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Drivers warned of new parking scam after rise in cases across the country

Cases have been reported in Barking and Dagenham, Northumberland, Northamptonshire, South Tyneside and Pembrokeshire

The Independent UK

Ex-Labour MP candidate who dropped out of election race cleared of any wrongdoing as he blames smear campaign

A London Labour MP candidate who was accused of sexual harassment weeks before the general election has been cleared of any wrongdoing.

Evening Standard

New train station beside 4,000-home redevelopment of former Ford factory delayed until end of 2027

Beam Park station due to have c2c trains to Barking, Grays and Fenchurch Street

Evening Standard

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Labour expected to drop general election candidate under investigation for alleged sexual harassment

Darren Rodwell, Labour’s candidate for Barking, has been accused of ‘inappropriate touching’ of a woman at an event last month

The Independent UK

London council leader due to stand as Labour MP pulls out of election race after allegations

Darren Rodwell had been selected to fight the Labour safe seat of Barking

Evening Standard

Darren Rodwell withdraws as Labour candidate in general election

Leader of Barking and Dagenham council says he does not want allegations about his behaviour to be a ‘distraction’

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP candidate in east London 'under investigation' after sexual harassment allegation

Darren Rodwell has been selected to fight the Labour safe seat of Barking in east London in the upcoming election on July 4

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Labour candidate investigated by party for alleged sexual harassment

Exclusive: Darren Rodwell, Labour’s candidate for Barking, has been accused of ‘inappropriate touching’ of a female attendee at an event last month

The Independent UK

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

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

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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

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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

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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

The Guardian - UK

‘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

The Independent UK

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

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