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EXPLAINED: Dagenham - The Real Truth

London's worst areas for dog noise complaints revealed - and one of them is Barking

Islington had the highest number of dog barking complaints since 2020, followed by Redbridge, then Barking and Dagenham

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Entire London borough could be covered by controlled parking zones under council plans

Barking and Dagenham Council is proposing to roll out new parking permit zones

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Mecca withdraws plans for 24-hour Dagenham bingo hall

Barking and Dagenham Council is holding a public consultation on whether to toughen up its gambling licensing policies

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Isles of Scilly named friendliest place in England – and Barking least friendly

Rankings based on community life survey put two Devon districts in top five and Stoke and Ipswich near bottom

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113,000 cigarettes seized in east London in illicit tobacco raid

Barking and Dagenham Council says the raid on a premises in Heathway earlier this month uncovered one of its ‘largest ever illegal tobacco hauls’

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London schools crisis: Why eight boroughs are defying the capital's 'secondary wave' of falling pupil numbers

Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Brent, Ealing, Hounslow and Barnet have all seen school rolls grow

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Man, 75, arrested for murder after woman, 70, found dead in east London

The woman was found dead at the scene in Boulton Road, Dagenham

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Pip Salvador-Jones obituary

Other lives: Legal expert who worked at three London law centres before becoming director of Barking and Dagenham Citizens Advice

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'We'll win Havering,' declares Nigel Farage as Reform targets three more London councils in local elections

Exclusive: Reform UK leader convinced party will win Havering - and could seize Bexley, Bromley, and Barking and Dagenham

Evening Standard

Fourth person appears in court accused of Golders Green arson attack

Judex Atshatshi, 18, a British national of Dagenham, east London, has appeared in court charged with one count of arson

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Dagenham leaseholders left homeless by fire could be forced to pay for cladding works

Greater London Authority seeks £6m refund for unfinished fire safety work on destroyed Spectrum Building

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‘Monster’ raver fatally punched deaf woman then said ‘no-one cares’, court told

Duane Owusu, from Dagenham, has pleaded not guilty to murder and the alternative charge of manslaughter.

Evening Standard

Pro-Palestine protesters’ chants drowned out by crowds during King’s visit to London’s East End

Pro-Palestine protesters made an appearance during King Charles’ visit to Barking and Dagenham, however their calls were drowned out by the noise of the crowd.

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Dagenham’s sewing machinists did not go on strike primarily for equal pay

Letter: Sarah Boston on the women who fought for and ultimately won recognition of the skill and value of their work

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White storks to return to London for first time in 600 years

Rewilding plan will make Dagenham the UK’s second stork reintroduction site

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Laid in Dagenham: Family of white storks to set up home in east London for first time in 600 years

Beavers will also be reintroduced at Eastbrookend Country Park in Dagenham after funding from Sadiq Khan

The Guardian - UK

White storks to make historic return to London in 2026

Species extinct as breeding birds in Britain since 1416 to be reintroduced in Barking and Dagenham as part of rewilding effort

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‘Dagenham is worried’: London borough in limbo after Smithfield and Billingsgate move axed

Halting of dock redevelopment is big blow to area already hit by uncertainty over Ford site’s future

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London Labour councillors quit party over 'Gaza and anti-immigration rhetoric' and defect to Greens

The Barking and Dagenham councillors form the first political opposition to Labour in the borough in over a decade

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Police make more arrests in east London council housing fraud investigation

Four people have now been arrested in major police operation targeting housing fraud in East London

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Firefighters battle to put out three wildfires in just three hours in east London as residents evacuated

More than 200 firefighters tackled the blazes in Dagenham, Hornchurch and Walthamstow on Monday evening

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Met Police funding shortfall puts Barking and Dagenham units at risk, officer warns

Superintendant Biju Premnath said “frontline” services would be protected but other units were “at risk”

Evening Standard

Family pay tribute to ‘shining star’ girl, seven, killed in park tree collapse

Leonna Ruka, from Dagenham, was killed and four other children were injured after the tree fell in Chalkwell Park, Southend-on-Sea on Saturday.

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Family pays tribute to girl, 7, killed in tree collapse in Southend

Leonna Ruka, from Dagenham, was visiting family in the area on Saturday

Evening Standard

London warned of heightened risk of wildfires as UK set for hotter than usual summer and heatwaves

Scores of homes were destroyed by fires in Wennington and Dagenham in July 2022

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