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Barking & Dagenham Post - Text only page News Dagenham beauty through to final of Miss Bollywood UKA PAINTER and decorator is swapping her overalls for a traditional sari as she competes in the final of Miss Bollywood UK. Yasmin Rehman, of Durham Road, Dagenham, beat off hundreds of hopefuls from across the country to land a place in the last round of... Barking couriers arrested for gizmo thefts dodge jailFOUR Barking couriers who stole thousands of pounds worth of phones and high-tech electrical goods from the mail have escaped jail. City Link drivers Trevor Griffith, Clive Myrie and Margaret Thomas, all 44, and Faye Clark, 32, swiped the mobile phones, f... Barking thieves steal bank cash from OAPHEARTLESS thieves followed an elderly woman home from the bank and stole £300 cash she had just withdrawn. One conman distracted her with questions, while the other rifled through her shopping trolley and stole the money. Vera Malin, 86, of Longbridge Roa... Dagenham mum remembers cancer-hit totA MOTHER who lost her two-year-old son to an aggressive form of cancer has spoken of his brave battle against the disease. Little Oliver Bonington was diagnosed with neuroblastoma at just 20 months old and died five months later. As his mum Alison Long pr... New Dagenham off-licence sparks furyFamilies fear drunken yobs and drug users will return to their cul-de-sac after an off-licence was approved, despite their objections. The residents slammed Barking and Dagenham licensing councillors for granting a licence to the So Convenient store in Ru... Barking family relieved after mice ordeal stopsA FAMILY who lived in a council home they said was crawling with bed bugs and mice, claim they were forced to wait years before the authority made the place habitable. Anita and Malcolm Ahia, of Chelmer Crescent, Barking, say the maisonette where they hav... Illegal booze seized in BarkingHUNDREDS of bottles of potentially dangerous counterfeit vodka were seized from a warehouse in Barking. Customs and trading standards officers raided the premises on August 10 after a tip-off. Inside the building was a pallet containing 114 cases of coun... Barking and Dagenham chiefs branded 'hypocrites' over tidy garden campaignCOUNCIL chiefs running a campaign to keep people s gardens tidy were branded hypocrites after failing to rid pavements of monster weeds. Pensioner Barry Watson launched an extraordinary attack against the Eyesore Gardens campaign to be featured on The One... Dagenham mum stole £23,000 in tenancy scamA CROOKED mum who pocketed tens of thousands of pounds in Government handouts in a sly tenancy scam has narrowly escaped jail. Nasim Khan was given a suspended one-year jail term and 120 hours community service after hiding the fact that boyfriend Muhamme... Dying mum from Dagenham sees son's fourth birthdayA TERMINALLY ill mum s dream to see her only child turn four has come true. Brave Nikki Blunden hit headlines and moved the nation when Barking and Dagenham health chiefs denied her the drug Lapatinib, which can help prolong the life of cancer sufferers.... Letters Sport Jubilant Jimi leaps to the English titleHAVERING MAYESBROOK'S rising star Jimi Tele added the England Athletics triple jump title to his English Schools crown on Sunday.... Athletics: Dagenham 88 runners continue to improveAT the halfway point in this summer's East London five Interclub Series Dagenham 88 Runners have shown an improvement on last year s performance.... Caroline 'Tucks' into USA road raceDAGENHAM 88 RUNNER Caroline Tuck finished in 11th place at a prestigious road mile race in the USA – after stumbling across the event on holiday.... Double delight for Havering Mayesbrook's van WulvenHAVERING MAYESBROOK'S women s team notched up their best points score of the season to finish third in the fourth round of matches in the Southern League.... Inga doesn't linger to take West Ham series titleTHE FINAL leg of the West Ham Park Summer Series saw Dagenham 88 Runner Inga Hayden-Cooper cement her victory in the women s over-35 category.... Basketball: Barking Abbey Leopards to take on GB skipperBARKING ABBEY Leopards will face Great Britain captain Drew Sullivan when they start their pre-season friendlies next week.... Leopards's Stafford leads Great Britain to EuroBasket tournamentNatalie Stafford, who led Leopards women to the Final Four last season, has helped GB women qualify for the EuroBasket finals for the first time.... Leopards ready to roar as fixtures are announcedBARKING ABBEY Leopards have announced two more pre-season games as they continue their preparations for the 2010/11 basketball season.... Boxing: Lomax set for Engligh title clash in NottinghamMICHAEL LOMAX looks forward to an autumn date when he will challenge Nottingham titleholder Adnan Amar for the English welterweight belt after the British Boxing Board of Control ordered the championship clash.... Dagenham BC's McCarthy set for African adventureMichael McCarthy, who earlier in his career won junior honours at Dagenham Boxing Club, looks forward to a trip to Africa with a group of boxers from his current club Repton BC.... Boxers' blast from the past at Shoreditch Town HallBOXERS and their fans have a million memories of former fight nights at the old Shoreditch Town Hall and the gathering at the east London arena on Saturday September 18, will provide a real blast from the fight game's past.... Heavyweight Prizefighter to return in OctoberPrizefighter returns in October with the fourth edition of the heavyweight competition as the rivals hope to follow Audley Harrison in lifting the title and gate crashing the World Heavyweight scene.... Haye v Harrison could be nice little Hearn-er for BarryDAGENHAM BOY made good Barry Hearn, staged some of the biggest nights in boxing during the 1980's and 90's - now as head of Audley Harrison s promoters Matchroom he is talking up a fight he says will be Britain s biggest of 2010.... Dagenham draw still hurts McAleesePAT MCALEESE is still smarting from the one blemish on his otherwise perfect record of 10 wins - a draw which came in his clash with Lee Noble at Dagenham's Goresbrook Centre in March.... Hainualt beats LA any day for middleweight champ BarkerEUROPEAN middleweight king Darren Barker has ridiculed rival Matthew Macklin for boasting about Californian sessions with acclaimed coach Freddie Roach.... Cricket: Thurrock beat Goresbrook to secure survivalGoresbrook’s league season finished how it started, with a narrow defeat in a run chase.... Cricket: Barking beaten in season finaleA LACKLUSTRE Barking team were brushed aside by Premier League runners-up May & Baker on Saturday.... Barwick brothers shine for Essex Met sideGORESBROOK under-13 stars Shane Barwick and Ben Irving represented the Essex Metropolitan side on two occasions last week.... Crane demolishes Goodmayes in Hornchurch clashGOODMAYES & BLYTHSWOOD were shot down by Hornchurch Athletic seconds in their Lords International Essex Division One clash on Saturday.... It's just a four-some display from Ochwo for GoresbrookGORESBROOK have clinched a third-place finish in the Lords International Premier Division, after a crushing victory over local rivals Barking.... Oliver's effort is not enough as youngsters slipGORESBROOK'S under-13s lost a winner-takes-all clash at Upminster, as the hosts edged to a tense win to claim the league title.... Goresbrook slip to Sunday defeatTOBY MAUND'S Sunday side fell to a final over defeat, as league leaders Aztec moved closer to the Sunday Cricket League title.... Family Friends for Goresbrook as seconds storm inA FATHER and son pairing of Keith and Matthew Friend secured a comfortable win for the seconds on Saturday.... Dynamic Din sets up win for Goresbrook secondsMARK BIRD'S second string snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, after overcoming a Leyton reply that once stood at 100-2.... Crowlands youngster set for Youth Shield semi-finalCROWLAND'S Youth Shield team warmed up for Saturday s semi-final tie with Rochford, with an exciting junior day at the weekend.... Crowland golf youngsters reach semisCROWLAND Golf Club's junior team have reached the semi-final of the Youth Shield after they defeated Burstead.... What's On Barking library hosts regeneration showJUST weeks after her successful exhibition and workshop at the Malthouse, artist Laura Oldfield Ford s work will go on display at Barking Library. In this collaborative show between the artist and pupils from The Warren and Barking Abbey Schools, proposed... Dagenham dance troupe need your voteA DAGENHAM dance troupe had Strictly Come Dancing judge Brendon Cole tapping his toes as they wowed crowds in Leicester Square. Fusion were one of five fantastic acts put through to the final of the Barclays Live competition in London on July 31. They wer... Sweat and Beers for Dagenham's Grime MC as he tours nationwideGRIME MC James Devlin is about to embark on a nationwide tour, playing 12 cities over two months. The Dagenham lad turned YouTube superstar is hotly tipped by the BBC and music magazine NME as one to watch in 2010. His career has exploded from an internet... Barking church hosts classical music feastAN ENCHANTING afternoon of sonatas, hymns and original compositions will be performed at St Margaret s Church later this month. Two versatile, talented musicians, Colleen Muriel and Manuel Villet, present a varied program of flute and piano solos in the c... From Barking Market to the RnB chartsEXTRAORDINARY talent and a stroke of luck turned a Barking market girl into an R n B diva. Tasha Kenny may only be 19 but she is already working with established artists such as US rapper Juelz Santana (who had a No.1 with Chris Brown), Young Spray, and p... Hard-hitting knife crime play comes to Barking theatreA POWERFUL play about knife crime and its devastating effects is coming to Barking s Broadway Theatre on September 23. Boy X centres on four teenage boys in the aftermath of the violent death of their friend, Zane, who has been stabbed in the street. As t... Fools and Horses' pair tread the boards at Barking TheatreHE was the dodgy second-hand car dealer with a nasal whine and a machine gun laugh and she was his long suffering wife. Boycie and Marlene (or should we say Mar-leeeene!) were two of TV s Only Fools and Horses best loved characters – so popular in fact t... Hard work paying off for stage star SarahTHERE can be few professions where working flat out for 14 hours a day can be greeted with enthusiasm, but then again theatre is not just any old profession. The glitz and glamour of life on the stage pumps adrenalin like nothing else and tops the addicti... 'Gritty' play kicks off Peace Week at Barking studiosA SPECIAL performance of the raw and gritty play, Boy X, will be staged at the Malthouse in Barking hosted by police Borough Commander, Matt Bell. Written by Cliff Oliver, who penned the groundbreaking Stereo Trilogy, Boy X is an unflinching look at the l... Fools duo take over Barking theatreONLY a fool would miss this fantastic evening of hilarious wheeling and dealing at the Broadway Theatre, Barking. Spend an evening in the company of Boycie and Marlene (John Challis and Sue Holderness), two of the larger than life characters from classic... Return to London24 home page |