Protest over Donoghue's Cricklewood waste facility April 28th
From a group of local residents and community groups campaigning for the urgent relocation of overgrown P B Donoghue waste management site in residential CricklewoodTwitter @DumpDonoghue
View ArticleIs Brent Council using Sadiq's or Boris's definition of 'affordable' homes
Brent Planning Committee at its meeting on April 26th will be hearing two pre-application presentations from Quintain and making a decision on two planning applications from them. All contain...
View ArticleQuintain's Fulton Quarter Masterplan - can we save some more "Wembley Lions"?
Guest post by Philip GrantIn a blog last week (LINK) ) Martin drew our attention to Quintain's latest consultation on the redevelopment of the "Fulton Quarter" at Wembley Park. This includes the former...
View ArticleQuintain submit bumper bundle to next Brent Planning Committee
Quintain's developments from Barn HillBrent Planning Committee must be having difficulty in keeping up with the speed and complexity of Quintain's planning applications. The April 26th meeting will...
View ArticleGreens condemn May's 'deep dishonesty' and are ready to pose a real...
The Green Party has responded to Theresa May's announcement of an early General Election with Caroline Lucas MP promising a 'bold, positive vision for a different kind of Britain' while co-leader...
View ArticleGreens call on Corbyn and Farron to meet with them to discuss ways to beat...
From the Green Party's national website:The co-leaders of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas and Jonathan Bartley, have written to the leaders of Labour and the Liberal Democrats urging them to unite to...
View ArticleBarnet rocking against austerity and education cuts on Saturday with fair...
People in Barnet are really getting organised regarding education cuts. In addition to the event above a meeting has been organised for next week:Fair Funding For All SchoolsThe meeting is at East...
View ArticleFantastic Online Archive for Wembley Park Studios now available
A-R cameraman Steve Minchin filming Friday's Girl in Studio 2Readers interested in the story of the Fountain TV studios (and its predecessors at Wembley Park) which closed in December 2016 - (see...
View ArticleBarnet consulting tonight on rail frieght yard which is already operating!
From Barnet Council We will soon hold public exhibitions to present information about the new Waste Transfer Station and Rail Freight Facility, which forms part of the Brent Cross Thameslink project....
View ArticleFriends of the Earth chief says environment must not be ignored in General...
From i-newsonline by Craig Bennett, head of Friends of the EarthLINKThe General Election starting pistol’s been fired and the coming weeks are set to be dominated by Brexit and issues like the NHS,...
View Article'Is Trike's grant of up to £1m fair?' asks ex-councillor
It looks as if a proposal by Brent Council to pay the Tricycle Theatre a grant of up to £1m for a renovation project is going to prove controversial. The grant would replace any ongoing funding that...
View ArticleAfter closing half its libraries Brent Council agrees Memorandum of...
The Brent Council Cabinet is set to approve a Memorandum of Understanding on Community Libraries at its meeting on Monday. In 2011 the Council closed 6 of the borough's 12 libraries in what they...
View ArticleResidents' views on Wembley Stadium events & capacity increase now on record
Wembley Matters drew attention recently to the fact that the Minutes for the March 23rd Planning Committee failed to record the content of residents' representations against Wembley Stadium's...
View ArticleBrent Council patches up after crack up
Former councillor Paul Lorber, now apparently prospective Liberal Democrat candidate for Brent North, drew attention recently to the deteriorating state of the expensive paved road outside Brent Civic...
View ArticleThousands of French Londoners queue to vote for their new president in Wembley
Wembley Park was pretty busy today with fans arriving for the Arsenal v Manchester City match converging with thousands of French Londoners arriving at the Lycee International de Londres Winston...
View ArticleHelp raise funds for Brent Sickle Cell Support Group on Sunday
In the light of recent cuts to essential services for those with Sickle Cell Disorder within Brent, urgent financial aid is needed for Brent Sickle Cell Support Group.This group was formed over 31...
View Article'Tory Blue-eyed Boy' to stand in Brent North
Brent North Conservatives have selected Ameet Jogia as their candidate to fight Barry Gardiner in the General Election. Paul Lorber will stand for the Liberal Democrats and the Greens are still to...
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