A-Level Results Day 2018 | Barking and Dagenham students celebrate another great year

A-Level students across Barking and Dagenham celebrated another stellar year for exam results. Nearly half of all Barking and Dagenham A-level students achieved A* to B grades with three-quarters of students receiving A* to C grades. This follows another successful academic year for Barking and Dagenham, with nine out of ten schools being deemed good or outstanding by Ofsted earlier in the year.

Roundhouse Festival in Barking and Dagenham [2018] | OBLive News

The bombastic Roundhouse Festival returned this August bank holiday for yet another year of foot-stomping rock'n'roll! This year's headliners were glam rock legends Sweet - of 'Ballroom Blitz' and 'Fox on the Run' fame. Other highlights included some brilliant tribute acts as well as the final round of the Roundhouse Unsigned music competition. In this video, we were lucky enough to chat to some of the stars of the show as well as some revelling residents.

GCSE Results 2018 | Barking and Dagenham students celebrate great results

Students across Barking and Dagenham celebrated what was yet another fantastic GCSE results day. Over 60 per cent of students achieved an 9-4 grade in their English and Maths GCSEs.

This follows on from the fantastic academic performance of our A-Level students earlier in the year, with nearly half of them achieving A* to B grades.

The woman behind London's new film studio | OBLive

We get behind the scenes of Barking and Dagenham's film industry and meet Head of Film LBBD's (Barking and Dagenham Council's film office) Lisa Dee. Lisa discusses the future of film in London. And talks about the female empowerment movement and what that means for the film industry.