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This year Barking and Dagenham has achieved first preference primary school placements in London.
Figures show that out of 3,038 applications, 2,924 (96.25 per cent) of placements have been offered their first preference, far exceeding the capital’s average of 87.92 per cent, and outperforming every other London borough.
In preparation for the upcoming ban on disposable vapes in June, Barking and Dagenham Council’s Trading Standards Team recently conducted targeted enforcement operations across the borough in coordination with other Councils as part of a London-wide crackdown.
The Leader of Barking and Dagenham Council, Cllr Darren Rodwell has today called for fairer funding for the borough following the publication of Ofsted’s inspection of its children’s services.
Following reports over the weekend that more than 150 schools in England have been identified as having a type of potentially dangerous concrete which has seen schools close, Barking and Dagenham Council is reassuring parents that none of its schools have been affected.
Dropping or throwing litter in a public place is a criminal offence under section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and carries a maximum fine of £2,500.
An unlicensed landlord has been ordered to pay back almost £15,000 in rent to his tenants after they were forced to live in “dangerous and disgusting conditions”.
Seventeen tennis courts across five parks in Barking and Dagenham are set to benefit from a cash injection of just over £400,00 which will breathe new life into the courts thanks to a partnership between the council and the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA).
A local hall in Chadwell Heath that has stood empty for 15 years will now be converted into a youth centre thanks to funding from the Government’s Youth Investment Fund.
A local hall in Chadwell Heath that has stood empty for 15 years will now be converted into a youth centre thanks to funding from the Government’s Youth Investment Fund.
