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Monster emerges through the trees at Welsh Harp Reservoir
Readers will remember that there was a broad-based campaign opposing the Barratt Home development on the banks of the Welsh Harp Reservoir at West Hendon. Mainly low-rise social housing was to be...
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Cllr Butt challenged on 'untruths' and 'misrepresentation' in Davani case
Philip Grant has written to Cllr Muhammed Butt drawing his attention to the letter published in last week's Kilburn Times (see below) .Philip said, 'You are welcome to reply to it, either to the...
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Update on future of Welsh Harp Education Centre
Harry Mackie with a class at the CentreI was a little worried when passing the Welsh Harp Environmental Education Centre at the Welsh Harp recently as it appeared to be somewhat neglected with one of...
View ArticleGreens: 'Boot camps' part of government's 'war on young people'
Demonisation is certainly the name of the game at the moment: people on benefits, asylum seekers, migrants, Jeremy Corbyn...Today they were joined by 'young people' with the ridiculous headlines about...
View ArticleVictory for Look Ahead support workers
News from Brent Fightback. Similar proposals have been made for the care workers at Tudor Gardens LINK The support workers who were transferred from Riverside to Look Ahead Care and Support as a result...
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Kilburn Park Post Office to go as South Kilburn Redevelopment moves forward
Existing site Brent Council has announced tht it has appointed PRP Architects Ltd to lead the design team to take a major redevelopment forward to the planning stage.The scheme covers 5-9 Chippenham...
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Brent addresses air quality in Transportation Strategy but needs to be key...
Target Summary - note walking target should be 10% increase in schools with Gold Standard Travel PlansBrent, faced with a growing population, new schools and several major regeneration areas along with...
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Exclusive preview: Lycée International de Londres - Winston Churchill, in...
500 students will be starting at the Lycée International de Londres - Winston Churchill on Thursday September 3rd. The private fee paying Lycée will operate in the old Brent (formerly Wembley) Town...
View ArticleCabinet approves expansion of Uxendon Manor and Elsley Primary Schools
I was unable to attend the Brent Cabinet Meeting this afternoon as I was travellig back from a long weekend in Bristol. This is the Brent Council website statement on the decisions taken (unfortunately...
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Wembley and Kingsbury road closures on Sunday September 13th for 'Run to the...
A number of residents were caught unawares by road closures for the Run to The Beat event in Wembley and Kingsbury last year. The event combines a 10k run with various music stages along the route It...
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Views invited on phone mast and cabinet changes Fryent Way/Salmon Street/The...
Cllr Michael Pavey is asking residents in Barnhill ward for their views on a proposal to upgrade the mobile phone mast and cabinets on the roundabout at Fryent Way/Salmon Street/The Paddocks/Pilgrims...
View ArticleSELL-OFF film about the transformation of the NHS into a business ready for...
Your NHS has been quietly transformed into a business ready for corporate takeover and conversion to the American private insurance model. In 'Sell-Off', filmmaker Peter Bach exposes the two decade...
View ArticleGreen Party demands halt Work Capability Assessments immediately following...
Green Party work and pensions spokesperson Jonathan Bartley has demanded an ‘immediate halt’ to the government’s Work Capability Assessments for those claiming Employment and Support Allowance,...
View ArticleLabour leadership contenders' stance on environmental policies
Environmentally conscious Labour readers of this blog may be interested in the candidates' answers to questions put by Friends of the Earth. Below I republish the original FOE blog that can be found...
View ArticleCara Davani - will Brent's Full Council meeting be allowed to hear the "two...
A guest blog by Philip Grant.The saga of my “two questions” to Brent’s interim Chief Executive, Christine Gilbert, over a probable “pay off” to Cara Davani, continues. See LINK for the back story....
View ArticleTruth or Cover Up? Brondesbury Park Conservatives table motion calling for...
Brondesbury Park Conservative ward councillors have tabled the following motion for the full Brent Council Meeting to be held on September 7th 2015:This Council agrees to an independent inquiry into...
View ArticleTory heartlessness: Deaths of claimants after being declared 'fit for work'
The statistical basis of this story has provoked discussion (see below) but the real issue is the heartlessness of government policy.
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