BAR say goodbye to Willesden Green Gallery with a party
From Brent Artist's Resource (BAR):WE LIKE A GOOD PARTY ATĀ BAR GALLERY! Ā You are invited to celebrate the past and future of BAR, through light and shadow, with Kevin Vincenzo Keating who will be...
View Article1,000 Mothers March for Justice next Saturday
From Taxpayers Against Poverty - your support will be welcomedAt 11am on Saturday April 13th, 2013, London Mothers and their supporting friends and family will march for justice in opposition to the...
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Little comfort after a wet and cold start to Spring 2013
It was so good to feel warm sun on my skin this afternoon when I walked in Fryent Country Park in preparation for a Brent School Without Walls LINK visit by three classes next week.The city from Barn...
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New threat to Welsh Harp - time to act quickly
The view today from the west bank of the Welsh HarpThe view in the future if the development goes aheadFour yearsĀ ago a united campaign of local political activists and environmentalists saw off...
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Planners recommend approval for relocation of Harlesden's Jubilee Clock
Brent planning officers in a report to the April 17th Planning Committee have recommended approval for the proposed relocation of the landmark Jubilee Clock as part of the new road layout. The new site...
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Teather denounces 'Grubby Osborne's crude opportunism'
By coincidence, following my Saturday post calling for Sarah Teather and Brent Lib Dem's to disown the Coalition, this article by Sarah Teather was published in the Independent on Sunday. It makes a...
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Remembering Bernie Grant on the day Thatcher died by Patrick Vernon
Apart from the death of Margaret Thatcher, today also marks the 13th anniversary of the death of Bernie Grant one of her greatest enemies. In this guest blog first published on The Voice website,...
View ArticleNew round of Brent Connects forums start next week
The next round of Brent Connects local forums are starting next week. This is an opportunity to hear about the latest developments in council policy but also to make your voice heard. You can do this...
View ArticleFrontrunners emerge in Labour battle for Brent Central nomination
Patrick Vernon and Catherine West are emerging as front runners in the contest for Labour's selection of a candidate to challenge Sarah Teather in Brent Central at the 2015 General Election.Cllr...
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Brent's message to Birbalsingh: 'You are not wanted here'
Having attracted only six (almost all critical) people at its first consultation, Michaela Secondary Free School hit rock bottom at its second, evening, consultation last week. As far as I can...
View ArticleBrent Housing Action launched to campaign on housing emergency
After a successful strategy meeting last night Brent Housing Action has been formed and a website and Facebook group have been set up.The website states:Brent Housing Action was formed by a group of...
View ArticleLabour 'Young Turks' may challenge for Brent Executive positions
The challengers are probably too young to remember this!The Brent Executive may have a more youthful profile following Labour's Annual General Meeting in May. AGMs of any organisation are an occasion...
View ArticleGlenda 'tells it like it was' in magnificent anti-Thatcher speech
Magnificent speech by Glenda Jackson who represents parts of Brent as well as Camden. TheĀ section of her speech on the state of schools and classrooms back then absolutely ring true to my experience...
View ArticleLast days of the Palace of Industry, Wembley
Mark Cummins, Lib Dem councillor for Brondesbury Park, is reported in today's Wembley Observer as calling on Quintain Estates to 'rethink their plans to destroy one of the last remnants of the Wembley...
View ArticleKilburn Times names Brent officers facing the axe
I reported recently on the restructuring of top jobs at Brent Council which would cut a number of senior positions. The Kilburn Times in an exclusive this week puts names to some of the those facing...
View ArticleBrent tells Gove Gladstone Park improvement should be via local school...
Yesterday I had another letter published in the Brent and Kilburn Times responding to Mary Arnold's letter of the previous week when she accused me of having 'distorted views' on Brent Education.In...
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News from the Coming Soon Club, Wembley
The Coming Soon Club is at 5-7 Wembley Hill Road, on the corner with Wembley High Road, opposite Wembley Stadium StationFrom the Coming Soon Club LINKWell, the weather is warming up, we are very...
View ArticleVeolia question banned at Wembley Connects on grounds that it may 'offend'
A question regarding the Brent Public Realm contract and Veolia was cut short by the Chair, Cllr Wilhemena Mitchell-Murray at the Wembley Connects forum this week.Michael Calderbank got only about 20...
View ArticleBrent Central hopeful calls for Labour to embrace entrepreneurship
Sabina Khan promised something different as a candidate for the Brent Central Labour nomination and herĀ post on Progress on-Line LINK is certainly that.Writing as a 'businesswoman and Labour activist'...
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