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Covid jabs available at town hall clinic

Redbridge Town Hall

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Daniel Gayne

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Coronavirus vaccinations will be available at Redbridge Town Hall in Ilford this Saturday (June 19) to those eligible.
Inoculand Pest Control services in London use heat treatment on fabrics and furniture.

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What can you do to get rid of moths and bedbugs in your house?

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A nurse administers a coronavirus vaccine. Covid-19 cases have risen considerably in Islington

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Delta variant accounts for majority of Covid cases in much of east London

Daniel Gayne

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London Stadium

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London Stadium to host mass Covid-19 jabs event for north east Londoners

Jon King

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson, during a media briefing in Downing Street, London, on coronavirus (Cov

Lockdown Easing | Opinion

Letters: Delay of 'Freedom Day'

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Waiting times at Barking Havering Redbridge University Trust hospitals

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New figures show impact of Covid on NHS waiting times

Cash Boyle

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Dr Najib Seedat, a partner at Ilford Medical Centre, sitting at a desk in front of a computer

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Ilford GP criticises NHS patient data sharing plans

Daniel Gayne

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Redbridge Covid-19 vaccine bus

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Covid-19 vaccination bus back on tour in Redbridge

Cash Boyle

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File photo dated 19/02/08 of a midwife talking to a pregnant woman

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Pregnant women urged to take Covid test before hospital appointments

Chantelle Billson

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approved the use of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in 12 to 15-year-olds.

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Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for 12 to 15-year-olds

Emily Thomson

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Gabar Singh

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Manor Park fitness fanatic aims to raise £3k at Ilford boot camp

Jon King

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The Castle Quarter Vaccination Centre in Norwich. Picture: Danielle Booden

30-year-olds now able to book Covid vaccines

Abigail Nicholson

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Health Secretary Matt Hancock during a media briefing on coronavirus (COVID-19) in Downing Street, L

Coronavirus

Thousands to get third dose of Covid vaccine in clinical trial

Daniel Moxon

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New specialised care unit opens at Romford's Queen's Hospital

New care unit for over 75s opens at Queen's Hospital in Romford

Cash Boyle

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Heath Secretary Matt Hancock speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Photo: House of Common/PA Wire

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Vaccine does work against Indian variant, says health secretary

Abigail Nicholson

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a media briefing in Downing Street

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Boris Johnson - Time between Covid jabs cut in response to Indian variant

Aaron McMillan

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Shoppers out in force wearing masks in Norwich city centre on the first day it became mandatory for

Coronavirus

Masks scrapped 'as early as next month' and over 35s jabs 'soon'

Donna-Louise Bishop

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A doctor working in Havering and Hackney has said a conversation about the recovery plan is needed 

Coronavirus

'No clear policy' to manage huge patient demand, say doctors

Adriana Elgueta

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson

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Prime minister to give green light for May 17 Covid-19 lockdown easing

Dan Grimmer

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The backlog could take five years to clear

Coronavirus

Doctors 'concerned' patients' health will suffer due to non-Covid backlog

Adriana Elgueta

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A Covid-19 vaccine bus has launched outside the Balfour Road mosque to encourage more people to get jabbed. 

Coronavirus

Next stop: Covid jab! Vaccination bus rolls into Redbridge

Roy Chacko

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The proning team working together to ‘prone’ a patient

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Doctor documents 'terrifying' reality of second wave in ITU

Adriana Elgueta

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gv BHRUT coronavirus pod

Coronavirus

Covid hospital admissions and deaths in stark decline, NHS trust data shows

Adriana Elgueta

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Students get a Covid-19 test at a mass testing centre set up at the sports centre at St Andrews Univ

Coronavirus

Physical and mental health long-Covid rehab programme launches in Ilford

Roy Chacko

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Barking GP Dr Jagan John

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GPs available over Easter in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge

Andrew Brookes

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BHRUT is the first trust in north east London to roll out an innovative, early cancer diagnosis test called Cytosponge. 

Queen's Hospital

'Game changer' early cancer diagnosis test launches at BHRUT

Roy Chacko

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women walking along a path

Social enterprise urges older people to keep exercising

Sally Patterson

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London Fields Lido. Picture: Richard Dawson/ Hackney Council

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Covid-19: What can you now do with lockdown eased from March 29?

Holly Chant

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Louise Head is associate director of research and chief medical officer’s services at King George and Queen's hospitals.

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Coping with grief amid Covid: 'Only wrong thing to say is saying nothing' 

Adriana Elgueta

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King George Hospital in Goodmayes. Picture: Ken Mears

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A&E waiting times getting worse at Queen's and King George hospitals

Victoria Munro, Local Democracy Reporting Service

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