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The Latest Breaking News from Dagenham

Dagenham’s sewing machinists did not go on strike primarily for equal pay

Letter: Sarah Boston on the women who fought for and ultimately won recognition of the skill and value of their work

The Guardian - UK

White storks to return to London for first time in 600 years

Rewilding plan will make Dagenham the UK’s second stork reintroduction site

The Independent UK

Laid in Dagenham: Family of white storks to set up home in east London for first time in 600 years

Beavers will also be reintroduced at Eastbrookend Country Park in Dagenham after funding from Sadiq Khan

Evening Standard

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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

‘Dagenham is worried’: London borough in limbo after Smithfield and Billingsgate move axed

Halting of dock redevelopment is big blow to area already hit by uncertainty over Ford site’s future

The Guardian - UK

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

Police make more arrests in east London council housing fraud investigation

Four people have now been arrested in major police operation targeting housing fraud in East London

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Firefighters battle to put out three wildfires in just three hours in east London as residents evacuated

More than 200 firefighters tackled the blazes in Dagenham, Hornchurch and Walthamstow on Monday evening

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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”

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Family pay tribute to ‘shining star’ girl, seven, killed in park tree collapse

Leonna Ruka, from Dagenham, was killed and four other children were injured after the tree fell in Chalkwell Park, Southend-on-Sea on Saturday.

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Family pays tribute to girl, 7, killed in tree collapse in Southend

Leonna Ruka, from Dagenham, was visiting family in the area on Saturday

The Independent UK

London warned of heightened risk of wildfires as UK set for hotter than usual summer and heatwaves

Scores of homes were destroyed by fires in Wennington and Dagenham in July 2022

Evening Standard

Teenagers who killed pensioner in firework attack on his east London home jailed

Killers were caught on CCTV punching a hole in Robert Price’s window and pushing a firework into his home in Dagenham

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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

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‘Terrified’ widower killed when teens torched house with firework, court told

76-year-old Robert Price had been the target of a prolonged campaign of harassment and criminal damage.

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'Unknown flying flaming objects' helped spread huge Dagenham fire that left 80 homeless

It is still not possible to determine the exact cause of the blaze or whether it was started accidentally or deliberately, according to a report by London Fire Brigade

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Dagenham fire: Black smoke seen across London after scrap metal and cars catch fire at industrial estate

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters are attending a fire at the site at Willoughby Drive in Dagenham

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Teenagers jailed for brutal daylight shotgun and machete attack in Dagenham

All three had their sentences reduced by between a third and half because they were under 18 when they committed the offences

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Mum murdered her two young sons who were found dead in their bunk beds by their dad

Kara Alexander, 47 killed Marley, five, and Elijah, two, in their home in Dagenham, east London

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Man who converted guns for criminals in back garden shed in east London jailed for 10 years

Luke Parr was jailed for more than 10 years over gun conversion workshop in Dagenham back garden

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Dagenham: Two hospitalised after 'gas leak' at house in East London

Two people were rushed to hospital after suspected gas leak in Boulton Road

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Leaseholders vent anger after Dagenham fire block demolished: 'We're paying for flats that don't exist'

Over 80 residents lost their homes after the Spectrum Building in Dagenham was destroyed in an inferno in August

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Cladding-issue flats demolished in east London months after devastating fire

More than 80 people were evacuated and two were taken to hospital after the building set alight in Freshwater Road, Dagenham, on August 26.

Evening Standard

Dagenham fire: Demolition works begin after block of flats destroyed by 'nightmare' blaze in east London

Residents spoke about how one fire gate had been ‘padlocked shut’ following the huge blaze

The Guardian - UK

Smithfield meat market to close for good after relocation plans voted down

City of London Corporation rejects plan for new Dagenham site and will offer traders about £300m in compensation

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