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A transformation in college education: Battersea Tech comes off special measures
Once-struggling Battersea Technology College has been taken out of special measures after a glowing Ofsted report. Attendance levels at the college reached 92 per cent, close to the national average for secondary schools. In almost nine out of 10 classes
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Fears over GP sign-ups
Thousands of Sutton residents are believed to have experienced problems registering with a GP, prompting concern for the future of healthcare in the borough. A questionnaire asking people if they had problems getting on to a GP list was sent to 40,000
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Come and join Oz!
The Wizard of Oz is as much a part of Christmas as turkey and tinsel, and this year the Teddington Theatre Club are heading over the rainbow for their Yuletide production. There is a storm blowing over Kansas. Dorothy and her trusty sidekick, Toto, take
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On the magic carpet
Choosing a carpet can be difficult, but imagine if you had to select one on the strength of its magic powers. This is what happened to Hayley Birbeck who is playing the title role in this year's Epsom Playhouse family pantomime Aladdin And His Magical
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24-hour security on train line
CENTRAL Line users now have the added security of a dedicated 24-hour police response team patrolling the east London line. The British Transport Police (BTP) Response Team, which covers the area from Mile End to Epping, consists of 21 officers on duty
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Supertrains on the way
TRAINS long enough to be boarded from two Underground stations simultaneously are included in a multi-million pound vision to improve rail links to Stratford. Also among plans presented to residents last week were: Improvements to the Docklands Light
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Sylvester family vow to fight for justice
The family of Tottenham man Roger Sylvester have vowed to continue their fight for justice after a judge formally quashed an inquest verdict which ruled he was unlawfully killed by police. At the Royal Courts of Justice on Friday, Mr Justice Collins
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Police miss vital clue - the rotting body
POLICE have admitted missing a decomposing body during a search of a Stratford flat three months ago. The human remains were found on Friday 11 months after neighbours first told the council they were worried about the man who lived there. Now questions
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Tunnel chiefs release image of new Eurostar facility
THIS is what the new Eurostar train maintenance depot on the Leyton/Stratford border will look like. The image was released by Channel tunnel chiefs on Friday after the Government's transport secretary Alisdair Darling gave the go-ahead to the £402 million
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Playing the waiting game
SOME elderly patients have to stay longer than necessary in hospital because mean-spirited relatives want to save cash. That is the shock claim of charity boss, Sheena Dunbar, director of Age Concern Waltham Forest, who says people are trying to save
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North Circular deal worth £60m to Ken
Transport for London (TfL) could make £60 million from the sale of land and homes in New Southgate if the £900million A406 widening scheme is scrapped. Papers from a TfL board meeting in October last year show that TfL, which inherited the land portfolio
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Girl waits 3 months for school place
A WEST London mother was forced to keep her 13-year-old daughter at home for three months because the local education authority could not find her a school. Ojaswi Rajenda, of Sudbury Avenue, Sudbury, has missed all of the current term due to a chronic
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Schools to benefit from windfall
Haringey's secondary schools are to be brought into the 21st century thanks to a Government windfall worth more than £100million. The cash will be used to carry out major improvements to existing buildings and allow the creation of plans for a new secondary
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Inspectors launch probe into nursery
Children were sent home from a nursery in Southgate this week after an investigation was launched by the schools' inspector Ofsted. Parents of the 70 children who attend the privately-run Wonderland Nursery in Burleigh Parade, were informed of the decision
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Paying for a £5m blunder
Council leaders have called for an urgent meeting with Government ministers following news that Surrey taxpayers will be expected to correct a £5million Whitehall error. Nick Skellett, Surrey County Council leader, will insist residents are not made
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Security fear after break from mental health unit
A charity has called for improved security at Chase Farm Hospital after a patient escaped from its mental health unit. Mental health charity SANE is concerned after Christopher Studders disappeared last week while walking in the hospital grounds. The
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Win Ross Noble DVDs
The great new DVD from Geordie comedian, and monkey lover', Ross Noble is out now from Stunt Baby, priced at £19.99. We have five copies of the two-disc DVD to win.
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City director murder suspect bailed
The man arrested in the stab murder of a wealthy City director in his Chelsea home has been released. Police granted bail to the suspect, in his 30s, who was detained on Tuesday, less than a day after the attack on bonds dealer John Monckton and his
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Told to take 10-mile trip for her fuel allowance
Pensioners in south London were told they would have to make a 10 mile trip to cash their winter fuel allowance. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) sent out giro cheques for £200 and £300 to pensioners in Old Coulsdon that could only be cashed
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Library reveals secrets of Sherlock's creator
The creator of Sherlock Holmes visited seances, was a close friend of escapologist Houdini and made a fortune from his most famous character. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was everything but elementary, a new exhibition of previously unseen material at the
