Enjoy a FREE delicious home-cooked meal with FoodCycle at Al Madina Mosque every Sunday at 1pm 🤩

There's no need to book. Simply pop in to enjoy a tasty meal & great chat with your local community! 😋

Find out more 👇🏾
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#BDSupport 🫶🏾

ROAD CLOSURES | Please note that Rothwell Gardens, Rothwell Road and a small part of Flamstead Road, Dagenham are currently closed to vehicles. Please use alternative routes for now.

Not sure what photo ID you can use to vote in person at an election? 🗳️

Watch this quick guide to voting to find out which forms of photo ID will be accepted at polling stations.

Don’t have an accepted form of photo ID? You can apply for free voter ID: orlo.uk/TOVN0

Has your child had the MMR vaccine?

2 doses of the vaccine can stop your child getting seriously unwell with measles.

If your child is 4-16, get them vaccinated at a pop-up clinic TODAY 10am-5pm at Valence Library RM8 3HT.

No appointment needed & free activities for children!

Measles cases are rising - it's highly contagious & can be very serious.

The best protection is the MMR vaccine - a pop-up clinic is taking place TOMORROW, 10am-5pm at Valence Library RM8 3HT.

No appointment needed & free activities for the kids!

Do you receive benefits or tax credits?

Some benefits and tax credits are ending and being replaced by #UniversalCredit , so look out for your letter from the Department for Work and Pensions telling you what you need to do and when.

Find out more👇🏾
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A MASSIVE thank you to all the wonderful volunteers working with us to keep B&D clean and green. 💚

#CleanerGreenerBD

Do you receive benefits or tax credits?

Some benefits and tax credits are ending and being replaced by #UniversalCredit , so look out for your letter from the Department for Work and Pensions telling you what you need to do and when.

Find out more👇🏾
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NEWS | A local Dagenham company has been found guilty in court and ordered to pay over £8,000 in fines and costs after it was caught by one of our CCTV cameras dumping a truck load of waste.

Read more here: orlo.uk/D1Dlz

🚨 Tip off results in 800 illegal vapes seized 🚨

Thanks to a tip-off yesterday afternoon, our Trading Standards Officers have seized 800 illegal vapes valued at £10,000 from a shop on Becontree Avenue, Dagenham.

Your vigilance makes a difference - keep reporting!

The GLA Elections are taking place on Thursday 2 May.

To vote at a polling station, you'll need to bring valid photo ID or apply for a Voter Authenticity Certificate (VAC) by 24 April.

Find out what photo ID is valid or apply for a VAC here: orlo.uk/v0sTn

We want to hear your thoughts on women's safety in the borough.

Come along to our next Women's Safety Forum & share your thoughts.

📅 Tues 30 April
🕕 6pm to 7.30pm
📍Microsoft Teams

If you'd like to attend, please email [email protected] & we'll send you the invite. #SaferBD

**Travel update** Following a police incident this morning, Becontree Station has now re-opened.

BECONTREE STATION UPDATE | Following the earlier police incident, the station has now reopened.

Buying tickets for a sold-out event? 🤔

✅ Only buy tickets from the venue’s box office, official promoter or agent, or a well-known ticketing website.

🔗 Read more advice: actionfraud.police.uk/ticketfraud

#TicketFraud

Tax credits are coming to an end & most people will need to apply for Universal Credit instead.

Look out for a letter called a Universal Credit Migration Notice from the Department for Work & Pensions explaining what you’ll need to do, and by when.

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STATION CLOSURE | Due to a Police incident, Becontree Train station is currently closed. Please use alternative routes for now and we'll keep you updated.

🥇We're second in London for giving young people their first preference primary school🥇

📊Over nine in ten children were offered first preference school in Barking and Dagenham📊

Read more here: lbbd.gov.uk/news/2024/over…

Did you know 1 in 5 women struggle to afford period products in the UK? 🙁

That’s why we're proud to partner with Flow Happy to offer residents FREE period products – no questions asked.😍

Find out more 👇🏽
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The Wall of Shame is back with more dumpers caught on camera!

But do you recognise any of them? If you do, then let us know in the strictest of confidence by emailing [email protected] now!

Watch the full episode here: orlo.uk/nGhne