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Andrew Brookes

Reporter

Andrew is a general news reporter covering east London.

He mainly writes for the Newham Recorder and the Barking and Dagenham Post.

Dame Margaret Hodge drop-in event

Dame Margaret Hodge

Barking MP pushes for child poverty services under one roof

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Cllr Margaret Mullane, the council's cabinet member for enforcement and community safety. Picture: A

Retail

Businesses urged to comply with new food labelling law

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Travel

Major train disruption and cancellations through Barking via Rainham

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©2021 Andrew Baker.15th Sept 2021.Artist Tamara Froud with her artwork at Short Blue Place, Barkin

Heritage

Mosaic memorial to movie mogul’s former hall installed in Barking

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Stephen Port

Crime

Stephen Port victims' delayed inquest set to begin in Barking

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Chicken from Barking Halal Meat & Fish.

Barking and Dagenham Council

Butcher fined £40k for selling 'poor quality chicken'

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Indian food on a table.

Food and Drink

Indian restaurants in Barking and Dagenham, recommended by readers

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Scrattons Social Club & Community Hall

Hospitality Day

Barking and Dagenham's favourite cafe, pub and restaurant revealed

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The Balti Cottage in Goresbrook Road, Dagenham.

Barking and Dagenham Council

Restaurant ordered to pay £5k after 2019 fly-tipping offences

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Police have made an arrest in the murder investigation launched after a man was found dead in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

Knife Crime

Man in 50s stabbed in Barking

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