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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
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- How could the Mayor refuse?
Miss Vietnam, fresh from 'competing' in the Miss World competition took time out to have dinner with The Mayor, Cllr Dev Sharma in Wanstead with members of the Vietnamese community. The Mayor, who presumable has a very understanding wife, said he was not only impressed by her beauty, but with her brains. She apparently quizzed him about life in London and the education system.
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- Ilford Luckiest for Lottery Wins!!
If any of you play the National Lottery you will be pleased to know that Ilford is officially the luckiest town for lottery wins.
We have had 22 winning tickets - or one for every 9,429 players, and a massive winnings total of £44,174,203. 10 millionaires have been created in Ilford, which has 207,448 people old enough to play.
The second luckiest place in the list published by Camelot is Perth in Scotland, which has seen 11 jackpot winning tickets, creating seven millionaires.
The figures include syndicate tickets.
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- News in brief
The three giant union flags outside Fairheads in Cranbrook road were stolen, although they are protected by by razor wire and are rather high up.
- The Ilford Cricket festival, which noone knows anything about due to lack of publicity, has been moved to Southend from Valentines Park.
- Lonnie Donegan, who had a number one hit with 'My Old Man's a Dustman) has died at the age of 71. He used to live in South Woodford.
- Celebrity, ahem, keep fit instructor 'Mr Motivator' visited West Hatch High School.
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- Double yellow line fiasco!
Double yellow lines were placed around Aldersbrook Primary School. However, when they are being placed, there was a car in the way. so the workmen had to just work around it. People have been parking in the unpainted gap between the lines, caused by this car! This has been happening for years, a spokesperson for Park Neighbourhood Watch says. He also adds that between 10pm and 10:15pm every day traffic wardens check the spot and if a car does not fit in the gap or even just touches a line, a parking ticket is issued, so if you know about this spot, pick a different time to park there!
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- Ilford Christmas lights switch on - IN PICTURES!
 Tonight was the switch on of the Ilford Christmas/seasonal Lights. It took place in the High Road and featured a lantern parade, with the lanterns each made by local children. The road's Christmas lights were then switched on by the Mayor, Cllr Dev Sharma in front of a packed out crowd, mainly young children with their parents. The fun started there as there was a fireworks show on top of The Exchange. Some fireworks were clearly ill-planned and prompted bouts of laughter as some pathetically small ones were set off, barely visible only by the tallest people. There was a machine that sprayed copious amounts of confetti around the High Road, clearly pleasing the kids as the confused ones amongst them attempt to create snowballs and snowmen out of them. There were various live acts - Ram Hans, Eastern Promise, Pat C and Redbridge Gospel Choir. It's good to see the current wave of industrial action did not affect tonight - the street cleaners are currently on strike, and the fireworks commenced just as the country's firemen started their 48 hour strike.
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