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Published: 11:03 AM December 21, 2020    Updated: 11:10 AM December 21, 2020 Emily Da Silva Mendes, 13, holds her "thank you" letter, alongside staff members at the Brent older adults community mental health and memory service team at Fairfields House with posters from Ark Elvin Academy. - Credit: Polly Hancock With the vaccine being launched across the country, NHS staff have received messages of support from Brent students. Emily Silva and friends from Ark Elvin Academy - and mum Maria who works at the service - created posters and decorations to cheer up staff in Central and Northwes...

Veolia's Gisela Endres and Joe Cockram with (centre) Cllr Krupa Sheth. - Credit: Veolia This winter, Brent will be the first area in the UK to operate an entire fleet of electric salt spreaders. Brent Council's contractor, Veolia, will grit the borough’s 1,700 roads with the new equipment. The five electric salt spreaders will be mounted to existing vehicles, replacing diesel powered spreaders.  Gisela Endres, senior contract manager for Veolia Brent, said: “We are very excited to be launching a fleet of new electric spreader bodies which will help our dedicated street cleansing teams...