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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.
Barking and Dagenham Council has welcomed the news that local residents and visitors to Barking Riverside will soon benefit from quicker and easier journeys with the confirmation that Barking Riverside will become the capital’s newest railway station this summer – ahead of schedule.
Havering Council in partnership with Barking and Dagenham and Redbridge is hosting a special tri-borough 'Meet the Buyer' event for local businesses at CEME.
Anyone who lives, works, or travels through Barking and Dagenham is encouraged to give their views to Transport for London (TfL) on plans to expand the ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ).
History was made last Wednesday as the ground-breaking ceremony for the film studio in Barking and Dagenham signalled the beginning of building works for the project.
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has received a favourable judgement from the High Court after it ruled in favour of the local authority in an appeal where a knife was sold to an individual who was under the age of 18.
A property manager who illegally converted two family homes into eight flats without permission has been given three months to stump up £73,850 – or face nine months behind bars.
Muhammad Saeed Baig, 59, of Hathaway Gardens, Chadwell Heath, was responsible for the management of two adjoining houses in Whalebone Lane South, Dagenham, which had been purchased by his relative in 2017.
To support the valuable contribution that unpaid carers make to health and social care services, Barking and Dagenham Council has launched a Carers Charter to coincide with this year’s Carers Week.
Informal carers make up a large proportion of the population in the borough, with around 23,000 of our residents providing care for someone. However, many of these are ‘hidden carers’ are not known to support services or registered for any support.
