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A home Office-led operation has resulted in a shop in Dagenham losing its licence after multiple contraventions were uncovered.

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Two leisure centres in Barking and Dagenham have undergone extensive gym upgrades worth £850,000, marking a significant enhancement to the borough's fitness infrastructure.

Barking and Dagenham Council and the Metropolitan Police Service are aware that residents are currently facing with anti-social behaviour, the cost of living and other worrying factors.

Barking and Dagenham Council will be introducing a new Selective Licensing Scheme to improve the management and quality of private rental homes across the borough.

A routine inspection by Barking and Dagenham Council’s Trading Standards Officers has resulted in a local shop being found guilty at court and ordered to pay thousands.

In today’s announcement (30 December) from the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson MP, we discovered that Barking and Dagenham is on a list which means our primary schools will only be open to children with a social worker and children of key workers on Monday 4 January. 21 other London boroughs are also on this list which appears to be based on case rates.

Barking and Dagenham Council is seeking the help of residents and motorists to help identify a man who was captured on CCTV causing damage worth tens of thousands of pounds to glass frontage at the Becontree Leisure Centre in Dagenham.

The incident, which was captured on CCTV took place between 3.30 and 4am on the morning of Monday 21 December.

I am appealing to residents and also motorists who may have been driving past at the time and witnessed this dastardly act, or to anyone who may recognise the suspect to please get in touch.

The Leader of Barking and Dagenham Council, Cllr Darren Rodwell, was on hand to help Youth League UK, a local charity working to support disadvantaged young people and their families in the borough.

 

Youth League UK launched a Christmas food distribution project for vulnerable families at risk of hunger and starvation. Cllr Rodwell, was in attendance to assist at the launch event along with Youth League UK’s Programme Manager John Wainaina, at the Attik Youth and Community centre in Dagenham Heathway.

 

Residents of Barking and Dagenham and their families with or without Covid-19 symptoms will be able to get a test on a number of sites across the borough and at a time to suit them.

The council has prioritised increased testing for its residents over the holiday period by ensuring there are a number of testing facilities across the borough, so people do not have to go far from home to get tested.