Hanwell Zoo ups the ante this summer
Hanwell Zoo is welcoming 10,000 new additions this summer with the arrival an entire leaf cutter ant colony. The ants carry up to 50 times their own weight as they harvest leaves each day and have one of the most complex societies in the animal world with an array of roles – from the all-important […]
Clearing up litter with a can-do spirit
Local people in Hanwell have been ensuring their green spaces are as clean as possible by organising regular litter picking and clear-ups targeting cans, bottles and any rubbish irresponsibly dropped in the area. Litter Action Group Ealing Residents – or LAGER CAN is a suitably-named local group, as founder member Keith Freegard explains: “Beer cans […]
Solicitor £500,000 worse off after ignoring planning rules
A Southall solicitor has been hit with a huge £500,000 confiscation order for repeatedly disregarding warnings from Ealing Council to stop using a home as the office for his legal practice, which broke planning rules. Starting in 2011, Dr Akbar Ali Malik made two planning applications to use the residential property on Herbert Road […]
Saving the world one cup at a time
Pupils at Fielding Primary in West Ealing are leading the way when it comes to bright ideas about helping the school to recycle more. A series of initiatives encouraged by a ‘pupil eco committee’ have been helping the school stay as environmentally-friendly as possible – including when it runs its regular events throughout the year, […]
Pointing out your potential
Residents in low income jobs are boosting their earning potential with Skills Escalator: A council scheme that offers them the chance to ‘up-skill’ and move on in their career. The scheme helps those who receive housing benefit to find their vocation. It can increase their chances of earning more money by providing them with access […]
Elise is the (Mc)Queen of Pop after winning award
An Elthorne Park student has won this year’s Alice Gross Memorial Song Writing Award, topping the list of talented entrants with her own song. Elise McQueen was announced the winner earlier this year at her school in front of her peers and Alice’s mother Rosalind Hodgkiss. The award was established in 2017 by Ealing Council’s […]
Council head office receives best energy rating yet
Ealing Council has slashed its headquarters’ energy bills by more than a million pounds and the building has received its best ever energy efficiency certificate. Perceval House, in Uxbridge Road, was recently given its highest rated Display Energy Certificate (DEC) to date after embarking on more than seven years of energy efficiency improvements since 2012. […]
Supper club at Soane’s Kitchen
Soane’s Kitchen in Walpole Park cooked up a storm for local diners earlier this month with a helping hand from young people involved with the charity Switchback. The burgeoning chefs and caterers are being given a fresh start thanks to the Switchback programme, which creates the opportunity to give young prison leavers the invaluable experience […]
Ealing’s public spaces protected from illegal encampments
Ealing Council has obtained a High Court injunction that prohibits illegal encampments and depositing of waste on more than 300 sites across the borough. With Metropolitan Police backing, the council took the decision following a recent surge in encampment numbers, with 40 alone arriving since November 2018. This is a significant increase in what is […]
More genuinely affordable homes at Southall Waterside
The first 304 homes at the new Southall Waterside development and now finished and are being initially offered to existing Ealing residents on either an affordable rent or shared ownership basis. Over the next 25 years Southall Waterside – delivered in partnership with Ealing Council, Catalyst and Berkeley – is set to create around 3,750 […]
Caterpillar caution advised
Ealing Council is advising residents to keep children and animals away from hairy caterpillars and their nests in oak trees to avoid itching skin rashes and other health problems. Oak processionary moth (OPM) caterpillars could be nesting in some oak trees across the borough. They have tiny hairs which contain a protein that can cause […]
Happy and well in Ealing
A survey shows that Ealing residents are more likely to feel well, be happy with where they live and to be satisfied with the council The survey, carried out over October and November 2018, shows that almost eight out of 10 people living in the borough are happy with the local area and nearly three-quarters […]