Scenes of celebration played out across the borough as students collected their GCSE results.

With just two weeks of the summer holidays left, there’s still plenty of time for families across Barking and Dagenham to make the most of things to do across the borough.

Following receiving reports, Barking and Dagenham Council, in partnership with the Home Office, and Metropolitan Police, devised a coordinated operation to disrupt the persistent anti-social behaviour happening at Wickes in Barking.