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A total of £2m in Council Tax Rebate remains unclaimed by households in Barking and Dagenham and they are being urged to get in touch.

Barking and Dagenham is set to benefit from a £1.1million boost to tackle health and wellbeing inequalities across the borough.

Three owners of an illegal puppy farm that was operating in Dagenham have been found guilty at court and have been ordered to pay costs totalling £85,000, given community service and banned from keeping dogs for several years.

Residents of Barking and Dagenham aged 25 and under interested in a career as a Dry Liner are being invited to find out more and to apply.

Rush Green Primary School in Dagenham raised £5,571.50 for Cancer Research UK at a Race for Life event last month.

Last weekend Barking and Dagenham Council’s free festival weekender was attended by over 16,000 residents as the One Borough Festival and the Roundhouse Music Festival came to Parsloes Park in Dagenham.

Residents can once again enjoy a host of free music on their doorstep as the ever-popular Roundhouse Music Festival returns to Parsloes Park in Dagenham this Sunday. 

The borough’s largest free festival returns this weekend – and everyone is invited to join in the family-friendly fun.

Residents in some homes near the fire are being evacuated by the emergency services. If they can, they are being asked to stay with friends and family tonight as much as possible.

The extension of London Overground to a brand-new station at the heart of Barking Riverside opens to residents today providing a new quicker, easier and sustainable journey options to this key regeneration area.