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.

Valentines Park

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• Blonde woman goes jogging..IN THE NUDE
  A mid-40 year old blonde woman was arrested by police after she was found jogging in the nude in broad daylight. She ran up and down Beehive lane, annoying shoppers. Drivers slowed down to watch. She was later released without charge. She had been drinking heavily.
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• Go to the REDBRIDGE SHOW!! Plenty of fun in the sun to be had.
  Go to Valentines Park this weekend. The Redbridge Show is here again.
  
  The attractions this year include:
  
  
• Classic car show
• Tiny tot play area
• Huge craft fair
• Loads of council run exhibits
• Preformances from The Corrz (a trubute band), and an Asian concert featuring Gents Hill singer Shahin Badar, who has worked with The Prodigy and had her vocals on the recent Charlie's Angel's movie.
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• Benefits cheat jailed for fraud worth £250,000
  Nigerian born Abdul Bello of Ashgrove Road was jailed after pleading guilty to 25 charges of false accounting and deception. He had up to 300 different identities, used to apply for credit cards and benefit awards. He is said to have stolen letters from bins to get the names and addresses for credit card applications.
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• Robber forces woman to buy jewellery
  Robber forces woman to buy jewellery. She initially refused to buy. She then withdrew money from a cashpoint and was confronted again, the robber saying "Take the jewellery, give me the money you've drawn out or I'll knife you.". She handed over the £80 she had and the robber gave her a bangle.
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• This week's news snippets!
  A drunken passenger was ejected from a stationary train for tampering. He then lay down between the rails on the track before being arrested.
• The Imperial Cancer Research Fund shop in Cranbrook Road has reached a staggering £1.5m turnover since it was opened 14 years ago. The shop is now getting a facelift.
• I man from Woodford Green has become the firs tperson to be found guilty of selling fruit and veg in pounds at his stall after the law changed to metric. He has been given a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £4,638. [That's Trading Standards being pathetic. They should be counter charged for being pathetic or wasting police time or something. - Ed]
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