The venue at Parsloes Park will benefit from the huge investment and the Parklife Project will offer high quality, accessible and affordable football and fitness.

Barking and Dagenham council has stepped up the fight against grime crime in the borough, by launching an innovative new video series identifying culprits who have been illegally dumping waste.

As teenagers around the country nervously await their A-level results next week, students who have yet to decide on their future can still apply to complete a degree course at CU London, Dagenham – the borough’s only university campus.

Forget Crimewatch - Barking and Dagenham residents can now help catch offenders and clean up the borough as the council’s enforcement team clamp down on fly-tipping across the borough.

The Young People’s Laureate for London Tour 2018 is coming to Barking this month, offering residents aged 13 to 25 the opportunity to develop their creative talents and poetry skills.

Street Tag is back and it’s bigger and better than before, with several new parks now included in the game that turns the pavement into a giant competition.

There will be the chance to learn how to be a coffee barista, become a photographer or try your luck at yoga with the latest round of free events from Every One Every Day.

Early figures show 65 per cent of pupils met the standard for reading, writing and maths –the national average for England of 64 per cent.

Barking and Dagenham Council will be parading a float for the first time as they celebrate this year’s Pride in London Parade.

Barking and Dagenham’s historic Future Youth Zone has taken another big step towards completion as the internal features are now being fitted ahead of the official unveiling.

The iconic development in Parsloes Park is starting to catch the eye of a number of residents and excitement is now growing as the building starts to take shape.

The venue, being developed by the national charity OnSide, is currently being fitted with stairs, walls and floors ahead of the big opening in Spring 2019.