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Wars: The Effect on Soldiers - First hand accounts: Monday February 11th
Monday, February 11th 7.30 – 9.15.Brent MENCAP, 379-381 High Rd, London NW10 2JRSpeakers: Julio Torres, Veterans for Peace (UK)[New York born Torres was a member of the U.S. Army for eleven years...
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School staff silent protest 'Our school is no place for hate' after vitriolic...
Staff outside Central Foundation Girls' School, Bow, LondonThe following was posted by Alex Kenny, a member of the NEU Executive, on Facebook today. It is a sad comment that such acts are occuring on...
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Mapesbury Residents' Association oppose developer's plans for the Queensbury pub
Residents making representations to the Planning Committee on the first Queensbury applicationMarch 2014There is still time to comment on the developer's two (hardly) different plans for the Queensbury...
View ArticleThe Brent Council 'Cassie' safeguarding case revisited.
This story, which appears to have hit the press again, was first reported by Wembley Matters in October last year. I reprint it here as it provides a much fuller account and at the end Brent Council's...
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Vigil tonight after 'Nazi graffiti' found in Willesden Green
Local residents are invited to take part in a vigil at the bus shelter at the junction of Peters Avenue/Donnington Road, Willesden after what is apparently Nazi graffiti was found. The vigil will take...
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Join conservation volunteers at Welsh Harp on February 16th
From Friends of Welsh Harp Environmental Education CentreYou are invited to join the next Friends Monthly Conservation event on:Saturday 16th February, 10am – 12.30pmEach month a great group of...
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Islamia Primary School (VA) parents call on Brent Council to help them secure...
Islamia Primary SchoolParents of Islamia Primary School in Brent have launched an on-line petition asking Brent Council to provide a permanent building for the school after 10 years in limbo. Parents...
View ArticleBrent Council: GCSE results in Brent outperform London and national averages
Brent secondary schools are all either academies, some stand alone or others part of a chain, or voluntary aided but most still work closely with Brent Council or Brent Schools Partnership. Brent...
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'See you at the Ace!' - hear about the iconic cafe's revival February 8th...
My late brother David, more than 50 years a motorcycle fanatic, would have loved this. I still remember (with terror) riding pillion with him on the mountain roads of Northern Thailand where he lived...
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New consultation on Copland/Ujima House redevelopment February 13th & 16th
There will be another consultation about the plans for the former Copland School and Ujima House sites on Wembley High Road. The site of the former Copland School is very extensive and it will be a...
View ArticleESFA find 'failings & weaknesses' that breach the Academies Financial...
Whistle blowers who raised concerns about financial mismanagement at Woodfield School, an academy, have been vindicated by a report into a review by the Education Skills Funding Agency (ESFA). The...
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Brent Council launch PR bid to win back angry Stonebridge residents over...
A press release on the Brent Council website today, entitled 'Building Bridges in Stonebridge', sets out revised proposals for the site but appears unlikely to satisfy those residents who accuse the...
View ArticleBrent NEU condemns 'abject failures of governance' at Woodfield School -...
Brent National Education Union responds to the ESFA report on Woodfield School financial irregularities. NEU statement below:Damning ESFA Report exposes abject failures of Governance at Woodfield...
View ArticleNEU survey finds schools at breaking point as funding pressures hit support...
The results of a snapshot survey of 1,026 primary and secondary school teachers in England, shows the alarming levels of inadequate and underfunded provision for pupils with Special Educational Neesd...
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£20.9m wiped off Brent's budget as younger children and environment lose out
From the report on the budget consultationBrent Council is to implement a budget reduction of £20.9m out of the total of £26.2m it recently consulted on. Finance Director, Conrad Hall, claimed that...
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Bridge Park community comes out fighting for its rights, Council's new plan...
“Brent, don’t take our gold and only give us sand. You state you offer our Community a friendly hand...then don’t sell our Land”The meeting where the BPCC campaign was launchedStatement from Bridge...
View ArticleBrent Council seeks £3.3m cut in Council Tax Support scheme with 'potential...
Brent Council is to consult on proposals that would cut the current Council Tax Support scheme by £3.3m. The proposals are for three potential options 1) an increase of 19% claimant contribution (the...
View ArticleDrop in on St Raphael's redevelopment proposal this Saturday - Public Meeting...
Brent Housing are to hold two more meetings with residents of St Raphael's Estate. One of the recent meetings was overflowing. A drop in is being held in a marquee in a car park on the estate on...
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Brent Momentum: 'Dismay' over Labour Council's failure to implement national...
Brent Momentum's first bulletin issued today hits the nail on the head as far as a critique of the Labour Council goes - I would have added more on planning and the Council's failure to secure...
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'Terrorist danger' leads to wider road closures around Wembley Event Days
Local residents are used to local roads being closed for several hours on Wembley Event Days with bus routes curtailed or diverted but Brent Council has now issued a Temporary Traffic Prohibition Order...
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