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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• This week's news in brief
  A Three year old Asian boy was sprayed in the face in a seemingly motiveless attack with CS gas in what is thought to be a racist attack in Barking.
• A 63 year old manis lucky to be alive as he disturbed thugs during an attempted breakin at Fairheads store in Cranbrook Road. He tried to stop them getting away bt was run over sustaining bruising to both arms and legs.
• Musicians who want to train as teachers can do so free, by applying to take part in a course being lauched at Redbridge college. Interviews are in September, call 0800 281842 for details.
• A 17 year old received cuts and bruises after an attack outside the Venue nightclub in Ilford at midnight on Friday.
• £12,000 worth of swivel chairs (120 of them!) were stolen from Wallis Office Furniture last Thursday after a container was forced open.
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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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