Fly-tipper’s £1,000 bill after dumping car battery
A man was ordered to pay more than £1,000 for fly-tipping after being caught dumping a car battery at Osterley Park. Waseem Ahmed Ali, of St Crispin’s Close, Southall, pleaded guilty to fly-tipping at a hearing of Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court and has been ordered to pay £1,282. He had already admitted the offence to Ealing […]
Turning a good idea into a community project
Got an idea that might have a positive impact on your community? The council’s Ealing Together Fund is back again offering you a chance to turn that idea into a reality. The latest round of £50,000 funding is due to open up to submissions on 6 March. The last round, in October, resulted in a […]
Homes for Ukrainian families: Can you help?
Ealing Council is seeking more local people to act as hosts for Ukrainian refugees, with a big shortage of suitable local hosts to house the families still arriving from the war-torn country. Ealing already hosts the second highest number of Ukrainian guests of all London boroughs and, as the war in Ukraine continues, around 15 […]
Plans set out for funding crucial council services
Proposals to fund crucial council services for the next financial year and beyond have been published and will be discussed first by Ealing’s cabinet and then at a meeting of all councillors in March. Here for you when you need help “Although we’re having to make tough decisions again this year, thanks to global economic […]
New plans for a better Gurnell Leisure Centre
This story was updated on 23 February 2023 Ealing Council’s cabinet has approved initial plans for a new 50-metre, Olympic-sized swimming pool and fitness studio to replace Gurnell Leisure Centre. Under the new plan, the new Gurnell would see the range of fitness and wellbeing facilities significantly expanded, ensuring that it meets modern standards. The […]
LGBT+ history in Ealing
February is LGBT+ History Month, celebrating the lives and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and promoting equality and diversity. Borough archivist Dr Jonathan Oates looked back at the local archives. Although two London students founded Gay Liberation in 1970, very little is recorded about gay and lesbian people locally until the 1980s. […]
Beavers to return after 400 years
Beavers will return to live wild in our borough after more than 400 years, in a rewilding first for urban London. A licence has been granted by Natural England for Eurasian beavers, a native British species and Europe’s largest rodent, to be introduced in Paradise Fields, a 10-hectare area of woodland and wetlands in Greenford […]
What a waste: Fly-tipping hitting local funds
Fly-tipping costs Ealing Council more than £300,000 per year to clear up. That is money that could be spent on other services. Just as an example, that could have bought 1,000 street trees and paid for their upkeep for two years. Or it could have got 44,000 children’s books for our libraries. Or two top-notch […]
New event to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
Ealing Council’s plans to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day have changed. Residents are invited to attend the new event. It has postponed an event to unveil a permanent memorial in Walpole Park to remember the six million Jews murdered during the Holocaust, alongside the millions of other people killed under Nazi persecution of other populations and groups, and during […]
ECO scheme to help more homes use less energy
A scheme helping households to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, and save on heating, has been extended for another four years. Ealing Council will continue to help low-income and vulnerable households benefit from the national energy efficiency programme, called the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), until March 2026. Since April 2020, the ECO scheme […]
Win a free exercise class and keep moving
In a bid to help local people get moving despite the weather and the current financial challenges, an experienced fitness trainer is offering a free class for 10 lucky readers of Around Ealing – and exercise tips for everyone else to follow. Doreen Whittaker has taught a wide range of personal clients, including members of […]
Why dumping food waste is hard to swallow
This festive season, as we all hopefully enjoy some good food, it is worth remembering that chucking food leftovers in the rubbish bin comes with a huge cost. Not just to our wallets but to our environment, too. It is estimated that around 70% of the six million tonnes of food we throw away in […]