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Schools in time of Coronavirus - Thursday October 15th
A topical event organised by Kensal to Kilburn Better 2020Coronavirus has disrupted and interrupted our schools, creating huge challenges for pupils, teachers and parents. What is currently happening...
View ArticleBrent Friends of the Earth's views on Healthy Neighbourhoods ahead of...
Brent Friends of the Earth were unlucky in not getting a place to speak to Full Council on Friday when they debate Healthy Neighbourhoods but this is the position that they generally support on what...
View ArticleSt Raphael's Estate Ballot delayed until next year
The news of the ballot delay was announced in a Brent Council press release yesterday. I would be interested in further details of the first phase which the release says will be on open space and can...
View ArticleBrent Labour Group submit amendment to today's Healthy Neighbourhoods motion...
An amendment has been submitted in the name of the Labour Group on Brent Council to the original motion submitted by the 7 members who called for the Extraordinary Council Meeting on Healthy...
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More revelations on 1 Morland Gardens and Harlesden City Challenge
BACES City Challenge Adult Education College, with the HCC Community Garden and its sculpture in front, mid-1990s (from the material that Melvyn Leach donated to Brent Archives).Philip Grant left this...
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Butt is out of step as councillors attempt to respond to Healthy...
Extraordinary Full Council Meeting - Friday, 16th October 2020 at 3:30pm - Brent Council Webcasting The full webcast can be found HEREThe evidence for a Tweet I sent out during this afternoon's...
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Uncovering Kilburn's History - Part 4
Welcome back to this fourth article in the Kilburn local history series. If you missed Part 3, you will find it here. Railway lines began crossing Kilburn’s land in 1837, with the coming of the London...
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Cllr Tatler's speech on the Healthy Neighbourhood schemes
Cllr Shama Tatler, Lead member for Regeneration, has circulated her speech at the Extraordinary Meeting of the Council on Healthy Neighbourhoods on social media. It contrasts with the speech made by...
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Photographic catch-up with Wembley Park regeneration
I was interested to see the above Tweet this morning as I too had a walk round Wembley Park yesterday to catch up on the progress of the regeneration. I don't know how many of the tower blocks have...
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UPDATE: Evacuated Notting Hill Genesis students to be transferred to Grand...
The affected propertiesThe Housing Association, Notting Hill Genesis, is to evacuate a six-block development in Hounslow. University of West London students from the student accommodation on the...
View ArticleBrent Public Health Director is 'happy that risks of Covid transmission have...
The Director of Public Health, Brent, Dr Melanie Smith, has responded to the transfer of students from Notting Hill Genesis accommodation in Brentford to Grand Felda House in Empire Way, Wembley...
View ArticleHow many disabled people are living in fear in Brent's high rises after...
As the number of high rises proliferate throughout Brent and the cladding issue in many tower blocks unresolved, even as the horrors of Grenfell are relived through the current Inquiry, it is worth...
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'Matters of balance' reveal conflicts and contradictions in Brent planning...
Planning Committee - Wednesday, 14th October 2020 at 6:00pm - Brent Council WebcastingVideo of Gerry Ansell's summing up re the proposal and councillor's reasons for voting against The Planning...
View ArticleRestoring the River Brent to its former glory - local volunteers at work
Volunteers have been working with the charity Thames21 to restore the habitats of the River Brent which flows through the borough from the Welsh Harp to the North Circular.This video is a fitting...
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URGENT - Londoners Stand Up for the Freedom Pass: Email Secretary of State,...
Image from Transport For AllFrom AgeUK LondonIn a matter of days we will find out if Freedom Pass and 60+ Oyster card concessions will be further reduced or even cut entirely. You may have seen the...
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Don't Zap the Zip: Keep London transport free for under 18s
Cuts in children's concessionary fares, insisted upon by the Government in the proposed TfL budget settlement were due to come into effect after the half-term holiday but are likely to be delayed....
View ArticleCouncil to provide half-term food vouchers for 10,000 Brent children
From Brent Council website todayParents of children eligible for Free School Meals will be able to collect a £15 food voucher from Brent Council to help children get a meal every day next week.The...
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Uncovering Kilburn’s History – Part 5
At the end of Part 4 (“click” if you missed it) I said that we would continue to look at some more churches, but there is much more to uncover this week!1. St Mary's Church, in the age of horse drawn...
View ArticleGreen GLA candidate condemns Priti Patel's 'inflammatory 'language' on...
Cavan Medlock, 28, from Harrow in north-west London, allegedly visited the offices of Duncan Lewis Solicitors in Harrow last month armed with a large knife and threatened to kill a member of staff...
View ArticleCovid19 Update from NHS NW London+Flu vaccination
Covid-19 – London remains on a ‘high’ alert level (tier 2) The number of confirmed coronavirus cases continues to rise across almost all boroughs in NW London and remains over 100 per 100,000...
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