Due to high numbers of staff off sick or self-isolating, there are several areas across England and Northern Ireland currently not receiving Royal Mail post.
Royal Mail has confirmed Redbridge postcodes IG1-IG6 face significant delays due to staff absences because of coronavirus.
In a service update, Royal Mail.
A reduced service is running between Barking and Upper Holloway
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The suspended London Overground service between Upper Holloway and Gospel Oak won’t reopen until the weekend at the earliest, TfL says.
The section of the train line has been down since Tuesday due to a fault on the track.
Rory O’Neill, TfL’s general manager for London Overground, said: “A shuttle service is operating between Barking and Upper Holloway and customers who need to travel further will have their tickets accepted on local bus services from Upper Holloway.
“For those that need to travel, our staff are available to provide assistance.”
There was a fire in a block of flats in Goswell Road.
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Firefighters rushed to a blaze in a 20-storey block of flats in Islington this week.
At about 7.50pm on December 8, 35 firefighters were called to Goswell Road because a five-room flat on the seventh floor was on fire.
They rescued 20 residents from the building, no one was injured and the flames were under control by 9pm.
Station officer Alex Strand, who was at the scene, said: “Firefighters arrived quickly at the scene, implemented our high-rise procedure and worked hard to put out the fire in the flat. Thankfully, the fire was prevented from spreading to neighbouring flats.