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Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Let's Recycle: "Work to start on new North London Waste Plan"

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Link to Let's Recycle "Work to develop a new North London Waste Plan has been scheduled to start in early 2013, after the pla...
Monday, 10 December 2012

Flourishing of 'big society' in Barnet raises major legal questions for councils

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"The lawyer acting for a group of local activists who re-opened Friern Barnet Library explains the landmark case" Link to The...

Barnet Press: "New plan is in the pipeline to deal with waste"

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Link to web site "BARNET and six other north London councils have announced that work on developing a new North London Waste Pla...
Thursday, 6 December 2012

Er, another statement from the North London Waste Plan

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"While the boroughs are starting again on the waste plan for North London, clearly the boroughs are not starting with a blank sheet...

Statement from North London Waste Plan

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"When the boroughs submit the new North London Waste Plan for examination, they have to be able to show that they are submitting a ...

[Reposted] Report on Barnet Residents Forum, Coppetts Wood Primary School, 23 June 2011

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Since there has been lots of political activity on this web site recently, concerning the boroughs of Haringey and Enfield, let us remind o...
Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Evening Standard: "Tube and bus passengers face decade of inflation-busting rises"

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Link to web site "Tube and bus passengers face 10 years of inflation busting fare increases, London's transport chiefs have c...
Monday, 3 December 2012

New Year, New North London Waste Plan

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"Work on developing a new North London Waste Plan is scheduled to start in the New Year after a planning inspector ruled the existi...
Sunday, 2 December 2012

Greens: London Councils Guilty of 'Greenwash'

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Link to businessGreen " 'Lambeth recycling rate soars!' screamed the headline on Lambeth's website. But the figures ...
Saturday, 1 December 2012

Lime Grove rather than Ally Pally, for 'The Hour'

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A era of economic disappointment, with a discredited and floundering establishment, and questions about the independence and morality of ...

West London Mum: "West London Residents Against Incinerator"

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Link to web site, boys and girls "Be afraid! Be very afraid! A new dangerous neighbour has set its sights on West London. ...
Friday, 30 November 2012

The Independent: "Group inspired by Occupy London to launch bid to take control of body that runs the Square Mile"

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Linketh to Thy Independent "A group of politicians, clergy and former members of the Occupy London movement have launched a bid t...

North London Waste Authority: Back from the Brink

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"The procurement process timetable for our waste services and fuel use contracts procurement project was considered at a meeting of...

BBC: "Sea-level rise from polar ice melt finally quantified"

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Link to BBC web site "Melting of polar ice sheets has added 11mm to global sea levels over the past two decades, according to th...

BBC: Timeshift: "The Golden Age of Trams: A Streetcar Named Desire"

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Link to BBC iPlayer "Move along the car! Timeshift takes a nostalgic trip on the tram car and explores how it liberated overcrow...
Thursday, 29 November 2012

The Londonist: "Boris And The Great Indian Adventure"

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Link to the Londonist "This week, London has been without the familiar sight of its mayor perambulating the streets on a bike, ...
Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Dumb Ways to Die

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Tuesday, 27 November 2012

BBC iPlayer: "Councils fined millions over landfill"

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"Councils are tightening the purse strings, but the BBC has found many are also paying millions in fines because they have missed...

The Independent: "ASDA-owner Wal-Mart distances itself from Bangladesh fire"

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Link to The Independent "The garment factory in Bangladesh where a weekend fire killed at least 112 people had been making cloth...
Sunday, 25 November 2012

BBC: "Political cartoons: Britain's revolutionaries"

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Link to web site "Because of Britain's lack of censorship laws in the 18th century - the 'golden age' of political ca...

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) on Waste

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Waste Hierarchy Guidance Review 2012 "The evidence exercise for the review of the Waste Hierarchy Guidance ... [closed] on 30 June 20...
Saturday, 24 November 2012

The Guardian: "We must protect and reinvent our local libraries"

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"Growing up in Accrington, Jeanette Winterson found refuge and inspiration in her local library. In an age of austerity, the need to p...

Friern Barnet Library: "Phoenix Networking Update"

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"We are entering the last month before the court date on 18 December 2012, 10am at Barnet County Court, Regents Park Rd. Please co...