The public meeting about Kilburn High Road raised lots of issues, but proposed few answers. Elections must be rolling around again – West Hampstead Conservatives reopened its Twitter account after a three-year gap, it also announced its six candidates for … Continue reading →
Demolition signs are up on 187-199 West End Lane. At least those shops won’t stand empty for too long! The discount shop on the corner of Kilburn High Road and Gascony Avenue submitted a revised plan to convert into a … Continue reading →
Local MP Glenda Jackson made waves with her strident attack on Thatcherism in the House of Commons. Pastry and ice cream emporium Chez Chantal has apparently closed for good. Meanwhile the word is that LoveFood’s next incarnation will be as … 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
It looks like Minkies might finally be opening at the Overground station. In Property News, are relaxed planning regulations the worst of all worlds? Whampgather XI tickets went on sale for the March 28th event – I’ve allocated more this … Continue reading →
A meeting about where developers’ community contributions should go produced more heat than light. There was a bomb scare at Swiss Cottage Leisure Centre on Thursday that turned out to be a hoax. Sunset over Thameslinkvia @ksh73 Peppecorns has launched … Continue reading →
Emily Frith stood down as the Lib Dem’s parliamentary candidate just a month after being selected. The local Tories dived in for the kill, while Emily herself explained that the new position she’s taken is her “dream job” Simon Marcus, … Continue reading →
