Kensal Rise Library application to be heard following legal advice
The controversial planning application for Kensal Rise Library has been tabled for the Planning Committee Meeting of July 16th following legal advice. The item had been deferred at the last meeting...
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Brent Council closes down Wembley Market's temporary site
The original market (Image: wembley.blogontheblock.com)Brent Council served a 'stop' notice on Wembley Market yesterday which looks as if it spells the ending of the market for good.The market had...
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Concerns over Brent's tree cutting addressed but highlights need to...
I have been hearing recently of residents' concerns about the removal of apparently healthy mature trees in the borough. Concerns have been followed up by resident Martin Redston in his local area and...
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PARK ROYAL: Hammersmith & Fulham object to London Mayor usurping planning...
This Guest Blog from Harlesden Blogspot highlights a neighbouring borough's reaction to the London Mayor's proposal to take planning powers from Brent, Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham in order to...
View ArticleCopland: Did Premature Ejaculation Rule Out Final Ofsted Visit?
Guest blog by ‘Pamela Stephenson-Connolly’ For those who like closure in their stories these are frustrating times. With only 2 weeks of the school year left it has been announced that, due to illness,...
View ArticleStudent protest over technician and teacher cuts at College of North West London
As students were registering for courses on Saturday at the College of North West London in Dudden Hill, Willesden there was a demonstration outside by mature student Zo Flamma-Hill of Women in...
View ArticleGreens stand alongside unions in million strong public sector strike on Thursday
On July 10 the Green Party will stand alongside unions in the largest one-day strike over pay by public sector employees since 2010. The Green Party have pledged to support the employees’ right to...
View ArticleBrent Green Party backs today's public sector strike
A message to all the public sector unions striking todayOn behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales, we would like to express our solidarity with you in your struggle for decent, secure work and...
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Greens support the Public Sector strike in Brent and Central London
Muhuammed Butt, Brent Council Leader (Labour) with strikersShahrar Ali (Green party) with picketsDawn Butler with Stonebridge Primary School strikersDave Plummer (Green Party) in Trafalgar...
View ArticleDemonstration for Gaza tonight - stop the bombing, stop the killing
In view of the escalating situation Brent and Harrow Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Brent Stop the War are calling on supporters to attend a demonstration opposite the Israeli Embassy 5.30-7.30pm...
View ArticleGreen Party speaks out on Gaza and opposes Israeli ground attack
GREEN Party MP, Caroline Lucas, has today written to the Foreign Secretary to urge him to step up action to secure an end to the latest escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine, and to...
View ArticleDiminishing democracy in Brent - an update
At the time of the local elections the Brent Green Party called for an independent investigation into the following issues in Brent Council:1. Corporate Management Team officers being paid through...
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Urgent call from Gaza civil society: Act now!
Communicated via Unison Active'We Palestinians trapped inside the bloodied and besieged Gaza Strip call on conscientious people all over the world to act, protest and intensify the boycotts,...
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Will Sir Bernard give us the latest on Met's Kensal Rise fraud investigation?
The Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, is visiting Brent on Wednesday. The visit is advertised as a chance to 'talk to him, listen to his vision for London and...
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Cricklewood community, religious leaders & councillors unite against nazi threat
The community mobilising against the racistsThe SEA on their last outing to Cricklewood
View ArticleBrent Cabinet will meet next Monday afternoon
One of the many changes instituted by the newly elected Brent Labour adminstration was a change to the schedule of meetings. The Cabinet, which replaces the Executive, now holds alternate meetings...
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There's so much more to an 11 year old than their Key Stage 2 SAT results
As Year 6 children get their Key Stage 2 SATs score a letter from a teacher that reminds us that there is so much more to a child than how they are graded in a one-off test.
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South Kilburn regeneration amounts to social cleansing, claim residents and...
Developer's perspective & that of residents at oddsA head of steam is building up o the South Kilburn Estate about what residents and tenants see as the 'social cleansing' involved in the Estate's...
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Gove has gone but we must widen the battle to take on the GERM
There was delight in Brent schools yesterday when the news of Michael Gove's demotion filtered through to staffrooms and classrooms.It soon became clear that his replacement might well be 'more of the...
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