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Opinion View from the chamber: NHS must continue to listen and engage with local voices in proposed merger of CCGs

08:30 Cllr Ketan Sheth, tOKYNTON WARD

Cllr Ketan Sheth wants the voices of Brent to be heard in the proposed CCG merger.

Readers may be aware that the way in which the local NHS is run is likely to see big changes.

London Underground challenge: runner jogs 280 miles between every station

Yesterday, 17:31 Hayley Clarke

Stephen Moules is running between every London Underground station. Picture: Stephen Moules

An east London man has taken on a gruelling running challenge to raise vital funds for a London hospice.

Coronavirus: Mural thanking workers and volunteers goes up in Sudbury

Yesterday, 15:42 Nathalie Raffray

Paul Lorber with local artist LeSpleen the local artists outside the new mural in Butlers Green. Picture: Paul Lorber

A colourful new mural depicting the Barham Bear has brightened up a disused building in Sudbury.

Coronavirus: ‘The public has an enormous role to play’ says Northwick Park’s medical director

Yesterday, 10:33 Nathalie Raffray

Northwick Park Hospital has dealt with more than 2,000 covid cases in six months. Picture: PA/Anthony Devlin

Northwick Park Hospital has a second spike contingency plan in place should Covid levels rise to heights seen in April.

‘Examine your conscience’: Scala shooting victim’s parents plead ‘Bring Daniel’s killer to justice’ 14 years on

Yesterday, 09:09 Emma Bartholomew

The grieving parents of a young man shot dead in a King’s Cross nightclub are pleading for anyone who knows the killer to “examine their conscience” and name them, after 14 years of silence.

Park Royal nurse completes swimming the English Channel in under 14 hours

Thu, 10:26 Nathalie Raffray

Park Royal nurse Donna Nicholas swims the English Channel. Picture: LNWUH

A pandemic wasn’t going to put a Park Royal nurse off her stroke of swimming the English Channel.

Coronavirus: Download the NHS Test & Trace App, Brent’s health chief advises

Thu, 09:45 Nathalie Raffray

Dr Melanie Smith, director of public health for Brent. Picture: Brent Council

Brent’s public health chief has urged people to download the NHS Test and Trace app in case they catch coronavirus.

The Willesden Junction Poets to perform around the ‘bewildering’ station

Wed, 15:29 Nathalie Raffray

Willesden Junction Poets (L-R).Rose Rouse, Ian McLachlan, Elizabeth Uter, Nick Moss, Dee Warrington, Andrea Queens, Iman Hamid.

An series of performances shining a light on Willesden Junction is to be aired by a group of poets.

New Covid-19 test centre opens in Wembley

Wed, 13:06 Nathalie Raffray

New covid testing site in Wembley where people must not arrive by taxi or public transport. Picture: Brent Council

A new Covid-19 test centre has opened in Wembley.

‘Examine your conscience’: Scala shooting victim’s parents plead ‘Bring Daniel’s killer to justice’ 14 years on

Yesterday, 09:09 Emma Bartholomew

The grieving parents of a young man shot dead in a King’s Cross nightclub are pleading for anyone who knows the killer to “examine their conscience” and name them, after 14 years of silence.

‘I hit him in the head with the pistol’ Kilburn defendant tells court after Maida Vale man shot in the head

Wed, 09:21 Nathalie Raffray

A Kilburn man has told a court he “did not intend to kill” a Maida Vale drug dealer he “hit” in the head with a handgun.

Tributes paid to ‘loving’ Anthony Higgins who was fatally stabbed in Wembley

Tue, 10:51 Nathalie Raffray

Anthony Higgins, 62. Picture: Claudette Brown

Family and friends have paid tribute to a “decent, humble” father of two who was stabbed to death in Wembley.

Man injured after gunman storms into Subway outlet in Neasden demanding cash

CCTV issued after man assaulted by robber on Wembley bus

Coronavirus: ‘The public has an enormous role to play’ says Northwick Park’s medical director

Yesterday, 10:33 Nathalie Raffray

Northwick Park Hospital has a second spike contingency plan in place should Covid levels rise to heights seen in April.

Park Royal nurse completes swimming the English Channel in under 14 hours

Thu, 10:26 Nathalie Raffray

A pandemic wasn’t going to put a Park Royal nurse off her stroke of swimming the English Channel.

Coronavirus: Download the NHS Test & Trace App, Brent’s health chief advises

Thu, 09:45 Nathalie Raffray

Brent’s public health chief has urged people to download the NHS Test and Trace app in case they catch coronavirus.

New Covid-19 test centre opens in Wembley

‘Don’t forget small charities when restructuring PHE’ Harlesden’s charity chief tells Boris Johnson

Coronavirus: Mural thanking workers and volunteers goes up in Sudbury

Yesterday, 15:42 Nathalie Raffray

A colourful new mural depicting the Barham Bear has brightened up a disused building in Sudbury.

Harlesden’s steel pan players leave instruments aside to take part in the Great British September Clean

Mon, 12:48 Nathalie Raffray

Young people of Phoenix Rising/St Michael & All Angels Steel Orchestra put instruments aside to litter pick. Picture: Patrick McKay

Young musicians from Harlesden’s award winning steel orchestra put their steel pans aside to do a community litter pick.

Mounting anger against plans to introduce Low Traffic Neighbourhood plans across Brent

Friday, September 18, 2020 Nathalie Raffray

A petition has been launched to stop Brent's Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. Picture: Ali Kelly

A petition with more than 1,000 signatures has been sent to Brent Council urging it to stop a traffic block proposal.

Kilburn school transforms dull garden into a ‘stress free zone’

Thames Water to carry out inspections in Brent to make sure homes are properly connected to sewers

Brent’s sole Liberal Democrat councillor requests scrutiny position on committees

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Adam Shaw LDRS reporter

Cllr Anton Georgiou, Liberal Democrat Councillor, Alperton

The sole Liberal Democrat councillor in Brent called for more representation from opposition groups on council committees to provide fairer and greater scrutiny on key decisions.

Cllr Ernest Ezeajughi re-elected mayor of Brent for a second term due to Covid disruption

Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Adam Shaw, LDRS Reporter

Cllr Ernest Ezeajughi re-elected as mayor of Brent for a second term. Picture: Justin Thomas

The mayor of Brent will “go down in history” after being re-elected for a second term due to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Brent North MP welcomes widening of the inquiry after police officers allegedly took selfies of murdered sisters in Kingsbury

Thursday, August 27, 2020 Nathalie Raffray

Barry Gardiner MP has welcomed the widening of an inquiry relating to alleged inappropriate photos taken by police officers of two sisters murdered in Kingsbury.

Call for apology from council leader over ‘mistaken’ timing of lockdown prayer meeting

Brent Central MP meets with Cressida Dick to discuss reforms to stop and search law

Silver award for lecturer - with the hope of a TV ceremony ahead

Thursday, September 17, 2020 André Langlois

Misk Sharif Ali has received a Silver Award in the Further Education Lecturer of the Year category of the Pearson National Teaching Awards. Picture: City of Westminster College

A City of Westminster College lecturer has scooped a national teaching award.

Kilburn school transforms dull garden into a ‘stress free zone’

Friday, September 11, 2020 Nathalie Raffray

St Augustine's school garden transformsfrom dull patch into a sensory space. Picture: Aga Kaliszuk

A “dull” secondary school garden in Kilburn has transformed into a calming sensory space for all those having a “rough day”.

Kenton school’s floodlit sports’ pitches approved despite ‘unbearable’ impact on local neighbours

Friday, September 11, 2020 Nathalie Raffray

Claremont High School Academy. Picture: Google

A Kenton school’s controversial floodlit sports’ pitch application has been given the green light despite the lack of proper noise assessments.

Opinion Students left ‘forgotten’ by A Level and GCSE results outcomes

Opinion How TfL is making it safe for everyone to get back to school and work on public transport

Kingsgate Community Association to close after Covid-19 hits finances

Tuesday, September 15, 2020 Sam Volpe

The Kingsgate Community Centre. Picture: Carmen Klammer

After a century “at the centre of the Kilburn and West Hampstead communities”, the Kingsgate Community Association (KCA) has announced it is to close with immediate effect.

Naming of Brent’s public spaces after William Gladstone to be scrutinised

Friday, September 11, 2020 Adam Shaw, local democracy reporter

The name of Gladstone Park is being reviewed by Brent Council. Picture: Jonathan Goldberg

A park in Brent named after William Gladstone could be renamed due to the former prime minister’s association with the slave trade.

Windrush Garden and commemorative Sundial honouring Martin Luther King unveiled in Kensal Green

Monday, August 24, 2020 Nathalie Raffray

A sundail honouring Martin Luther King unveiled at St John the Evangelist church in Kensal Green. Picture: Rev David Ackerman

A new Windrush Garden and commemorative sundial has been unveiled at a church in Kensal Green.

Brent planning committee votes to demolish listed Altamira villa in Stonebridge

Harlesden refugee charity given £100k cash boost by AHF to transform former bank

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