Ruchi is one of NW6’s hidden gems. At least I think so, but maybe you’ll disagree. This family-run Indian restaurant was the only place locally I could afford to eat out in when I first moved to Kilburn in the … Continue reading →
A local binman stopped a potentially bad accident when he moved his lorry to block a runaway post office van. The Neighbourhood Development Forum proposal received 125 responses, with only five opposed. Photo via @bruminthecity Property News looked at the … Continue reading →
One of the challenges that Kilburn has is that is straddles two boroughs: Camden on the east and Brent on the west. Attempts to breathe fresh life into the area, and specifically Kilburn High Road itself are therefore always at … Continue reading →
West Hampstead police station will stay open, but the front counter will close. The Safer Neighbourbood Team base on West End Lane will host the contact point, which will be open for two hour sessions midweek and on a Saturday … Continue reading →
Tonight’s whampgather (The Alliance, Mill Lane, 7.15pm, ticketholders only I’m afraid) will once again be raising money for The Winch. Specifically, its drama programme Drama Massive. Each term a slightly different group of 8-14 year-olds attend the weekly workshops, and … Continue reading →
There have been 150 collisions on Kilburn High Road in the past three years, so what’s being done about it? There was a collision on Fortune Green Road by the junction with Mill Lane when a driver who appeared to … Continue reading →
On Tuesday, the West Hampstead Medical Centre – the GP surgery on Solent Road – held a public meeting ostensibly to explain its new appointment system and keep patients up to speed with developments. Marcia MacLeod went along to find … Continue reading →
This Sunday, Gloves Boxing Club is holding “The Eggstravaganza Rabbit Punch”. Participants meet on Fortune Green at 10am, look out for clues on Twitter and Facebook and in teams of two (apparently tied together three-legged-race style) go and find some … Continue reading →
Kilburn High Road has developed a reputation for dangerous junctions: there have been more than 100 accidents over the past couple of years. At the last Area Action Group meeting for Kilburn ward, Brian Deegan and Jacqueline Saunders from Camden … Continue reading →
A man shot himself in the leg, in the toilets of the Golden Egg on Kilburn High Road. Labour finally recommended an all-woman shortlist for its Hampstead & Kilburn candidate to replace Glenda Jackson leaving local councillor Mike Katz disappointed. … Continue reading →
