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We will provide a £15 food voucher to parents of eligible children this half term.
No child should have to go hungry and we are proud to support
@MarcusRashford
.
#EndChildFoodPoverty
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Congratulations to Team England 🎉🎉🎉 We are especially proud of our very own boy from Brent
@sterling7
#EUROS2020
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We are absolutely thrilled to have been awarded Council of the Year at the
#LGCAwards
2020 👏🙌
The
@ZurichMunicipal
sponsored award for Council of the Year at the
#LGCAwards
2020 goes to
@Brent_Council
. Congratulations! Very well deserved.
#CounciloftheYear
#localgov
#localgovernment
#publicsector
#leadership
#communities
#place
#Councils
#BrentLBC
#BrentCouncil
#community
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The results are in: Liberal Democrat candidate Anton Georgiou has been elected Borough Councillor for the Alperton ward with 1,699 votes
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Meet generous George, the libraries volunteer with the big heart! Diana is 105 and looks forward to her book delivery from George
#OurDay
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The FA Cup Final will be held today at Wembley Stadium.
There will be 22,000 fans in attendance – many are local key workers. All attending will be asked to show evidence of a negative Covid-19 test taken 48 hours prior to the event.
#BrentAlert
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Everyone is mucking in at Wembley Stadium today to get Brent vaccinated! Vaccinators, volunteers, St John’s Ambulance, the Armed Forces and more are helping out! Come down to bag one of the 10,000 vaccines available!
More info at
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@JohnActor69
@SabjiHunter
@wembleystadium
Hi John, thanks for bringing this to our attention. We have passed this on to the team that looks after food safety.
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We stand with black communities in the US, Brent and around the world. Brent Civic Centre was lit up purple yesterday evening in solidarity with all those fighting injustice and police brutality.
#BlackLivesMatter
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The roads outside 30 schools have been transformed into ‘School Streets’, banning cars for pick up and drop off times.
The initiative is designed to boost walking and cycling, make the route safer for pupils and cut local air pollution.
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Results for Alperton ward. The elected councillors are:
- Anton Georgiou, Liberal Democrat
- Bhagwanji Chohan, Labour and Co-operative Party
- Hannah Matin, Liberal Democrat
#BrentElects2022
#LocalElections2022
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Respect to Raheem
@sterling7
who is the latest celebrity to
#BackBrentsBid
! What does one of England's most talented footballers have to say about growing up in Brent?
#mylocalculture
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👏👏 The NHS COVID Vaccination Centre at Wembley gave a hearty welcome to its first patient this morning.
Appointments are by invitation only.
@HealthierNWL
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A birds-eye view of our welcome for the London Borough of Culture 2020 trophy back to Brent
#mylocalculture
#backbrentsbid
#brent2020
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Brent Civic Centre will be lit up purple tonight (June 2) in solidarity with Black communities in the US, Brent and around the world.
The mistreatment of black people by the forces who are supposed to protect them is appalling and needs to stop.
#BlackLivesMatter
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🚶🏾♀️🚴🏽♀️ Today, we’re excited to launch a new interactive website where we’re asking you to nominate locations for walking and cycling improvements.
Hear more from Cllr
@ShamaTatler
, and visit the website at
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The England team played their hearts out. Despite the result we are hugely proud of all of them, not least our very own
#BoyFromBrent
@sterling7
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To show support for the Black Lives Matter movement on Windrush Day 2020, the Mayor of Brent, Councillors and residents joined together to take a knee outside Brent Civic Centre.
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🇺🇦 Brent stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian people and condemns Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of the independent nation of Ukraine.
We have compiled a list of organisations and appeals that residents might consider supporting 👇
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You may have seen news reports that Brent could shortly be put into a local lockdown.
The situation is constantly monitored, but public health data does not suggest that cases are rising in the borough and there are currently no plans for a local lockdown. (1/2)
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Have you spotted our new mural in
#EalingRoad
?
A beautiful tribute to local social activist, Jayaben Desai (2 Apr 1933 – 23 Dec 2010).
Jayaben championed workers rights and was a prominent leader of the strikers in the Grunwick dispute in London in 1976.
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Flow Free! 🙌
We have just become the first London borough to install vending machines with free pads and tampons in six public buildings across the borough, part of a trailblazing new scheme to tackle period poverty.
Learn more:
@EllieSouthwood
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Thank you
@lgcplus
. We are so proud to have been awarded Council of the Year at this year's
#LGCAwards
🥳
Judges said “Brent has embraced its communities in a celebration of diversity, lifting up the whole borough.”
Congrats to all the other nominees and winners this evening 👏
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PLEASE SHARE!
We know that this will be a very difficult time for some. If you need extra support, please get in touch.
To get you to the right place as quickly as possible, use this list. Also coming through letterboxes soon as a Your Brent Extra.
🌈
#LondonTogether
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Congratulations to the new Mayor of Brent Cllr Orleen Hylton who was elected as the Borough’s First Citizen at Brent Council's Annual General meeting today.
During her term the Mayor will support
@PLIAS01
&
@PrestonLib
.
Find out more➡️
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Our NHS workers do a brilliant job and we’re incredibly proud of them, now more than ever. If you can, join
#clapforourcarers
and let’s show our support 👏👏
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Brent leads London with £850,000 street light savings. Today
@kkrupas
has announced the installation of 21,000 new LED street lights in Brent will save £850,000 a year, the highest saving achieved in any of London’s 32 boroughs
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Our carers are hitting the front-line with PPE to stop the spread of Covid-19.
1.6 million gloves and aprons were delivered to the Council’s HQ and 280k masks will arrive this week. Read more:
#Londontogether
#StayHomeSaveLives
#COVID19
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A big thanks to Mawuli and Nigel for delivering boxes of personal protective equipment to schools across Brent this afternoon!
Plenty more gloves, aprons and masks hitting front lines soon:
🌈
#LondonTogether
🌈
#StayAtHomeSaveLives
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Read more about Brent’s bee corridor 🐝, a series of wildflower meadows that are being planted in time for summer, in the Evening Standard.
@kkrupas
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22 June is Windrush Day - a day to recognise the contributions of the Windrush generation. On and around this day, Brent will be celebrating its African and Caribbean communities with stories from the community and celebration of people who helped drive this nation forward.
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Willesden Green Library of Things - first borrower🥳
Aamir borrowed our Carpet Cleaner for £22.50 a day, saving more than £600 by hiring instead of buying 💪
🧵1/5
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A resident who dumped waste in the Alperton ward did not expect a door knock from the area Enforcement officer this morning after evidence was found. They will now be expecting a fixed penalty notice.
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👉 PLEASE SHARE!
A new COVID-19 testing site has opened in Wembley. Anyone with symptoms, however mild, can get a free test.
Book online at or call 119.
Testing is free, quick and vital to stop the spread of coronavirus 😷
#KeepBrentSafe
|
#GetTested
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@LaibaaAli
thanks for the concern. The driver is okay, just a few bruises and no serious injuries.
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An emotional airport welcome party for
@Andriazaf
from
@AlpertonCS
returning home clutching her Global
@TeacherPrize
#Brent
could not be more proud of you Andria!
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The vaccine bus is coming! A happy and successful first stop in Kilburn yesterday, and we're coming to Willesden and Harlesden over the weekend.
Check our poster for further details about getting a Covid-19 vaccination aboard our vaccine bus.
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To celebrate the long standing friendship between Japan and the United Kingdom, Japan is gifting more than 6,000 Japanese Cherry trees to the UK!
We are delighted that Gladstone Park will be receiving 100 and marked the first planting with a special ceremony this week.
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We celebrated
#JamaicanIndependenceDay
today with a flag raising event in Paul Daisley Gardens
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Enforcement Officer issued a Fixed Penalty Notice to a local resident caught red handed dumping rubbish
#workinghardforbrent
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⚠️
#Covid
-19 is on the rise again locally.
Help prevent a second lockdown 👇
#BrentAlerts
@MAsgharButt2
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Full Council unanimously agrees to adopt the definition of Islamophobia as set out by the
@appgbritmuslims
and condemns all forms of racism, Islamophobia, antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia, ageism, pregnancy and maternity discrimination, ableism and sexism
#Brentlive
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Brent Civic Centre lit up green tonight as a mark of respect to the victims of the Grenfell Tower tragedy one year on.
#GreenforGrenfell
#GreenForGrenfellDay
Grenfell forever in our hearts 💚💚💚
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The heavy rain tonight has led to flash flooding in parts of Brent. If you live in Brent and are affected and need support, you can call our out of hours number on 020 8937 1234
#brentalerts
#flooding
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Cargo bikes🚲are now in Harlesden! The Harlesden Mutual Aid Team took part in our mini trial for Brent businesses & organisation to use the
#bikes
to reduce air pollution & carbon emissions. The bikes successfully made food drops to 10 different homes.
@LeroyDSimpson
@kkrupas
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🙌
@HistoricEngland
+ Harlesden = £100,000 for culture on the high street!
We're thrilled to announce that a consortium of local culture organisations, led by
@BrentYPF
, will get £100k to launch a series of community-led activities.
#HistoricHighStreets
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📢90% of cars in outer-London are ULEZ compliant📢
This follows news that over 1/4 of deadly particles have vanished in areas that were covered by the ULEZ last year🌬️
Find out what some students, parents & teachers from
@SudburyPrimary
think below 👇
🧵1/10
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A big thank you to Reese, one of the
@VeoliaUK
team working hard to keep bins emptied around Brent.
If you want to show the crews how much you appreciate the job they're doing at this time, join
#StreetSmiles
and put a 🌞 up in your window!
🌈
#LondonTogether
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We’re doing everything we can to minimise disruption to your bin collections.
Collections are currently running as normal & we will let you know as soon as possible if the situation changes.
Please be kind to the teams, who are doing an important job in these challenging times.
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Congratulations to Cllr
@LiaColacicco
Brent’s new Mayor!
During her swearing-in at the council’s Annual General Meeting this afternoon, Cllr Colacicco announced that she will be supporting
@ParkinsonsUK
and
@CrklwdLibrary
during her mayoral year.
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Krupesh Hirani (Labour) has been elected constituency Assembly Member for Brent and Harrow with 63,867 votes.
Full results at
#LocalElection2024
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Results for Sudbury ward. The elected councillors are:
- Paul Lorber, Liberal Democrat
- Teo Benea, Labour Party
#BrentElects2022
#LocalElections2022
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Today we remember and pay tribute to the Windrush generation's immense contributions to this nation and to Brent.
#WindrushDay2020
#WindrushDay
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£400 fine for this man dumping a mattress on the streets of Brent! It really is a crime not to care and we will catch you.
#loveBrent
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It's beginning to feel more like Spring and we've even had some little ducklings hatch on our balcony here at the Civic Centre! We've spoken to
@WildLondon
to help us find these little fellows a new home.
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The story of the
@NeasdenTemple
, the largest of its kind in Europe, built by and for the community
#brent2020
#boroughofcultures
#londonboroughofculture
@LBOC2020
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🧵 We are proud to be the first London council to hand over our kitchen facilities for free to a foodbank.
@LondonsCKitchen
is using the free space to make 50,000 meals for vulnerable children across Brent and
@harrow_council
this summer.
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Brent welcomes in a new
@mayorofbrent
. Cllr Ernest Ezeajughi
@EEzeajughi
was elected as the new Mayor for 2019-20 yesterday, 1 May. Read more here:
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The Union Flag is flying at half-mast over Brent Civic Centre following news of the death of Her Majesty The Queen.
The Mayor of Brent said: "The Queen's steadfast leadership has carried us all through times of enormous change."
Leave your condolences:
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We're delighted that
@EAnionwu
, the UK's first sickle cell and thalassaemia specialist nurse, will be joining Brent's
#InternationalWomensDay
panel discussion on Monday 8 March as part of a week of virtual events.
This is not one to miss, sign up today ➡️
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Spotted near Kensal Rise yesterday morning!
A heart-warming recognition of the crews who are keeping our bins emptied in tough circumstances.
🌈
#LondonTogether
🌞
#StreetSmiles
@VeoliaUK
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Thank you
@NeasdenTemple
for providing cooked meals and snacks for key workers in Brent Council 💕
We're blown away by your generosity and kindness, and this is a fantastic example of
#BrentTogether
🙌
Every week, volunteers of
#NeasdenTemple
will be providing cooked meals and snacks for 70 key workers, including mortuary workers, social workers, housing officers, enforcement officers, and all those who are delivering food to the most vulnerable residents of the community.
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🤔 Have you got an old mattress, broken furniture or electrical items that you've been meaning to shift?
Get rid of bulky waste for free! Our Community Skip is back on tour & it's visiting a street near you.
#GreatBritishSeptemberClean
dates & locations:
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Cargo bikes are now in Harlesden! Sparks cycle shop is one of the first businesses to trial the bikes for recycling collections. We are conducting 3 mini-trials in partnership with MP Smarter Travel to help businesses start using cargo bikes & reduce pollution emissions
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In these difficult times, community has never been more important. Today, we're launching
#BrentTogether
, a campaign celebrating the brilliant initiatives that are supporting our communities through this pandemic. (1/2)
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Wembley Library welcomes Brent born
@nikeshshukla
and Londoner
@chimenesuleyman
to celebrate
#worldbookday
and the launch of The Good Immigrant USA today.
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Cllr Muhammed Butt, Brent Council Leader, on the street party in Harlesden last night.
"The people involved in this gathering put themselves at an enormous risk of serious illness in an area already hard hit by covid-19...events like this cost lives and should not be repeated.”
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A big thanks to the team of Civil Enforcement Officers from
@SercoGroup
who are helping us deliver food and supplies to vulnerable residents.
There is a huge effort underway to deliver these parcels, staffed by redeployed officers from across the council.
🌈
#LondonTogether
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You certainly are. Everyone is so proud of you here in your home borough. We'll be cheering you on loudly this Sunday.
#EnglandItaly
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An investigation by our planning teams has resulted in a landlord having to pay back £739,263.58 in earnings from overcrowded properties. Brent will not tolerate landlords providing horrible living conditions. Our residents deserve better.
#BetterBrent
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This Saturday,
@SadiqKhan
’s International Busking Day will take place
@WembleyPark
, a great day for families across the city - and the world - to get together and enjoy a showcase of the finest musical talent from across the capital
#InternationalBuskingDay
#SummerofPlay
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We have some amazing key workers in Brent and we're trying to keep as many services going as we can.
Say "Hi" to some of our front line estate caretakers who have been working hard to keep Council Housing estates safe and clean.
🌈
#LondonTogether
🌈
#StayHomeSaveLives
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In honour of
#NationalWindrushDay
,
@mayorofbrent
will be holding celebrations this Saturday.
A day of food, drink and entertainment with proceeds going to
@SickleCellUK
,
@JasonRobertsFdn
& West Indian Self Effort (WISE)
Confirmed speakers
@ppvernon
@DawnButlerBrent
@derekwebley
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We have declared the Brent and Harrow constituency votes for the Mayor of London:
HALL Susan Mary (Con) 66,151
KHAN Sadiq (Lab) 58,743
BLACKIE Rob (Lib Dem) 7,184
GARBETT Zoe (Green) 6,984
Turnout was 37.09% for Brent and Harrow
#LondonMayoralElection
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Get vaccinated at Wembley Stadium! ⚽💪
Give COVID-19 the boot on Sun 19 Dec by taking one of the 10,000 vaccines available from 10am to 6pm!
Book your slot here:
For more vaccine opportunities & info around eligibility, go to
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We’ve listened to your feedback about the individuals breaking parking rules in Harlesden. You’ll notice extra enforcement officers patrolling the area & cracking down on those who flout the rules in the coming weeks.
@HarlesdenOrg
@LoveHarlesden
@HarlesdenHen
@HarlesdenBot
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Live near Dudden Hill or Willesden Green?
There are two community clean up events on Wed 28 July - Avondale Avenue (10-12noon) and Villiers Road, (2- 4pm).
Local residents can drop off up to five large items free of charge.
Find out more -
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🚶🚴 Today, we’ve outlined our transport ambitions for Brent to support healthy, active travel.
The draft plan includes measures to strengthen walking & cycling infrastructure, as well as new low-traffic neighbourhoods.
Read more:
@ShamaTatler
@kkrupas
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Packed house here at Brent Civic Centre in Wembley for
@sadiqkhan
's first People's Question time
#pqt
@MayorofLondon
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Toxic air means 9,000 Londoners will die prematurely this year. A team of Pollution Officers & volunteers hit the streets of Kilburn today to ask idling drivers to switch their engines off & help reduce air pollution. Join the cleaner, greener Brent movement and
#LoveWhereYouLive
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We’re disappointed to report that four newly planted trees in Gladstone Park’s Peace Garden have been deliberately vandalised.
It’s not in the spirit of the new Garden, and it falls well short of the respect the rest of our community and our local environment deserves. (1/2)
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Today, we're announcing hundreds of new trees to be planted across the borough 🌳
Planting will be focused in areas of low tree cover and high levels of air pollution.
Read more:
@LDN_environment
@kkrupas
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Potatoes are the new plastic in Wembley! 🥔 We’re trialling biodegradable bags made of potato peels in the town’s litter bins. Not only do they cut
#plasticwaste
, they also take 72% less carbon to produce. Read more:
#PlasticFreeWembley
@kkrupas
@VeoliaUK
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✡️✝️☪️
This week, Passover, Easter & Ramadan overlap, which only happens three times every century.
As many residents across Brent and beyond mark these significant religious events , we celebrate our diversity of faith and background . We wish all who observe a peaceful time.
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Just finished
@SadiqKhan
's first Question Time here in Brent. Great turnout and even better questions and answers
#PQT
@MayorofLondon
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Brent's Children’s Social Services have officially been rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted again.
Our brilliant children’s services team work day in, day out to improve the lives of children and families, and are delighted with today's news! 🙂
Read more ➡️ .
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It's been signed, sealed and delivered - our bid for London Borough of Culture 2020 is now in! Huge thanks to everyone who got involved and pledged your support - we couldn't have done it without you
#backbrentsbid
#mylocalculture
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📢 A £765k upgrade of Kilburn Library has been approved by Brent Council’s Cabinet today (17 April), promising to expand and refresh the much-loved library.
🧵
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The team at Northwick Park, like hospitals all over London, are working flat out to keep people alive.
The situation is serious. We must:
🏠 Stay at home
💙 Protect the NHS
👨👩👦 Save lives
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We were all pretty excited to welcome the London Borough of Culture 2020 trophy back to Brent just now
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PLEASE SHARE: an update about using our parks.
With your help, we can keep our parks open.
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