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An eyesore at one of Brent's hidden gems
Old St Andrew's Church in Kingsbury dates from the 12th century but a church is believed to have been on the site since Saxon times. It is Brent's only Grade 1 listed building and has recently bee...
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Blunt speaking in favour of Friends of Kensal Rise Library
Guest post by Gaynor Lloyd OK, I had decided to hold back from comment on this. I am "just" a Brent SOS library campaigner from the other end of the Borough. I have been involved more or less from...
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Both Natalie Bennett and Caroline Lucas to speak at NUT fringes this weekend
With a radical revised Green education policy ready to discuss both Green Party leader, Natalie Bennett, and Green MP, Caroline Lucas, will be speaking at fringes at this weekend's NUT Conference in...
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Horses to return to Bush Farm, Kingsbury
I am able to reassure the children who are regular visitors to the donkey, Shetland pony, ponies and horses at Bush Farm in Kingsbury that they have not disappeared for good.The animals who graze the...
View ArticleNot Guilty Lucas vows to continue anti-fracking campaign
All five of the Balcombe anti-fracking campaigners on trial at Brighton Magistrates’ Court were today found not guilty of obstructing the public highway and failing to comply with conditions imposed by...
View ArticleWembley Matters is taking a break
Wembley Matters is taking an Easter break for a couple of daysIts break will only be interrupted by major news such as Cllr Muhammed Butt joining the SWP, Francis Henry ousting Paul Lorber as leader...
View ArticleGreen MEP condemns 'xenophobic' UKIP poster campaign
LONDON'S Green MEP Jean Lambert haspointed to the chasm between UKIP claiming to defend British workers jobs, while doing nothing to defend their rights at work.Speaking on the BBC today, she...
View ArticleCaroline Lucas backs parents fighting academisation
From Caroline Lucas' blog (posted last week):Parents from Hove Park School, many of whom live in my constituency, have been in touch this week to ask for my support for their campaign to oppose plans...
View ArticleGreens describe their vision for education at official NUT fringe meeting
Natalie Bennett spoke at a NUT Conference official fringe meeting yesterday about the Green Party's vision for education. Kevin Courtney, Deputy General Secretary of the NUT, said that the union saw...
View ArticleComments closed on Kensal Rise Library debate
There has been extensive debate about the Kensal Rise Library development on this blog which at times has been heated and even vixperous. I have decided to close comments now and instead will post on...
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Copland’s Green Left Reds are Over the Moon
...But celebrations marred by Unsporting Conduct from the ManagersGuest blog by ‘Shankly’s Pony’ Green Left Reds may be a political niche too far, but all Wembley Matters readers can take some...
View ArticleBrent Executive approves Copland land deal and landlord licensing
An unusually garralous Brent Council Executive last night approved the land deal which will see the Copland Community School site and neighouring land handed over to Ark Academy for 125 years. A new...
View ArticlePublic meeting on Kensal Rise Library plans Thursday
@CollegeRoadRA: TOMORROW (Thursday) - Kensal Rise Residents' Association Public Meeting to discuss #KensalRiseLibrary planning proposal. Thurs 7:30pm Constitutional Club next to Lexi. All welcome.
View ArticleWhat's the WHIF over West Hampstead?
As free schools become an issue in Brent, Anne Clarke writes a Guest Blog on the West Hampstead International School on our bordersCampaigners for the West Hampstead International Free School (WHIFS),...
View ArticleEvery Brent voter will have a chance to vote Green on May 22nd
The full list of candidates for the May 22nd local elections has now been published. There is a Green candidate standing in every ward in Brent with two in Willesden Green.Brent Green Party firmly...
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Cameron abandons Tories to stand for UKIP in election
Barry Cameron, the recently announced UKIP candidate for Queensbury ward is a former Tory and member of the Tory's Barnhill Action Team.His choice of ward is interesting because several Brent...
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Will breathing be allowed in Birbalsingh's primary school?
The editor cut my reference to 'no breathing' in the letter published on April 10th in the Kilburn Times (see below) about Katharine Birbalsingh's Michaela Free School. Maybe she was not familiar...
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We want OUR library back!
From the Friends of Preston Library Elections to Brent Council are less than a month away. We are holding a public meeting at 7.30 on Wednesday May 7 in St Erconwald's Church Hall, Carlton Avenue East...
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Gladstone Free School pupils advised to find places elsewhere for September
The Brent and Kilburn Times LINK is reporting that Paul Phillips, Principal designate, is advising parents whose children were due to attend Gladstone Free School in September 2014 to find a place...
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