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Barking and Dagenham Council is alerting Londoners of an ongoing scam purporting to come from the council promising people access to properties in the borough.

The freeholders to a block of maisonettes have been ordered to pay more than £22,000 after failing to carry out repairs that left leaseholders and tenants living in “squalid and unsafe conditions”.

As part of EFG London Jazz Festival’s commitment to offering a programme of free and affordable events, the festival are hosting two weekends of entertainment in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham with the remarkable jam session Moment’s Notice, curated by George Nelson at The Wilds on Sunday 13th November and the unparalleled Lady Blackbird, who performs at the Broadway Theatre on Saturday 19th November.

The borough’s hugely popular Guy Fawkes Lantern Parade returns this year with lots more free family fun and an award-winning laser lightshow to brighten up the winter night.

In a continued effort to reduce antisocial behaviour in the borough, Barking and Dagenham Council has been involved in another joint operation with the police.

Barking and Dagenham Council is encouraging residents to keep an eye on their elderly friends and family after several residents got caught out by a mail scam.

A Barking business has been found guilty in court for failing to comply with food hygiene legislation.

Barking and Dagenham council is keen to hear residents’ views and opinions on its draft Inclusive Growth Strategy – its plan for people and places as the borough continues to grow.

Parents and pupils were treated to a host of healthy food stalls at Manor Junior School’s Taste Festival.