The Golden Fish in Becontree Avenue says it is still having issues with day drinkers and drug users - with one even threatening to burn the ...

Abula Spot in East Street, Barking, has applied for a premises licence to sell alcohol and provide entertainment until 1.30am on weekends and ...

Jasper Wharf, a 29-storey tower in Barking’s Abbey Quay, will welcome its first residents next summer, Weston Homes was revealed.

Plans for a six-bed house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Barking are among this week's applications sent to Barking and Dagenham Council. The proposal seeks to convert 31 Alfreds Gardens, Barking, ...

Three Labour councillors in Barking and Dagenham have defected to the Green Party. Councillors Moin Quadri, Victoria Hornby and Faruk Choudhury announced they had left Labour for the Greens on ...

A man in his 30s has died after entering the River Thames near Barking Riverside. Emergency services were called around 6.30pm on Monday (September 15) near Barking Riverside Pier. The man was found ...

A woman drowned in the bath after allegedly drinking alcohol to excess, an inquest heard. At East London Coroner’s Court on Tuesday, September 16, an inquest was opened into the death of Deimante ...

Up to 200 e-bikes are expected to launch in Barking and Barking Riverside as part of a pilot programme by Swedish micromobility company Voi, having signed a memorandum of understanding with Barking ...

Barking and Dagenham has been chosen as one of the first areas for a "transformational" new NHS programme bringing health, social ...

Virginie de Selliers said she was ‘horrified’ at how her daughter had been characterised in court and in the media.

Angela Rayner stood down from her roles as deputy prime minister, housing secretary, and Labour deputy leader in a row over tax paid on her seaside home, and Lord Peter Mandelson was sacked as ...

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