Labour holds Barking
Margaret Hodge (Lab) 27,219 Tamkeen Shaikh (Con) 11,792 Karen Batley (Brexit) 3,186 Ann Haigh (LibDem) 1,482 Shannon Butterfield (Green) 820
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Barking blackmailer ordered to repay more than £270,000
A BARKING computer hacker who used malicious software to blackmail people all over the world has been ordered to pay
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Barking girls’ academy accused of tracking pupils’ menstural cycles
A private girls’ school has been reprimanded after inspectors found teachers were “tracking” pupil’s menstrual cycles against their will. Ofsted
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Boy missing from Benfleet for almost two weeks may be in Chelmsford or Barking, says Essex Police
POLICE have appealed for the public’s help to find a boy who has been missing from Benfleet for almost two
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Arrests made during joint human trafficking operation with Romanian authorities
A total of 17 people, 14 men and three women, aged between 17 and 50, have been arrested following a
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Strike by pathologists at Queen’s and King’s suspended as talks resume
Pathologists at the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust have suspended their week-long strike due to have started
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Met in bid to trace man after he failed to appear at court
Police are appealing for help to trace a man who failed to appear at court. Joao Francisco, 43, is wanted
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Council in pledge to fund building of Dagenham film studios
Barking and Dagenham council has said it will fund the building of the largest film studios in London after a
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East London detective sacked over racist language and attempt to ‘falsify evidence’
A DETECTIVE for the Met Police’s East Area Command Unit has been sacked for attempting to falsify evidence, using racist
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Barking and Dagenham Council invests in greener future with electric cars
It’s no longer just the parks that are green in Barking and Dagenham – the cars used by the workers
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