Can you help the Wembley FC petition get to 20,000 signatories before the end...
The petition is support of Wembley FC has now attracted more than 18,000 signatures. Brian Gumm, chairman of Wembley FC told BBC London LINKhe is determined to appeal against the decision by the...
View ArticleAnger as residents frustrated by Boxing Day parking restrictions as Spurs...
Twitter and Facebook were awash with complaints yesterday as the Spurs v Southampton event at the stadium meant parking restrictions were imposed. Residents were angered that visits by relatives and...
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Could you be a volunteer teacher of English in Brent?
From Brent Unite CommunityIf any readers want to do some ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) teaching in the new year in the community, Unite the Union is running free training for...
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Today: Amy Johnson - from Kingsbury to Australia
The song commemorating Amy Johnson, recorded by Pat O'Malley with the Jack Hylton Orchestra in Berlin 1930:There's a little lady Who has captured every heartAmy Johnson, it's youWe have watched and...
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Residents urged to comment on Cricklewood Aggregate Waste Superhub before...
From Railway Terraces Residents' Association:Additional documents were put on the Barnet Council Planning Portal LINK just before Christmas regarding the proposals for the aggregate waste site at...
View ArticleBrent Council's objections to Geron Way Waste Transfer Station
Despite several requests before Christmas to Brent Planning for a copy of the Letter of Objection sent to the London Borough of Barnet regarding the planning application for the waste transfer station...
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It’s not cricket! (or, I can’t believe it IS butter!)
Guest post by local historian Philip Grant
View ArticleMetropolitan Housing and Barratt Homes fail to rectify dangerous conditions...
Ex local councillor Alison Hopkins has decided to go public regarding dangerous conditions in new build social housing managed by Metropolitan Housing and built by Barratt Homes after Metropolitan...
View ArticleMetropolitan Housing respond to Archery Court concerns
Alison Hopkins has now received a reponse from Metropolitan Housing regarding the concerns she raised over conditions at Archery Court, Wembleythat were publicised on Wembley Matters. LINKDear Ms...
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African Soldiers in WW1: A Journey of Research, and Remembering
Guest post byYewande Okuleye, first published on Operation Black Vote and reproduced with permission.
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Disquiet over developers could become election issue in May 2018
Looking back on 2017 it is clear that regeneration, particularly in the Wembley area, has been the most controversial issue reported on Wembley Matters.Planning applications from Quintain have come...
View ArticleWembley High Road sewer works to be completed by end of the week. Discussions...
Residents and businesses around Wembley High Road as well as drivers and public transport users will be relieved to hear that relief is at hand! A spokesperson for Thames Water told me today: Our work...
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Throw out 80% of market rent to define 'affordable' Sian Berry urges Sadiq Khan
Problems with the term 'affordable' regarding both rents and house purchase, have featured regularly on Wembley Matters. Here Sian Berry, Green London Assembly Member, tackles Sadiq Khan's failure to...
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Wembley High Road works finished at last
This is how Wembley High Road looked earlier today following the completion of the Thames Water sewer works and the making good of the surface where excavation took place. At that time the diversion at...
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End Engineer's Way road surface disaster now
Engineers Way, outside Brent Civic Centre, today Paul Lorber has written to Brent CEO Carolyn Downs calling on her to halt efforts to repair the expensive brick paving outside the Civic Centre and to...
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Brent Council to instigate recording of legal advice & (some) meetings with...
The Audit Advisory Committee is not the most high profile of Brent Council committees but is has an important role, not least in these times of controversy. The Committee has a fairly independent...
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