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Trading Standards officers carried out a series of coordinated enforcement raids on Saturday, 28 June, targeting multiple retail premises suspected of selling illicit tobacco and vape products.
Barking and Dagenham Trading Standards has seized almost 1,300 illegal vapes from local retailers in the two weeks following the introduction of a nationwide ban on single-use vapes, which came into effect on 1 June 2025.
A motorist from Ilford has been fined after failing to comply with a legal notice requiring him to identify the driver of a vehicle involved in a littering offence in Dagenham.
During February half term, Trading Standards Officers from Barking and Dagenham Council ran a two-day underage test purchasing operation alongside the Dagenham Safer Neighbourhood Police Team.
Staff and students at The Adult College, Barking and Dagenham are celebrating following the publication of its latest Ofsted inspection report – which graded it ‘good’ and says it “fosters the belief in residents that they can lift themselves up and improve their lives through education”.
A vulnerable council tenant in Barking and Dagenham has handed their keys back to the council and agreed to live in supported accommodation after their property had been taken over by drug users.
Access to affordable lending through Barking and Dagenham Money’s (BD Money) partnership with Leeds Credit Union has supported residents who may have otherwise used an unreliable high-cost lender or loan shark.
Barking and Dagenham Council’s Activate Volunteering Fund returns for a second round, making a £7,000 funding pot available to local residents in a bid to create more volunteering opportunities across the borough.
The east London council is inviting residents and private landlords to have their say on the future of property licensing schemes in Barking and Dagenham with the aim of improving the quality of private rented homes.
Today 15th February 2024 New Town Culture, the pioneering curatorial programme based within Barking and Dagenham Council announces an ambitious new artistic programme for 2024, including the new Women’s Museum opening with its first exhibition on International Women’s Day, Friday 8 March 2024.
