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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

Evening Standard

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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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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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

Evening Standard

Barking lives up to its name with most noisy dog complaints in London

Southwark was the second-worst borough for noisy dogs with 2,144 complaints, while the City of London recorded just six

Evening Standard

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

MP outrage at NHS over 'unfair' closure of only maternity unit in London borough with highest birthrate

Exclusive: Campaigners have warned that shutting Barking Birth Centre puts women at risk

Evening Standard

Revealed: London borough with highest number of tenants threatened with eviction

Exclusive: Analysis of official data has revealed that Barking and Dagenham has the highest rate of possession claims

Evening Standard

Police appeal to find woman missing for seven years as daughters tell of heartbreak of growing up without mum

Stefana Otilia Malinici, 45, has not been seen since she left her home in Barking in September 2017

Evening Standard

Lorry driver wins £5.2m on lottery, quits job, buys vacuum cleaner

Gary MacDonald, of Barking, east London, had been delivering parcels for more than 30 years.

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The Independent UK

Lorry driver quits job and buys vacuum cleaner after huge lottery win

Gary MacDonald was initially delighted to discover he had won £35, then realised there was an additional prize of more than £5.2m

The Guardian - UK

What smashed the far right in east London? A playbook that said connect, connect, connect

Labour peer Margaret Hodge shares how the party tackled the rise of the British National party in Barking before the 2010 general election

Evening Standard

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Man who drugged and filmed sexual assaults on schoolgirls jailed for 18 years

Mark Franklin, 56, from Barking, has been sentenced to over 18 years in prison for sexually assaulting four schoolgirls

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Evening Standard

Hanif Redwood murder: Family of 'loving' dad shot dead in Barking appeal for witnesses

‘Loving’ father-of-two Hanif Redwood was shot while standing outside a birthday party in Barking

Evening Standard

East Ham: 40 firefighters tackle blaze at east London home

Fire crews from Stratford, Poplar, Plaistow, East Ham and Barking rushed to the scene of the blaze

The Guardian - UK

Six lines, six walks: we explore London’s Overground reboot on foot

The capital’s Overground routes have been rebranded to reflect the distinct flavours of neighbourhoods they cross – as these station to station strolls reveal

Evening Standard

Wes Streeting hails head of London hospitals 'busting' through waiting list backlogs as he unveils NHS reforms

The Health Secretary cited the work being done by Matthew Trainer in turning around Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust

International Business Times UK

East London Introduces £1,000 Penalty For Cat-calls, Joining France And Spain In Anti-harassment Push

Barking and Dagenham council has introduced fines for catcalling and wolf-whistling following community feedback and alarming statistics on harassment.

Evening Standard

Cat-callers in east London to face £1,000 fines in new crackdown on street harassment

Barking and Dagenham Council has added sexual harassment to its Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO)

Evening Standard

Stamp duty: first-time buyers in four London boroughs to face the biggest increases

First-time buyers in Haringey, Hackney, Richmond and Wandsworth face stamp duty rises of £11,250 next year, while those in Barking will pay £876 more

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