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Coronavirus | Opinion

Dame Margaret Hodge MP, Barking

Happy New Year! 2021 has certainly delivered us new hope, yet also delivered difficult challenges too. New hope because of the rollout of a vaccine this winter to protect the most vulnerable against Covid-19. The vaccine offers us a clear...

Business

Rishi Sunak urged to do more for Barking and Dagenham's small businesses

Jon King

Coronavirus

GPs roll up their sleeves to support colleagues at Queen's Hospital

Roy Chacko

Coronavirus

Council admits there is a 'long way to go' before 'cracking' the virus

Jon King

Coronavirus

Don't get caught out by Covid jab scammers, warns council

Andrew Brookes

Charity News

I feel privileged to be able to contribute to Saint Francis Hospice as a...

Ranjita Sen, Saint Francis Hospice trustee

Travel

Station Parade traffic curbs get green light

Jon King

Coronavirus

New Covid test site opening in Barking this weekend

Andrew Brookes

Charity News | Interview

Becontree charity making the most of tech to keep supporting young people

Cash Boyle

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Planning Applications Near Me

Coronavirus

This is what the police and council are doing to enforce lockdown rules

Andrew Brookes

Coronavirus

More than half of people in Barking and Dagenham may have had Covid...

Jon King

Drug and alcohol abuse by Barking and Dagenham parents and children soars

Tom Ambrose

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Queen's Hospital

Critical care beds 90pc full as hospital deals with record surge

Charles Thomson

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Metropolitan Police

Appeal to find witness who comforted woman hit by a car in Barking

Jon King

Charity News

Lifeline Projects receives funding boost to help young people across...

Cash Boyle

Education News

Havering and Barking and Dagenham parents 'outraged' at poor quality...

Adriana Elgueta

Crime

Appeal after shots fired at house in Dagenham

Jon King

Education

Pressure on government to provide laptops for infant lockdown learning

Andrew Brookes

Heritage

Public invited to quiz archaeologists on Marks Gate dig

Jon King

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Welcome to our new website

Lindsay Jones, Editor

More than 100 Covid dead at Queen's and King George this week

Tom Ambrose

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'Give us Covid vaccine priority', say leaders of badly affected boroughs

Rachael Burford, Local Democracy Reporter

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Transport for London

Four deaths on Barking and Dagenham's roads in 2019, latest figures show

Jon King

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There's light at the end of the tunnel - but for now embrace lockdown life

Rebecca MacNaughton

Match Report

West Ham beat Burnley with early Antonio effort

Steve Blowers

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Town hall to decide on bid for Dagenham freeport

Jon King

Environment News | Updated

Sonic boom heard across east London, Essex and Cambridge

Adriana Elgueta

Coronavirus

Warning over 'blatant' lockdown breaches after Dagenham house party

Andrew Brookes

Queen's Hospital

Centre set to open at Queen's Hospital in bid to reduce ambulance...

Michael Cox

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I feel privileged to be able to contribute to Saint Francis Hospice as a trustee

Charity News

Ranjita Sen, Saint Francis Hospice trustee

My involvement with the hospice in Havering-atte-Bower came about quite effortlessly at a time when I had been thinking about how I could get involved with a local voluntary setting. I’d always been involved in some form of charity or...

Coronavirus | Opinion

Health workers are all heroes

Dame Margaret Hodge MP, Barking

Travel

Station Parade traffic curbs get green light

Jon King

Coronavirus

Council admits there is a 'long way to go' before 'cracking' the virus

Jon King

Drug and alcohol abuse by Barking and Dagenham parents and children soars

Tom Ambrose

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Artistic director voices hope for 2021 as latest plays launch

People

Jon King

An artistic director has said she is hopeful audiences will return to live theatre in 2021 at the launch of a series of plays just for east Londoners. Nadia Fall was speaking as Theatre Royal Stratford East released four free online...

Art and design students ‘share the love’ for national colleges week

Andrew Brookes

Disney on Ice presents Magical Ice Festival at Wembley

Michael Adkins

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Cauldron Foods Comedy Night Dispels Vegan Myths

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Barking spoken word and open-mic night back for 2020 to grow platform...

Luke Acton

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Sport

West Ham beat Burnley with early Antonio effort

Match Report

Steve Blowers

Heading into mid-January, the Hammers certainly do not look like coming down with the Christmas decorations following this valiant victory over battling Burnley. Making it a Deadly Dozen since Project Restart, Michail Antonio’s fourth goal of...

Match Report

Sutton send Daggers out of FA Trophy

Lee Power

Leyton Orient

Leyton Orient sign Dan Kemp on a permanent deal from West Ham United

Jacob Ranson

West Ham United

Former West Ham boss Beard takes over at Bristol City

Josh Bunting

Dagenham & Redbridge FC

Joey Jones could be back in contention for Dagenham for FA Trophy trip

Jacob Ranson

Lifestyle

Kenneth More CBE - through the 60s and beyond

Missing People

Cash Boyle

A number of lifetimes poured into one well-lived life. Most will have heard of Kenneth More CBE, and many will be familiar with the Ilford theatre that bears his name. More, Please!, recently-released by Nick Pourgourides, fills whatever...

People

Who was Kenneth More? A journey into the life of the much-loved actor

Cash Boyle

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Eat well to stay well is the favourite recipe to your weight loss success

Sophie Stainthorpe

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COVID-19 vaccines hold the key to the road back towards normality

Sophie Stainthorpe

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Get set now to do business when the UK’s trading with the EU changes on...

Sophie Stainthorpe

Health workers are all heroes

Rishi Sunak urged to do more for Barking and Dagenham's small businesses

GPs roll up their sleeves to support colleagues at Queen's Hospital

Council admits there is a 'long way to go' before 'cracking' the virus

Don't get caught out by Covid jab scammers, warns council

I feel privileged to be able to contribute to Saint Francis Hospice as a...

Station Parade traffic curbs get green light

New Covid test site opening in Barking this weekend

Becontree charity making the most of tech to keep supporting young people

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This is what the police and council are doing to enforce lockdown rules

More than half of people in Barking and Dagenham may have had Covid...

Drug and alcohol abuse by Barking and Dagenham parents and children soars

Critical care beds 90pc full as hospital deals with record surge

Appeal to find witness who comforted woman hit by a car in Barking

Lifeline Projects receives funding boost to help young people across...

Havering and Barking and Dagenham parents 'outraged' at poor quality...

Appeal after shots fired at house in Dagenham

Pressure on government to provide laptops for infant lockdown learning

Public invited to quiz archaeologists on Marks Gate dig

Welcome to our new website

More than 100 Covid dead at Queen's and King George this week

'Give us Covid vaccine priority', say leaders of badly affected boroughs

Four deaths on Barking and Dagenham's roads in 2019, latest figures show

There's light at the end of the tunnel - but for now embrace lockdown life

West Ham beat Burnley with early Antonio effort

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Kenneth More CBE - through the 60s and beyond

Who was Kenneth More? A journey into the life of the much-loved actor

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