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Childs produces a Wimbledon shock - then goes out
CHESSINGTON tennis prospect Lee Childs produced one of the shocks at Wimbledon when he blew away the seeded Nikolay Davydenko in the first round on Monday (writes TONY FLOOD). Childs, 21,who comes from Yeovil but lives in Chessington, was the lowest
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Hunt snag - Smith next target
BRENTFORD, needing to raise money to pay their outgoings, would be prepared to sell goalkeeper Paul Smith if they receive a bid in the region of £300,000 (writes TONY FLOOD). Southampton and Birmingham are among the Premier Division clubs to show
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Fears that a sex shop is on the menu
RUMOURS that a sex shop or shop selling sex aids among other goods is to open amongst restaurants and antique shops in a Richmond parade are being investigated by the council this week after much concern was expressed by residents and traders. Until
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Sudden death of councillor in California
AN ALL-round community stalwart from Mortlake died suddenly on Thursday while on a visit to California. John Saunders was a councillor, magistrate, Rotarian, chorister and church reader. He was also for many years a printer at the Richmond and Twickenham
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Five year wait for new pavilion
THE coach of a football team in Hampton said they are still waiting to hear when their changing rooms will be reinstated after five years. The Hampton Rangers FC have received the support of Dr Vincent Cable, MP for Twickenham, who has been pressing
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Anti-war group plans leaflet campaign
RICHMONDS Stopwar group is to carry out a weekly leafleting campaign calling for justice for Iraq. At the Tuesday meeting of the group, the chairman, Canon Julian Reindorp said: "Desperation and despair breed guerrilla warfare. It does not take much
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Woman's acount cleaned out in fraud
A 40-YEAR-OLD woman from Twickenham wants to warn others about criminals operating on the high street following her bank account being cleared of all funds after a cash point retained her card. The woman, who lives and works in Twickenham and did not
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Prudence balances the books
RESIDENTS struggling to balance their books could take a lesson from Richmond upon Thames Councils Good Housekeeping approach. The council claims it has come in within budget across all departments for the first time in many years. In fact, the council
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Tories morn effective president
South Richmond Ward Conservatives are deeply saddened to learn of the death of their ward president, Ian Watts, who had been ill for some time. He was found dead in his Kew home on June 19th. He was 62 and single. He had been an active Conservative
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A life dedicated to community work
JOHN Saunders involvement in many aspects of the community embraced politics, the church, the Rotary movement, local journalism and commerce and the magistrates bench. Former Richmond and Twickenham Times editor Malcolm Richards, who was a near neighbour
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The lost garden of Whitton Dean
THE fascinating story of The Lost Garden of Whitton Dean is related at a supplementary summer exhibition which opens on July 5th at the Twickenham Museum. The spelling remained until the turn of the 19th/20th century when the more familiar Dene came into
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Scouts mass at Marble Hill for their weekend Twickeree
FORGET Wimbledon - the real event of this weekend is Twickeree, a triennial camp for all the beavers, cubs, scouts, explorers and adults in the borough. The weekend will see Marble Hill Park in Twickenham transformed into a huge tented village as the
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Concern over growing empty office space
THERE is a serious glut of empty office space in the heart of Richmond, Cllr Rodney Bennett told the council in a special debate at its meeting on Tuesday. Cllr Bennett, a South Richmond ward councillor, said: "I recently took a walk around the town
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Cable selected to defend his seat
TWICKENHAM MP Vincent Cable has been formally re-adopted to defend his parliamentary seat at the next General Election. A Liberal Democrat meeting at York House on Monday unanimously invited him to continue to represent them. Simon Hughes, the Lib Dem
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Teddington tots are in the picture for arts exhibition
THE children at Stanley Infant & Nursery School in Teddington are the only school in the borough to be special exhibitors in the Arthouse Festival in June. Arthouse is a two week event of co-ordinated open house and studio exhibitions which takes place
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Tonge meets consitiuents-in Israel
CONTINUING her Middle East tour, Richmond Park MP Jenny Tonge had an unexpected meeting with two of her constituents in Israel. She expressed her delight at the reunion with Mr and Mrs Grant, who have a London home in Ham and a flat in Tel Aviv. They
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Anti-truancy campaign a success
AN AWARDS ceremony was held this week to recognise schoolchildren in the borough who have made great improvements in attendance. Richmond has previously been criticised by Ofsted over truancy levels at schools, but the council believes it is turning
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Help plea by crime forum
DIRECT involvement from members of the community is needed to make the borough a safer place, says Richmond Police and Community Consultative Group (PCCG) as it appeals for new members. Organisations representing sections of the community are invited
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This area cannot cope with expansion
SIR - Heathrow Airport may not be close to you, but the extra 49,000 employees needed for a third runway will need houses within 50 miles of it and, without several new towns, these people and their families will greatly increase demands on housing and
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Drink drivers
A WOMAN who drove drunk and crashed her car into another vehicle last week had already been disqualified from driving for two years the week before. Patricia Cowley of Baizdon Road, Blackheath, was also charged with driving whilst unfit after a doctor
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An extra day for consultation
THE consultation on the Crane Valley Master Plan is to be extended by one day to allow those who have not had the opportunity to visit the exhibition and ask questions a chance to do so. The consultation period was due to finish on Friday, July 4th.
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50 years ago
Nine-years-old Roy Crompton, of Andover Road, Twickenham, who was rescued unconscious from the River Crane last Wednesday evening, has now completely recovered. His rescuers were Peter Fleming, aged 15, of Camac Road, and Harry Calver, aged 14, of Andover
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100 years ago
We have much pleasure in announcing that Mr Andrew Carnegie, the multi millionaire who has done so much to establish free libraries through-out the kingdom, has extended his generosity to Twickenham and has offered £6,000 for a new public library in the
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Bogus caller robs 92-year-old man
POLICE are warning elderly people in the borough to be on their guard after a bogus caller claiming to be a council worker robbed a 92-year-old Mortlake man of £800, leaving him very shaken. The conman called at the pensioners home in Watney Road on
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Prudence balances the books
RESIDENTS struggling to balance their books could take a lesson from Richmond upon Thames Councils Good Housekeeping approach. The council claims it has come in within budget across all departments for the first time in many years. In fact, the council
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Note-worthy
A DOCTOR who had one years worth of study notes stolen from her car in Kew has had them returned by a good Samaritan - thanks to the Guardian. Dr Melita Brownrigg was delighted to get the research back after the documents were spotted by an eagle-eyed
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Borough leads way in language
RICHMOND upon Thames Council has been named by the government as one of an elite group of Local Education Authorities who will lead a revolution in language learning. The Pathfinder programme is a first step towards ensuring all seven to 11-year-olds
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An Orange Tree opportunity
THE Orange Tree Theatre is looking for two girls aged between 11 years and 13 years to share a part in The Mob by John Galsworthy, which opens the next season at the theatre. The play rehearses during August and then plays from September 3rd to October
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Richmond Theatre - Stunning in its shine and glitter
THE announcement of a Twickenham Operatic Society musical is always exciting and this years choice 42nd Street was truly the song and dance extravaganza it promised to be. The story is typically slight - Julian Marsh (Ian Stark) is putting on a show
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Paul Robeson Theatre Hounslow - Englands greatest goalie speaks
JIMMY Greaves, England's greatest ever goal scorer, proved a smash hit as a comedian at the Treaty Centre's Paul Robeson Theatre in Hounslow on Friday. His quick wit and confident delivery had the audience in fits of laughter, including those non-soccer
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Savings for university
THE American University in Richmond has cut its costs by almost £30,000. Director of Finance, Bill Scott decided to call in a cost consultant, Andrew Lees of Expense Reduction Analysts (ERA) two years ago in order to curb spending. "Initially I asked
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Twickenham Prep Shooting Star fundraiser
Children from Twickenham Prep school handed over a cheque for more than £1,000 to the Shooting Star Appeal this week. The Parents Association donated £1,150 from money it has raised, as the school in High Street Hampton has supported the Shooting Star
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Indecent exposure frightens girl
A SEVEN year old girl was the victim of an indecent exposure in Hampton last Sunday, while playing outside her house. The girl was sitting on a wall outside her house on Rectory Grove on June 15th at 7pm when a red Ford car drove past her into Wordsworth
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OAP, 75, has her bag stolen
A THIEF snatched a handbag from a 75- year-old woman as she left a Hampton supermarket. The woman had just completed her shopping at Sainsburys at Uxbridge Road at 9.40am on June 13th, and was walking along Uxbridge Road when the thief ran past her
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Woman has bag stolen
A WOMAN was pushed to the ground by schoolboy thieves who stole her bag in Teddington last week. The 24-year old was walking along Kingston Lane at the junction with Kingston Road at 11.30pm on Thursday June 6th on her way back from a night out in Kingston
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Robbery at shop is foiled
A DARING attempted robbery took place in an East Sheen newsagent in broad daylight last week. Three youths entered Martins News, on Upper Richmond Road West on June 13th at 3.40pm and pushed the cashier away from the till area and made threats to hurt
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A year under new management
THE St John Ambulance Division of Teddington, Hampton and Parkfields celebrated its first anniversary recently. The division reopened its doors last year after the previous division closed down. Now under new leadership, members say it is bigger and
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Influential rugby figure
Sir Peter George Yarranton, an influential figure in British sport and particularly in rugby union, died at his Teddington home, Broom Water West, on Sunday, June 1st at the age of 78. A former England international, President of the Rugby Football Union
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Reviving the art of morris dancing
THE dying art of Morris dancing was showcased on Wednesday on Richmond and Twickenham riverside. Five sides (troupes) performed in what organisers say could be the last time so many Morris dancers gather in the area. The midsummer evening of dance
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The other side of Cllr Butler
A TWICKENHAM coun-cillor has shown his musical side by releasing an album of blues guitar tracks for charity. Alan Butler - The Other Side was launched this week at a special concert at Sandown Court, a retirement home in the town run by Richmond Housing
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Tragic romance set in turbulant times
RELIGIOUS fundamentalism, the mystery of the New World and the impending English Civil War are used as the background to a new novel by an East Sheen writer. Christie Dickason's The Memory Palace is a lavish historical thriller following the tragic romance
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Free chance to try out courses
THE chance to learn a new skill or take up a new hobby by attending a free course is being offered this month as a training authority launches its 2003 Bite Size campaign. The scheme runs until July 5th and offers people of all ages and from all walks
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OAP, 75, has bag stolen
A THIEF snatched a handbag from a 75- year-old woman as she left a Hampton supermarket. The woman had just completed her shopping at Sainsburys at Uxbridge Road at 9.40am on June 13th, and was walking along Uxbridge Road when the thief ran past her
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How knotweed threatens green areas
LURKING behind the bushes along the Thames towpath in Richmond lurks a dark intruder which threatens to beat your primrose to a pulp, slay your sunflowers and massacre your marigolds. It is actually incorrect to call it an intruder since the Japanese
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PLANNING APPLICATIONS - L B Hounslow published Friday September 26
Planning applications may be viewed at Hounslow Councils Environmental Services Department, 1st floor, Civic Centre, Lampton Road. A duty planning officer is available between 1pm and 4.15pm to discuss any queries. BEDFONT Land adjacent Bedfont Road
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Dempster gets two year ban
DAILY MAIL columnist Nigel Dempster was disqualified from driving for two years and fined £1,500 at Richmond Court on Monday in a three year ordeal that has cost the taxpayer more than £26,000. The 62-year-old tattle-writer had initially denied drinking
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Broncos go 170 miles to gain first home win
LONDON BRONCOS 40, WIDNES 18 LONDON Broncos leapfrogged Widnes with a dazzling seven-try performance in Aberavon, Wales on Sunday in their first home Super League victory of the season, albeit 170 miles from their Griffin Park base. It was ironic
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25 years ago June 16, 1978
The new 52-strong Richmond upon Thames Council, elected on May 4th, holds its first business meeting next Thursday night. Cllr John Baker, successor to Mr Harry Hall as Tory leader, will be leading his troops against the Liberal opposition group of 18
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100 years ago June 13, 1903
St Johns Hospital medical officers report: During the month 11 inpatients had been admitted, 16 cases of accident and emergency, 11 inpatients were discharged after being under treatment for periods ranging from three days to 103 days each. The other
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Tonge trapped in Gaza during rocket attack
AS ROCKETS rained down on Gaza City on Tuesday, MP for Richmond Park, Dr Jenny Tonge was left stranded when Israeli attacks led to the closure of the border with the West Bank. Dr Tonge was visiting the area with fellow MP Oona King, Christian Aid and
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Council unveil Crane Valley revamp plan
A MASTERPLAN to transform Twickenhams Crane Valley has been revealed by Richmond upon Thames Council, who are urging residents to express their views on their vision for the future. The four working drafts to transform the area, which runs from
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Music festival hopes to beat £1,000 generated last year
TEDDINGTON and Hampton Music Festival raised £1,000 for the Shooting Star Childrens Hospice last year and hopes to better that figure this year thanks to its week-long festival of music. The well-established Jazz on a summers afternoon will be in
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'Abandoned' fawn is removed from park
A FAWN only a few days old has been removed from his home in Richmond Park to a wildlife hospital after a walker called the RSPCA assuming he had been abandoned by his mother. On Tuesday evening at 7.30pm on June 2nd the fallow deer fawn was taken from
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Girl, 16, attacked on way to school
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl was sexually assaulted by a man as she made her way through a Twickenham park to sit an exam at school on Monday The teenager was walking through Crane Park at 1.30pm on June 9th to her school where she had to sit and exam when
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Residents seeing red over yellow pub
A FRESHLY painted Ham pub has assaulted residents eyes this week, as many were not keen on its acid yellow tint. The Ham Brewery Tap on Ham Street was transformed with a coat of luminous yellow paint last week, a look that made many of the locals see
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Drink driver was speeding
A MAN was stopped speeding in Richmond and when questioned by police was found to be drunk. The man, Lee Bushell of Grange Road, Hampton, had been travelling along Paradise Road, Richmond, when he was noticed by police officers exceeding the 30mph speed
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'Extravagant' cost of riverside plan under fire
THE councils plans for renovating Twickenham Riverside have come under fire this week, with claims that their proposals will cost £2 million. The Twickenham Riverside Terrace Group wrote to the Times to outline what they believe is an extravagant
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Young swans rescued from fence
A DRAMATIC rescue took place at the pond on Ham Common after six cygnets got separated from their parents and found themselves trapped in a fence. A crowd gathered round the pond to watch as rescuers braved the angry swans who were busy trying to protect
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Mobile speed cameras take to the road
MOBILE speed cameras were launched across London this week as the latest weapon against speeding motorists. Clearly marked vans housing the camera equipment will be left at accident spots to catch people driving too fast. Despite controversy last week
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History of Kew shops celebrated
A CENTURY of going shopping in Kew will be celebrated next week at the launch of the fourth edition of local historian David Blomfield's 'The Story of Kew'. This will be accompanied by an exhibition entitled 'Going Shopping - a Century of Shopping in
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Doctor's plea for return of stolen notes
A DOCTOR studying for an MA who had a years worth of notes stolen from her car has appealed to the public to return the documents. Dr Melita Brownrigg has spent a year compiling the research for her 15,000-word dissertation on patients rights - which
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Borough web to catch tourists
RICHMOND Council is launching a new website to encourage more visitors to come to the borough. The site will be launched on Monday at Orleans House Gallery in Twickenham. Richmond is the first London borough to use a separate website to promote itself
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Rail industry targets school in crackdown
EVERY primary and secondary school in Richmond has been targeted by the rail industry as part of the second annual National Railway Crime Week (June 15th 22nd). With more than 90 per cent of railway crime being committed by young people, schools are
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Jolly by name and jolly by nature
APTLY named Brian Jolly has been given tea with the Mayor after being selected as the boroughs street sweeper of the year. Mr Jolly, who is currently responsible for keeping the recycling sites in the borough clean, has worked for the council for 28
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Doctor appeals after notes stolen
A DOCTOR studying for an MA who had a years worth of notes stolen from her car has appealed to the public to return the documents. Dr Melita Brownrigg has spent a year compiling the research for her 15,000-word dissertation on patients rights - which
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Mutiny over council chiefs 100% pay rise
A CONFIDENTIAL report by Hounslow Councils leader John Chatt, in which he recommends giving himself a pay rise of more than 100 per cent, has had to be temporarily withdrawn, after it caused outrage at a meeting of the Labour party. According to council
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Masked raiders strike M&S
MASKED armed robbers dressed as surgeons burst into the Chiswick High Road branch of Marks and Spencers late on Friday night (September 12) terrorising staff and late night customers. At just after 8pm two men dressed in surgical masks and white gowns
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Invading foxes terrorise pensioners and taunt council
A FAMILY of foxes are terrorising a pensioner from Chiswick who claimed last week the animals were invading her house, and growing bolder every day. The four pests arrive in the garden of Moira Macks house in Strand-on-the-Green most evenings, and quite
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Bishop makes rare appearance at hospital
STAFF at West Middlesex Hospital were granted a rare audience with the Lord Bishop of St Albans, Christopher Herbert, when he visited the hospital on September 8, 2003. By visiting hospitals, Bishop Christopher, who is the lead Bishop for the National
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Doomed cricket team flies home
THE INDIAN womens cricket team which suffered an exodus of team members while staying in Hounslow during their tour of the country, flew home this week leaving three of their players behind. After arriving last month from Jalanbhar, capital of Punjab
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Is this the start of virtual schooling?
SCHOOLING across the borough took what could be the first step to a future of virtual education this week, when the first internet website enabling students to work from home was launched. In a pilot scheme that could soon be introduced across the
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Specialist youngster cinema opens
THE Paul Robeson Theatre in Hounslow High Streets Treaty Centre, is offering light-hearted and heart-warming respite in the 3 months leading up to the start of the pantomime season, by hosting Children's Saturday Morning Cinema. Films to enjoy include
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Council launch term of adult education
HOUNSLOW residents can change their lives even more easily thanks to an increased range of adult education courses on offer throughout the borough. There are hundreds of courses on offer, from academic courses covering AS and A2 qualifications to Home
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Dock to host worlds largest coffee bash
RESIDENTS in Brentford Dock are taking part in the Worlds biggest coffee morning next week to raise funds for a cancer charity. Thousands of people will be downing cups of coffee on September 26th for Macmillan Cancer Relief which offers life support
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Women wear towns trousers
WOMEN from Brentford wear the trousers in the bedroom, according to a survey released this week. According to Premier Lodge hotel, who carried out the survey prior to the official launch of their hotel on Ferry Road next week, the survey revealed that
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Two years on from 9/11, but has anything changed?
THE SECOND anniversary of the worst terrorist attack seen on American soil, in which over 3,000 civilians died, sparking two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, came and went last week, with little coverage in the newspapers or television. A memorial to those
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17 years jail for gang that masterminded the great train fraud
PASSENGERS using the Heathrow Express, operating out of Heathrow Airport, were exposed to the biggest ever credit card fraud seen in the UK, it was revealed this week, after three men were sentenced to a total of 17 years. More than £2 million was stolen
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Transport chief tours borough
TRANSPORT Commissioner, Bob Kiley, met with senior councillors and officers last week before taking a whistlestop tour around Hounslow to look at the various transport-related projects currently under way across the borough. The two-hour trip took in
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Familiar man dupes OAP
AN ELDERLY woman was tricked into letting a con-man into her home, after she confused him with a local resident. The 81 year old opened the door of her home in Johnson Road, Hounslow on Monday, September 15 at around 6pm, as she had been expecting a
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Graffiti stalemate: Hounslow takes moral highground
A MEXICAN stand off between the London Boroughs of Hounslow, Ealing and London Underground, which for years has meant a bridge in Chiswick covered in graffiti remaining a blot on the landscape, reached breaking point last week. At stake is who has responsibility
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Bench to remember ICG chair
A BENCH has been installed in the middle of Isleworth's Ivybridge estate in memory of Tom Reader, founder and first Chair of the Isleworth Community Group, and his wife Dolly. The driving force behind the battle to achieve permission for the bench was
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Shop ticked off about clock that fails to keep time
A COMPANY selling childrens clothes in Richmond has been written to by a councillor about the fact that the clock which hangs above their premises, the only one in sight, never displays the correct time. Richmond Cllr Rodney Bennett in a letter dated
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Snow in Spring winners announced
OVER a hundred pupils from Feltham Hill Junior School took part in a competition to draw a Snow in Spring last week, to celebrate the arrival of a new sculpture. The competition was organised by property developers St James Homes and was held at their
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Single living made a whole lot easier
A CHISWICK based agency for single people launched a new improved networking service called Companions earlier this week. Mike Halson, Managing Director of Barley Mow Passage based Single Living, explained: "The idea of setting up Companions groups
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Golfing games for charity raise £9k
GOLFERS swung for charity last week, raising £9,000 for a cancer support centre based at West Middlesex Hospital. Seventeen teams teed off at Wyke Green Golf Course on September 9 to raise money for The Mulberry Centre, which provides counselling and
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Heston companys health donation
A HESTON company has made a donation of £350 to Ashford Hospital this week. Enterprise Cars is an international rent-a-car company and part of the companys policy is to have a certain amount of money going into a special fund called the Enterprise Fund
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Vicar joins TV stars in Miltons classic
A VICAR from Chiswick steps into his bosss shoes next week when he plays God in a production of John Miltons poem Paradise Lost. The Reverend Kevin Morris, vicar of St Michael & All Angels Church, appears in the epic tale of the battle between God
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Man found cash lying outside
CAUGHT wandering about a building at Isleworth, a man was found to have £125 from a handbag and was arrested. Borja Sastre, aged 22, of Fellbridge Road, Stanmore, appeared at Feltham court last week, where he admitted stealing the cash but said he had
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Remanded cases at Feltham Magistrates Court
A WOMAN charged with arson at Isleworth, causing £8,000 worth of damage, had her case adjourned to a later date at Feltham court last week. Teresa May Letters, aged 48, now living at Hanworth Road, Hounslow, was said to have committed the offence at
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Homes board promises decency for all by 2006
THE CONTROVERSIAL Homes board in charge of the councils housing stock, Hounslow Homes Ltd, published its first company report at its first Annual General Meeting last week, defying recent criticisms of the disturbance caused by its recent work programme
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Broadband champions
A CHISWICK company has become the National Champion for the educational sector in a competition by Broadband to find pioneers and best examples of innovative use of the internet. Supported by BT, the Broadband Britain Challenge had been searching for
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