A judge has accused an east London council of “overwhelming failures” after two children were prevented from attending school and kept prisoner in their home for more than 14 years, despite their parents being well known to social services.
A newborn baby was left brain damaged after his mother suffered two cardiac arrests in labour following a series of alleged blunders by hospital staff while she was giving birth.
An east London hospital trust has set up a 'long Covid' clinic to help people who are still suffering from breathing difficulties, fatigue, depression, anxiety and even hair loss months after they caught the virus.
Lessons aimed at tackling the Covid-19 anti-vaccine movement will be given in London schools amid concerns young people have become more sceptical about the jab.
Teenagers partying after GCSE results and young people returning from foreign holidays has caused a spike in Covid-19 cases in east London, according to public health chiefs.
Two malnourished teenagers who were never allowed to attend school phoned the NSPCC themselves to report their parents after a string of missed opportunities for authorities to intervene, a damning report reveals today.
