OVER A QUARTER of a century ago, the then Labour MP for Bow & Poplar, Mildred Gordon, tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons. It called for those who cared for elderly, young or disabled relatives to ...

A VACCINATION against the human papilloma virus (HPV) is currently offered to all girls aged between 12 and 13 as part of the NHS childhood vaccination programme. Now the Government has refused to extend the offer to boys. Girls were ...

THE GOVERNMENT has just released a new Tobacco Control Plan – an updated strategy for reducing the number of smokers in the UK. The Plan has been welcomed by the charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) – but with ...

A LEADING doctor has calculated that the increase in life expectancy – which the UK has experienced for 100 years – has begun to slow. The rate of increase has nearly halved since 2010, and government austerity policies may be ...

TONY BLAIR’S latest comeback has baffled East Enders as the former Labour Leader made a small concession to reality but quickly returned to form. Having previously sided with rebel Labour MPs who warned that Jeremy Corbyn was a vote-loser who would ...

THE NHS IS one of the first organisations to feel the cold wind of Brexit breezing through its corridors. Last July, 1,304 nurses from the EU registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) – the first, necessary, step towards ...

THREE MORE people have been arrested in East London by Counter-Terrorism police as part of the investigation into the London Bridge attack – bringing the total number of people arrested since the incident to 17, five of whom are still in ...

Many words have been spoken about the terrible events at London Bridge. Here’s a collage of news and quotes from across East London. Police investigations after the attack have focussed on Barking. The first raid came on a flat in ...

Jo Bialan Nasty Old Theresa May Took the childrens’ food away, And when the parents did revolt ‘Twas quickly someone else’s fault. She then attacked the frail and old, Removing warmth to leave them cold. And need you care in ...

HARD WORKING Labour leaders are not having Sunday off. The Party has today released plans to make the streets safer – by getting more police and security staff into frontline posts. Labour’s plans would restore many of the public sector ...