Thousands of the borough’s Muslims hoping to make a pilgrimage to Mecca are being warned about possible scams by Barking and Dagenham Council ahead of the annual religious tradition.

Earlier this month, a judge found a business in Barking guilty for allowing its customers to smoke Shisha inside the premises.

Did you know that an estimated £1.7 billion is left unclaimed by around 800,000 thousand pensioners who are missing out on their Pension Credit?

Barking and Dagenham Council has welcomed the news that local residents and visitors to Barking Riverside will soon benefit from quicker and easier journeys with the confirmation that Barking Riverside will become the capital’s newest railway station this summer – ahead of schedule.  

Havering Council in partnership with Barking and Dagenham and Redbridge is hosting a special tri-borough 'Meet the Buyer' event for local businesses at CEME.

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has received a favourable judgement from the High Court after it ruled in favour of the local authority in an appeal where a knife was sold to an individual who was under the age of 18.

Anyone who lives, works, or travels through Barking and Dagenham is encouraged to give their views to Transport for London (TfL) on plans to expand the ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ).

History was made last Wednesday as the ground-breaking ceremony for the film studio in Barking and Dagenham signalled the beginning of building works for the project.

More than 20,000 people enjoyed a weekend of free entertainment in the borough to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.

A property manager who illegally converted two family homes into eight flats without permission has been given three months to stump up £73,850 – or face nine months behind bars. 

 

Muhammad Saeed Baig, 59, of Hathaway Gardens, Chadwell Heath, was responsible for the management of two adjoining houses in Whalebone Lane South, Dagenham, which had been purchased by his relative in 2017.