Barking & Dagenham Post

The Barking & Dagenham Post is a local weekly newspaper serving the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham. It is published by Archant. Originally known as the Dagenham Post, some long-time residents still use this name. The newspaper comes out every Wednesday, and as of September 2007, it costs 50p for a printed copy.

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Man fined for misusing disabled parking badge in Barking

1 week ago | barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk | holly brencher

Their cases were among several recently heard at the east London court. Ijaz Hussain, 53, of Burnside Road, Dagenham, appeared on June 4, 2025, and must pay £20,142.45 in fines, costs, and a surcharge. He pleaded guilty to breaching an enforcement notice between October 20, 2023, and January 11, 2024, at 92 Burnside Road, Dagenham.
Fast food restaurant next to Barking station applies to open until 3am

2 weeks ago | barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk | Charlotte Anderson

Chunky Grill & Pizza, at 41 Station Parade, has applied to Barking and Dagenham Council to vary its premises licence so it can open later. If approved, the licence variation would allow it to sell "late night refreshment" until 3am, seven days a week. The takeaway restaurant is currently open between 11am and 11pm each day.
Man 'furious' after being fined £160 for parking outside own driveway

2 weeks ago | barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk | Alex Marsh

Rizwan Goni, who lives in Shirley Gardens, was given the ticket late in the evening of May 21 while he was watching the Europa League final at home. It comes after Barking and Dagenham Council started to enforce dropped kerb restrictions, effectively preventing anyone without a waiver from parking outside their own homes. Although Mr Goni has a waiver, this is only valid for his father’s car, which means he risks a fine every time he parks one of his own cars outside his driveway.
3 Britons could face death penalty in Indonesia over alleged drug smuggling charges

3 weeks ago | barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk | Carlo Simone

Jonathan Christopher Collyer, 28, and Lisa Ellen Stocker, 29, were arrested on February 1. Prosecutor I Made Dipa Umbara said customs officers halted them at the X-ray machine after finding suspicious items in their luggage disguised as food packages. Mr Umbara told the District Court in Denpasar that packets of Angel Delight powdered dessert mix in their luggage contained 993.56 grams of cocaine, worth an estimated six billion rupiah (£272,000).
Dagenham WWII veteran, 100, 'given no sympathy' over parking fears

4 weeks ago | barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk | Alex Marsh

John King was one of a small number who survived when HMS Janus was sunk during the Allied landings at Anzio, Italy, in January 1944, despite not being able to swim. He was awarded the Freedom of the Borough by Barking and Dagenham Council on his 100th birthday last November in recognition of his achievements. But his son, Alan King, has told this paper that new parking restrictions imposed by the local authority risk limiting him at the end of his life.
All the roads closed as electronic music festival returns to Barking

4 weeks ago | barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk | Charlotte Anderson

High Lights Festival is returning to Barking Park on June 6, 7 and 8 this year, shutting several roads in the area each evening. Between 8pm and midnight, Wilmington Gardens will be closed on both sides - except for resident access - from its junction with Rosslyn Road to its junction with Longbridge Road. Also at this time, no traffic except resident access will be allowed in Hurstbourne Gardens, between its junction with Levett Road and its junction with Longbridge Road.
Little Heath School expansion approved by Redbridge Council

1 month ago | barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk | Sebastian Mann

Proposals have been put forward for five modular classrooms to be built at Little Heath School, near Chadwell Heath. It is the council’s dedicated special school for children aged between 11 and 18, with 236 places. The council is projecting a shortfall of 57 places by September, the start of the new school year, and the new rooms will accommodate autistic children and those with other speech and language needs.
ITV axe primetime drama starring Martin Clunes after just one series

1 month ago | barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk | Emilia Kettle

ITV drama, Out There, starring Martin Clunes, has been axed after just one series following bad ratings. (Image: ITV) ITV has cancelled a primetime drama starring Martin Clunes after just one series. Out There premiered earlier this year and saw Clunes play the role of a father trying to protect his son after getting involved in a network of drug dealers. Last week, Clunes spoke about the series' future, sharing: "We were keen on doing a second series but ITV aren’t, it seems.
The Dagenham school encouraging pupils to be 'the best version of themselves'

1 month ago | barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk | Olivia Carter

The education watchdog has now published its findings from a visit to Dagenham Park CofE School in School Road on April 23 and 24. Overall, inspectors observed that the school has taken "effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection", where it was given a single-word rating of 'good'. Pupils attending the school have been described as "happy" studying in the "highly inclusive community", with its own equalities group celebrating diversity.
Food prices rise for a fourth consective month, supermarket shoppers warned

1 month ago | barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk | Joshua Searle

An increase in wholesale meat prices resulted in a rise in the cost of steak on supermarket shelves, as food prices rose to 2.8% higher than the same time last year. Shop prices overall remained in deflation, at 0.1% cheaper than a year ago and unchanged from April, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC)-NIQ Shop Price Index. Non-food deflation dropped further to 1.5% against April’s 1.4%.