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Father and son found guilty of Dagenham car park murder of John Avers

Bobby and Gary Ternent

London Live News

Andrew Brookes

A father and son from Barking have been convicted of murdering businessman John Avers after repeatedly running him over in a Dagenham supermarket car park.

Tania Cole of Hedgemans Road, Dagenham refused to tidy up her "unsightly" garden

London Live News

Dagenham woman forced to pay £1,000 over rotting waste in garden

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Cancer trial coming to Goodmayes hospital

King George Hospital

Updated number of unjabbed local hospital staff revealed as deadline looms

Daniel Gayne

Openreach engineer works on the new Full Fibre network at an exchange

Full fibre broadband rollout coming to Crouch End and Barking

Ben Lynch

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(L-R) Emile Zubkute, Victoria Spashett, Robert Clack Lower staff member Ellen Monk and Angel Omoregie

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School pupils back campaign urging parents to turn off engines

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Barking and Dagenham Council receives application to build beside chicken shop

London Live News

Homes under the Planner: Development that could be coming to the borough

Cash Boyle

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Eastbrook School representatives and pupils hold balloons spelling 'good' to celebrate the Ofsted rating

Ofsted praises progress of Dagenham school after inspection

Andrew Brookes

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GP services in the borough are 'below average'

Judicial review could 'stop GP surgery privatisation'

Stefania Di Cio

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OPINION: Improving levels of financial literacy is essential

Peter Sharkey

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Cllr Darren Rodwell with the Holocaust Memorial Day flag

Barking and Dagenham marks Holocaust Memorial Day

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Stephen Port victims clockwise from top left: Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth, Jack Taylor and Ant

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Coroner's report outlines concerns with Stephen Port murder investigations

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Our writer was told her mother was bed blocking. Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire.

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Covid patients numbers declining in east London hospitals

Andrew Brookes

File photo dated 29/10/21 of a care home resident holding hands with her daughter. The Government ha

Coronavirus

Care home visitor limits to be lifted next week

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A man wearing a face mask on Oxford Street, London, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns that coron

Coronavirus

Face coverings no longer mandatory indoors as England returns to Plan A

Casey Cooper-Fiske

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Barkingside Magistrates Court. Picture: Ken Mears

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Care provider taken to court by council in waste disposal dispute

Andrew Brookes

London's East End in the 60's

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Gallery: Hidden photos reveal London's East End in the 1960s

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Sharon Collins is Eastbury Community School's new executive headteacher

Education News

School's new headteacher on wellbeing and helping pupils realise potential

Amber Middleton

The Right Reverend Lynne Cullens at her consecration at St Paul's Cathedral

Start date revealed for next Bishop of Barking after consecration

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John Avers, 47, died in a car park in Whalebone Lane, Dagenham.

London Live News

'I just shut my eyes': Murder accused tells of moment he ran over victim

Emma Bartholomew

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Rainham Labour MP Jon Cruddas said Cllr White had been let off on "a technicality" and that the outc

There With You This Winter

MP: 'Thousands face fuel poverty with energy price cap rises'

Daniel Gayne

A ballot box on election day

Elections

Have your say on the proposed east London constituency boundary changes

Andrew Brookes

Great Mental Health Day 2022 is on January 28

Mental Health

Get involved in London's first Great Mental Health Day

André Langlois

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Queen Elizabeth II opening the Wolferton Pumping Station in Sandringham

The Queen Platinum Jubilee

Platinum Jubilee: Send us your stories and pictures with the Queen

Holly Chant

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A branch of Primark in Burnley, Lancashire, as around 400 jobs are set to be axed across fast fashio

Fake Dyson Airwrap and Primark baby toy among recent recalled items

Robbie Nichols

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Sphynx cat Yoda who went missing from Park Drive, Dagenham on Sunday (January 23)

London Live News | Updated

'He will not survive the cold': Family fear for missing Sphynx cat

Sally Patterson

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Tania Cole of Hedgemans Road, Dagenham refused to tidy up her "unsightly" garden

London Live News

Dagenham woman forced to pay £1,000 over rotting waste in garden

Sally Patterson

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Bobby and Gary Ternent

London Live News

Father and son found guilty of Dagenham car park murder of John Avers

Andrew Brookes

Eastbrook School representatives and pupils hold balloons spelling 'good' to celebrate the Ofsted rating

Ofsted praises progress of Dagenham school after inspection

Andrew Brookes

Barking and Dagenham Council receives application to build beside chicken shop

London Live News

Homes under the Planner: Development that could be coming to the borough

Cash Boyle

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Health Care

Young mother died after flying abroad for surgery, inquest hears

Charles Thomson

Colne House in Harts Lane, Barking

London Live News

Man sublet his council property in Barking while living in West Yorkshire

Andrew Brookes

A further man has been charged with connection with the murder of a Dagenham man

Fourth man charged with murder of Dagenham man Tomasz Waga

Cash Boyle

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Big Breakfast Café on Wood Lane, Dagenham has been taken to court by Barking and Dagenham Council

London Live News

Dagenham cafe fined almost £2k following waste disposal dispute

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News

Updated number of unjabbed local hospital staff revealed as deadline looms

Cancer trial coming to Goodmayes hospital

King George Hospital

Daniel Gayne

If they do not receive their first vaccine by February 3, they could lose their job at the beginning of April.

Openreach engineer works on the new Full Fibre network at an exchange

Full fibre broadband rollout coming to Crouch End and Barking

Ben Lynch

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Bobby and Gary Ternent

London Live News

Father and son found guilty of Dagenham car park murder of John Avers

Andrew Brookes

(L-R) Emile Zubkute, Victoria Spashett, Robert Clack Lower staff member Ellen Monk and Angel Omoregie

Air quality

School pupils back campaign urging parents to turn off engines

Michael Cox

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GP services in the borough are 'below average'

Judicial review could 'stop GP surgery privatisation'

Stefania Di Cio

Things to do

An afternoon you will remember: Alcohol-free comedy club returns to east London

The Sober IS Fun comedy night is being held in Bethnal Green at Backyard Comedy Club

Comedy

Mia Lyndon

The UK’s first-ever alcohol-free comedy club is returning for a night you will remember

London has countless vegan options to choose from this Veganuary

London Live News

Nine of London's best vegan restaurants to try this Veganuary

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London Live News

All aboard: Seven quirky houseboats to try this year in London

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Crick Crack Club storyteller Jan Blake

Theatre

Wassailing, Russian classical music and other things to do this weekend

Andrew Brookes

A yoga pose featured in Everyone Try Yoga: Finding Your Yoga Fit. Picture: PA Photo/Kyle Books.

London Live News

Dog-friendly yoga and other things to do in east London this weekend

Andrew Brookes

Sport

Dagenham & Redbridge rally to win at Weymouth

Paul McCallum netted for Dagenham & Redbridge at Weymouth

Match Report

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Dagenham & Redbridge came from behind to get their National League promotion bid back on track on Tuesday.

Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo has a shot blocked by West Ham's Craig Dawson

Dawson determined to see West Ham bounce back

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Dagenham & Redbridge captain Angelo Balanta is looking forward to the club's Celebrate Diversity Day

Balanta wants to put on a show at Daggers Celebrate Diversity Day

Lee Power

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West Ham United's Declan Rice during the Premier League match at Old Trafford

West Ham 'gutted' by Old Trafford defeat says captain Rice

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Dagenham & Redbridge manager Daryl McMahon looks on

McMahon 'really disappointed' to see Dagenham & Redbridge defeated by...

Lee Power

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Lifestyle

OPINION: Improving levels of financial literacy is essential

Financial literacy handwritten in the notepad.

Personal Finance | Promotion

Peter Sharkey

Financial literacy must become a core subject on the national curriculum, says finance expert Peter Sharkey.

London's East End in the 60's

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Gallery: Hidden photos reveal London's East End in the 1960s

Sally Patterson

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Eastbury Manor House in Eastbury Square, Barking, IG11 9SN, to re-open ASAP

London Live News

Eastbury Manor House to reopen 'as soon as possible'

Cash Boyle

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The beginning of the working day on blue Monday. Cup of tea, alarm clock and a note with the text Bl

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OPINION: How to maintain New Year's resolutions

Peter Sharkey

Wooden blocks with percentage sign and arrow up, financial growth, interest rate and mortgage rate i

Personal Finance | Promotion

OPINION: Do not underestimate inflation’s insidious effects

Peter Sharkey