A team in Barking and Dagenham have created a "fantastic" map to help people struggling with money, heating, housing and other problems. The map, a partnership between charity Turn2us and Kingsley ...

Barking & Dagenham is something of a cultural wasteland. The borough has just one cinema (a large, chain affair, tucked away in its south eastern corner at Goresbrook), and only one performing ...

Barking and Dagenham is the London borough with the lowest mean salary, with residents earning less than £30,000 a year on average in April 2021, according to census figures published this year.

They found that Barking and Dagenham had a death rate of 124 per 100,000 people compared to a rate of 50 per 100,000 in the wealthiest areas – one of the largest gaps in the country.

Barking and Dagenham has the highest proportion of households suffering some form of deprivation in England and Wales, according to census data. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released ...

The site has planning permission from Barking & Dagenham council for almost 11,000 homes, five schools, shops, health clinics and two churches. When completed it will create a new “garden suburb ...