Barking & Dagenham

Barking & Dagenham

Barking and Dagenham plans public café at St Chad’s cricket pavilion

A new public café could open at St Chad's Park under plans to refurbish a long-standing cricket pavilion in Barking and Dagenham. Barking and Dagenham...
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Barking and Dagenham pays up to £30m a year in interest on £1bn regeneration debt

Debts of more than £1 billion have left Barking and Dagenham Council paying between £20 million and £30 million a year in interest. However, ...
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More than 113,000 illicit cigarettes found in suspected tobacco hub

More than 113,000 illegal cigarettes have been seized from a suspected tobacco distribution hub in Dagenham, where investigators also discovered evidence that up to...
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Barking and Dagenham should be treated like the north, council leader tells PM

Barking and Dagenham should be treated like the north of England because it faces many of the same challenges, the borough's Labour leader has...
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Domestic abuse victim left in temporary housing despite warnings over safety risk

A domestic abuse victim who received death threats was left living in temporary accommodation for years despite repeated warnings about the risks she faced,...
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Barking and Dagenham plans major reform of council services amid £43m savings challenge

Residents could find it easier to contact Barking and Dagenham Council about issues such as council tax and housing repairs under a major transformation...
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Barking town centre to get new food market and cultural events space

Barking town centre is set to host a new summer food market focused on supporting local businesses after Barking and Dagenham Council secured £100,000...
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Father protests after lift failures leave him and his daughter with disabilities stuck in third-floor flat

A man with a disabled daughter says Barking and Dagenham Council has left him stuck in a third-floor flat where lifts repeatedly break down. Mohammed,...
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Major production set to be filmed in Dagenham

A “major production” looks set to be filmed at Eastbrook Studios in Dagenham. Film company LBBD Film has applied for planning permission to use land...
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A&E crisis deepens as Redbridge and Havering hospitals face record demand

Emergency departments across Redbridge and Havering recorded their busiest month on record in March, according to NHS figures. Data from Barking, Havering and Redbridge University...
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