News for the community, by the community.
Dagenham and Rainham Labour candidate supports ‘Time to Talk’ movement.
1 in 4 people will experience a mental health issue of some kind every year in England, yet despite the progress on public understanding there is still stigma attached to many conditions which can prevent people from seeking help.
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A child was rushed to hospital yesterday morning after falling from a window in Dagenham. The child is believed to have fallen from a first floor window.
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Labour’s Prospective parliamentary candidate for Dagenham and Rainham, Margaret Mullane took part in the Knife Crime Awareness Event last week
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Detectives have charged two teenagers after a man was stabbed and shot in Whalebone Lane South, Dagenham two weeks ago.
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The impactful event, titled “You Should Have Been Here,” took place on Wednesday 8th May at the M&B Sports and Social Club in Dagenham
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We need more police on our streets, fewer tower blocks that ruin our neighbourhoods, and policies that protect the economy from Labour’s dangerous high-tax plans.”
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You really don’t have to be a qualified accountant or an expert on local government to know that something is radically wrong with the system that funds local councils’ services. It feels and in fact is, broken.
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The Ben Kinsella Trust, a leading charity tackling knife crime in the UK, is thrilled to
announce a unique knife crime awareness event entirely designed and hosted by young
people from Barking and Dagenham.
Detectives investigating a shooting in Dagenham are appealing for anyone with information or footage to come forward.
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Officers undertook a stop and search on a vehicle near Bateman Close and as a result, two knives were removed.
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In Dagenham, a 19-year-old man was found with life-threatening stab wounds, shortly after reports of gunfire in the area. The Metropolitan Police responded swiftly, and a suspect has been taken into custody. The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is urged to contact the authorities.
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Analysis by the House of Commons library for Labour shows that there has been a rise of 792 people in Dagenham and Rainham claiming Universal Credit for health reasons over the last year.
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The team contacted c2c concerning heavy littering and lack of maintenance of the waste ground to the side of the London bound platform at the station. They also reported problems being encountered by drivers to the station coming to drop off or collect people.
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The latest official figures show a jump in the number of people unemployed and claiming benefit in Dagenham and Rainham. The number of people in the constituency who are unemployed and in receipt of related unemployment benefits stood at 4,605 in March 2024.
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Pouya Akhbari, a locum trauma and orthopaedic consultant at Barking,Havering and Redbridge University Hospital Trust, completed the London Marathon on Sunday 21 April to raise funds for King George and Queen’s Hospitals Charity.
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As new figures show Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan could see over 650,000 good new jobs created across every part of the country, parliamentary candidate Margaret Mullane has said Labour is ‘laser-focused’ on the issues that matter to local people, bringing well-paid, high quality jobs into the community.
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A murder investigation has been launched after another man was fatally stabbed in Dagenham in the early hours of Saturday 20 April.
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A serial burglar who targeted properties across east London on Christmas Day has been jailed for six years.
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Labour Parliamentary Prospective Candidate for Dagenham and Rainham, Margaret Mullane’s saw that the grassed amenity area close to the Rainham library was badly overgrown. This piece of land bears the memorial to a tragic event in Rainham’s history.
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Police officers in Barking have secured the Heenan and Bateman Close closure order extension, granted for an additional three months. This is good news for the area and is a result of the joint working between police and local authority colleagues.
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