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£10m bill to rectify safety issues at Network Homes' Grand Union Heights in...
Grand Union HeightsNetwork Homes, whose Head Office is in Wembley Park, have written to residents of Grand Union Heights, Alperton to tell them that the cost of remedying safety issues in the...
View ArticleBrent zoom meeting on government's planning 'reforms' 5pm tonight - details
Cllr Kelcher, Chair of Brent Planning Committee, has written to local groups and resident associations about a meeting scheduled for 5pm this evening regarding a campaign against the proposed new...
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Brent-wide Cavalcade for Jobs - Saturday November 7th from 10am
From Brent Trades CouncilBRENT TRADES COUNCIL'S DAY OF ACTIONSATURDAY NOVEMBER 7TH 2020 CAVALCADE FOR JOBS WE WON'T PAY FOR THE BILLIONAIRES' CRISISAssembly 10am Sainsbury's Willesden Green Car Park...
View ArticleBrent Scrutiny Task Group set up on GP services and accessibility
It is about 5 years since Scrutiny has looked at GP services in Brent and there have been many changes since then as well as current issues around accessibility during the Covid pandemic. A quick...
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Uncovering Kilburn’s History – Part 6
Welcome back! If you missed Part 5, please click on the “link” to read it. We’ll begin this week with a look at some local homes. 1. Albert Road, South Kilburn, late 1940s. (From “The Willesden...
View ArticleSadiq Khan agrees 6 month deal on TfL funding - scrapping of Under-18s and...
From the London Mayor Sadiq Khan's OfficeThe Mayor of London has today reached an eleventh-hour agreement with the Government on a funding deal to keep tube, bus and other TfL services in the capital...
View ArticleGreens: Extend lockdown to secondary schools and universities
The Green Party is calling for secondary schools, colleges and universities to be added to the list of closures from Thursday after a month-long lockdown in England was announced by the Government....
View ArticleTonight's Brent Community & Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee cancelled
Tonight's Community and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee meeting has been cancelled. The following announcement appears on the Brent Council website:Please note this meeting has been cancelled, as the...
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The Brook Avenue Five Towers at Brent Planning Committee on Wednesday
View of the proposed buildings from Olympic Square ('Archer' statue and station steps on right) The proposed blocks (Dark green, lower right) showing their suburban contextThe proposed blocks from...
View ArticleBrent Council hails 63.7% cut in its carbon emissions
From Brent CouncilEnergy-saving streetlights and the new Civic Centre have helped Brent Council to cut its carbon emissions by 63.7% as the figures for the latest year* are released.Reductions are...
View ArticleMartin Redston's application re Cummings 'the lockdown avoider' is Refused by...
Following the High Court decision to refuse Martin Redston's application in the DPP/Dominic Cummings case he made this statement:Our Judicial Review application in the DPP/Cummings case in High Court...
View ArticleThis evening's Brent Planning Committee cancelled
Tonight's meeting which was to discuss the controversial planning application for 5 towers on Brook Avenue, adjacent to Wembley Park station has been cancelled. A supplementary report had been...
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Cllrs Butt and Sangani blame their confusion over Covid restrictions for...
Debra Norman has issued the result of her investigation of a complaint by former Brent Council Liberal Democrat leader Paul Lorber about the conduct of Cllr Muhammed Butt, leader of Brent Council and...
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Uncovering Kilburn’s History – Part 7
Thank you for joining me again for the final part of this Kilburn local history series. 1. New flats in Cambridge Road, opposite Granville Road Baths, c.1970. (Brent Archives online image 10127) In...
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Brent Cabinet set to launch wide consultation on Draft Climate Emergency...
Tomorrow's Cabinet Meeting (10am Monday November 9th) will decide to go ahead with consultation on a Draft Climate Emergency Strategy (Timetable above).The Strategy aims to involve all stakeholders in...
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Brent Momentum meeting on radical council responses to the Climate Emergency:...
Brent Momentum, as part of the series of events under the Brent Transformed umbrella, have a well-timed event coming up as Brent Council consults on its Climate Emergency Strategy DECARBONISING BRENT...
View ArticleRedstone applies for permission to Appeal in Cummings case
Martin Redston has circulated an update on the High Court case he is fighting concerning Dominic Cummings.He says:An application for permission to Appeal the decision of the High Court was lodged in...
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As lockdown returns Fryent Country Park offers solace and exercise
Facing lockdown in the difference circumstances of Autumn and Winter limits opportunities but it is well worth visiting Fryent Country Park, perhaps with a flask of coffee and sandwiches in your...
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William Perkin’s Story – a Sudbury local hero
Thanks to Paul Lorber for this ‘one off’ contribution to our local history series While local history is often just local places, I thought it would be good to write about people, who lived locally...
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Brent Council Leader, Muhammed Butt, issues new warning over rising Covid19...
Today's stats from Covid SymptomStudy - ZOE From Cllr Muhammed Butt via Brent Council website Today I need to share some bad news with you. Confirmed cases of coronavirus in Brent are rising quickly...
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