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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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• They recon it'll be open by Easter...
  London Underground, whose 'new improved' site went live today full of dead links, out of date info and no Netscape support, have announced they hope the Central Line will be back by April 20th.
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• Central Line reopens (well, 4 stops anyway!)
  At 1pm, the Central line, which has been shut for nearly 2 months following a motor falling off a train, has reopened between Leytonstone and Bethnal Green today. London Underground, who don't run more buses than there are because they would cause 'bus traffic jams' have strangely left a hole in the equation by not saying how many trains there are, but the BBC, who are running a sweepstake on how long it will take to reopen fully, says it is 17.
  
  This comes a day after during testing, a Central line trained smashed into a trolley causing track and signal problems and another derailment at their depot due to track problems
  
  So when will the entire line reopen? BBC London, think it'll be another month.
  
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• New council tax rates
  See here.
  

  Band                       Charge 2003/04     Charge 2002/03      Charge 2001/02
  
  A - Up to £40,000          £ 718.90           £ 620.00            £ 580.00 
  B - £40,001 - £52,000      £ 838.71           £ 723.33            £ 676.67 
  C - £52,001 - £68,000      £ 958.53           £ 826.67            £ 773.34  
  D - £68,001 - £88,000      £1078.35           £ 930.00            £ 870.00 
  E - £88,001 - £120,000     £1317.98           £1136.67            £1063.33  
  F - £120,001 - £160,000    £1557.61           £1343.33            £1256.67 
  G - £160,001 - £320,000    £1797.25           £1550.00            £1450.00  
  H - More than £320,000     £2156.70           £1860.00            £1740.00  
  

  
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• Redbridge's congestion misery set to continue
  The last 3 weeks has seen the roads of Redbridge become a bit of a nightmare during peak commuter times. This has been due to the Central Line being out of action. It will be out of action for a while yet - the last estimate from London Underground is that an extremely limited service will begin from around the 20th Feb, and a full service (which us Central Line users know is not full enough) commencing from the End of March.
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• Current Redbridge Leader, Cllr. Keith Axon dies, age 57.
  The current Leader of Redbridge Council, Cllr. Keith Axon, died on Sunday 2 Feb.
  Keith was admitted to hospital on Christmas Eve because of a brain tumour.
  Keith was a councillor for Redbridge for 29 years and died just 9 months after coming into power.
  Councillor Axon’s funeral is at the City of London Crematorium on Monday, February 10th at 2.15pm. A Memorial Service will also be held for him in the Town Hall, Ilford on Wednesday, February 26th.
  A Book of Condolence is being placed in the reception area at the front of the Town Hall for anyone who would like to sign it.
  Click to view the council's announcement (PDF document)
  
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