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Residents of Barking and Dagenham aged 25 and under interested in a career as a Dry Liner are being invited to find out more and to apply.

Rush Green Primary School in Dagenham raised £5,571.50 for Cancer Research UK at a Race for Life event last month.

Last weekend Barking and Dagenham Council’s free festival weekender was attended by over 16,000 residents as the One Borough Festival and the Roundhouse Music Festival came to Parsloes Park in Dagenham.

Almost two years after launching, Barking and Dagenham Council’s social value policy is proving public and private sectors can work together to benefit communities.

Residents can once again enjoy a host of free music on their doorstep as the ever-popular Roundhouse Music Festival returns to Parsloes Park in Dagenham this Sunday. 

The borough’s largest free festival returns this weekend – and everyone is invited to join in the family-friendly fun.

Residents in some homes near the fire are being evacuated by the emergency services. If they can, they are being asked to stay with friends and family tonight as much as possible.

The extension of London Overground to a brand-new station at the heart of Barking Riverside opens to residents today providing a new quicker, easier and sustainable journey options to this key regeneration area.

For the first-time ever by a local authority, a flag flying ceremony marking South Asian Heritage Month was flown above Barking Town Hall.

Young people from Barking and Dagenham have exhibited work they created as part of the Accelerate architecture programme.