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Brock Whiston, a Paralympic champion from Romford, has been selected for Team England’s para-swimming squad at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, highlighting her achievements and inspiring young athletes.
A charity football match featuring KSI and Andy Carroll will take place on 10 May at Victoria Road, raising funds for Mind in Havering. It’s a community-focused event expected to attract significant attendance. Tickets are on sale now.
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March was the busiest month on record for emergency care departments in Redbridge and Havering hospitals, the NHS says, writes
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A major policing operation at Barking Train Station delivered a strong show of force and reassurance for commuters during peak travel times on Thursday 18 December, as officers joined forces to crack down on crime across the transport network.
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Proactive work by police officers in Barking has seen them shut down a large cannabis factory.
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Barking Town Centre officers have arrested two male juveniles who were found yesterday ( 16 October) in possession of the firearm (below) and balaclavas.
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Kai Hazell, 22, of Alibon Road, Dagenham has been charged with two counts of possession of an offensive weapon and common assault of an emergency worker
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An officer has been injured today after a chasing down a man armed with two knives.
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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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East Area Violence Suppression have charged a 15 year old male after he was found in possession of a knife.
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East Area Violence Suppression Officers remove gun from the Barking streets.
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East Area Police Officers join in community events across the three boroughs.
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16 year old boy arrested after after being found with a machete concealed in his trouser waistband.
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The Daniel Baird Bleed Unit donated by the Ricky Hayden Memorial was vandalised by yobs and left with the lock smashed the door hanging off.
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Dagenham man jailed after sexually harassing 13 year old girl on her way home from school.
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The Met Police have released a statement following the HMICFRS report into the Stephen Port murders in Barking. We accept
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Three men have been jailed for raping a woman in Barking following an investigation by the Met’s Rape and Serious
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Well done to Eastbrook School who now have their first young Mayor for Barking and Dagenham. Regina Pamba was elected
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A child has sadly died in a flat fire in Barking in the early hours of this morning. A three-roomed
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A man has been taken to hospital after being stabbed on the Gascoigne Estate in Barking this afternoon. It was
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