Local Authority

Community activists say Hanwell town centre will go down the pan after planning permission was granted to remove seating and a public toilet from the Lidl forecourt.

As part of a re-design of the forecourt on the Uxbridge Road, the public toilet which has never been opened, will be demolished and the shoe-shaped seating replaced with trees and landscaping to create a 'town square' feel.

The Green Man Lane estate regeneration project in West Ealing has gone live with a website to keep residents, neighbours and stakeholders up-to-date on the £137 million project.

Regular updates will be posted as well as dates of working group meeting and future events and information about the design and construction process.

MP Virendra Sharma paid a visit to businesses in Hanwell earlier this month to hear their concerns.

Local traders had asked the Southall MP for help regarding individual problems, including business rates, the lack of parking and outstanding planning matters.

The next Hobbayne Ward Forum Meeting will be held at Mayfield School in High Lane TONIGHT, Thursday 21 May, starting at 7pm.

Shoppers will be given three hours of free parking at a supermarket in Hanwell.

Real Christmas trees will go on sale underneath Hanwell clock tower to raise cash for charity.

And mulled wine and mince pies will be offered to shoppers at two events - in Leeland Road, West Ealing, on December 4, and in the centre of Hanwell on December 20, from 4pm.

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A pensioner has slammed a shortage of parking bays in a town centre which he claims is keeping disabled customers away.