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Andrew Brookes

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andrew.brookes@archant.co.uk

@Journo_AndrewB

Andrew is a general news reporter covering east London.

He mainly writes for the Newham Recorder and the Barking and Dagenham Post.

The number of illicit affairs in Welwyn Hatfield and Potters Bar have been revealed. Picture: Getty

Dating site reveals how many people are having affairs in your area

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The Met support Hate Crime Awareness Week. Picture: Joe Giddens/PA Images

Hate crime

Hate crime rises 10 per cent in London in one year

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The most popular baby names for 2019 have been revealed. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Data

Revealed: The most popular baby names in your area in 2020

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Signage for the Department for Work & Pensions in Westminster. Photograph: Kirsty O'Connor/PA.

There With You This Winter

How much your area was given from government winter essentials fund

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The front of a terraced house in Grove Hill, South Woodford

Housing

The most expensive houses sold in your east London borough in August

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There With You This Winter

There With You This Winter

Numbers receiving winter fuel payments fall across east London

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File photo dated 26/01/18 of money. Football clubs, retailers, hairdressers and cleaning contractors

Personal Finance

End to universal credit uplift: Where to get help and advice

Andrew Brookes

There are 12 per cent of Welwyn Hatfield households in fuel poverty.

There With You This Winter

The east London boroughs with the worst fuel poverty

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Commuters waiting for a train on the c2c line. Photo: PA WIRE/Nick Ansell

Travel

Marathon, road works and rail diversions: Travel delays to avoid this week

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Christopher Lawrence of Chigwell, Alexandra Cardona of Tower Hamlets and Afzul Miah of East Ham

Courts

Who was jailed in east London in September?

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