June Spencer, who played matriarch Peggy Woolley in BBC Radio 4’s The Archers, has died at the age of 105, her family has said. She played the character since the show’s first episode in 1951 and only ...

Art organisation Creative Barking and Dagenham is running a series of Winter Light Parades across the borough this November, involving light boxes, performers and "lively" music. Four free events will ...

New artwork paying homage to a legendary Ilford-born boxer has appeared in the town. Ilford Son is an artistic tribute to Nigel Benn and has gone on display at SPACE Ilford, behind Redbridge Town Hall ...