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Barking & Dagenham News See all

Clintons, which owns the Birthdays shop at the Vicarage Field shopping centre, Barking, has gone into administration. The Barking shop will close between Monday May 21 and sometime in June.

Administrators confirm Birthdays store in Barking to close

The Birthdays store in Barking could be closed as early as Monday as administrators for owners Clinton Cards announce about 350 stores are set to close.

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Organisers are planning a big Jubilee party at Dagenham & Redbridge football club

Festival of fun being planned for Barking and Dagenham to celebrate Queen’s Jubilee

Fun-filled community parties, a big picnic among the beautiful Barking Abbey Ruins and an open air classical concert are just some of the events planned for this year’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

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Rose Day volunteers at the day centre

Surprise party to celebrate 90th birthday of hard working Dagenham volunteer

A sprightly pensioner who spends five days a week supporting dementia sufferers took to the dancefloor as she celebrated her 90th birthday.

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Dance: The 'Zumbathon' will take place at the football ground in Victoria Road

Zumba fundraiser in Dagenham

Hundreds of dancers will join a Zumba fundraiser for terminally ill patients this weekend.

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Tributes: Mayor Milton McKenzie with his wife Jemma outside Dagenham Civic Centre

Germans mourn former mayor who brought Barking and Dagenham and university town together

People travelled from as far afield as Germany to pay their respects to a former mayor of Barking and Dagenham.

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Joanne and Rhys

Mother and son land hairdressing jobs in same Dagenham street after re-train

A Dagenham mother and son have launched hairdressing careers in the same street after leaving their previous jobs behind and retraining.

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Stroll: Charity walkers will meet at the Millennium Centre in Dagenham Road

Walkers to join diabetes fundraiser in Dagenham

Charity walkers will go on a stroll around a park in Dagenham to raise cash for diabetes sufferers.

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The two men are to appear before Barkingside magistrates today

Men charged with Dagenham assault

Two men are to appear in court charged with assault today after a man was left fighting for his life in Dagenham.

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Ghost hunter: Ian Shillito will seek to find evidence of spirits supposedly haunting the 14th century house

TV ghost hunter to go on paranormal tour of Dagenham’s oldest house

A TV ghost hunter will host a paranormal tour on Friday night in an attempt to uncover evidence of spirits supposedly haunting the oldest house in Dagenham.

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Mayoral Elections 2012 See all

Labour's London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone (left) and Labour leader Ed Miliband. Photo: Ian Nicholson/PA Wire

Ken Livingstone rules out House of Lords peerage after London mayoral election defeat

Labour’s defeated London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone has ruled out a return to high-profile politics in the House of Lords.

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