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Scott and his mum, Dorothy Lilian Steptoe

‘Brutal’ family secret discovered during research for Dagenham book

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Elise Blake (left) backstage with actress Imelda Staunton at the Chichester Festival Theatre

Dagenham’s Matilda star Elise Blake, 10, adds Imelda Staunton to her...

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A still from a home video of a family Christmas party in the borough in 1964. Source: Barking and Da

Home videos to make up London’s bigger picture in cultural film project

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Gemma Arterton pictured at a photocall for Made in Dagenham, at the Adelphi Theatre in London.

Made in Dagenham musical ‘ignores the real fight for equality’

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Keith Dorrington was ordered to pay �800 at Snaresbrook Crown Court today after pornographic images

Dad-of-two spared jail after Dagenham Ford bosses find animal porn on...

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The boarded up house with burnt possessions outside on Ivyhouse Road, Dagenham

Neighbour tackles Dagenham house blaze during fire brigade strikes

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London Ambulance Services attended an address in Bramston Close, Hainault, after there were reports

Barking and Dagenham ambulance times ‘worst in London’

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Jamie West, left, and Ross Galvin

Dagenham funeral firm West and Coe launches £10k Movember appeal

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Kim Smith (centre) holding the cross she will erect. Her three great-uncles (Clockwise from top left

Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day: Tragic tale of three Barking First World War veterans...

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Students in a martial arts class at the school

Dagenham language school helps children ‘know their roots’ while feeling...

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