Category: No Powerleague Campaign
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Press Release: Roe Green Village Residents’ Association –v- Powerleague & Kingsbury High School
UPDATE AT 27TH NOVEMBER 2018 – WE MADE AN APPLICATION FOR COSTS We applied for and were awarded costs by the Secretary of State because the applicants behaved unreasonably in withdrawing their appeal without good reason. Under this order, RGVRA is now seeking to recover the considerable costs it incurred in defending itself against this ill-conceived…
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Revised Documents appear on Council Website
NEW SPATE OF BURGLARIES – FEBRUARY 2017 There have been numerous reports of people breaking into houses by removing the back fence panels after ringing the doorbell. They then break into the back of the house. In some cases the people have been in but did not come to the window or door, so the…
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Harrow Times: Residents say ‘planning department not fit for purpose’
The Harrow Times is reporting about residents' claim that Brent Council is not fit for purpose. Full article: Residents fighting application for multi-sports facility in Kingsbury say 'planning department not fit for purpose'
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Plans for multi-sport development at Kingsbury High School submitted
Lucozade Powerleague in conjunction with Kingsbury High School have submitted their controversial planning application to Brent Council. But members of the Roe Green Village Residents' Association say they are "fighting their corner" to ensure the plans are thrown out. They say the proposed facility would back onto a conservation area, and would not be in…
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64g of Sugar in a Small Bottle of Lucozade
Following the Chancellor's announcement of a new tax on sugary drinks, Sean Poulter from the Daily Mail has taken a look at the amount of sugar found in popular drinks. The Daily Mail article published today reveals that 'a 380ml bottle of Lucozade Energy drink has 64g of sugar, equivalent to six lollipops or two packs of Bassett's…
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Noisy footballing neighbours leave residents angry
The Enfield Independent is reporting from newly built Lucozade Powerleague facility in Enfield citing neighbours say the noise, constant swearing and lights shining up from a football pitch at the bottom of their gardens has made their lives a “misery”. People in Lathkill Close, Bush Hill Park, tried to block Powerleague from building a pitch in…
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Can Artificial Football Pitches Cause Cancer?
The Daily Mail is reporting of new doubts over the safety of artificial football pitches. It tells the story of 18-year-old goalkeeper Nigel Maguire who developed Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Suggesting that toxins embedded in artificial pitches are to blame, the Daily Mail is quoting Nigel's father: 'He used to come home with his kit covered in the stuff.…