Repair carried out at pensioner's flooded flat. Power still off.
The good news is that after two weeks the repair to dry risers at William Dunbar House on the South Kilburn Estate that caused John Healy's flat to flood has at last been carried out. There was a...
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Wembley sewer collapse will mean severe traffic delays for up to two weeks
From Brent CouncilDue to a sewer collapse on Wembley Park Drive near the junction with Wembley Hill Road, Thames Water are doing emergency works and four way, four phase temporary traffic lights have...
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Standing together against racism and Islamophobia in Dollis Hill
The T-shirt says: There are two types: they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanityStanding together in solidarityLocal people, including members of North West London Stand Up To...
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Brent Civic Centre, or Quintain billboard?
Brent Civic Centre from Olympic Way (from the 2018 Open House website)This weekend (22 and 23 September) it’s the annual London “Open House” *. One of the buildings you can visit and tour as part of...
View ArticleWatch out for major traffic delays in Wembley area Saturday evening
Major emergency works to a collapsed sewer at the junction of Wembley Park Drive and Wembley Hill Road and Joshua v Povetkin boxing at the stadium (gates open 5.30pm) means that there are likely to be...
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rent Council should reinstate the role of Allotments Officer to tackle...
The overgrown allotment next to my plot at Birch Grove, KingsburyI was pleased to see Cllr Janice Long take up the issue of Brent Council's allotments at the recent Full Council meeting. It is a...
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Foxy mystery in Willesden Green
A friend in Willesden Green has told me about mysterious goings in in her garden. In a clearing in her woodland garden, frequented by a local fox, she has found over a number of days a soft toy where...
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48 hours after leak repaired pensioner still without power
Disabled pensioner John Healy is still without power in his flat in William Dunbar House in South Kilburn 48 hours after the leak which flooded his kitchen was repaired.He was expecting a visit from...
View ArticleGREAT NEWS! Pensioner's power is back on
Shortly after I posted the story below that John Healy was still without power and tweeted the link to Wates Group and Brent Council an electrician from Jaylec visited John late tonight and has...
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Why aren't we worrying more about global warming? Meeting with Natalie...
Natalie Bennett will be speaking at this timely meeting organised by Kensal Kilburn A Better 2018 on Tuesday September 25th 7.15-8.45pm at St Lukes Church, Fernhead Road, W9 3EH.In 2017/18, the Arctic...
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Assisted Dying Campaign Group launches in Brent on Tuesday September 25th -...
A new group campaigning to change the law on assisted dying is due to launch in Brent on Tuesday 25th September 2018.The group is encouraging local people to come along and get behind their campaign to...
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Capita Barnet Scandal: 'Never mind Brexit, it's time for Capzit!'
From Barnet UnisonGrant Thornton was commissioned by the London Borough of Barnet (the Council) to provide support in its response to the discovery of an alleged fraud. On Friday 21st September 2018...
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Metroline bus driver wins right to wear her Rastafarian colours
Marcia Carty with fellow Unite membersMarcia Carty, the Metroline bus driver suspended for wearing her red, gold and green Rastafarian colours at work has been reinstated. (Original Wembley Matters...
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Missing cycle storage on new Capitol Way development
Brent Council is following up what appears to be a failure by a developer to deliver cycle storage space outside the new shops in Capitol Way, Colindale.Brent Cyclists alerted the Council on...
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Greens hail jailed Frack Free 4 as heroes
VIDEO Jailed anti-frackers speak out HEREResponding to the news that four environmental campaigners have been jailed for peacefully resisting fracking in Lancashire, Keith Taylor, Green Party MEP and a...
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Labour adopts Green Party policy on academies but there is more to be done
There was a welcome move at the Labour Party Conference towards the Green Party’s long-standing policy of opposition to academies and free schools and a commitment to reintegrating existing ones in the...
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Brent NEU call on Brent Council to lobby for halting of Woodfield-Village...
The following motion was adopted unanimously at the meeting of Brent National Education Union on Tuesday. It refers to the proposed Woodfield/Village Multi-Academy Trust:‘We commend The Village staff...
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Solidarity with the Palestinian People - tonight Learie Constantine Centre...
Brent and Harrow Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Brent Trades Union Council have brought together a panel of nationally known figures for tonight's meeting at the Learie Constantine Centre.Everyone...
View ArticleBrent rallies to Palestinian cause
In a move of great significance for the movement supporting the Palestinian's quest for justice Brent & Harrow Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Brent Trades Council organised a joint meeting on...
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Wembley Stadium’s vanishing arch – Brent Council’s response
View from Bobby Moore Bridge May 2011 View from Bobby Moore Bridge September 2018Last month, I reproduced a letter from Philip Grant which had been published in the “Brent & Kilburn Times” on 6...
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