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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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- 92 year old marathon runner does it again!
Fauja Singh, the 92 year old marathon runner from Ilford, smashed his own world record when he ran the 26 mile Toronto Waterfront Marathon in 5 hours 40 mins. His previous time for a marathon was 22 minutes longer. He is now due to appear in an Adidas TV commercial next year. He is also due to run in the New York marathon soon.
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- Centreway to be demolished!
Centreway, the rundown defunct former shopping arcade on Ilford High Road has started to be demolihed. In its place will be 239 flats in a high rise towerblock. The complex will consist of a 16 storey (!) building with 163 one and two bedroom flats, a 10 storey building with 57 flats and a four storey block with 19 flats.
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- Ilford FC player collapses on pitch
A reserve player for Ilford FC, Lee Glynn, 22, collapsed on the pitch and lay unconcious for 15 mins. When he came round he refused to let the paramedics take him to hospital.
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- Frank Bruno in Ilford for psychiatric tests
Last night, Frank Bruno was being treated at Goodmayes Hospital, Ilford, for psychiatric testing. He had been under stress from personal issues, including breaking up with his childhood sweetheart. Police and medics had been at his house for some hours before he was seen leaving in the ambulance.
Read more here.
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- Childless couple appeal for surrogate mother
A childless couple are appealing for women in India to act as a surrogate mother for them for £10,000. The couple are unable to find a British woman willing to help. They have had a lot of TV media attention about this.
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