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Shocking footage has emerged of last week’s inferno at the Spectrum Building in Dagenham, east London, showing terrified residents unable to escape the seven-storey building due to a padlocked fire ...

An MP has raised “extreme concerns” after residents of a Dagenham block destroyed by fire face bills for alleged work undertaken over 18 months earlier. An MP has raised “extreme concerns” after ...

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Demolition works have begun at an east London block of flats which was ripped apart by a ...

Leaseholders who owned flats in a block which went up in flames three months ago have told LBC they still haven’t heard from the building’s owner or had any of their service charge money back, as ...

Residents who were evacuated from a fire in a block of flats in Dagenham a month ago are still being housed in temporary accommodation amid a dispute about who should foot the bill. Barking and ...