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During the school summer holidays, Barking and Dagenham Council’s Trading Standards team joined forces with a group of young people to crack down on the illegal sale of age-restricted products to under-18s.
Following months of intelligence gathering, Barking and Dagenham Council and its wholly owned housing company, BD Reside, can now reveal they are working with City of London Police’s Domestic Corruption Unit, the national lead police force for fraud, on an investigation relating to suspected housing fraud.
With just two weeks of the summer holidays left, there’s still plenty of time for families across Barking and Dagenham to make the most of things to do across the borough.
As part of recent developments, Fanshawe Community Hall is no longer being managed by the Fanshawe Community Association. The council is now inviting applications from interested parties to take on the lease and continue the hall’s legacy as a valued community asset.
Each October, we proudly celebrate Black History Month by honouring the achievements of individuals and organisations of African and Caribbean heritage who have made a lasting impact in Barking and Dagenham. Our Hall of Fame is a tribute to these contributions and we’re refreshing it for 2025.
Following receiving reports, Barking and Dagenham Council, in partnership with the Home Office, and Metropolitan Police, devised a coordinated operation to disrupt the persistent anti-social behaviour happening at Wickes in Barking.
The east London council celebrated the launch of its latest Mockingbird Constellation with a celebratory event attended by children, carers and fostering officers.
