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The Latest Breaking News from Dagenham

Two women in hospital after bus roof ‘taken clean off’ in tree collision

The crash occurred on Hedgemans Road, Dagenham, at around 10am on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Dagenham bus crash: Two taken to hospital after roof ripped off double-decker

Witnesses said the roof was taken ‘clean off’ after hitting a tree

Evening Standard

Ford cuts 4,000 jobs in Europe, including 800 in UK, after slowdown in EV sales

Carmaker does not specify where British cuts will fall but Dagenham and Halewood will not be affected

The Guardian - UK

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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.

International Business Times UK

Plan to move historic Smithfield and Billingsgate markets to Dagenham halted

Scheme reviewed ‘in order to determine its next steps and to ensure the financial sustainability of the project’

Evening Standard

Man charged over triple stabbing of boy, 2, girl, 8, and woman

Kulvinder Ram, 48, of First Avenue, Dagenham, will appear at Barkinside Magistrates’ Court on Monday

The Independent UK

Dagenham stabbing: Man charged with murder after woman and two kids attacked in east London

A woman, an 8-year-old girl and 2-year-old boy were among the victims

Evening Standard

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Woman and two children, 8 and 2, stabbed in ‘truly shocking’ attack

The woman in her 30s, an eight-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy remain in hospital after the attack in Dagenham

The Independent UK

Dagenham stabbing: Man in custody after woman and two children stabbed in ‘shocking attack’

Police were called at around 5.35pm on Friday to reports of three people injured in First Avenue, Dagenham

Evening Standard

Man arrested after a woman and two children stabbed in east London

Suspect is being held on suspicion of attempted murder after incident in Dagenham

The Guardian - UK

Couple attacked by knifepoint bag snatchers near east London Tube station

Police were called to reports of a robbery in Heathway, Dagenham on Thursday evening

Evening Standard

Mother relives terror of locked exits during Dagenham tower inferno as families struggle on in hotels

Four weeks on from a harrowing fire, many residents of a Dagenham block of flats remain in temporary hotel accomodation

The Independent UK

Building regulations still need 'more teeth' post Grenfell, London fire chief warns

The blaze in Dagenham proved that regulations still need strengthening, London fire commissioner Andy Roe says

Evening Standard

'Grenfell, Dagenham... how many more?': Inside London's shameful cladding crisis

Today’s Grenfell report has called for urgent work on fire safety, but victims — and those still trapped in London’s 1,300 cladded buildings — say there isn’t time to lose. Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

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Bride gifted replacement wedding dress after losing hers in Dagenham fire

Agnieszka’s £2,500 dress was destroyed along with most of her and her fiance’s belongings

Evening Standard

Dagenham fire: Council aims to raise £20,000 to help 'distressed' victims 'get back on their feet'

A GoFundMe page for affected families has been set up by Barking and Dagenham Council

Evening Standard

Bride-to-be 'devastated' after losing £2,500 wedding dress in Dagenham fire

Residents Lukasz and Agnieszka say they ‘lost everything’ in the blaze

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner warned she must end ‘national scandal’ of unsafe buildings after Dagenham inferno

Exclusive: Fire Brigades Union general secretary Matt Wrack told The Independent that it was ‘a miracle’ nobody was killed in the blaze in Dagenham over the bank holiday weekend

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The Guardian - UK

Removal of unsafe cladding from buildings ‘too slow’, says Angela Rayner

Deputy PM visited Dagenham, east London, after fire tore through block of flats undergoing remedial works

The Independent UK

Mother trying to flee Dagenham fire faced ‘padlocked gate’ as alarms ‘failed to go off’

London Fire Brigade launches investigation after confirming ‘known fire safety issues’ in Spectrum building

The Independent UK

Urgent action needed to replace cladding after Dagenham fire, Grenfell report author warns

Dame Judith Hackitt criticises ‘buck passing’ for slow progress on repairs in seven years since disaster

Evening Standard

Dagenham: Mother who fled huge blaze in block of flats says fire gate had been 'padlocked shut'

The mother-of-two described how she felt like she was going to die when she came across a fire escape that had been cut off during the blaze

Evening Standard

Dagenham fire: 'Unsafe cladding' to form part of probe into cause of huge blaze in east London

Twenty people were rescued and more than 80 people were evacuated from the building, which had ‘known’ fire safety issues

The Guardian - UK

Questions over cladding after fire at Dagenham flats brought under control

FBU calls for urgent investigation into blaze in east London as another fire begins at tower in nearby Poplar

Evening Standard

Watch: Huge fire rips through block of flats in east London

More than 100 people were evacuated from burning building in Dagenham with over 200 firefighters tackling the blaze

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