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Children in London are to be offered a polio jab in bid to stop an outbreak after more than 100 samples were detected in sewage since February

London children to be offered polio jab in bid to stop outbreak
Almost a million children aged one to nine across London are to be offered a polio vaccine to try to prevent the spread of the virus.

People at the event includes Cllr Jo Blackman, Sadiq Khan, Cllr, Lloyd Duddridge Cllr Kam Rai.

Sadiq Khan visits Redbridge after mum's environmental campaign success

The General Havelock on Ilford High Street. Image: Google Maps

Pub loses licence after rape report

Jagdeep Singh Aujila is taking part in the ‘We Are Undefeatable’ charity campaign. Credit: Parkinson's UK

Redbridge man fighting Parkinson's with boxing

Souraka Djabouri. Credit: Essex Police

Teenager sentenced for attack on rabbi who was struck with a brick

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Police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward

Police name teenager who died after high street stabbing

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London children to be offered polio jab in bid to stop polio outbreak (PA)

London children to be offered polio jab in bid to stop polio outbreak

Watch as avegan activists are dragged out of Harrods are protesting diary (PA/Animal Rebellion)

Watch as vegan activists are dragged out of Harrods after protesting dairy

Royal Mail vans. Credit: PA

Royal Mail staff announce four-day strike - see dates

BBC Eastenders star James Farrar 'heartbroken' after 'family member' is killed. (PA)

Eastenders star left 'heartbroken' after 'family member' knocked down and killed

Affinity Water is not implementing a hosepipe ban at this time. Picture: (right) PA

Water company set to bring hosepipe ban in Essex

Extreme heat expected for London as Met Office issues amber weather warning (PA/Met Office)

Extreme heat expected for London as Met Office issues amber weather warning

1,600 London bus drivers to walk out the same day as Tube workers strike (Canva)

1,600 London bus drivers to walk out the same day as Tube workers strike

Serena Williams reveals her intentions to retire from Tennis. Credit: PA

Serena Williams reveals her intentions to retire from Tennis

Thames Water is expected to announce the hosepipe ban in the coming weeks (PA)

15 million UK households to be hit with water restrictions amid Met Office heatwave warning

BBC Eastenders' Samantha Womack reveals cancer diagnosis in Olivia Newton-John tribute. (PA)

Eastenders star reveals cancer diagnosis in moving Olivia Newton-John tribute

John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. Credit: PA

John Travolta leads tributes as Olivia Newton-John dies aged 73

The Co-op building in Station Road, Chingford, c1938

Then & Now: The Co-op that's still standing and the family ironmonger sadly lost to history

Sport

Serena Williams reveals her intentions to retire from Tennis. Credit: PA

Serena Williams reveals her intentions to retire from Tennis
The 23-time Grand Slam Tennis Champion has confirmed her plans to retire.

Brett Ellis questions why the Lionesses victory was used as a stick to beat men with. Photos: PA/Newquest

Surely Lionesses' Euro 22 victory was against Germany, not men

Up to 7,000 supporters will have the opportunity to join the team at an event hosted by ex-player Alex Scott in Trafalgar Square (PA)

Watch Lionesses Euro 2022 celebrations in Trafalgar Square live

Chloe Kelly’s extra-time goal sealed a 2-1 victory over Germany as the Lionesses claimed the first major trophy in their history (PA)

Lionesses and Sarina Wiegman given Freedom of the City of London after Euros win

The Queen sends emotional message to England Lionesses after Women's Euros victory. (PA)

The Queen sends emotional message to England Lionesses after Euros win

All the banned items and bag policy for UEFA Women's Euros Final at Wembley Stadium (PA)

All the banned items and bag policy for UEFA Women's Euros Final at Wembley Stadium

Everything you need to know for UEFA Women's Euros Final at Wembley Stadium (PA)

Everything you need to know for UEFA Women's Euros Final at Wembley Stadium

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National Sport

Mikkel Damsgaard

Another classic Brentford signing – Thomas Frank raves about Mikkel Damsgaard

Chelsea defender Malang Sarr joins Ligue 1 side Monaco on season-long loan

Rory McIlroy seeks to put Open heartache behind him in bid for third FedEx Cup

BBC stands by decision to remove classified results from 5 Live schedule

Rory McIlroy welcomes ruling not to allow LIV trio into FedEx Cup play-offs

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Then & Now

The lorry convoy in Chingford c1920. Credit: Gary Stone

Then & Now Rare century-old picture of a convoy of First World War era lorries

The Charrington children with their governess

The mansion once home to a famous London brewery family

Then & Now The hotel stables facing an uncertain future
Looking back When a woman knitted an Olympic tribute in her front garden
Then & Now How a quaint village grew into a bustling town

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West Ham

New West Ham striker Gianluca Scamacca. Picture: PA

Scamacca realises 'dream' with West Ham move

Flynn Downes in action for Swansea against Luton in the Championship. Picture: Action Images

Downes describes joining West Ham as 'surreal feeling'

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National News

Squirrel monkeys

Safeguarding indigenous peoples’ lands could save primates, research suggests

Owami Davies missing

CCTV image of missing student nurse released by Met Police

Dried mud and old trees at Colliford Lake, where water levels have severely dropped, exposing the unseen trees and rocks at Cornwall’s largest lake and reservoir, covering more than 900 acres of Bodmin Moor

Water companies urged to protect supplies as ‘likely very dry autumn’ looms

Former US national security adviser John Bolton

Iranian operative charged in plot to murder Trump security adviser John Bolton

A resident sits on the sea wall as smoke rises in the background from a deadly fire at a large oil storage facility in Matanzas, Cuba

Firefighters subdue deadly blaze at key oil facility in Cuba

Sir David Thompson

Commonwealth Games ‘start of great things’ for West Midlands – chief constable

Designer deckchairs in Hyde Park

Charity reveals Raymond Briggs made annual donations in honour of his wife

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