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Online safety and identifying safe and unsafe places in the borough were just some of the key topics discussed at the 2025 Youth Safety Summit, held on Wednesday 2 July.
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.
Nominations for this year’s Women’s Empowerment Month Awards are set to close at the end of January – so hurry up and help shine a spotlight on an unsung hero.
Barking and Dagenham Council is encouraging community and voluntary organisations to apply for funding to help with their work to reduce crime and improve community safety in the borough.
In the lead up to Christmas, Barking and Dagenham Council’s Trading Standards Officers raided several shops across the borough and seized thousands of illegal cigarettes and medicines that were being sold to local people.
Back in the Spring, Barking and Dagenham Council Park Rangers asked residents to show off their photography skills, for a local environment photo competition called ‘Wild and Free’.
A vehicle owner has been ordered to pay more than £1,500 for failing to provide details of the driver of her car who was caught dropping a cigarette by Barking and Dagenham Council enforcement officers.
Barking and Dagenham’s community and faith organisations Al Madina Mosque, Humdum and Kingsley Hall have each been honoured with a Queen’s Award for outstanding voluntary services.
The Trading Standards team at Barking and Dagenham Council has received their second prestigious award within a month as they were named Outstanding Team of the Year at the virtual London Trading Standards Awards.
