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Community members in Havering, Barking, and Dagenham are uniting to support patients at Queen’s Hospital Romford’s Palliative Care Unit by creating knitted and crocheted keepsakes, fostering compassion, and offering comfort during difficult times.
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Jaidee Bingham, 18, known by the street name Ghost, was just 16 when he and two teenage girls carried out the savage assault that left Anthony Marks, 51, dead. Bingham, of Merrielands Crescent, Dagenham, was found guilty of murder at the Old Bailey on Thursday, 30 October.
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A man in his 20s was taken to hospital following a fight on Dagenham Heathway this afternoon. A 26 year
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Parts of Dagenham Heathway closed due to an incident.
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Two men have been found guilty of murdering 23-year-old Haseeb Bhatti in Dagenham, after detectives painstakingly reviewed hundreds of hours of CCTV to track them down.
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The fight against crime, particularly violent crime, is a key priority for me locally and nationally. Society can’t be at ease with itself unless we feel safe on our streets and in our homes.
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A man in his 20s has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed in Dagenham late on Monday night. Police are appealing for witnesses.
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A Government decision to provide an extra over half a million in funding for the London Fire Brigade to improve
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The Member of Parliament for Dagenham and Rainham has saved Dagenham Police Station front counter from closure.
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I called for a thorough review of the way government grants to councils was distributed. Basically, I wanted a fair funding review,
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Margaret Mullane, the Member of Parliament for Dagenham and Rainham, has welcomed the announcement of new powers in Labour’s Sentencing Bill, which will incorporate the key policies outlined in Amanda Martin MPs Theft of Tools of Trade (Sentencing) Bill, which was co-sponsored by the Dagenham and Rainham MP.
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Back in March Margaret Mullane MP, the Member of Parliament for Dagenham and Rainham, joined Barking and Dagenham Council as they launched a campaign calling for step-free access at Dagenham East station. The campaign has been steadily growing and as the deadline for a decision draws closer, the Labour MP for Dagenham and Rainham is urging all residents who haven’t yet signed the petition to get behind the campaign and add their support.
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Margaret Mullane, the Member of Parliament for Dagenham and Rainham, has given her strong support for an initiative launched by Government Health Secretary, Wes Streeting.
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A man remains in a life threatening condition after being assaulted on Shafter Road/ Rainham Road, yesterday morning. The incident took place just before 9am, as the road remained closed for the most part of the day.
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Just over a year ago was the proudest moment of my life when I was elected to serve as the MP for Dagenham and Rainham, the constituency I was brought up and went to school in and where I have worked my whole working life.
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Dagenham and Rainham has a proud service history and that is why on days like today we must honour those that went before, on whose sacrifices our freedoms were built.”
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Last week over 50 local businesses across Dagenham have taken petitions and posters, joining the campaign launched by Margaret Mullane MP to save the front counter at Dagenham Police Station. With over 500 signatures in the first week, the Labour MPs campaign is going from strength to strength.
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We are appealing for the owners of suspected stolen tools, which were recovered by officers in Dagenham, to come forward.
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Margaret Mullane MP exclusively told the Havering Daily: “We have been here before, in 2013 and 2017 Dagenham police station was under threat of closure, and it was the MP and local community who campaigned and saved it. I worked on those campaigns and will lead on this again.”
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After advocating hard on behalf of Saint Francis Hospice, the Dagenham and Rainham MP, Margaret Mullane- welcomed the announcement that families will see further improvements in end-of-life care as the Labour government releases £75 million for hospices to deliver major upgrades and enhancements to facilities.
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