内容摘要：Mr Cothias is one of many local residents concerned at Eurostar's exit from Kent - and a petition

Mr Cothias is one of many local residents concerned at Eurostar's exit from Kent - and a petition

The nuns and midwives have moved on but the building on Lodore Street, on which Nonnatus House is based, remains.Homebirth midwife Hannah Shukla has worked in the area for the last three years.

Hannah is also a fan of her fictional colleagues from the BBC drama."I love to watch Call the Midwife," she says."It's one of the only birth shows on TV that is a bit more accurate and realistic and not traumatising for women.

"I really do feel like I do their jobs, I cover the area that they worked and they were very much in the community, kind of going around seeing these women and families in their homes and I get to do that. I'm so privileged."Hannah may be dedicated to the job, but the profession as a whole is facing difficult times.

Recruitment is becoming harder and there are shortages here in east London as there are around the country.

Holly Eastlake runs the midwife-led birthing team out of the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, the largest in the area."We are sorry that we have lost 2% of our branch chairs, some of whom failed vetting. But we're the only major party that does this sort of vetting."

One of the chairs was Maria Bowtell, a councillor on East Riding of Yorkshire Council who gave a speech at Reform UK's party conference last year.In her resignation letter, she said she felt "abandoned" in her role, described the party's candidate selection as "chaotic", and accused the leadership of lacking integrity.

Other members have quit on free-speech grounds, including Howard Cox, who stood as a Reform UK candidate in the general election and the London mayoral poll.He said he left the party after he was threatened with expulsion for criticising the treatment of Tommy Robinson, a prominent far-right activist.