The Latest Breaking News from Dagenham

Belts, collars, and a Swarovski-encrusted whip. Don’t be fooled by the frumpy cover art. This is the tale of a midlife love affair between two well-heeled London artsy types that swiftly descends into under-negotiated kink and trips to the tawdry sex parties of Woking, Datchet and Dagenham, “where taxi drivers…

Two men in 40s cuffed on suspicion of death by dangerous driving as police continue probe

Chelsea, QPR and Tottenham player who as England manager displayed one of the sharpest football brains of his generation

Giedrius Vasiljevas, 40, was shot twice by officers at his house in Dagenham

Officers were called to an address in Dagenham, east London where they found 40-year-old and two firearms

Giedrius Vasiljevas was shot twice by the Metropolitan Police at his house

The stand-off began after police were called to an address in Weston Green shortly before 8pm by a man who said he planned to take his own life

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

Jon Cruddas, the Labour MP for Dagenham and Rainham, made the request in a letter to Seb Dance, London’s deputy mayor of transport