By now, if it hasn’t happened to us personally, we all know someone who is COVID positive or a close contact experiencing isolation. We have all heard stories about the supply of Rapid Antigen Tests (RAT), the long and slow queues for PCR tests, and results arriving late or in some cases not arriving at…
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Boundary Street retail strip bouncing back
Business confidence is building again along West End’s Boundary Street as businesses change hands, new operators come in, and a long-standing family business returns to the strip. Three of the oldest businesses in West End say that while COVID has been tough and something of a roller coaster over the past 22 months, business is…

Public Places: Contested Spaces – Who decides what next for Boundary Street?
Several community groups and individuals have told The Westender that they have serious concerns about a new Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)[1] audit of the Boundary Street precinct in West End. Among the concerns raised are what appears to be a limited consultation process, lack of a clear evidence-base for the identified issues, and…