GMB support call for an independent report into Paddington Cemetery asbestos...
Vaughan West, Regional organiser of the GMB union said today: The GMB are obviously concerned if members of staff and/or the public have been exposed to asbestos and would expect any employer and...
View ArticleHuge opposition to aggregate superhub expected at Barnet Planning Committee...
Barnet Planning Committee will be making a decision tomorrow on the aggregate superhub at 400 Edgware Road. The meeting is at 7pm at Barnet Town Hall, The Boroughs, NW4 4BG. There have been a huge...
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Brent CEO apologises to Salusbury Primary School over asbestos
Salusbury Primary and Paddington Old CemeteryCarolyn Downs, Brent Council Chief Executive, publicly apologised yesterday evening for the Council's failure to contact the headteacher of Salusbury...
View Article'Why take a successful school away from local accountability, connections and...
From Barry Gardiner MPBrent North MP Barry Gardiner has called an urgent meeting at the Civic Centre on Thursday 8th February to discuss plans to join the Village School with Woodfield School to form a...
View ArticleOpen letter adds to pressure on the Village School to reject academisation
The following open letter has been sent to local and national newspapers regarding the proposed academisation of The Village School, a special school in Kingsbury. It has been signed by a number of...
View ArticleBarry Gardiner closely questions Cllr Kabir on Village School academisation...
Barry Gardiner, the Labour MP for Brent North, The Village School's parliamentary constituency, has written to Cllr Sandra Kabir (Labour), Chair of Governors, with some pertinent questions about the...
View ArticleEleven Brent councillors call for deferral of Barnet decision on aggregate...
Eleven Brent councillors whose wards border on the A5 have written to the Chair of Barnet Planning Committee ahead of tomorrow evening's Planning Committee meeting at Barnet Town Hall in Hendon asking...
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Ask Brent Council to divest from fossil fuel companies
I am giving this on-line petition an extra plug. It is a way of making a difference locally by getting Brent Council to divest their pension fund from fossil fuel companies who are contributing to...
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Welsh Harp Spring Clean February 28th
From London Wildlife Trust Event detailsSat, 24/02/2018 - 11:00am - 2:00pmHelp us clean up this special reservoir in north-west London, for the benefit of nature and wildlife.Join London Wildlife...
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Nursery school accused of 'land grab' of covenanted open space
College Green Nursery School, Willesden, has been accused of a 'land grab' after local residents heard that a 6 feet high fence is to be installed around the College Green Open Space at the junction of...
View ArticleMuhammed Butt: 'How much clearer do I have to be? I am on your side!'
Muhammed Butt, Leader of Brent Council, after Hank Roberts of the NEU read out the letter Butt had written to staff at the Village School, and asked if policy had changed from when Butt had said there...
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Fury as Barnet Council approves Cricklewood Aggregate Superhub
I couldn't be at both the Academy and Cricklewood Aggregate Superhub meeting tonight so here is the sad news from the Barnet Planning Committee as conveyed by Twitter postings:NW2 Res Association...
View ArticleBrent Labour Council backs anti-academisation stand at the Village School
Key speeches from last night's Public Meeting about academisationPress release from the National Education UnionYesterday evening (8th February 2018) a packed conference hall at Brent Civic Centre with...
View ArticleBrent Council Tax to rise by £71 to £1,496.54 for Band D
The Cabinet will approve a 5.01% Council Tax rise at Monday's Meeting will is expected to be rubber-stamped by Full Council. The report going before Cabinet states:The provisional local government...
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'Go and play on the roof my dear, but please don't breathe' - new primary...
You do wonder sometimes...A planning application has been lodged to build a three form entry primary school in the York House car park fronting the busy Empire Way main road which connects Wembley...
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Hurray! London on course to be first National Park City by 2019
Having just had a very pleasant walk in Fryent Country Park I am pleased that it will soon be part of London National Park City- via Time OutOur city is one of the greenest in Europe, and for the last...
View ArticleSuperhub approved by Barnet - what's next?
From NW2 Residents' AssociationBarnet’s planning committee approved the application for an aggregates/spoil road/rail site at 400 Edgware Road, after hearing the planning officer recommend approval,...
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Be ready to help fund the HDV appeal as legal action continues
From Stop the HDV CampaignMost readers will now know about the judgement handed down by Justice Ouseley on 8 February which of course disappointed us in this first outcome, in refusing to find in...
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FAIR TRADE: A PALESTINIAN PERSPECTIVE - February 26th London Interfaith Centre
From Brent Fair Trade NetworkMonday 26th February 7.30pm-9pm London Interfaith Centre,125 Salusbury Road, NW6 6RGWhat difference does fair trade really make? To celebrate Fairtrade Fortnight, come to...
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