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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• Car used in the Ealing bomb was bought in Ilford
  The car used in the Ealing bomb on 2 August was bought at an Ilford car dealership. The car, a Saab 9000 Turbo was bought from Assured Car Finance in Green Lane on July 19th. On July 30th it was reported abandoned in the area not to far away from the dealership. Three days later it was used to house the car bomb, which exploded injuring 11 people.
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• 14 year old girl indecently assaulted by five or six men
  A 14 year old girl was indecently assaulted by five or six teenaged black men. They snatched her mobile phone at a bus stop at Centreway, High Road Ilford on July 27th. She was then told that to get the phone back, she had to go somewhere with the group. She believed this and went with them to an alleyway next to Lynton House where they assaulted her for 30 minutes. She did not get the phone back.
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• This week's news in brief!
  Sean Maguire from Seven Kings who has appeared in Eastenders and Grange Hill, begins filming for the US comedy, 'Off Centre'
• A man who was standing outside Sainsburys in Ilford Lane was robbed of his mobile phone and cash. Two thugs approached him on Sunday at 1am.
• A junction at Redbridge Roundabout has made into London's Top 10 of accident blackspots! It had 96 accidents last year.
• Two robbers burst into The Bell pub in Ilford at 3:30am. The landlady was bound and gagged during the robbery. The woman pressed a panic button, while tied up, alerting a friend upstairs. The robbers fled stealing £5,000 in cash.
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• New figures for crime statistics are out
  For April and May this year over the same period last year, here are some crime statistics: Street crime up 7% : Domestic violence up 8% : Burglaries down 16% : Vehicle crime down 6% : Disorder down 1%
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• News snippets for week ending July 26th!
  A gang of 10 teenage youths, ages about 14, wrecked an allotment during a 15 minute attack at Forest Farm Allotments in Haunault. There have been previous attacks which resulted in the gang threatening gardeners with bricks and shovels. They smashed greenhouses, killed fish and wrecked a lawnmower.
  
• A school pupil who has not had a day off since Oct 1997 and one who has attended every lesson since April 1998 have been awarded Good Attendance certificates at Goodmayes Primary School.
  
• Former Beal High School pupil Nicole Chaffer is a holiday rep in Ibiza. No ordinary rep because she features on the regular Sunday showing of the Sky TV programme 'Reps in Ibiza'.
  
• Richard Dahler, 19, got on a 129 bus at Claybury Broadway then shortly screamed and fell on the floor. He died in hospital.
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