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Barking and Dagenham Post: Motorbike seized from Dagenham park
A MOTORCYCLE being ridden illegally in Beam Valley Country Park was seized by police. To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. Bottom of Form It was confiscated under Operation Reclaim by Sgt James Browning of the Safer Parks team.
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Barking and Dagenham Recorder: Huge rise in burglary
BURGLARY in Barking and Dagenham has seen a huge rise in the past year, recent crime figures reveal. There were 2,431 reported burglaries up to March 2010 – an increase of 369 on the same period last year. But borough commander Chief Supt Matt Bell said
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Barking and Dagenham Post: Barking Park to get a new lease of life after £6m boost
THE £6million revamp of Barking Park has begun. The Longbridge Road open space unveiled in 1898 will get a new visitor centre and café, Mediterranean garden, new cycle routes, children s play area and skating facilities. Its derelict 1931 lido will be pa
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Barking and Dagenham Recorder: Drink drive killer jailed
AN UNINSURED drunk driver who killed two bright young students when he lost control and smashed into a house, has been jailed for eight years. Aloice Mburu, 24, was giving 19-year-old Tabitha Njenga and Perpetual Muchemi, 21, a lift home from a nightclub
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Barking and Dagenham Recorder: Barking and Dagenham's booze shame
ALCOHOL-fuelled fights and drunken accidents are responsible for thousands of hospital admissions each year with Barking and Dagenham having a higher number than most other boroughs. Findings published last week by the London Drink Debate suggest that alc
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Barking and Dagenham Recorder: New council homes for the summer
FAMILIES could be living in new homes this summer after contractors were chosen to build the borough s first council houses in more than 25 years. Mansell Partnership Housing will construct 31 three and four bedroom houses on the former Lintons site, Bar
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Barking and Dagenham Recorder: Ford factory film hits cinemas in October
MADE in Dagenham, the star-studded film being made of the Ford factory women s fight for equal pay, will be released in cinemas on October 1. Paramount Pictures UK made the announcement last week. The comedy-drama, which went under the working title of We
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Barking and Dagenham Recorder: East London Transit runs every six minutes
A £26MILLION bus route linking Barking and Dagenham Docks every six minutes has begun and is expected to ferry six million passengers a year. The new East London Transit (ELT) will also act as a catalyst to woo the first families to the 10,000-home, £1.
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Barking and Dagenham Recorder: MP's stay puts spotlight on 'forgotten village'
TOWN HALL chiefs are demanding the government review its legislation after the appalling state of the borough s council housing was highlighted on national television. In Tower Block of Commons, being aired on Channel 4 on Mondays, Liberal Democrat MP Mar
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Barking and Dagenham Recorder: Council tax freeze
COUNCIL tax will be frozen for the second year in a row but many residents will face a hike in rent, fees and charges. There will be an annual rise in tenant service charges of £10.92, heating and hot water will increase by £63.22 a year and garage rent w
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Barking and Dagenham Recorder: 'Mercy killing' mum guilty of murder
A DESPERATE mother who injected her severely brain-damaged son with a fatal dose of heroin in a mercy killing , was jailed for life and told she must serve a minimum of nine years, after being found guilty of murder today (Wed). Frances Anne Inglis, 57
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Barking and Dagenham Recorder: Prison plan axed
THE Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, has caved in to public demands and scrapped plans for a 1,500-inmate prison in Dagenham. There was a public outcry in April when proposals for the category B jail to be built at Beam Park West were announced. Labour MP f
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Barking and Dagenham Post: Facebook film 'Who Killed Deon' launched
YOU do not have to wield a knife or a gun to be convicted of murder, a new Facebook film warns. 'Who Killed Deon' is a ‘whodunnit’ in six episodes which reveals the connection of five characters who are guilty of murder, explaining how the joint enterprise concept can be used to convict a person of murder even if they had hardly any involvement.
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Barking and Dagenham Post: Dagenham OAPs prove its never too late to start surfing
TWO pensioners in their 90s are proving it s never too late to start surfing the web. Jim Saunders, 90, and Connie Howell, 92, recently embarked on a computer course for elderly people keen to get online. The training is run at the sheltered housing where
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Barking and Dagenham Post: Another Barking home 'hijacked'
A GANG of Lithuanian squatters are moving into people s homes and changing the locks while they are out, it has been claimed. George Pope, 72, of Kier Hardie Way, Barking, took his dogs for a walk and returned to find a family had moved into his house and
