The selling of illicit tobacco and vapes is dangerous and last week, during a planned operation codenamed Operation CeCe, Trading Standards Officers from Barking and Dagenham Council took thousands of these illegal products off the streets.
The ground-breaking social housing scheme A House for Artists in Barking Town Centre is in the running for the prestigious RIBA Stirling Prize – the highest accolade in UK architecture.
A landlord who continued to adapt their property illegally despite warnings from the council has been found guilty of ignoring an Enforcement Notice from Barking and Dagenham Council to reduce the size of an outbuilding he had constructed.
The second round of Barking and Dagenham Council’s ‘Your Estate Your Call’ project is inviting residents of Ibscott, Highview House and John Burns Drive estates to have their say on improvements they’d like to see in their local area.
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.
