Local film maker Keith Stirling (pictured), one of the people who helps to make the Golborne Road Festival happen each year, made a film of this year's event. It captures all the music, fun and community spirit of the day and you can watch it here
You may remember artist Fiona Hawthorne's splendid Carnival murals recently displayed on Portobello Road. Now she's unveiled a new work on the ramp at the front of Paul House on the Wornington Green Estate, just by Ladbroke Grove
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There's a new show up on the Portobello North Wall between Oxford Gardens and Golborne Road, Heart of the Community by Peter Dunn. The photomurals celebrate key local personalities and events from the last 100 years
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Go Golborne is a new local campaign led by the Council that’s all about supporting children and families to eat well, keep active and feel good. The campaign has a website with lots of tips on how children can stay healthy and enjoy life
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The Labour Party retained all three Golborne Ward seats in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea council election on May 22nd. Emma Dent Coad and Pat Mason were both re-elected, and Bevan Powell was elected for the first time
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Hutch, the interiors shop on Golborne Road has just launched a new website. Owner Georgia Hendey says, "We've got a particular passion for mid-20th century chairs at the moment which we source and refurbish ourselves."
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After eight years as chair of the Golborne Forum Board, Susie Parsons is stepping down and Roger Roberts is taking on the position. Both have been Forum members since the group was founded in April 2006.
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Most of the first new block on the Wornington Green Estate, Orwell Mansions, is now complete. You can walk along Bonchurch Road, between Wornington Road and Portobello Road or down Munro Mews to see the new flats and houses
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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has just released the 2013 annual report of its City Living, Local Life funding initiative. This is a ward level grants programme, called Love Golborne in Golborne Ward
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The latest expansion of Transport for London's cycle hire scheme has brought a docking station to the doorstep of Golborne, just over the tube line on All Saints Road. The new dock is beside Tavistock Gardens
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Golborne Life would like to wish all our readers a happy and prosperous 2014, and we'd thought we'd take this opportunity to review what happened on Golborne Road and around during 2013
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Galicia, the restaurant and tapas bar long a favourite neighbourhood haunt, has just turned 25. Since Golborne and Portobello restaurants come and go at a bewildering speed, what's the secret of Galicia's longevity and popularity?
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Goldfinger Factory is an innovative new social business that Oliver Waddington-Ball (pictured) has just started up in Golborne. The furniture upcycling project occupies two shop units at the base of Trellick Tower
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As construction of the new Kensington Aldridge Academy continues, Golborne Life met the new school's head, David Benson (pictured). The school is set to open in September 2014, along with a new sports and swimming centre next door
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London Villages, by Zena Alkayat, explores 37 London villages, and one of them is our very own Golborne. And Golborne Life has a special offer on the book for readers
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There's new art on the Portobello Wall, between Cambridge Gardens and Golborne Road. The exhibition, entitled 'Aspects of Carnival', is by artist Fiona Hawthorne, who lived in North Kensington for 30 years until a recent move to Shepherd's Bush
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Local chef Mayouad Ali, whose gourmet French cooking you can try at La Sophia on Golborne Road, has been busy lately giving interviews to The Guardian and doing live cooking demonstrations at the prestigious Halal Food Festival
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Jewellery students from Kensington and Chelsea College have made a film about Hatton Garden, Lappings, Lemel & Sweeps. The film explores the story of the jewellery trade through interviews with designers and makers
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Georgia Hendey has recently opened Hutch at 61 Golborne Road, selling furniture, homewares and gifts. You can expect to find French and English antique furniture, Swedish and Portuguese ceramics, linen cushions and cotton throws
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If you've only heard of one American newspaper, it's probably the New York Times. Now one of its journalists, Rita Konig, obviously a woman of excellent taste, has written a glowing piece about the charms of Golborne Road
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The new owners of the former White Knight Laundry site on Kensal Road have applied to demolish the building and replace it with student housing, shops and studios. The Golborne Forum has lodged an objection to the application
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Taylor Wimpey and Workspace already have outline planning permission to demolish the Grand Union Centre on Ladbroke Grove and build flats, studios and shops, but Golborne Forum has called for better design
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White Knight Laundry, operating in Kensal New Town since 1933, is to close with the loss of 75 jobs. This ends Kensal New Town's historic connection with laundry work which dates back to the mid-19th century
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The first Notting Hill International Book Festival, Nibfest, will be holding a range of events at the Flyover venue under the Westway on Friday 12th and Sunday 14th April, with other events elsewhere in North Kensington on Saturday 13th April
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An application to convert the former Earl Derby pub (most recently the Retro Bar) on the corner of Bosworth Road and Southern Row into eight flats has been turned down by Kensington and Chelsea Council
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The Council has given the go-ahead for a new three-storey school on the current Middle Row Primary (pictured) site. The plans include provision for 42 homes and two commercial properties which will help to fund the development
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Catalyst Housing Groups is proposing to change the phasing of the Wornington Green development. The proposals will see an increase in size of Phase 2 which will allow more people to move into their new homes at an earlier date
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The refurbishment of the southern section of the Golborne Road railway bridge is now complete. The work creates a more welcoming entrance to the main shopping stretch of Golborne Road. Work will now commence on the northern span
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Justebikes has opened its first shop selling electric-assisted bikes at 318 Portobello Road. The bikes, from a variety of European manufacturers, give you that little bit of help you need when faced with a steep hill
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Building work at the new Portobello Square development on the Wornington Green Estate continues apace. The large block, to be called Orwell Mansions, is almost at its full height and work has now started on the internal fit out
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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is now publishing a regular newsletter to keep residents informed about plans to develop the area adjoining Trellick Tower. The Council plans to improve local facilities and provide new homes
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The Royal Borough has given the planning go ahead for a £57.8m project to demolish the current Kensington Leisure Centre, due to close on December 24th, and replace it with a new school and leisure centre, and some new housing for sale
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Golborne Community First is a new funding scheme which can give grants of between £250 to £1,000 to community groups working in Golborne Ward. The funds can be used for festivals, arts projects and projects to help unemployed people
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Golborne Deli has been serving breakfast and lunch to hungry locals and visitors since 2002, but it’s recently had a revamp. New owners George and Alex took over the business about a year ago, and they’ve given the café a ‘Golborne chic’ feel
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Flyover Portobello is Golborne's new music venue, set under the Westway at 3, Thorpe Close, overlooking Portobello Green. It's staging regular music nights in the stylishly revamped space that used to be home to Inn on the Green
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The somewhat dilapidated Golborne Road Bridge, which crosses the railway line at the end of Golborne Road, is to get a complete makeover, using a design chosen by Golborne residents and businesses
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A new website for Portobello and Golborne markets, shopportobello.co.uk, launched in May to promote the markets to visitors and publicise special events, market traders, and general news about the market
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Kensington & Chelsea College student Ruth-Ann St Luce has made it through to the next stage of BBC One’s hit talent show ‘The Voice’, and you can see her perform live on Saturday 5th May at 7.10pm – and vote for her
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If it’s your dream to have a home with chic, personalised styling, then a visit to the antique and retro furniture and interiors shops of Golborne is a must
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There’s a new open-air art exhibition on Portobello Road’s North Wall, between Oxford Gardens and Golborne Road. The exhibition features artists from the Atom Rooms and stretches for 100 metres. It will run until August
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Golborne Forum, councillors and council officers have been working with local designers to come up with designs to improve the Golborne Bridge – and now local residents can have their say on Friday 18th and Saturday 19th May 2012
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Good news for local business Big Table, whose fight for survival we reported on last year. Crossrail planned to demolish the company premises, but have changed their minds. Big Table can continue on Great Western Road until at least 2022, when their Network Rail lease ends
Only a year ago, Golborne Road had not a single pizza restaurant to its name – but now it’s got two. Pizza East opened last year, as we reported, and international chain restaurant Papa John’s opened last month
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Starting this spring, the IntoWork Programme is a free employment support service for people who want to get back into work or training. It’s run by local community group the ClementJames Centre in partnership with the Venture Centre
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Catalyst Housing has now signed a £65 million contract with construction firm Ardmore for the building of phase one of the Wornington Green redevelopment programme
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The Big Table shop, a familiar part of the local landscape since the 1980s, is under threat of closure and demolition because of the London Crossrail development. On Great Western Road, Big Table sells handmade timber beds
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