Barking and Dagenham will remember all those who died in the line of duty, making the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy today, with a number of memorial services taking place across the borough from 11 to 13 November.

Volunteers from the Ahmadiyya Muslim Elders Association in Barking have launched this year’s Poppy Appeal campaign at Barking Town Hall.

Six drivers have been found guilty at court after they were found illegally using Blue Badges on their vehicles by Barking and Dagenham Council enforcement officers.

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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.