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- Today's #wearwatch entertainment is brought to you by canoeists frantically rowing against the tide :) http://t.co/ibQvGfQ8 2 hours ago
- Brill map from @centreforcities comparing unemployment in UK cities internationally. Newcastle is equiv of Estonia. http://t.co/rkNgU1RJ 3 hours ago
- Well, #eurocrash was an hour of national stereotypes I'll never get back :( 16 hours ago
- Woah! What's left of the SDP want to pull out of Europe...?!? *That's* ironic: http://t.co/42uvHnBS 17 hours ago
- New sign in window of one of those shops that buy old clothes - "We buy books - 5p a kg". #Depressing 22 hours ago
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Monthly Archives: January 2008
Sakib Indian Restaurant – licensing application
The Sakib Indian Restaurant, 1 Burnt Ash Hill has applied for a new/variation Premises licence under the Licensing Act 2003 for regulated entertainment live music Thursdays only 20:00 – 23:30 & performance 10:00 -23:30 The four criteria under which you … Continue reading
Talking rubbish (well, trade waste)
Paul and I had an interesting walk-about in the ward on Monday afternoon with some staff from the Council’s trade waste section. We looked at how bins along Staplehurst Road are managed (we’d love to get them hidden away off the pavement, … Continue reading
Update on Northbrook re-build
Paul has an update on the Northbrook School re-build over on Leepedia.
Public meeting re: planning application on Leyland Road
There’s been an application to construct a three storey four bedroom semi detached house incorporating a balcony at the front, to side of 75A Leyland Road SE12 fronting Upwood Road. This has attracted several comments from residents, and there will … Continue reading
Blackheath Farmers’ Market
I visited the farmers’ market at Blackheath Station on Sunday with Chris Maines, one of the Blackheath Councillors, and also our parliamentary spokesperson for Lewisham East. It was really busy, and there was a great selection of food on offer … Continue reading
Hither Green East CPZ – the latest…
There’s still no official date for the start of the CPZ, and residents will be aware that despite the ‘rough’ marking out on pavements having been completed before Christmas, only limited line marking has been done on the road so … Continue reading

