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Constable sped at 88mph on residential road without training, panel told

Police appealing for information on M11 incident

Metropolitan Police

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A police officer has been sacked after driving a police car at almost three times the speed limit without being permitted to do so.

BHRUT said it has been able to cut one of its waiting lists due to "super clinics"

Queen's Hospital

BHRUT cuts waiting list numbers thanks to 'super clinics'

Ben Lynch

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Kirushan Suthakaran

Young Citizen Award

Award nod for teen leading on care package project for Ukrainian refugees

Michael Cox

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The junction of Ripple Road and Renwick Road in Barking, near where the skips were left

Barking and Dagenham Council

Wanstead company fined over skips left by road in Barking

Andrew Brookes

King George and Queen's Hospitals are recruiting end of life support volunteers.

Queen's Hospital

'Significant increase’ in clinical incidents reported by BHRUT in March

Ben Lynch

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Shane DeGaris has been announced as the first Group Chief Executive of Barts and BHRUT

Health Care

First group chief executive appointed to two east London trusts

Ben Lynch

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Tomisin Ajani plays Trevor in The Play That Goes Wrong

Theatre

'This is a dream': Actor makes professional debut in West End

Michael Cox

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An aerial view of terraced houses in London

London Live News

7 of the cheapest streets in each east London borough

Holly Chant

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Chaudhary Mohammed Iqbal was a Labour councillor for Loxford.

London Live News

Jailed: Woman who lied about ex-Redbridge councillor's electoral fraud

Andrew Brookes

The East London Bell Ringers practise and perform at churches in Barking, Romford and Ilford

Meet the bell ringing master who has dedicated 20 years to the instrument

Ben Lynch

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Magda Smith, the chief medical officer at BHRUT

Coronavirus

'That is the future’: How an east London trust has adapted to Covid

Ben Lynch

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Sybil has been through the wars - now she is looking for her forever home

London Live News

Could you adopt 'unlucky' kitten abandoned at hotel?

Sally Patterson

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Cdr Stephen Clayman at the commendation ceremony

Metropolitan Police

Hero PCSO commended for saving life of stabbed teen

Daniel Gayne

Poet Hannah Lowe

Writer wins national prize for poetry about teaching and learning

Ellie Doughty

Rev Lynne Cullens and Rt Rev Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani

'I am really humbled': New Bishop of Barking appointed

Michael Cox

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A Barking boss from Loughton was sentenced to five years and eight months for his involvement in a money laundering crime

London Live News

Barking cash and carry boss jailed for five years for money laundering

Holly Chant

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The Mali Gang has been jailed for a combined 18 years

London Live News

Members of Mali Boys gang jailed for supplying Class A drugs into Essex

Holly Chant

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A child and two men suffered from smoke inhalation in a Stamford Hill flat fire on Friday evening (November 19).

London Fire Brigade

Three people escape overnight flat fire in Ilford

Sally Patterson

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Maria Jane Rawlings was aged 45 and a mother of two daughters living in the Chelmsford area

London Live News

Barking man 'showed little remorse' over murdering mother-of-two

Sally Patterson

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Elsie Brooks, who died in King George Hospital

Decade-long battle for answers after death of woman who inhaled own vomit

Sophie Cox

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Mihaita Strat

London Live News

Redbridge man exploiting sex workers caught in undercover operation

Sally Patterson

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Women during pregnancy and after birth are among the groups at risk of experiencing a mental health

Coronavirus

Unvaccinated pregnant patients 'delivering early due to severity of Covid'

Alastair Lockhart, Local Democracy Reporter

There is congestion on the A12.

Transport for London

Road and rail round-up: Disruptions to travel in east London this week

Daniel Gayne

Ambulances outside Queen's Hospital in Romford

NHS

King George and Queen’s Hospitals face 100-bed shortfall at peak times

Josh Mellor, Local Democracy Reporter

Walthamstow Coroner's Court

Court refurbishment sees inquests move to Barking for next few months

Michael Cox

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Complex spine consultant Ahmed Ibrahim, during the Back2Backs clinic.

NHS

Hospital trust halves number of people waiting more than a year for...

Daniel Gayne

Kerry Trendel - aka Kerry Kaya - with 'The Price', her first novel published with Boldwood Books

Books

Nurse 'over the moon' after crime novels book deal

Daniel Gayne

merlin

Hawk missing from Barking found perched on fence in Loxford

Jon King

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Queen's and King George Hospital are both run by the trust. Picture credit: Archant.

Coronavirus

Hospitals to see hundreds of patients in 'super clinics' amid Covid backlog

Victoria Munro, Local Democracy Reporter

Family days out in east London

Days Out Guide

Days out for parents and kids in London

Cash Boyle

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