A man has been charged over stabbings at two east London health centres.

Jeffrey Leung, 40, from Bow, is to appear at Thames magistrates court on Friday court charged with four counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, one count of attempted grievous bodily harm with intent and one count of threatening behaviour with a bladed article.

Police were called to the Tredegar Practice on St Stephen’s Road, Tower Hamlets, and the St Stephen’s Health Centre, off nearby William Place, on Wednesday morning.

Three people, including a 77-year-old woman, were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.