Win VIP lunch and rugby match
Ealing News Extra readers are being given the chance to win two places at a special Christmas lunch with professional rugby players before settling down to watch a big game. It is one of the highlights of Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club’s year, with players in attendance to celebrate Christmas and enjoy an afternoon of high […]
The Goodlet diaries: Week 48
Goodlet takes a stroll to Kew Bridge (pictured) in week 48 while the march to war speeds up a notch with developments like the German-Japanese pact occurring. November 1936 Sunday, 22.11.36 Breakfast in bed this morning and up, quite spry, by lunch time. Kidd came in during the afternoon to say that they would not […]
Ready for regeneration
There are a host of plans and projects taking shape that will capitalise on improved transport links from Crossrail and drive regeneration in the borough. Improved travel times will effectively make Ealing a ‘zone one’ location. The area is already beginning to benefit from the ‘Crossrail effect’ – with development hotspots around the five towns […]
Get ready for Christmas 2016
There are lots of events planned for the run-up to Christmas in our local town centres and shopping areas; and here is just a taste of what is to come – starting today. Prepare for festive fun. The W5 Food Market has been running in front of Ealing Town Hall on alternate Sundays since October […]
Keeping it clean
Hundreds of people have been caught littering, spitting and dog-fouling since Ealing Council took a tough stance and made use of patrols to crack down on these anti-social habits. Those people who were caught were each issued with on-the-spot fixed penalty notices (effectively ‘fines’) of £80 by the council’s environmental enforcement contractor, Kingdom Security, which started […]
Finding and fining the fly-tippers
There is a dedicated taskforce out on the streets of the borough clearing up fly-tipping reported to the council…and also investigating where it has come from. Hundreds of people are facing fines. The trucks’ crews include environmental crime officers who look to find evidence so they can track where the fly-tipped rubbish originated from. If […]
West Ealing: Have your say on ‘zone’
The council is considering a proposal aimed at improving the quality of life for residents in West Ealing by making it a ‘protected’ zone. But it wants the views of local people first. A six-week public consultation began today (Monday, 14 November), asking residents what they think of Ealing Council putting a legal order in […]
Child weight debate: Food for thought
Karen’s reaction when her seven-year old son was invited to join a child weight management programme at his school was not what you might have expected. Rather than be angry, or offended, Karen saw it as an opportunity to change her son’s relationship with food and prevent him picking up her previously poor eating habits. The […]
The Goodlet diaries: Week 47
Week 47 of Goodlet’s diary is one of contrasts: Admiring the new trolley buses along the Uxbridge Road (pictured) while lamenting the fact that ‘news today is bad all round. Russia says that war is practically declared, and indeed it doesn’t seem far off.’ Read the introduction to start our serialisation from the beginning. November […]
Cinema: Happy ending we were hoping for
Since I became leader of the council in May 2010 I have looked out of my office window and seen the depressing sight of the derelict Ealing cinema site behind the old facade that has been supported by unsightly steel girders. It is even longer since I went to see the James Bond film Casino […]
Christie the serial killer back on our screens
John Christie had been killing for years when women’s corpses were finally uncovered at his house in 1953 – hidden behind walls and also in the garden. Dr Jonathan Oates retells the tale. One body was that of Muriel Eady, who had lived in Acton and worked in Park Royal. Another death ascribed to Christie […]
Young cricket star given award
A Southall schoolgirl has won a national cricket award and been praised as being the ‘driving force’ behind the sport at her school. Year 10 pupil Muskan Ratti from Featherstone High School was announced as Young Leader of the Year at the annual Chance to Shine Awards last week (2 November). She was presented her […]