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Residents of Barking and Dagenham are being warned to be extra vigilant when buying a second-hand vehicle, especially as the cost-of-living crisis bites deep.

Trading Standards Officers from Barking and Dagenham Council have seized 15,580 illicit cigarettes and tobacco as they raided local businesses in a planned operation.

A historic ceremony marking the beginning of King Charles III’s reign took place on the front steps of the CU London University campus at the former Civic Centre, Dagenham yesterday (11 September).

Two shops in Dagenham have been caught fly-tipping thanks to some investigation work by Barking and Dagenham Council enforcement officers.

Residents are being asked to give their views on plans to change the amount of Council Tax Support given to low-income households in the borough.

A property manager who illegally converted two family homes into eight flats without permission has been given three months to stump up £73,850 – or face nine months behind bars. 

 

Muhammad Saeed Baig, 59, of Hathaway Gardens, Chadwell Heath, was responsible for the management of two adjoining houses in Whalebone Lane South, Dagenham, which had been purchased by his relative in 2017. 

 

To support the valuable contribution that unpaid carers make to health and social care services, Barking and Dagenham Council has launched a Carers Charter to coincide with this year’s Carers Week.



Informal carers make up a large proportion of the population in the borough, with around 23,000 of our residents providing care for someone. However, many of these are ‘hidden carers’ are not known to support services or registered for any support.

Teachers, school governors and education experts came together last week to hear how the arrival of the new film studios in Barking and Dagenham will benefit the borough’s pupils.

 

Hot topics included education and training, employment, and wider community benefits such as special events and afterschool clubs.

The workshop marked the launch of Film Barking and Dagenham’s Make It Here programme, which focuses on uniting all film & tv related activity happening in the borough.

This June sees the return of Pride Month in Barking and Dagenham and we will once again take part in Pride in London – 50 years after the first LGBTQ+ parade took place in the capital.



This year marks the return of Pride in London on Saturday 2 July, after the parade was cancelled in 2021 due to Covid-19 restrictions.



It will be the fifth time Barking and Dagenham has taken part in the extravaganza, which draws thousands of people from across the country to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.

Stores across Barking and Dagenham have been praised for their responsible approach to selling knives, following a series of test purchases carried out by an underage teenager.



On Tuesday 31 May, the council’s Trading Standards team visited nine shops in the borough and tasked a 13-year-old volunteer to try and buy a knife.



Eight of the stores refused to sell, with only one store failing to identify the underage shopper.



In the UK, it’s illegal to sell a knife or similar bladed article to anyone under the age of 18.