August 2008 Archives

Brent police are hunting five men who went on the run while due in jail.

Pick up a copy of the Wembley Observer today and get a free bag of jelly beans.

Here is a fantastic opportunity to make friends with Mike and Ike, the fabulous new chewy fruit-flavoured candies that are true American icons.

Did you notice Brent's powers at the town hall conducted a survey to discover if we preferred to be Brentists or Wemblites?
For some unfathomable reason to me, the vote was very highly in favour of us being in the Borough of Brent.
Obviously my address is still Wembley, Middlesex, but I now seem to be living in a place named after an insignificant creek.
Okay, I know there are the folk from Kilburn, Willesden and other places who are covered in the umbrella term of Brent, but I don't care.
We live in Wembley!
I don't really slobber about the big Red Riding Hood's shopping basket called the "New Wembley Stadium" and even less with all the moaning and screaming about the cost of changing the name back to Wembley.
It was Wembley when I moved here some 55 years ago and I dislike going away for a while to return to the same place where my home has migrated into a new region without changing address!
In days of yore, I lamented the demise of the London County Council and later my school having to relinquish the word Grammar from its title made me wince.
Now, our locals WANT us to be from Brent.
Hm!
Maybe it is time to migrate - again.

Brent Council has announced its bin collection days for the bank holiday weekend.

Green box and grey rubbish bin collection days will remain the same over this bank holiday, however green organic bin collection days are changing.

The Chameleons Amateur Dramatic Society is holding open auditions for this year's Christmas pantomime - Beauty and the Beast.

The Brent-based group is looking for around 20 talented children between the ages of nine and 15 to star in the chorus.

A church celebrated its 75th anniversary with a colourful flower festival.

Congregation members from St Michael the Archangel, in St Michael's Avenue,Wembley, joined dignitaries at special events throughout the week to mark the anniversary of church's consecration and opening in 1933.

By Tom Lawrence

A police probe is underway after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed in the leg during a violent gang fight on Thursday last week (7).

The teen was knifed at around 7.30pm in Tookey Close, near Fryent Country Park and rushed to Northwick Park Hospital as he lost blood from the wound.

An organisation aiming to improve computer literacy in the over 45s is on the look out for people to become digital mentors.

Digitall is recruiting 18 to 25-year-olds willing to pass on their electronic knowledge and close both digital and generational divides.

Manhole covers are being turned into cash in an attempt by our local thieves to join the band of folk who are illegally assisting third world countries in their hunt for metal.

Seems pretty silly to me.

Generous diners helped raise more than £1,000 for a baby charity.

A total of £1,694 was raised for charity Bliss at a special Bollywood dinner and dance hosted by Perfectmoments4U in Newlight Banqueting Suite, Wembley, London.