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Profile: Lewis Berrill

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Chief Reporter - East London And West Essex

I cover news in Epping Forest. Feel free to get in touch if you have any stories to share.

Latest articles from Lewis Berrill

Harlow council tax is set to increase as the council comes to grip with the financial impact of coronavirus. Photos: Pixabay/Harlow Council

Harlow Council Tax breakdown – how much more you will be paying revealed

Council tax is going up in Harlow – but who will be paying what?

An amateur photographer is capturing Watford from the skies. Photos: @WatfordFromAbove

Nine stunning drone pictures show Watford from the sky (can you spot your house?)

An amateur photographer has been taking his camera to the skies to capture spectacular birds eye shots of Watford.

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Essex Police recorded 1,123 offences involving a knife or a sharp weapon in 2019-20, Office for National Statistics data shows. Photo: Radar

Knife crime in Essex increases more than fourfold in seven years

Essex has seen knife crime increase more than fourfold in just seven years, figures reveal.

(Stock images) Three Rivers Police stopped more than 50 cars in the proactive operation. Photos: Unsplash

Police operation targeting drug crime and county lines leads to two arrests

Two arrests were made and more than 50 vehicles stopped in a police operation targeting drug crime and country lines.

A lane has been closed after a car broke down on the M1. Photo: Google Maps

M1 lane closed after car breaks down near Hemel Hempstead

A car has broken down on the M1 near Hemel Hempsread

Officers have made three arrests after coroanvirus tests were stolen from Harlow Business Park. Photo: Google Maps/Unsplash

Men arrested after Covid tests destined for schools stolen from lorry in Harlow

Three men have been arrested after boxes of coronavirus tests destined for secondary schools were stolen from a lorry in Harlow.

Police broke up a party on a house boat in Hackney on Saturday, February 13, after officers found around 30 people on board. Photo: PA

Man denies breaching Covid-19 regulations over illegal boat party

A man has denied breaching Covid-19 regulations after police broke up an illegal party on a houseboat in London attended by nearly 30 people.

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Redbridge Council is rolling out borough-wide wheelie bins. Photo: Unsplash

New bins to 'make ripped rubbish sacks on streets a thing of the past', council says

Redbridge Council has promised to 'make ripped rubbish sacks on the streets a thing of the past' as it rolls out new wheelie bins for residents borough wide.

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An NHS Test and Trace worker hands a person a test kit in a drive through testing centre. Lateral Flow Tests are available to adults living with schoolchildren from March 8. Photo: PA

Parents of schoolchildren eligible for free Covid tests when schools reopen

Adults living with schoolchildren will be eligible for fast-results coronavirus tests when schools return on March 8.
Coronavirus cases have risen slightly in Epping Forest in the last week. Photo: PA

Epping Forest one of only 22 areas in England to see increase in infection rates

The coronavirus rate of infection in Epping Forest has risen slightly in the last week.