Barking and Dagenham will remember those who died in the line of duty and made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy, with a limited number of memorial services taking place across the borough from 7 to 11 November, including a special video which will be published on the council’s website and Facebook page.

Officers from Barking and Dagenham Council and the Crime and Enforcement Police Taskforce partnered up earlier this week for a day of action in Barking to address a number of issues.

The planned operation, which took place on Tuesday 20 October, saw council and police officers conduct a weapons sweep, visit businesses in response to COVID-19, engage with people sleeping rough and carried out a general patrol of Barking Town Centre.

Council enforcement officers have issued Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) to two businesses for repeatedly refusing to comply with the coronavirus rules put in place by the government. 

However, two local businesses have been caught not enforcing this despite being reminded on several occasions and have been fined £1000 each.

The Barking and Dagenham Lottery is celebrating three years this week of helping raise valuable funds for local charities and community organisations. 

During this time, the lottery has raised an incredible £60,705 for all the good causes that participate, which is done by selling lottery tickets to not only their supporters, but the wider community, for a chance to win cash prizes of up to £25,000!

Barking and Dagenham Council are pleased to announce that a series of important preliminary archaeological works have been underway. So, the historic moated enclosure in Valence Park can partially reopen in early 2021, will its full reopening in late 2021. Also known as the fishing lake, current work on this important medieval site in Valence Park is part of the first stage of wider ambitious plans for Valence House and Park, for which public consultation will be taking place in early 2021. 

Valence House Museum has been awarded £67,850 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help deal with the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future. 

 

His Worshipful, the Mayor of Barking and Dagenham, Councillor Peter Chand and the Leader of the Council, Cllr Darren Rodwell, planted a small friendship tree in Barking Park.

This special tree was planted to replace a tree that was originally planted by the German branch of the Barking and Dagenham Witten Club and by the Mayor of Witten, Sonja Leidemann for the residents of Barking and Dagenham in 2014.

After being closed for seven months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Valence House will be opening its doors once again. On 20 October, Valence House will be welcoming visitors back with a new-look visitor experience.

It’s always important to go down official lines when looking to make changes to your property as two home owners in Barking and Dagenham found out in recent weeks after their appeals were rejected.

Firstly, council enforcement officers received a complaint that a property located in Arnold Road, Dagenham was being used as a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without obtaining the correct planning permission. Following the complaint, a council enforcement officer visited the property in August 2019 and confirmed this was the case.

Pupils and staff at Dagenham Park CofE School are celebrating after receiving a prestigious Platinum Artsmark Award.



Artsmark is the only creative quality standard for schools, accredited by Arts Council England. It supports them to develop and celebrate arts and cultural education across the whole curriculum, bringing learning to life for children and young people.