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UNCOVERED: 4 - The Untold Story

Habitat for Humanity sets sights on converting disused offices and retail to homes

It’s already copleted two such conversions in the borough of Barking and Daghenham

Evening Standard

Who was Stephen Port and what happened to his victims?

Serial killer Stephen Port was dubbed the “Grindr killer” for the way he scouted his victims on the gay dating app

Evening Standard

‘I’ve been beaten up by the police. They’re bullies’: Potter Payper on life after prison and his debut album

Ahead of the release of his debut album, the Barking-bred rapper opens up to Ellie Muir about getting caught in prison’s ‘revolving door’, inspiring his listeners, and having your lyrics used against you in court

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OPINION - The Standard View: London is feeling the full force of this NHS crisis

London’s Accident & Emergency departments are in crisis. New figures reveal that February saw 22,000 people wait longer than 12 hours to be seen in the capital’s hospitals, representing more than one in 10 of those attending, according to the NHS. One London trust, Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals,…

Evening Standard

London’s biggest regeneration zones: 265,000 new homes are on the cards in boroughs across the capital

New town centres are appearing, bringing thousands of homes, new high streets and facilities to neighbourhoods across London. But is the capital building enough?

Evening Standard

Three men jailed after ‘taking turns’ during alleyway rape in Barking

Three men have been jailed for raping a woman in an alleyway in east London, the Met Police has said.

Evening Standard

Boy, 11, dies after blaze in east London flat

Four others were taken to hospital after the blaze in Barking.

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Child dies after blaze in east London flat, firefighters say

A three-roomed flat on the second floor of a building in Stern Close, Barking, has been ‘destroyed’ by flames, London Fire Brigade said.

The Independent UK

Boy, 11, dies in Barking flat fire as two adults and children rushed to hospital

Two adults and two children managed to escape the blaze which ripped through the flat

The Independent UK

Boy, 11, dies in Barking flat fire in the early hours of the morning as two adults and two children flee

The second floor flat was completely destroyed in the blaze, which is being investigated by police

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Barking fire: 'Happy' boy, 11, dies in horror blaze as two adults and two other kids flee

A fire broke out in a second floor flat, in Barking, London, in the early hours of this morning leading to one young boy tragically dying in the blaze as four other people were able to escape

Daily Mirror

Inside the terrifying estate controlled by Albanian drug gang where locals are 'targets'

Daisy O'Doherty says she was woken in her Barking flat by a police officer pointing a gun at her and described herself as a 'target' of the Hellbanianz gang who try to intimidate locals

Daily Mirror

Barking: Three arrested after man, 32, stabbed during fight at station

Man who was knifed also arrested by police

Evening Standard

‘The Roding is sacred and has rights’: the hammer-wielding barrister fighting for London’s forgotten river

The unloved waterway that winds its way to the Thames has a staunch defender. Paul Powlesland has spent five years calling out polluters and keeping footpaths open – sometimes with the law, mostly with his bare hands

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Grayson Perry: ‘This lamp is a small monument to social housing’

The artist’s two-metre-wide illuminated artwork of a row of semi-detached houses can be viewed at Barking’s A House for Artists

Daily Mirror

Mum spends £170 boiling kettles to wash her 4 kids after having no hot water for 12 days

Sarah Wedge, from Barking, east London, was forced to spent an extra £170 on boiling kettles to bathe her children amid soaring electricity costs when the hot water went off

Evening Standard

More than 500 illegal vapes aimed at children seized from shops in Barking

There are strict regulations surrounding vapes and nicotine products

Evening Standard

Watch as underground explosion rocks Barking

This was the scene after an underground explosion under the pavement outside a high street bank in Barking.

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Firefighters were called to a fire and explosion involving underground cabling on Station Parade in Barking

Firefighters were called to a fire and explosion involving underground cabling on Station Parade in Barking. There were no reports of any injuries. The Brigade’s 999 Control Officers took 17 calls to the incident. The Brigade was called at 1438 and the fire was under control by 1712. Three fire…

The Guardian - UK

White Labour MP hopeful said he had ‘worst tan possible for a black man’

Darren Rodwell, Barking and Dagenham council leader, selected to stand despite comments at Black History Month event

The Independent UK

Labour councillor who said he had “worst tan for a Black man” cleared of wrongdoing

Exclusive: Labour councillor Darren Rodwell sparked outrage with his comments at Black History Month event and had been subject of an investigation

The Independent UK

Labour probe after councillor jokes he has ‘worst tan for Black man’ at Black History Month event

“It is like watching a racist comedy show in the mid-1970s such as the ‘Black and White Minstrel Show’,” a complaint to Labour, seen by The Independent, reads.

The Guardian - UK

Barking council boss given nearly £10k in West Ham tickets after studio deal

Darren Rodwell denies conflict of interest and has invited disabled people and looked-after children to box at stadium

Evening Standard

Bus drivers to strike in dispute over pay

More than 2,000 London bus drivers are set to walk out next month in an indefinite strike in a row over pay. It will likely bring travel chaos to the bus network, leaving parts of north London without key services. The planned strike from October 4 affects Arriva drivers operating…

Evening Standard

Barking: Teenager stabbed outside flats in broad daylight

Police are trying to trace the attackers, while the boy remains in hospital

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