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‘The Roding is sacred and has rights’: the hammer-wielding barrister fighting for London’s forgotten river

The unloved waterway that winds its way to the Thames has a staunch defender. Paul Powlesland has spent five years calling out polluters and keeping footpaths open – sometimes with the law, mostly with his bare hands

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Grayson Perry: ‘This lamp is a small monument to social housing’

The artist’s two-metre-wide illuminated artwork of a row of semi-detached houses can be viewed at Barking’s A House for Artists

The Independent UK

Mum spends £170 boiling kettles to wash her 4 kids after having no hot water for 12 days

Sarah Wedge, from Barking, east London, was forced to spent an extra £170 on boiling kettles to bathe her children amid soaring electricity costs when the hot water went off

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More than 500 illegal vapes aimed at children seized from shops in Barking

There are strict regulations surrounding vapes and nicotine products

Evening Standard

Watch as underground explosion rocks Barking

This was the scene after an underground explosion under the pavement outside a high street bank in Barking.

Evening Standard

Firefighters were called to a fire and explosion involving underground cabling on Station Parade in Barking

Firefighters were called to a fire and explosion involving underground cabling on Station Parade in Barking. There were no reports of any injuries. The Brigade’s 999 Control Officers took 17 calls to the incident. The Brigade was called at 1438 and the fire was under control by 1712. Three fire…

Evening Standard

White Labour MP hopeful said he had ‘worst tan possible for a black man’

Darren Rodwell, Barking and Dagenham council leader, selected to stand despite comments at Black History Month event

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Labour councillor who said he had “worst tan for a Black man” cleared of wrongdoing

Exclusive: Labour councillor Darren Rodwell sparked outrage with his comments at Black History Month event and had been subject of an investigation

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Labour probe after councillor jokes he has ‘worst tan for Black man’ at Black History Month event

“It is like watching a racist comedy show in the mid-1970s such as the ‘Black and White Minstrel Show’,” a complaint to Labour, seen by The Independent, reads.

The Independent UK

Barking council boss given nearly £10k in West Ham tickets after studio deal

Darren Rodwell denies conflict of interest and has invited disabled people and looked-after children to box at stadium

The Guardian - UK

Bus drivers to strike in dispute over pay

More than 2,000 London bus drivers are set to walk out next month in an indefinite strike in a row over pay. It will likely bring travel chaos to the bus network, leaving parts of north London without key services. The planned strike from October 4 affects Arriva drivers operating…

Evening Standard

Barking: Teenager stabbed outside flats in broad daylight

Police are trying to trace the attackers, while the boy remains in hospital

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Barking: Horror as man falls through collapsing footbridge onto railway

One local described the footbridge as being in a ‘horrible state’

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Coggeshall Town vs Barking LIVE: FA Cup team news, line-ups and more

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Heartbroken dad of Brit girl, 7, killed in speedboat crash ‘wishes he’d died instead’

Seven-year-old Jonada Avdia, from Barking, east London, died after police officer Arjan Tase allegedly hit her in his speedboat on the Potami beach in Himara, Southern Albania

The Independent UK

New Barking Overground station a ‘game changer’, says Sadiq Khan

The mayor officially opened the station on Monday morning in a ceremony attended by around 100 people.

Evening Standard

London Overground extension to Barking Riverside to open next week

The first extension to the London Overground in seven years will open next week, helping to transform a former industrial area into a new riverside district.

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Family of teenager gunned down in east London say death ‘left vacuum in our hearts’ as £20,000 reward offered to catch killers

David Adegbite, 18, was ambushed a shot dead in a Barking car in what police believe was a case of mistaken identity

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Barking Riverside London Overground extension set to open this summer, TfL confirms

The London Overground extension from Barking to Barking Riverside is set to open months ahead of schedule, TfL has confirmed.

Daily Mirror

Dad forced to eat 'old bread' so kids can have proper food amid cost of living crisis

Grocery shop worker Alain Miah, 52, has seen his rent go up and his shifts halved meaning he's struggling to support his wife and children, and is now having to visit foodbanks to get by

Evening Standard

Police launch appeal after aggravated burglary in Barking

Police have launched an appeal following an aggravated burglary in east London.

Daily Mirror

What happened to Britain's first council estate Becontree - 100 years on

A unique collaboration with film students at Barking and Dagenham College and Northern Heart Films, on Thursday night ‘Becontree: 100 Years’ opened the Romford Film Festival at the Premiere Cinema

Evening Standard

Buying a London property: the number of homes for sale now in every London borough

Struggling to find a home to buy? New data shows Wandsworth and Barnet have the most properties for sale right now, while Barking & Dagenham has the fewest.

Evening Standard

Horror as three people left injured following shooting, stabbing in Barking

Two people have been shot and a man stabbed after a horror incident in Barking on Monday morning.

Evening Standard

London elections 2022: Labour wins Barking and Dagenham once again

Londoners went to the polls in local elections on May 5. Joe Talora has the lowdown on the vote in the east London Labour stronghold

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