year show.

Anne Main to face formal inquiry

Mrs Main could pocket thousands in profit on second home

11:10am Friday 26th June 2009

A COMPLAINT from a St Albans constituent has led to MP Anne Main being investigated for her expenses claims.

Statement from St Albans MP Anne Main

Anne Main's daughter lives at her second home “two or three times a week”.

11:26am Friday 26th June 2009

Full statement from St Albans MP Anne Main: "I would like to clarify the position that has been recently reported about me in the national media."

Fond memories of life in Nissen huts

VJ Day party in Whipps Cross Road, outside the Nissen huts

3:05pm Friday 26th June 2009

THOUSANDS of east Londoners were left homeless during the Second World War when their houses fell victim to the Blitz.

Watchdog confirms Anne Main investigation

Mrs Main: "These figures are just plucked out of the air."

11:21am Friday 26th June 2009

THE MPs' watchdog has confirmed it is investigating St Albans MP Anne Main's claims for a flat where her daughter lives.

Anne Main faces expenses inquiry

Anne Main's daughter lives at her second home “two or three times a week”.

10:26am Friday 26th June 2009

Anne Main faces a Parliamentary inquiry for allegedly spending thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money on a flat where her daughter lived rent-free.

WANSTEAD: Vote band to festival main stage

WANSTEAD: Vote band to festival main stage

3:07pm Thursday 18th June 2009

With the festival season of welly-wearing well underway, a group of Wanstead amateur rock stars are appealing for votes, as they wing their way through a national competition in a bid to reach main stage stardom.

MP claimed for tax advice

3:40pm Thursday 18th June 2009

ST ALBANS MP Anne Main has been reimbursed the cost of filling in her tax return through her parliamentary expenses, expense details published on-line today reveal.

More Peter Lilley expenses published

2:49pm Thursday 18th June 2009

HARPENDEN MP Peter Lilley's expenses, published on-line today, reveal details of his claims for printing, mobile phone calls and periodicals.

Grant Shapps: a 'saintly' MP

2:59pm Thursday 18th June 2009

WELWYN Hatfield MP Grant Shapps has been named by the Telegraph as one of the saintly parliamentarians who refused to abuse the expenses system.

More MP expenses revealed

11:06am Thursday 18th June 2009

UNPUBLISHED details of St Albans MP Anne Main's expenses have gone on-line this morning, revealing she has claimed for calling cards, posters and door-to-door delivery.


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