Alert after fatal dog poisoning in Fryent Country Park
Police are alerting the public, and particularly pet owners, of a poisoning danger in Fryent Country Park, Kingsbury. Three dogs have died after ingesting organophosphates in what appears to be...
View ArticleVital Brent health issues to be discussed tomorrow
Brent Council's Health Partnerships Overview and Scrutiny Committee meets tomorrow, Tuesday 18th March 7.00 pm in the Boardroom at the Civic Centre. The agenda can be found HERE:Among the items on the...
View ArticleAnother free school makes its pitch in Brent
Another free school has emerged in Brent. The One Degree Academy wants to set up an all through school in the borough. Like most free schools its website is short on detail including staffing and...
View Article'Give us space to cycle' demand Brent Cyclists ahead of the election
Brent Cyclists, the local group of the London Cycling Campaign launches its Space for Cycling campaign this Sunday (23 March) with a short ride round the borough, meeting at 10:30am at Gladstone Park...
View ArticleLib Dems challenge Brent Council: 'Whose side are you on?'
Councillor Paul Lorber, leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Brent Council, has protested to Christine Gilbert, Acting Chief Executive, over a Brent Council leaflet that uses the same political...
View ArticleGreens denounce budget that ignores the needs of ordinary citizens
Responding to the Budget announcement, the Green Party today said the Budget was yet again ignoring the needs of ordinary citizens. With its focus on tax breaks for the rich, lack of concern over...
View ArticleThe Green Party should support the March 26th teachers' strike
At our recent Spring Conference the Green Party adopted the following policy on Teachers as a section of our Education Policy:Teachers are the key resource within the education system. They neeed first...
View ArticleMarch 22nd Stand Up to Racism and Fascism 11am Parliament Square
Stand up to racism and fascism demo 22 March 2014 marking UN Anti-Racism Day- No to scapegoating of immigrants- No to Islamophobia- Yes to diversityRally and Demo marking UN Anti-Racism Day11am,...
View ArticleGreens join those standing up to racism and fascism
Hundreds marched from Parliament Square and rallied in Trafalgar Square today to demonstrate against racism and fascism ahead of the local and Euro elections. Many speakers expressed concern about how,...
View ArticleSixth formers fight for classmate's right to stay in UK
Reblogged from BuzzFeed (Alan White) LINK Yashika Bageerathi (right) fled Mauritius in 2011, seeking asylum with her mother in the UK. She's currently in Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre.Via...
View ArticleBus stop closed by redevelopment provokes fury in Willesden Green
Willesden Green residents are furious that a bus stop has been closed at the site of Willesden Green Library development, the centre of Willesden Green, leaving them with a long walk from the next...
View ArticleWill Powney be Brent's own 'Comeback Kid'?
Cllr James Powney, who failed to get selected for the May local elections in his current ward, is one of the candidates going forward this week for the vacancy that has arisen in Mapesbury. His...
View ArticleSupporters back Caroline Lucas as she goes on anti-fracking trial today
Support for Caroline Lucas outside Brighton Magistrates Court this morningGreen Party MP Caroline Lucas goes on trial today, along with others, following her arrest at the anti-fracking protests at...
View ArticleBrent turns to academies and free schools to help solve school places crisis
As the video above shows the Green Party and Brent Council are united in the demand that local authorities should be given back the right to build their own new schools in areas of need. The current...
View ArticleWillesden Green bus stop re-opens today
Brent Council has acted commendably quickly following resident complaints about the closure of the bus stop at Willesden Green.They wrote to residents and and councillors stating:We have received a...
View ArticleHarrow College students on the path to sustainability
With students at Harrow College todayI was very pleased to be invited to Harrow College (Harrow Weald Campus) as a Green Party guest for their Sustainability Week today.There were stalls on energy...
View ArticleKensal Rise campaigners celebrate but reservations remain
The agreement between the Friends of Kensal Rise Library and All Souls College and Andrew Gillick of Kensal Properties Ltd has been widely welcomed as it provides D1 space for a community library in...
View ArticlePowney misses out on Mapesbury.
Labour's Mapesbury candidates with Dawn ButlerCllr Colum Moloney has been selected to complete the list of Labour candidates for the Mapesbury ward in the forthcoming local elections. He currently...
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