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Dagenham and Rainham MP Jon Cruddas on 21 years of service

Jon Cruddas, MP for Dagenham and Rainham, recently announced he is due to step down at the next general election

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With 21 years in the job under his belt, it perhaps should come as no shock when the Dagenham and Rainham MP Jon Cruddas announced he will be stepping down at the next general election.

A sample of the polio vaccine

Polio: Symptoms, vaccines and what you need to know

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Vladimir Coufal and Lukasz Fabianski met staff at Queen's Hospital

West Ham United

Hammers stars surprise hospital patients and staff

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Hit and run at cricket club in Brentwood Road

Item thrown from A13 bridge smashes windscreen and injures driver

Chantelle Billson

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A sample of the polio vaccine

Health Care

Young children in east London to be offered polio booster jabs

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The warning follows a heatwave from earlier this year, when fires broke out across the UK

London Weather

Met Office issues weather warning as temperatures expected to soar

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The fire in Dagenham was one of many that broke out on July 19, the warmest UK day on record

Dagenham fire families receive thousands in donated cash

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The dogs were kept in "terrible" conditions, Barking and Dagenham Council said

Illegal Dagenham puppy farm owners sentenced

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A meteor during the Perseid meteor shower seen over Happisburgh lighthouse, Norfolk.

Skygazing

Biggest 'shooting star' meteor shower to peak this week

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Embargoed to 2230 Monday August 8 Conservative Party leadership candidate Liz Truss plays table tenn

Liz Truss visits Dagenham youth centre on Tory leadership campaign trail

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A Westminster City Council worker uses an Aqua Fortis or 'Gumbuster' which are now being used by cou

Councils get cash to tackle chewing gum on high streets

Michael Cox

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A Met Police vehicle

Metropolitan Police

Hundreds of children strip searched by Met Police

André Langlois

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Thames Chase in August. Picture: Thames Chase

Forests between Dagenham and Brentwood to be improved with £40m fund

Chantelle Billson

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'Risk of injury' - Aldi recalls product due to safety fears

Owen Sennitt

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A modern home with an extension being built

Personal Finance | Promotion

OPINION: Using equity release for home improvements

Peter Sharkey

Isla with parents Nicola and Michael. Picture: KEN MEARS

'Extremely hard': Mum donates Isla Caton's toys to charities

Chantelle Billson

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Kittens

Kittens dumped in Barking 'like rubbish' in 35C heatwave

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Scammers stock photo.

'Hello Mum' - WhatsApp scammers posing as children steal over £1.5m

Owen Sennitt

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London Assembly member Sian Berry and mayor Sadiq Khan

Environment News

Legal challenge over Met Police access to ULEZ cameras

André Langlois

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Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Steve Barclay, arrives for a cabinet meeting at 10 Dow

NHS

Health secretary on new Whipps Cross Hospital and NHS staff retention

Michael Cox

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Darren Rodwell waves the chequered flag on the Chequers Lane scheme with Michael Westbrook (left) and Kevin Parsons (right)

Housing News

'Affordable' Dagenham housing scheme completed

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Some of the east London offenders who were jailed in July 2022

London Live News

Jailed: Eight east London offenders locked up in July

Andrew Brookes

Dagenham and Rainham Labour MP Jon Cruddas. Picture: HM Government.

Dagenham and Rainham MP Jon Cruddas to step down at next general election

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Barking Adult College, Ripple Road

Mother queries inaction over NHS referral prior to daughter's death

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Nick Gardner and Mark Hewett

'Superhero' refuse workers come to family's aid during house fire

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Nursery winners of the Rush Green Primary School flower show

Dagenham primary crowns winners of school flower show

Karim Camara

Harry Page, 24, of Hedgemans Road, Dagenham

London Live News

Jailed: Man set woman's family home on fire after campaign of harassment

Andrew Brookes

A file image of an Overground train. Picture: Fiona Hanson/PA Archive

London Live News

No service to be on London Overground due to strikes

Andrew Brookes

London’s fire chief has called for a “total ban” on disposable barbecues

London Live News

London fire chief calls for a ‘total ban’ on disposable barbecues

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Queen's Hospital

London Live News

Covid patient numbers begin to fall after sharp rise throughout July

Andrew Brookes