Council tax rises as recycling collections face cuts

Brent residents face cuts to bin collections as council tax looks set to increase by more than £100 in April. On Monday, February 6th,The draft budget proposal for 2023/24 was waved through at Brent Council’s cabinet meeting with the council needing to make savings of £13.5 million. The final decision on whether residents’ council tax…
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£1m album keeps royalties debate open

The Pocket Gods frontman Mark Christopher Lee has made a film about the Pocket Gods campaign for higher online royalties A band called Pocket Gods attempting to sell just one copy of an albulm for £1m part of a campaign for higher online royalties. The vinyl copy of Vegetal Digital by the Pocket Gods, from St…
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Charlie Jeffreys on MasterChef: The Professionals

Charlie Jeffrey’s a Chef will be showing of his culinary skills appearing in the 11th episode of the MasterChef: The professionals series tonight (November 24) . Charlie Jeffreys is 23 years old and lives in Brent, he works at Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester in central London.  The Brent Chef will face the heat in the…
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Britain’s Economic Woes

by Matt Lewis Britain like much of the Western world is in the midst of an economic and political crisis. We have had 3 Prime Ministers in the last 2 months, one of which has the shortest premiership of any previous PM, and we are facing a recession and fuel shortages in the winter. Much of…
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N-Dubz cancel show ‘at the last minute’

  N-Dubz cancelled a show “at the very last minute” after their support acts had performed. The N-Dubz Fans were left angry and disappointed after they cancelled their concert, at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham, which was part of the group’s The Back To The Future tour following their return after 11 years. Hours before…
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Cost of living: Musicians could be priced out of careers

Artists are concerned as Gig tickets are getting more expensive and putting on shows is also costing more. Gig tickets are just one of the things getting more expensive, putting on shows are also costing artist more causing concerns. Singer Pip Millet Speaking from her European tour with shows almost every single night, says she’s…
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Jazz ‘warrior’ Victor Evans dies aged 88

Jazz singing Warrior Victor Evans has died at the age of 88. Victor Evans from Birmingham, performed with the late Jamaican-born British Jazz saxophonist Andy Hamilton and The Blue Notes. The musician was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and moved to the UK at the age of 21 in 1964. Dionne Thompson, his daughter said that…
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Stormzy named as influential black Brits

Stormzy, Michaela Coel and Marcus Rashford are among those to have been named on a list of the UK’s most influential black people. According to organisers, the list was launched in 2007 “to showcase black role models to young people”. Dame Sharon White, the head of John Lewis and Waitrose, topped the rankings this year….
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London Vets Ballerz, Black History FINAL Cup 2022

Sunday 30th October 2022 will be the Final of the Black History FINAL Cup 2022. Introducing you to Conway Blake who has set up his own football league in the face of several obstacles from industry representatives who should really be supporting him. London Vets Ballerz is affiliated with the F. A , they run our…
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No more Thame Town Music Festival

A market town’s music festival which showcased hundreds of acts will not be staged again, organisers have announced. Thame Town Music Festival was first run in 2017 and saw more than 200 acts on various stages in the town centre. The fifth festival for 2023 had been advertised but will not take place “We are…
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