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Residents of Barking and Dagenham are being encouraged to attend and have their say at the council’s Safer Neighbourhood Board.

Today (Friday 19 August), Barking and Dagenham Council have launched a survey to better understand how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting residents across the borough and to help shape how the Council and its partners respond to issues such as food poverty and hardship.

Barking and Dagenham Council is continuing to ensure the safety of young people and last week ran an underage test purchase operation for the selling of vapes.

There were jubilant scenes across Barking and Dagenham today as A-Level students collected their results. 

Parents and businesses are being warned about the dangers of cheap, unsafe toys currently flooding the UK marketplace.

A Dagenham shop, which had been selling illegal cigarettes, has had over 5,000 removed after they were spotted by a council Trading Standards officer. 

For the second time in a couple of months, Barking and Dagenham Council has moved on a group of individuals who were causing antisocial behaviour underneath Ripple Road fly-over.

The tricolour of the Indian flag were raised outside Barking Town Hall on Monday 15 August at 11am.

Trading Standards Officers from Barking and Dagenham Council carried out an operation to ensure that local businesses were not selling alcohol to young people last week. 

Barking and Dagenham Council marked Pakistan Independence Day by raising the Pakistan flag on Friday 12 August.