March 2022

Gordon Miller, a double Cycling Guinness World Record Holder, will launch the ‘Freewheel by Ride For Freedom Hub’ in Barking & Dagenham on 25 March 2022. The opening will take place on the UN International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade with a cycle starting at Dagenham & […]

A former convent which has been redeveloped to provide 29 affordable homes for local people has received the thumbs up from the Leader of Barking and Dagenham Council and Deputy Leader of Barking and Dagenham Council this week. Councillor Darren Rodwell, Leader of Barking and Dagenham Council said: “I absolutely love the refurbishment of Sacred

An east London resident has spoken of her pride to be moving into a home named after legendary England captain Bobby Moore. Maria Alejandra Noguer Zabala moved into her newly completed home in February at Bobby Moore Court, which is part of a wider development featuring three blocks named after three legendary sporting icons, Bobby

A shop with a difference opened in the Heathway shopping centre in Dagenham today. Rather than selling goods or services, this brightly decorated new store will be collecting ideas. The shop unit will be the base for a team of people who hope to bring residents and businesses in the area together to share opinions

Councillor Darren Rodwell, Leader of Barking and Dagenham Council met pupils from Greatfields School in Barking this week to see how they were settling into their newly completed classrooms this week. Students moved into a £23 million building which forms the main part of the secondary school which is at the heart of the Gascoigne

A multi-coloured road crossing has added a bright new twist to the journey to school for pupils of William Bellamy primary. The crossing, introduced by Becontree Heath Low Emissions Zone project team, aims to improve road safety and encourage children and parents to walk to school more regularly. Victoria Spashett, Be First’s Project Manager for

East London council continues proud tradition Barking and Dagenham is still building ‘exceptional ‘homes for ordinary people said Cllr Sade Bright this week after she viewed 19 new affordable homes on the iconic Becontree Estate this week. The cabinet member for employment, skills and aspiration, said: “Around 100 years ago the first bricks were laid

Councillor Darren Rodwell, Leader of the Council, met up with a new tenant of Barking’s unique ‘A House for Artists’ today (Monday 14 March). Cllr Rodwell met local photographer Jimmy Lee who is set to move into his new apartment in the Grayson Perry backed arts development. Cllr Rodwell said: “It’s great to meet Jimmy,

Leading mixed-tenure developer Countryside and leading housing association L&Q have completed the sale of 936 homes at Beam Park to Barking and Dagenham Council, in a deal which will be crucial in accelerating much-needed housing delivery on their 72-acre regeneration of a former Ford manufacturing plant in east London. In one of the largest bulk

Building work at an innovative industrial and residential development in Barking is beginning to take off. And to see how work is progressing at the site on Thames Road this week was leader of Barking and Dagenham Council, Cllr Darren Rodwell. Cllr Rodwell said: “It’s great to see buildings beginning to take shape in what