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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.
The Trading Standards team at Barking and Dagenham Council have launched an initiative to stamp out the sale of the illegal vapes and to prevent young people under 18 from buying them.
Residents of Barking and Dagenham who are interested in a career in the construction industry are being invited to get in touch with the Barking Riverside Innovation in Construction Centre (BRIC).
Two men who were previously employed as waste collection officers with Barking and Dagenham Council have been found guilty of fraud.
Both men appeared in Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday 27 October, to be sentenced for one joint count of Fraud by abuse of position, following an internal council investigation.
Barking and Dagenham Council is inviting residents to give their views on proposed changes to its working age Council Tax Support (CTS) scheme from 1 April 2024.
An investment company has been ordered to pay tens of thousands of pounds for illegally creating two flats above a shop without the required planning permission.
Barking and Dagenham Council has launched Inclusive Digital Zones at the two of its main libraries to help remove some of the barriers to digital technology many people with disabilities face.
The fostering team at Barking and Dagenham have won a prestigious Fostering Excellence Award, recognising their exceptional contributions to foster care.
Hate Crime is one thing Barking and Dagenham Council does not stand for and in its continued effort to reduce it in the borough, it is marking National Hate Crime Awareness Week.
