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Gladstone Free School throws in the towel having spent thousands without...
Gladstone School, initially a secondary free school planned for the Gladstone Park area in Brent, has thrown in the towel having again failing to find a site and having to tell children expecting to...
View ArticleUPDATE: Planning Committee refuses controversial Co-op store application
Brent Planning Committee has turned down the planning application for a Co-operative store to replace a car repair workshop on Burnley Road, opposite the north entrance to Dollis Hill station.The...
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Petitions started to ban use of glyphosate pesticides in Brent and Harrow
Further to my article LINK on potential health dangers of the pesticide glyphosate marked under various names, including Roundup, by Monsanto petitions have been launched calling for its banning by...
View Article£80 spot fines for littering in Brent start on Monday
The 12 month experiment in the use of private contractor wardens to issue fixed penalty fines for littering in Brent will start on Monday. The scheme came under scrutiny when first suggested earlier...
View ArticleBrent councillors and educationalists sign joint letter opposing the...
Having appealed on Wembley Matters LINK for Brent Council to take a stand on the government's policy on forcing all schools to become academies I welcomed Cllr Jun Bo Chan's initiative in organising a...
View ArticleRemain for change: Building European solidarity for a democratic alternative...
I, like I am sure many readers, have felt manipulated by the EU Referendum debate: manipulated into taking sides into what is basically a dispute within the Conservative Party (and a leadership...
View ArticleSolidarity with Barnet Library Workers starting a 3 day strike today
UNISON members working in Barnet Libraries are taking industrial action today. tomorrow and Wednesday in opposition to the Council’s plan to outsource the Library Service.What Barnet Council intends...
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Temporary Project Manager wanted for Grunwick 40 Exhibition
We're recruiting!Grunwick 40 has an exciting opportunity – we're recruiting a temporary Curator/Project Manager to help us develop our exhibition about the Grunwick Strike. We're looking for someone...
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Don't let Harrow School steal glorious local views and Metropolitan Open Land
From the Harrow Hill Trust
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Refugees Welcome Here - Convoy to Calais Rally - Friday London
Refugees Welcome Here - London Rally6:30pm, Friday 17 JuneEmmanuel Centre, Westminster, Marsham Street, London, SW1P 3DWREGISTER FOR THE RALLYSpeakers include:John McDonnell MP, Shadow ChancellorGary...
View ArticleBarry Gardiner seeks constituents' views on Referendum - Public Meeting on...
From Barry Gardiner MP (Brent North) Public Meeting on EU ReferendumOn Thursday, 23rd June 2017 the British public have the opportunity to determine the future of the United Kingdom and whether or not...
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'I have been put up for sale by NHS England' - Amazing Grace petitions David...
Grace demonstrates outside Monitor/NHS ImprovementGrace Balogun is seeking support for her petition LINK to save her Sudbury (Vale Farm) GP Practice from the market. She tells David Cameron why he...
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French attempt to ban Saturday's Convoy to Calais
From the People's Assembly Against AusterityThe Convoy to Calais this Saturday is now facing a last minute ban by the French authorities. Thousands of people have collected aid from across the county...
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UN report provides opportunity to campaign to restore children's right to play
Re-blogged from policyforplay.comThe campaign to save Stonebridge ASdventure Playground The UN’s latest report on the UK government’s record on children’s rights includes some stringent conclusions...
View ArticleLatest on Calais Convoy and tonight's Rally from the People's Assembly
Latest on Calais Convoy and tonight's Rally from the People's AssemblyTonight's rally is going ahead. In light of the horrific events surrounding the murder of Jo Cox MP however, we will be ending the...
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Comment on Harrow School planning application and sign petition before Monday
From Harrow Hill TrustClick on image to enlarge See LINK for previous coverage It is clear that the public want a brownfield option. As such, in our reply to the Council we have evaluated the arguments...
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Revised parking changes for Brent including £25 diesel car supplement
The Brent Cabinet on June 27th will consider recomendations LINK for revised parking charges.. 2.0 Recommendations Cabinet is asked to formally express its thanks to all those who responded to...
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Private French School to take over Tenterden Pavilion and playing fields
Warning by John Billam Tenterden Parks and Neighbourhood Group earlier this monthResidents have promised 'strong opposition' to a bid by the Lycee International de Londres (the Wembley French School)...
View ArticleIs this the end of Brent Housing Partnership?
There was a bit of a jamboree at Brent Civic Centre as Brent Housing Partnership showed their film Stories of Brent LINK but beneath the public relations glow things are not well with BHP, Brent...
View ArticleBeauty and squalor side by side in Kingsbury
There is a public right of way from St Andrews Road in Kingsbury to the historical and Grade 1 listed Old St Andrews Church which is surrounded by a fascinating graveyard. Attempts to get Brent Council...
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