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Roy Patient, the dedicated and well-liked Chair of Governors at Eastbury Community School, has sadly passed away at the age of 90.

Children and staff at Henry Green Primary School in Dagenham have collected a whopping 5,000 batteries in a bid to recycle them and prevent fires.

Barking and Dagenham Council has joined forces with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) as a Local Leadership Partner to elevate its support for local businesses.

A case that has gone on for 13 years has resulted in a Loughton landlord having to pay out tens of thousands of pounds for continuing to ignore enforcement notices.

A local business has pleaded guilty in court after ignoring requests from Barking and Dagenham Council enforcement officers to clear up their land.

In a bid to crack down on the sales of vapes to young people and prevent them from smoking, Barking and Dagenham Council has launched a Responsible Retailer scheme.

A new museum dedicated to women’s history and experience has opened in Barking in east London.

Over three quarters of young people in Barking and Dagenham will attend their first preference secondary school from September this year.

Barking and Dagenham Council have launched a community-led cookbook in a bid to support residents to cook tasty and nourishing low-cost, low energy meals from scratch.

During February half term, Trading Standards Officers from Barking and Dagenham Council ran a two-day underage test purchasing operation alongside the Dagenham Safer Neighbourhood Police Team.