OVER 200,000 anti-Covid vaccinations were undertaken across the UK over the Christmas break – with Redbridge Town Hall dishing out the highest number of vaccinations of any site in the country. In London, 54,307 vaccinations – including 3,478 first doses ...
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Boxing Day death in Newham: was it murder?
TRAGEDY STRUCK Newham on Boxing Day, as police found a woman dead at a house in Earlham Grove, E7. They had gone to the property just before midday after receiving reports from people concerned over the welfare of the occupant. ...
Read More »The Thames today
TODAY WE continue with our occasional series The Thames today. The Thames forms the southern boundary of four East London boroughs: Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking & Dagenham and Havering. In one way it is a barrier, sealing off one direction ...
Read More »Sounds on Sunday: 50 years ago/14
FIFTY YEARS AGO the Charts recorded the best-selling “singles” of each week. Have the hits of 1971 stood the test of half a century of time slipping by since they were released? Sadly, in most cases the top selling singles ...
Read More »London vaccines at record level – don’t be left out
IT’S THREE CHEERS for London’s NHS as it announces that a record number of anti-Covid vaccinations have been carried out in the last week. The service has delivered 650 booster/third dose vaccines in a week. The number of booster/third doses ...
Read More »Councils prepare for Xmas rubbish collections
EAST LONDON COUNCILS are busy with their annual task of planning when rubbish will be collected from residential areas over the holiday period – and they are already announcing arrangements to dispose of Christmas trees when the festivities are over. ...
Read More »Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson visits East London school
Emdad Rahman Civil rights leader the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who worked with Dr Martin Luther King in the 1960s, has paid a visit to the East End, where he spent an afternoon with teachers, students and parents at the London ...
Read More »London Councils show true grit in face of cold weather
LONDON COUNCILS are ready to grit London’s roads if (when?) icy weather hits the capital. They are keeping tuned to the weather forecast, while all their vehicles are ready to hit – sorry, “grit” – the streets and pavements. All ...
Read More »This virtual winter wonderland helps sick children
CAN’T GET THE KINDS off “Minecraft”? Wish the family could do something together over Christmas? Are you yearning to explore a Winter Wonderland – but stay safe at the same time? This could be your answer. Great Ormond Street Hospital ...
Read More »Island Network delivers Christmas cheer to Island community
THIS CHRISTMAS will be a little bit brighter for some residents in need on the Isle of Dogs. The Island Network was out in force over the weekend, delivery Christmas parcels to elderly and vulnerable residents. The hampers were sponsored ...
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