Green Party Willesden Green Election Action Day Sunday June 17th
Action Day for Willesden Green by-election. Join us, take pics, help out, ask questions, grab posters & find out about @TheGreenParty! Sunday 17th June 11am-1pm Willesden Green station.Sian Berry...
View ArticleWhy vote Green in Willesden Green?
The election for the last three seats on Brent Council takes place on Thursday June 21st and the voters in Willesden Green have an opportunity to ensure that the Council's actions are subject to...
View ArticleThe cost of allotment neglect in Brent
Birchen Grove allotments in KingsburyIn Spring 2016 Brent Council consulted on the possibility of our allotments becoming self-managing. Allotment holders were not enthusiastic LINK and as far as I...
View ArticleBrent Council announces Spurs have the right to play at Wembley until...
Residents who breathed a sigh of relief that they could soon go about their business in Wembley at weekends without the traffic jams and suspended bus routes associated with Spurs occupation of Wembley...
View ArticleClean Air Day report calls for urgent action by Brent Council
From Clean Air for Brent (CAfB)Clean Air for Brent (CAfB)’s aim is to see air quality significantly improved in the London borough of Brent. As a tool towards helping Brent Council and residents...
View ArticleBrent's Windrush 70 exhibition to be launched tonight at Willesden Green Library
From Brent Cultural Services:This summer Brent Culture Service will be marking the 70th anniversary of the arrival of Empire Windrush with an exhibition and a number of themed events.Windrush 70 –...
View ArticleCouncil must tackle the neglect of King Eddie's Park and make us proud to...
Jaine Lunn wrote to Brent Council along the following lines:The state of Edward VII Park ('King Eddies' to locals) is no longer a joke.It is evident it is only going to get worse now the summer has...
View ArticleNeglect and dilapidation at Gladstone Park allotments
The overgrown allotment plots at Gladstone ParkFollowing yesterday's article LINK on the state of Birchen Grove allotments, in which I asked if there was a similar issue at other Brent allotments I...
View ArticleLabour sweeps the board in Willesden Green, Greens narrowly win second party...
Click on image to enlargeCandidates in order of vote:Donnelly-Jackson (Lab) 1683 ELECTEDChappell (Lab) 1679 ELECTEDMiller (Lab) 1618 ELECTEDHenderson Lish (Green) 289Goodwill (Con) 280Murry (Green)...
View ArticleMore on the state of Brent's parks & the 'meadows' debate
There's quite a debate going on regarding the state of Brent's parks on social media. The 'creation' of meadows was a decision based on saving money (£0.5m) backed by a claim that it would support...
View ArticleBrent Council calls for 'properly funded' diesel scrappage scheme & expanded...
Press release from Brent Council (unedited)The Government should bring forward a properly funded diesel scrappage scheme to help residents when the Ultra Low Emission Zone expands in 2021, Brent...
View ArticleAt last...Brent Scrutiny Task Group to investigate affordable housing in new...
In a welcome move Brent's Resources and Public Realm Scrutiny Committee is to set up a Task Group on Affordable Housing in New Developments.This has been a controversial issue for some years now, not...
View ArticleHow Brent MPs voted on Heathrow Expansion
Barry Gardiner (Brent North) AGAINSTDawn Butler (Brent Central) AGAINSTTulip Siddiq (Hampstead & Kilburn) DID NOT VOTE
View ArticleParents given one year's notice of closure of independent Swaminarayan School...
The Ashkar Education Trust (AET), the charity behind the fee-paying independent Swaminarayan School in Brentfield Road, Neasden, has given parents one year's notice to find a new school for their...
View ArticleAngry scenes as Swaminarayan parents protest against school closure
Things turned ugly at Swaminarayan School yesterday evening as parents gathered in the school hall to protest against the shock news of its closure.A Brent Council spokesperson said: “Brent Council has...
View ArticleBrent councillors sign unity petition following the 15,000 strong 'Free Tommy...
From Stand Up to Racism. I understand that so far the petition has been signed by the following Brent Councillors: Tariq Dar, Krupesh Hirani, Margaret McLennan, Claudia Hector and Thomas Stephens.You...
View ArticleIf you go to Roe Green on Saturday, you are in for a big surprise
If you have never been to Roe Green Village in Kingsbury you are in for a big surprise if you pop into the Centenary Village Day on Saturday - there really couldn't be a bigger contrast to the blocks...
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