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Labour candidate claimed racist comment row was ‘smear campaign’

Exclusive: Labour’s general candidate for Barking apologised publicly for the racist joke but privately described it as a ‘smear campaign’

The Independent UK

Early heart disease deaths in Barking and Dagenham double those of richest areas

British Heart Foundation says ‘urgent action’ needed to prevent further deaths

Evening Standard

Warning issued over London council house scam which has seen desperate residents hand over thousands

Fraudsters have promised access to properties controlled by Waltham Forest, Islington, Lambeth and Barking and Dagenham councils on social media

Evening Standard

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Billy Bragg: ‘There’s nothing like going out there singing your truth. That ain’t changed’

The activist singer-songwriter on fighting for trans rights, his 40 years in the music business and his forthcoming tour with his son

The Guardian - UK

Go-kart company fined almost £120,000 after London schoolgirl strangled by own headscarf

Ruwaida Adan, 15, visited Capital Karts in Barking as part of a day out organised by a youth group

Evening Standard

Rapist jailed for 10 years for Barking attack after DNA breakthrough

Daniel Jordan attacked a lone 28-year-old woman and strangled her to the point where she lost consciousness

Evening Standard

Met Police officer who 'lied about sex attack by her boss' faces misconduct hearing

The constable was based in a unit patrolling Barking and Dagenham

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Violent patients face ban as east London NHS staff wear bodycams to combat rise in assaults

Violence against staff at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals Trust has more than doubled in three years

Evening Standard

Health and Safety Executive looking at balcony collapse at multi-million pound Barking development

The £81 million block of flats has seen its balconies restricted from use after the incident in November

Evening Standard

Huge new techno festival 'High Lights' planned for east London park this summer

The festival will see up to 8,000 ravers a day descend on Barking Park

Evening Standard

Fare-hopping London Underground passenger spat in face and punched man

The victim was exiting Barking station when they saw the man exit through the ticket gates closely behind another individual without paying

Evening Standard

Man fined £1,600 after cigarette is dropped out of car window in Barking

The car owner did not help officers identify the driver at the time of the offence

Evening Standard

‘All my friends have moved’: how UK cities have been hollowed out by housing price rises

In central London, schools are closing as low and middle-income families are priced out. But some suburbs have more young people than they can afford. And the pattern is being repeated across the UK

The Guardian - UK

Billy Bragg review – from bard of Barking to golden voice

Touring a box set of his 40-year career, Bragg remains unequivocally himself, but the radical romantic’s mellower vocals are a revelation

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Residents’ fears as more than 75 apartment complex balconies at risk of collapse

Balcony partially collapsed at the Weaver’s Quarter estate in Barking last week, fortunately leaving no-one injured

Evening Standard

Anger after MP hopeful Darren Rodwell hung Labour banners on gravestones

Barking & Dagenham council leader Darren Rodwell was snapped tying promotional material to tombstones in the grounds of Barking Abbey

Evening Standard

Average cost of a semi hits an eye-popping £11 million in Kensington, 24 times higher than in Barking

A house price chasm between London areas has been laid bare, with semi-detached homes now priced 24 times higher in Kensington than Barking on average

Evening Standard

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

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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

The Independent UK

‘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

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

Boy, 11, dies after blaze in east London flat

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

The Independent UK

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.

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