Major News The good and the bad

Here is a selection of Ilford news. Any major stories, national news concerning Ilford or anything that particularly catches the eye you can count on us to tell you! This is not meant to be comprehensive weekly news, for that see Wanstead and Woodford Guardian or similar. Feel free to comment on each story by clicking the link below it! Interpretation and summary by the author of this site.

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• Wheelchair-bound man robbed outside Ilford Station
  A heartless thug robbed a wheelchair-bound man outside Ilford railway station. He had £600 cash snatched after withdrawing it from a cash machine.
• Staff at St. John Bramston Primary school in Hainault were forced to write to parents to explain why some pupils would not have a classroom. There is a shortage of mobile classrooms and now 26 eight year olds will be using the computer room temporarily.
• Over 6000 people attended the Chigwell Show at the Metropolitan Police Sports and Social Club. There were numerous display teams and exhibitions and lots of fun things for the youngsters.
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• A/S Level exam mix-up at King Solomon's school
  There was a mix-up of A/S level exams. Students from King Solomon School who studied the Information Technology A/S Level found that their coursework grades seemed to be jumbled up on their final exam statement and did not resemble those that the teachers gave. An investigation is under way but it is possible that the coursework marks were moderated down by the exam board as the teachers could have been marking too highly.
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• This week's news in brief!
  Teenager was punched and stabbed in the lip outside Ilford railway station.
• Lone woman walking about at 4am in the town centre had her £3,000 wristwatch stolen.
• 11 year old Maiuran Chandrakumaran gets an A in AS-leven pure maths!
• Russian kidnappers from Woodford Green jailed. They imprisoned an oil tycoon, chained him to a toilet bowl and wanted a ransom of $2.4m.
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• Current 'Weetabix' advert filmed in Barkingside High Street!!
  Current Weetabix advert filmed in Barkingside High Street!!
  
  The advert shows a woman with a large 4x4 car about to reverse into a space which is only just bigger than the car. She then aggressively sticks the car into reverse, whacks her foot on the accelerator and after lots of screeching she is perfectly parked and is seen getting out of her car.
  
  Superdrug and Percy Ingle the bakers is clearly seen on one side and Atkinson Sports, the other.
  
  This advert is still being shown in November.
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• Former Tory MP Neil Hamilton arrested in Ilford for alleged sexual offences
  Former Tory MP Neil Hamilton was arrested with his wife, Christine at Barkingside Police Station on Friday after serious allegations of serious sexual assault.
  
  On May 5 this year they were alleged to have taken part in a rape at a property in Ilford. A 28-year-old college lecturer, claims the couple performed indecent acts on her while a 60-year-old man raped her. The couple have strongly denied the allegations, and think that these allegations are part of a smear campaign against him. There is strong evidence to suggest they were nowhere near the area at the time of the alleged attack.
  
  Coincidentally, Louis Theroux was shadowing the couple for his documentary series and followed them to the police station too.
  
  The couple were interviewed for 5 hours at Barkingside Police Station before being released on bail.
  
  For more information see http://news.bbc.co.uk.
  
  Credit due to Marc Rossiter for bringing this to light so quickly.
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