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Buses contribute to dangerous air pollution in Kensal Rise claims campaigner
It seems counter-intuitive that clean air campaigners should aim some of their fire at buses - after all isn't good public transport one of the ways of addressing traffic pollution?This is why I asked...
View ArticleAppeal from Rumi's Cave on Carlton Centre Planning Application
Message from Rumi's CaveDear All,Although the consultation period has now ended, we can still send in concerns and objections as we uncover new facts.The building where we are homed, the Carlton...
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Quintain launch 'Wembley Park Arts'
From Quintain Press DepartmentQuintain, the developer behind the transformation of Wembley Park, today 23 September, announces the appointment of Josh McNorton in the new role of Cultural...
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Public urged to come along on October 2nd to support teachers & parents in a...
From Brent National Education UnionRoe Green Strathcona School will be closed for the fourth time due to strike action on Wednesday 2nd October; NEU members are attempting to save their school from...
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Cash-strapped QPCS Academy withdraws licensing application after residents...
A licensing application made by Queens Park Community School that had attracted strong opposition from some neighbouring residents as well as minority support from some concerned about education...
View ArticleNew service provider contract for Brent's most vulnerable not subject to...
Readers of this blog will be familiar with the travails of Brent Advocacy Concerns which is going to have to close at the end of November due to the charity being unable to meet the new high rent...
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Kingsbury's surburbia under threat?
44 Queens Walk on the corner of Salmon Street and Queens Walk (view from Queens Walk)The view from Salmon StreetNeighbours of a proposed development on a site at the junction of Salmon Street and...
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TONIGHT: Support Roe Green Strathcona School's fight against Brent's closure...
Tonight staff, parents, pupils and supporters from the community will converge on Brent Civic Centre in Wembley to demonstrate solidarity with Roe Green Strathcona School's spirited fight against Brent...
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BREAKING: Brent Scrutiny Committee asks Cabinet to reconsider its decision on...
School staff and Cllrs Chan and Kennelly after the Scrutiny decisionThere was jubilation tonight when the Community and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee, after hearing representations from Cllrs Jumbo Chan...
View ArticleBrent needs to devise a strategy to address falling primary school rolls and...
This is the presentation I made as a local governor and former Brent headteacher at last night's Scrutiny Committee on the Roe Green Strathcona proposed closure.When schools were asked to have bulge...
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Applications now open for local projects to apply for Brent Neighbourhood CIL...
From Brent Council We are now open for applications for the NCIL grant Round 2 2019/20.The deadline is Sunday 1st December (11.59 p.m.) 2019.For more information please see our website...
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Momentum mounts event aimed at 'transforming' Brent - Saturday October 12th,...
Tickets: https://brent-transformed.eventbrite.comAlthough I am a Green Party member I certainly agree that Brent needs to be 'transformed' although that has to be in the right direction (remember the...
View ArticleHousing benefit freeze: 9 in 10 homes unaffordable for families - NHF report
Research by the National Housing Federation shows just how inadequate Local Housing Allowance now is for the 1.3million families who rely on it to cover the high cost of private rent. This is...
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Urgent call for Strathcona supporters to protest at Brent Civic Centre on...
The Scrutiny Committee's recommendations on the Cabinet's Roe Green Strathcona closure decision has been rushed on to the agenda of Monday's Cabinet, which already has an over-loaded agenda.There is no...
View ArticlePost-scrutiny report rejects additional provision proposals for Strathcona...
The response from the Strategic Director of Children and Young People to Scrutiny Committee has now been published and it does not make happy reading for campaigners trying to save Roe Green Strathcona...
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How Brent could do better in responding to the Climate Emergency
Brent Council has declared a Climate Emergency. Friends of the Earth have assessed the Council's efforts and suggests changes in policy and actions which would do more to avert climate catastrophe:The...
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Brent Council set to borrow £110.5m to purchase key worker housing from...
The Brent Council Cabinet is poised to approve a huge financial arrangement to purchase units in the blocks (known as E01 and EO2) from Quintain. This would involve a loan of up to £110.5m and...
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SAVE THE NHS! Free showing of 'Under the Knife' October 14th Preston Library
PRESTON COMMUNITY LIBRARY TUESDAY OCTOBER 15TH 7.30pmCarlton Avenue East, Wembley, HA9 8PL (Preston Road tube)This film is a weapon in our struggle to save the NHS. Armed with the evidence so...
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