Ilford paper launches hospital campaign

The Ilford Recorder has launched a "Hands Off Our Hospital" campaign to save King George, the borough's only district general hospital. Several of its services - including the accident and emergency unit, overnight stays and elective operations - are facing cuts because the Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals Trust is £16m in debt. The weekly paper (circ. 17,574) is backed by two local MPs and the leader of Redbridge council, Alan Weinberg, who argues that the cuts are "ludicrous and completely illogical." (Via Ilford Recorder)