Recently by Paloma Kubiak

A community group is holding a public meeting on the future of West Ealing on Monday November 22.

West Ealing Neighbours will be discussing the impact of the Local Development Framework, a planning policy for Ealing from 2011 to 2026, which could see 1,245 homes built along the Uxbridge Road corridor with some 3,500 people moving into the area.

A community group in Hanwell have set up the borough's first twin town with a war-torn village in Palestine.

The Hanwell Friends of Sabastiya (HAFSA) have teamed up with the locals of the village in the West bank of Palestine and hope the twinning will promote friendship, as well as cultural and educational understanding between the two communities.

A series of free workshops for children will be taking place during the October half-term next week.

The event, organised by A2Dominion housing group, will include an arts and crafts workshop on Monday October 25 to Wednesday 27 from 11am to 2pm.

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An Ealing man who terrified a couple in their own home has been found guilty of committing a bomb hoax, having an imitation gun with intent to commit an offence, criminal damage and breaching a restraining order.

David Anthony List of Culmington Road, West Ealing, was convicted after Aylesbury Crown Court heard how he broke into his formers friends' home before telling police he had booby trapped the property with explosives.

A 42-year-old Hanwell man has been charged with conspiracy to supply class A drugs and will appear at Crown Court in December.

Lee Williams of Nightingale Road, appeared at Ealing Magistrates' Court on September 29 where he was remanded in custody to appear at Isleworth Crown Court on December 13.

A father and son will be cycling hundreds of miles to raise thousands of pounds for an African charity which was close to their teenage daughter's and sister's heart.

John and Jacob Dwyer of Coldershaw Road, West Ealing, are flying out to Nairobi today (Friday 8) to cycle 600km across dirt roads in memory of Rosie who died suddenly from a rare disease at the age of 19, just days before Christmas 2008.

Charity shop workers were amazed to find £2,000 stuffed into an unmarked envelope which had been pushed through the letterbox.

Ann Ford, store manager of PDSA in West Ealing, was astonished to find the bundle of cash inside the brown envelope on Friday morning as she prepared to open up the shop.
She said: "I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw what was in the envelope.

A poorly lit footbridge is to receive new lighting which is expected to be installed by late October.

Network Rail has given Ealing Council the go-ahead to replace the lighting on Jacob's Ladder, a footbridge linking Felix Road with Manor Road/Drayton Green, over the railway lines.

A talented teenager who appeared on Channel 5's 'Don't Stop Believing' programme narrowly missed out on winning the final.

Francesca Barberis of Argyle Road, West Ealing, starred in the television talent show as part of Songtimers, a 20-strong all singing, dancing and acting group.

A man in his fifties was assaulted on Uxbridge Road just after 6pm on Saturday.

One witness said she could see blood stains on the pavement outside Hawelis restaurant in West Ealing and the road was cordoned off by police tape.