High alert status reflects increasing COVID-19 cases
I’m sure all of you will have heard the government’s decision yesterday to move London into the ‘high’, or Tier 2, local COVID restrictions category, from one minute past midnight tonight: Friday, 16 October, says Councillor Julian Bell, leader of Ealing Council in his latest coronavirus video message (see above). This was agreed by all […]
London raised to ‘high’ Tier 2 status for COVID-19
The government has announced that the whole of London, including Ealing, has had its COVID-19 alert status raised. London is now moving to Tier 2, or ‘high’. Council leader Julian Bell said: “The number of COVID-19 cases in Ealing and across London are rapidly rising, so it is no surprise that government have moved London […]
Keeper at Hanwell Zoo gets national award
A keeper at Hanwell Zoo has been recognised with a national award – calling him a ‘rising star’ for his leading role in the zoo’s conservation and education programmes. For those who do not know, Hanwell Zoo is nestled in the picturesque Brent Lodge Park, a view of which Queen Victoria is said to have […]
Black History Month: Life in 1950s Ealing
October is national Black History Month. The borough has a proud tradition of diversity and people from many backgrounds have settled here. In the 1950s the black community was, however, not particularly large. In 1958 the local newspaper for Ealing, The Middlesex County Times, ran an interview with one of the relatively few black people […]
When we last faced a virus pandemic
The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 had a global impact and our district was not unaffected, writes borough archivist Dr Jonathan Oates. It began in the autumn of 1918 and then there was second wave in the spring of 1919. This may sound very familiar. As now, viruses spread in the air between people who were […]
Not too late to enter wildlife photo competition
There are still a couple of days left to enter the borough’s annual wildlife photo competition – and young people are particularly being encouraged to get involved. Run by Ealing Wildlife Group (EWG), the photo competition is in its fourth year, having proved incredibly popular. It will lead to an exhibition of photography in Walpole […]
COVID-19 rates are rising rapidly
Before I talk about the increasing COVID-19 infection rates in London, I want to begin this message by sending my deepest and sincerest condolences to the family, colleagues and friends of the police officer who was so tragically killed today in Croydon, says council leader Julian Bell in his latest coronavirus update video message (above). […]
This year’s Open House is here
Open House is happening this weekend, 19 and 20 September. Although, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is a little different this year. It will be more digital and in the shape of outdoor tours because of government guidance on social distancing, and the new ‘rule of six’. Southall Manor and Pitzhanger Manor will both […]
School Streets begin opening in the borough
After much preparation and anticipation, the first ever Ealing School Streets have opened. Perivale Primary and St John Fisher Catholic Primary were the first to have permanent School Streets, but there are 14 additional, temporary ones to come later this month. As you can see in the video above, council leader Julian Bell went to […]
Time to make applications for high school places
Applications for children due to start high school in September 2021 in our borough are now being received by Ealing Council. If your child was born between 1 September 2009 and 31 August 2010, he or she will be due to leave their primary school next summer and start year seven at a high school […]
Royal reward for fostering was a big surprise
“I must be doing something right,” laughed a local foster carer who has been awarded an MBE for her services to fostering. However, she did not believe it was true to begin with. We last spoke to Shakuntla Gittins when she was made Ealing Council’s Foster Carer of the Year in 2018. And she has […]
Around Ealing magazine – autumn 2020
Welcome to the autumn 2020 edition of Around Ealing magazine. At the bottom of this page you can view or download the magazine as a PDF, or you can flip through an interactive version of it. This autumn 2020 edition covers the months of September, October and November. September brings the start of a new […]
