Tending loving care
A week dedicated to carers who help others takes place from 12-18 June and across Brent a series of events will be offering carers some free things to mark the week and the importance carers play in the community.
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Community spirit
Brent Council's online service BRAIN is offering information and advice to local residents who want to set up their own community group. The online advice provides information from what formal requirements are needed to set up a group.
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Workers fear closure
Disabled workers at the Remploy factory in Gypsy Corner are to find out this week if their jobs are safe following a leaked memo suggesting that the Park Royal site could be one of the 16 factories out of 83 in which their employer is considering for closure.
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New councils
May 6 saw both Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham change from Labour to Convervative while Brent became under no overall party control. Park Royal Online spoke to Park Royal Partnership chief executive Jackie Sadek about what she is looking for from the new councils.
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Brent's new mayor
Brent's first ever black mayor has been elected the borough's mayor for a second time. Bertha Joseph, who represents Kensal Green as a councillor beat Lib Dem Councillor Chandubhai Patel by 36 votes to 27 at the recent Mayor Making ceremony at Brent Town Hall.
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New councils
May 6 saw both Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham change from Labour to Convervative while Brent became under no overall party control. Park Royal Online spoke to Park Royal Partnership chief executive Jackie Sadek about what she is looking for from the new councils. |
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Brent's new mayor
Brent's first ever black mayor has been elected the borough's mayor for a second time. Bertha Joseph, who represents Kensal Green as a councillor beat Lib Dem Councillor Chandubhai Patel by 36 votes to 27 at the recent Mayor Making ceremony at Brent Town Hall. |
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Brent casino proposal
Brent Council has been short-listed to become the UK's only borough to house a Las-Vegas style super casino which will be built minutes away from Park Royal. Details of the winner will be announced in December. |
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New parking in force
Ealing Council has started to put up signs informing Park Royal residents and visitors that new parking restrictions are in place. Residents express delight, commuters express anger. |
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No tram for Ealing
Ealing Council's new Conservative leadership has voted to stop backing the planned £650m West London Tram project. "This is what the people of Ealing have asked us to do and we will not let them down," said Council leader Jason Stacey. |
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Welcome to Wembley
Brent Council is putting up new signs on its boundaries to welcome visitors to the borough. The council hopes the signs will show there is more to the area other than the new Wembley Stadium. |
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Save on recycling
Ealing council is looking to encourage more residents to use recycling sacks for garden waste by offering a special deal on its pink recycling sacks. A special promotion is now running with the bags costing just 30p each instead of 50p. |
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Raising Ealing standards
Want to make sure that those recently elected or re-elected as councillors in Ealing are maintaining high standards of conduct? Well, Ealing Council's Standards Committee is looking for independent people to join its committee. |
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Cuts at local hospital
Hospital staff at Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal could be going on strike following news that North West London Hospitals Trust plans to implement £20m worth of cuts to combat a multimillion pound deficit. |
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Where credit is due
Park Royal residents and workers can now get alternative saving and borrowing facilities from Ealing Credit Union. Originally open to just people living in Acton, the new Ealing Credit Union covers everyone across the borough. |
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New parking plans
Ealing Council is planning new parking restrictions in and around Park Royal with the introduction of controlled parking zones across a number of roads which will see parking places created. Roads around the Gypsy Corner area will be affected by the plans. |
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Free deal for gardeners
Park Royal residents are being offered free compost by Ealing Council to thank them for taking part in recycling projects across the borough including food waste collections and the green box scheme. |
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Bus depot decision
Park Royal residents could be waiting until the summer to find out if the council finally throws out plans by Transport for London to build a bus depot at Gypsy Corner. |
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Conservatives win Ealing
Voters in Ealing have kicked out Labour and turned to the Conservatives to run the council. Out of 69 seats up for election on May 4, Conservatives won 37 seats. In the Park Royal area of East Acton, Conservatives won two seats and Labour just one. |
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Local election update
Following a recent opinion piece on Park Royal Online where political parties were blasted for their lack of getting in touch with local residents, Park Royal Online editor Leslie Bunder finally got some information from the Conservatives. |
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Get on your bike
Park Royal is following other parts of London and the UK where commuters can rent bicycles to complete their travel journeys. Bicycle rental company OY Bike has set up several sites near to train stations in the Park Royal area. |
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Tube frustration
Travellers to and from the Park Royal area had their journeys disrupted as Transport for London used the weekend for upgrades to its network but lack of information has irritated commuters. |
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Ealing improves safety
Ealing Police and Ealing Council are promising better safety in Park Royal following the expansion of the Safer Neighbourhood scheme. Among issues Safer Neighbourhood deals with are graffiti, noisy neighbours, drunks and vandalism. |
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Carphone's broadband war
Park Royal-based Carphone Warehouse looks set to spark a price war in offering internet services following its recent introduction of free broadband to customers who sign up to its home telephone service. |
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BMW dealer exits
Car dealer H.R. Owen has closed down its BMW dealership in Gypsy Corner. Opened for less than two years, the dealership was located just off the A40 and located next to the Ramada Encore hotel in Portal Way. |
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Going for Gold
One of the world's largest gym clubs is coming to Park Royal. Gold's Gym, which operates in over 20 countries and has three branches in the UK is to occupy the site of a former nightclub in the Royale Leisure Park. |
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Park Royal measles outbreak
Six nurses from Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal have been affected with measles following a outbreak of the illness in March when two children were admitted suffering form the condition. |
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Island loves film
Video Island, the Park Royal-based online video rental company is to merge with its rival LOVEFiLM. Subject to shareholder approval, when combined the two companies will have a subscriber base of more than 400,000 people and revenues of £25m. |
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New look for Central Middx
After nearly 10 years of development, staff and patients have now started to move into Central Middlesex Hospital's new building. The £80m project which began in 1997 is expected to be completed by 2007 with a staged approach to moving in. |
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