Help us improve the cost of living support in Barking and Dagenham by taking part in our survey. Your feedback is invaluable in enhancing the support we offer!
A viral video that showed an employee smashing frozen fish onto the pavement has resulted in the fish monger being found guilty at court and being fined thousands of pounds.
Our Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) Programme has returned, boasting its biggest programme yet, offering over 40 different activities for children and young people (aged 5-16) to get involved in.
Barking and Dagenham Council has partnered with the Ben Kinsella Trust to relaunch its hard-hitting campaign, ‘Lost Hours’, to crack down on youth violence and antisocial behaviour during the summer holidays.
Beyond the easel: Rediscovering Dagenham’s forgotten artist, opening this July at Valence House Museum in Dagenham, explores the life and work of Henry Gillard Glindoni, who spent the last 20 years of his life living and painting in Chadwell Heath, just over a mile away from the museum.
Food business operators Mr Shir Rahman Ghanizada and Mr Luftur Rahman Ghanizada of Max Pizza and Kebab which trades as Immz's Pizza and Kebab pleaded guilty to food safety offences at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court on 12 March 2024.
Residents and businesses of Barking and Dagenham are being encouraged to take part in the council’s Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) consultation before it closes.
In a determined effort to crack down on the illegal sale of vapes and cigarettes, Trading Standards Officers from Barking and Dagenham Council seized nearly £20,000 worth of illicit products over a two-day operation.
From illegal extensions to an unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO), to running a business without the correct permission, the Planning Enforcement Team at Barking and Dagenham had a big day in court in the last month.
