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Fourteen households on the housing waiting list will now be able to move into their brand-new council homes as they got handed the keys for the new properties at Truscott House.

Truscott House in North Street, Barking, comprises of 14 homes - 12 one-bedroom terraced courtyard houses and two 2-bed wheelchair accessible homes. The homes are designed to a high standard with generous living space and are in close proximity to transport links and local amenities.

Eastbury Community School was, yesterday, awarded The Parliament Week of the Year Award for 2019.

UK Parliament Week took place from Monday 12 November and is an annual festival that engages people from across the UK with Parliament. 

During the week, the Politics Department at the school facilitated the following activities and all 1800 students and over 200 staff were invited to participate:

Barking Abbey girls football team, last week, played in the U18s ESFA National Schools Final for the third time in a row.

Up against Thomas Telford School, Telford the girls unfortunately went down 2-0 but can be incredibly proud of themselves.

Taking place at AFC Fylde’s stadium, Thomas Telford went 1-0 up just before half time before grabbing a second with around 10 minutes to go.

Barking Abbey had a number of good chances throughout the game but were unable to put the finishing touch to any of their moves.

Students from Gascoigne Primary School got their sweat on last Friday as ‘The Body Coach’ Joe Wicks came calling.

The TV and internet star visited the school as part of a project to see 10,000 children in schools across the country and go through a 20-minute workout with them.

Autism Awareness Week kicked off in Barking and Dagenham with a flag flying ceremony outside Barking Town Hall this morning.

Steve Dixon and supporters from the Sycamore Trust were joined by local councillors and members of the community for the event which launched the week.

Councillor Maureen Worby, Cabinet Member for Social Care and Health Integration, said: “I am really proud that we are supporting Autism Awareness Week, and long may it continue.

An exciting new community project is coming to Barking and Dagenham, with local people being invited to get together and create handmade flowers that express their personalities.

Flower Folk will see people from across the borough knitting flowers and making them out of plastic bottles. These will then be displayed during the whole Summer of Festivals programme, which is taking place from June to September this year.

An urban farming project that is set to appear at the Chelsea Flower Show 2019 will be coming to Barking and Dagenham later this year.

“Gardening Will Save The World” sees IKEA team up with British designer Tom Dixon to collaborate on a project that encourages city-dwellers to grow food locally.

The cutting-edge garden will be divided into two levels, with the lower garden featuring natural edibles and the raised level containing trees, flowers and plants with medicinal, health and environmental benefits.

A shop owner has been ordered to pay £3,275 and carry out 100 hours of unpaid work for selling counterfeit cigarettes and alcohol without a licence. 

During a routine inspection by the council's Trading Standards officers on Thursday 8 June 2017, Mr Jahangir Chowdhury, 51, from A1 Cash and Carry, 185 Broad Street, Dagenham RM10 9JD was found to have 600 counterfeit, smuggled cigarettes, 13 pouches of tobacco, and 43 other tobacco products. The tobacco products did not display correct health warnings and were not in standard packaging. 

Local pupils from Manor Junior School aged 7 to 11 helped to launch the Borough and Me homework competition by showcasing their creative talent at Barking Town Hall on Friday 29 March.

The competition asks students to think about the borough of the future and what they think would make it a great place to live in by putting their ideas in art form, ranging from town models and murals, to creative writing and poetry.

Residents are being asked to help identify fly-tippers as CCTV cameras show 14 people fly-tipping within the council’s latest CCTV Appeal film. 

 

The YouTube video series shows footage of people illegally dumping rubbish in fly tipping hotspots across the borough. The enviro-criminals are caught red-handed on CCTV cameras as they shamelessly dumped fridges, shelves, washing machines, sofas and more.