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New Wembley Park development comes with built in flood risk
Brent Planning Committee on Wednesday 14th will consider a planning application for the vacated Amex site in North End Road, Wembley. LINKThe officer's report has the familiar mantra for the Quintain...
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See 'I, Daniel Blake' free at Tricycle Kilburn tomorrow morning
There are still some free tickets available for tomorrow's Sufra screening of Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake, at the Tricycle Cinema, Kilburn High Road, 10.30am.In order for the organisers to monitor...
View ArticleNW London STP: 'Change is needed - but not like this'
From Brent Patient Voice LINKThis was the theme elaborated by Dr Julia Simon, former NHS high-flyer, when she addressed a packed and lively BPV public meeting last Thursday 1st December at the Learie...
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Greens celebrate nana anti-fracking victory by giving her lifetime membership
The Green Party has celebrated the dismissal of the case against Anti-Fracking Nana Tina Rothery today as a victory for the future of peaceful protest.Rothery, a 54-year-old grandmother, could have...
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Down the Chute in Wembley Park
Mountain Water Chute at Wembley ParkLocal historian Philip Grant has sent in this comment on the development plans for Amex House in North End Road, Wembley Park LINK:A few months ago, on behalf of...
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Greens 'betrayed and angry' over conduct of defector to the Tories
Cllr DearnleyThis is the public statement made after the defection of a Green councillor to the Conservatives. Amongst other things he claimed that the Green Party had become 'too leftwing' and...
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'Heartless and irrational' decision to close Brent Sickle Cell Service
Following the news LINK that Brent Clinical Commissioning Group have decided to stop the funding of the Brent Sickle Cell Advice and Support Service (SCASS), which was temporarily reprieved by...
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Ken Montague: an appreciation
A rare moment of relaxation in BrightonKen Montague, a well known and respected local Brent activist who had recently moved to Brighton, died on Friday not quite a month after being diagnosed with...
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Let your Harrow councillor know your views on Harrow School's development...
This is an update from Harrow Hill Trust who are opposing Harrow School's bid to build on Metropolitan Open Land and have put forward alternative proposals. I have added links to email addresses for...
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Brent getting a poor deal in Spur's Wembley Stadium deal, claims councillor
Tottenham Hotspur's win against CSKA Moscow last Wednesday may have done something to allay fans' doubts about the move to Wembley but Cllr John Duffy has voiced doubts about the Council's capacity to...
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Ken Montague: 'He made the seemingly impossible happen...and without fuss'
Tributes to Ken Montague from Campaign Against Climate ChangeWe are deeply saddened at the death of our friend and great climate campaigner and socialist, Ken Montague, who passed away last Friday. Ken...
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Sharp surprise in store for bottoms relaxing on a Wembley street
Fed up with people sitting on their boundary wall and dropping litter into the grounds, landlords of Kings Court, Kings Drive, Wembley have turned to nature for a remedy.Planting of pyracantha shrubs...
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Public denied access to brook side walk after police advice
Impression of new developmentIt emerged last night at Brent Planning Committee that the public will be denied access to a walk beside the Wealdstone Brook which forms part of the redevelopment of the...
View ArticleCllr Mashari resigns from Brent Cabinet
I understand that Cllr Roxanne Mashari has resigned from the Brent Cabinet. The resignation follow the controversy over the Granville South Kilburn development when she appeared to have been made the...
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Don't be fooled by Brent's claims on 'affordable' housing
Following Wednesday's Planning Committee Brent Council's communications (public relations) team were quick off the mark hailing the decisions as 'Hundreds of new homes given the go ahead by Brent...
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Grants available for developing outdoor spaces in Brent
From GroundworkI wanted to bring to your attention a funding scheme - Tesco Bags of Help that will help fund projects focussed on developing outdoor spaces or encouraging the use of outdoor spaces. The...
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Shama Tatler appointed to Brent Cabinet Regeneration post
Rather oddly the above popped up on the Brent Council website before any public announcement.Cllr Tatler replaces Cllr Roxanne Mashari in what many see as potentially the most powerful Cabinet post...
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