Wembley Stadium community engagement event on upcoming NFL fixtures - October...
From Wembley StadiumWembley Stadium invites you to attend a community engagement evening on Tuesday 15 October to learn about plans for the two forthcoming NFL (American Football) fixtures. The two...
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Proposed 24 storey block opposite Stonebridge Station comes back to Planning...
In August Brent Council deferred a decision on the plans for a 24 storey block on the Argenta House site opposite Stonebridge Staion pending an independent review of the building's design and height....
View ArticleAffordable Housing Task Group Report's recommendations to be considered by...
A report to Monday's Cabinet will be of much interest to local people on the housing waiting list as well as those struggling with expensive but poor private rented housing. Cabinet will, rather...
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Brent Council plans for accommodating higher secondary pupil numbers via...
It is one of the ironies of Government policy that Labour Brent Council has the duty to provide school places in the borough but not the means to do so through building its own schools. The bulge that...
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Brent Cabinet closes Strathcona School and six Children's Centres
I have been away for a week in Edinbugh and catching up on Monday's Cabinet meeting which I missed. As I feared the Cabinet rejected the Scrutiny Committee's recomendations and rubber-stamped the...
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Celebrating 100 years of Council housing in Brent
Drawing of new Council houses in a Close, from a 1921 Willesden Council booklet.[Source: Brent Archives]
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Roasting marshmallows & making bug hotels at Welsh Harp Centre October 23rd...
From Welsh Harp Environmental Education CentreJoin us at the Welsh Harp Education Centre for a wonderful morning in the woodland roasting marshmallows, making a bug hotel and exploring the woods....
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James Saunders to become top man at Wembley Park developer Quintain
James SaundersPress release from Quintain (unedited so you can relish the hype!)Quintain Limited has appointed James Saunders as Chief Executive Officer effective October 21st, 2019, succeeding Angus...
View Article24 storey tower at Stonebridge Park station given the go ahead
Planning Committee - Wed, 16th Oct 2019 - 6:00 pm - Brent Council WebcastingStill catching up after my break I thought readers would want to know the fate of the application for a 24 storey block to...
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Kicking the 'Culture' out of the London Borough of Culture 2020 - Delipod Hub...
When Brent Council decided to demolish the 1980s Willesden Green Library and sell the car park to a private developer they renamed its sucessor a 'Library and Cultural Centre.' In the course of the...
View ArticleWhy Brent should divest its pension fund from fossil fuels
These are notes of the presentation made by Simon Erskine, of the Divest Brent campaign to the Council's Pension Sub-Committee. The comments in small print are there to assist - they were not delivered...
View ArticleWillesden Greeners mobilise to save the Delipod Hub from closure - petition...
Willesden Greeners have lost no time in launching a petition to Brent Council asking them to act to save the Delipod Hub at Willesden Green Library from closure (see yesterday's story).The petition is...
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Vital Scrutiny of NW London NHS cuts & their impact on patients - Thursday...
The NW London NHS Financial Recovery Plan will come under close scrutiny at the Community and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday. The plan aims to tackle the deficit in a variety of ways but the...
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Kilburn Times calls for system change to tackle climate crisis
This week's Brent and Kilburn Times is a special green edition - both in design and content. The North West London group editor , Ramzy Alwakeel, explains why in a rare editorial:Tackling climate...
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The Fight for the Environment is International - Brent Resident Behind...
Ghanaian-born barrister Awula Serwah, who is a Brent Community Champion and founder of the local Taking A Stand Against Littering and Fly-tipping initiative, recently presented a petition signed by...
View ArticleScrutiny ask for Urgent Care Centre reduction in hours be reviewed and put...
Brent Community and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee tonight asked Brent Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to use its statutory right to ask North West London NHS to reconsider the abolition of overnight...
View ArticleHow should we be discussing the new Relationship and Sex Education...
I was rather surprised to see that a presentation on Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) at Tuesday's meeting of Brent senior officers and school governors is to be given by Sophie Taylor, who is...
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Brent Council announces convening of a Climate Assembly
Press release from Brent CouncilA new Climate Assembly will be convened to channel residents’ voices, views and ideas as Brent responds to the climate emergency. 50 residents will be recruited by...
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Brent to devise a strategy for universal free school meals for primary pupils
Free school meals for all primary pupils in Islington - so why not in Brent?Leader of Brent Council, Muhammed Butt, told a recent meeting of Brent Central Constituency Labour Party that council...
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