• Wanstead driving test centre has the lowest pass rate of any centre in the country, says the Wanstead Guardian. It’s not quite true – figures from the DSA show Thornbury centre to be marginally worse – but it’s still very very low. The paper says low incomes are to blame, but that doesn’t seem to ring true somehow. Other explanations welcome.
• The bosses of the Wanstead Sauna have been jailed for a total of three-and-half years for conspiracy to control prostitution.
• A campaign against proposed parking changes on streets in central Wanstead has been launched. Details on poster below (click image for larger version).
