WEMBLEY MATTERS

Thursday 10 April 2014

Brent in the spotlight on Panorama tonight 9pm

As the government's benefits changes begin to bite, Panorama gains exclusive access over six months to Brent - one of London's worst-hit boroughs - and follows the personal stories of some of the people most affected by the changes. As claimants struggle with the loss of hundreds of pounds of benefits and have to move to other parts of the UK where rents are cheaper, we follow people battling to stay in their homes and a local authority forced to ask to them to leave as their benefits are capped.

TONIGHT 9pm BBC1

Saturday's designated Wembley pubs for Wigan v Arsenal

Designated Wembley pubs for the FA Cup semi-final (KO 5.07pm, Gates Open 3pm) on Saturday are:

The designated pubs for Supporters are as follows:
Arsenal
The Green Man - Dagmar Avenue, Wembley, HA9 8DF
Blue Room - 53 Wembley Hill Road, Wembley, HA9 8BE
JJ Moons - 397 High Road, Wembley, HA9 7DT
Thirsty Eddie's - 412 High Road, Wembley, HA9 6AH
Flannery's - 610 High Road, Wembley, HA0 2AF
Innisfree - 30 - 32 Harrow Road, Wembley, HA9 6PG
Mannions - 313 Harrow Road, Wembley, HA9 6BA
The Copper Jug - 10 The Broadway, Wembley, HA9 8JU
Fusilier - 652 Harrow Road, Wembley, HA0 2HA
Powerleague - Olympic Way, Wembley
Liquor Station 399 High Road, Wembley
Wigan
The Torch - 1-5 Bridge Road, Wembley, HA9 9AB
Crock of Gold - 23 Bridge Road, Wembley, HA9 9AB
Watkins Folly - 1 Empire Way, Wembley, HA9 0EW
Alisan Bar - The Junction, Wembley Retail Park, Engineers Way, HA9 0EG
Crystal Club (Silverspoon) - South Way, Wembley
The Parish - 120 Wembley Park Drive, Wembley, HA9 8HP
First Class Sports Bar - 125 Wembley Park Drive, HA9 8HG
The Wembley Tavern - 121 Wembley Park Drive, HA9 8HG
Cheers Bar - 45 Blackbird Hill, NW9 8RS
Premier Inn, Opp Wembley Park Station

Read more at http://www.wembleystadium.com/Events/2014/FA-Cup-Semi-Finals/12-April-2014#reF6YaSu6l9clYvw.99

Arsenal

The Green Man - Dagmar Avenue, Wembley, HA9 8DF

Blue Room - 53 Wembley Hill Road, Wembley, HA9 8BE

JJ Moons - 397 High Road, Wembley, HA9 7DT

Thirsty Eddie's - 412 High Road, Wembley, HA9 6AH

Flannery's - 610 High Road, Wembley, HA0 2AF

Innisfree - 30 - 32 Harrow Road, Wembley, HA9 6PG

Mannions - 313 Harrow Road, Wembley, HA9 6BA

The Copper Jug - 10 The Broadway, Wembley, HA9 8JU

Fusilier - 652 Harrow Road, Wembley, HA0 2HA

Powerleague - Olympic Way, Wembley

Liquor Station 399 High Road, Wembley

Wigan

The Torch - 1-5 Bridge Road, Wembley, HA9 9AB

Crock of Gold - 23 Bridge Road, Wembley, HA9 9AB

Watkins Folly - 1 Empire Way, Wembley, HA9 0EW

Alisan Bar - The Junction, Wembley Retail Park, Engineers Way, HA9 0EG

Crystal Club (Silverspoon) - South Way, Wembley

The Parish - 120 Wembley Park Drive, Wembley, HA9 8HP

First Class Sports Bar - 125 Wembley Park Drive, HA9 8HG

The Wembley Tavern - 121 Wembley Park Drive, HA9 8HG

Cheers Bar - 45 Blackbird Hill, NW9 8RS

Premier Inn, Opp Wembley Park Station

London deaths from air pollution: the shocking truth

Public Health England has released statistics today on the number of people dying because of air pollution.

Across England it is estimated that 25,002 people died because of air pollution in 2010. In London alone it is estimated that nearly 3,400 died.

Jean Lambert, the Green Party's MEP for London and a clean air campaigner, said:

These new statistics, which show that thousands of people are dying because of air pollution, make it clear that urgent action is needed to clean up our air.

The fact that thousands are dying because of air pollution each year should be a source of shame for Ministers. Yet, despite the mounting evidence of this major public health threat, the Government is doing far too little to reduce air pollution.

David Cameron, who last week flippantly blamed the smog entirely on Saharan Dust, should be ashamed of himself. The Government knows that the smog last week was in part caused by the high levels of pollution we have in this country, yet, shamefully, they refuse to accept responsibility. Now that these stats reveal thousands of deaths are caused by air pollution, it is time for Ministers to take this issue seriously and take urgent action to protect people's health.

In Ms Lambert's London constituency 3,389 deaths in 2010 were associated with air pollution.
Public Health England's report estimates that 7.2% of deaths in London were attributable to air pollution.
Ms Lambert, who is a founder supporter of Clean Air in London (2), went on to say:

With almost one in 12 deaths in my London caused by air pollution it is abundantly clear that action is needed.

We need to radically rethink the way they are dealing with air pollution. To protect people's health we need both the UK Government and the Mayor of London to be bold in tackling air pollution - and stop trying to water down the rules.

We need a 'very low emissions zone' for central London, cleaner buses, a strategy to reduce pollution from taxi exhaust, 20mph speed limits as standard in residential areas, and more steps to encourage walking and cycling.

It's time we recognise that air pollution is a political issue. We can clean up our air, but we need to force politicians to take the issue seriously.

The Public Health England report is available here.
Jean's latest report on London's Air Quality is here .
More information about Clean Air in London is available here .

Wednesday 9 April 2014

Brent approves Moberly Sports Centre development

After extensive discussion, much of it concerned with the lack of affordable housing in the development, Brent Planning Committee approved the redevelopment of the Moberly Sports Centre. A speaker from Wilmott Dixon said that they would not be able to provide a high quality sports centre if they were required to build affordable rather than market housing. He said that Brent and Westminster councils had accepted this.

Cllr Mashari who is responsible for sports told the committee that the new centre was required to give an opportunity to the large number of people in the south of the borough who do not partake in regular physical activity which contributes to ill health. The centre represented a bargain for local people who would benefit from superior facilities at special concessionary rates negotiated for disabled, unemployed and low wage residents.

The application was approved with 7 for, 1 abstention and 1 against.

Approval is subject to any direction by the Mayor of London to refuse the application. He has 14 days to allow the draft decision to proceed unchanged or direct the Council to refuse the application.