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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

Evening Standard

Zero stars for this endless rating game

Brief letters: Online ratings | School holiday scam | Back-row kisses | Barking | Champagne populism

The Guardian - UK

Barking mad? How people in England’s ‘least friendly’ borough feel about the ranking

Does the description from a study ranking all of England’s 296 boroughs for friendliness ring true for people in the east London town?

The Guardian - UK

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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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

Barking fire LIVE: Huge blaze erupts in east London, closing section of A13

Around 125 firefighters are tackling the blaze on Ripple Road

Evening Standard

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’

Evening Standard

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Skaters launch campaign to save one of London’s only indoor skateparks

Barking Sporthouse announced on Tuesday that it will close its skatepark and replace it with padel courts

Evening Standard

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

Evening Standard

Shuttered east London theatre to reopen within three years under revamp plans

The venue in Barking town centre was forced to close in January 2024 after RAAC was discovered in the building

Evening Standard

Two charged with attempted murder after east London stabbing leaves man fighting for his life

A man is in a critical condition in hospital following a ‘large fight’ in Barking on Saturday night

Evening Standard

Two men arrested as man fights for life after stabbings in east London

Three men were discovered by emergency crews with stab wounds after a ‘large fight’ on Saturday night in Barking

Evening Standard

Pip Salvador-Jones obituary

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

The Guardian - UK

'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

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Man left with 'potentially life-changing injuries' after horror crash between two cars and a pedestrian in Barking

A pedestrian in Barking has been left with potentially life-changing injuries after a horror crash on Sunday

Evening Standard

London's top regeneration zones: future new homes hotspots from Hounslow to Barking

London is finally building again. Prudence Ivey looks at the next big regeneration projects set to transform the capital

Evening Standard

Revealed: The London streets where drivers are hit with £2MILLION worth of penalty tickets

Station Parade in Barking, Albert bridge in Chelsea and Bulls Lane in Enfield are streets where most PCNs were issued

The Independent UK

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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Evening Standard

London council housing scandal probe 'points to mass-scale organised fraud and 'criminality at its highest end'

Police say ‘hundreds’ of Barking and Dagenham Council-owned homes could have been fraudlently let

Evening Standard

Shocking moment murderer rams crowd with his car in east London

Trevelle Rowland, 34, drove at security guards in Barking months before killing someone with his car

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

The Guardian - UK

Is London’s next superclub this warehouse by a sewage works in Barking?

The 4,000-capacity Eutopia is independently owned and run by clubland veterans – and despite being on the city’s eastern fringe, clubbers say they’re prepared to trek

Evening Standard

Eutopia: New £1.5 million club to open in Barking with 4,000 capacity

Three interlinked warehouses on a former industrial estate have been transformed

Evening Standard

Police offer £20,000 reward to catch killers of young father shot dead in east London

Hanif Redwood, 32, was shot dead outside the Factory 15 Bar in Barking one year ago today - as police appeal for information

Evening Standard

Hundreds of flats get green light in latest phase of 20,000 home 'new town' on Thames

More than 650 new homes approved in the latest phase of the Barking Riverside development

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