John and Amanda Romain organised a flypast over some of the region's hospitals in tribute to the NHS.

Couple behind NHS Spitfire flypast given special award by Prime Minister

The government is trying to reduce the number of people in hospital waiting rooms and will also get patients to book appointments at A&E via the 111 service 

Three Anglia hospitals to get a share of £21m to upgrade A&E

The NHS reported at the weekend that three further patients had died with Covid-19 in hospitals in the Anglia region.

Three more coronavirus patients have died in hospitals in the Anglia region

Hundreds of nurses from across the region have been protesting after being excluded from a backdated pay rise for public sector workers.

Nurses in the Anglia region protest being excluded from public sector pay rise

The NHS has announced that a further two patients have died with Covid-19 in hospitals in the Anglia region.

Two more coronavirus patients have died in the Anglia region

Guard of Honour for Captain Sir Tom Moore

Captain Sir Tom Moore said it is "truly a great honour" to be made honorary colonel of an Army training college as he visited the military establishment aspart of his new role.

Captain Sir Tom 'thrilled' with honorary promotion

A further seven Covid-19 patients have died in hospitals in the Anglia region in the past few days after no deaths were the reported by the NHS last Saturday and Sunday.

NHS reports seven coronavirus deaths in the Anglia region over the weekend 

NHS coronavirus deaths in the Anglia region

The NHS has announced that a further three Covid-19 patients have died in hospitals in Northamptonshire.

Three more hospital patients die with coronavirus in the Anglia region

The trust which runs the Lister Hospital in Stevenage has ended the year with a surplus for the first time since 2014.

Hertfordshire NHS trust in the black for first time in six years

Captain Tom has raised almost £33 million for NHS charities this year by walking sponsored laps in his garden in Marston Mortaine

Arise, Captain Sir Thomas Moore! Bedfordshire's veteran fundraiser is knighted

NHS patient deaths in the Anglia region collage of images

The NHS has announced a further six patients have died with Covid-19 in hospitals in the Anglia region.

Six more coronavirus patients die in hospitals in the Anglia region

Staff at Papworth (right) clapped as the spitfire (left) flew over.

A World War Two spitfire has performed a special flypast to mark the 72nd birthday of the NHS.  It flew over a number of hospitals in the East - including the Luton & Dunstable Hospital, Stevenage's Lister Hospital and Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.

Special spitfire flypast marks NHS birthday

Leona Lewis and an NHS worker at Ipswich Hospital.

The video features a series of striking images of staff at Ipswich Hospital over the course of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ipswich Hospital staff feature in Leona Lewis tribute video

The plane will have the words 'Thank U NHS' written and will fly over a number of hospitals in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire.

Special 'Thank U NHS' spitfire to fly over hospitals

The four men admitted going from hospital to hospital and stealing gas canisters. This could have led to operations being cancelled.

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