A CHISWICK couple have returned from a mammoth trek that has seen them become the first husband and wife to climb the world's seven highest summits and trek to both poles. Jo Gambi, 35, and her husband Rob, 46, spent one year and 313 days completing
A MAN from Chiswick has appeared in court charged in connection with the murder of Reading teenager Mary Ann Leneghan. Indrit Krasniqi, originally from Kosovo, also faced charges of kidnap and attempting to murder Mary Ann's 18-year old friend following
A LONDON Broncos rugby coach has been given a driving ban and a fine for drink driving placing his job in jeopardy, Richmond Magistrates' Court heard last week. Mark Barnes, 36, who is a community sports coach for schools, was seen by police swerving
RIDERS from as far away as Hampshire were among those targeted in a police operation at the weekend aimed at stopping motorbike scramblers tearing up local parks and fields. Feltham Sector Inspector Dave Henfrey and his team of officers cracked down
SEVERAL car owners and a group of males are among those being asked to come forward in a police appeal for witnesses following the mysterious death of a Bloody Sunday soldier in Feltham. Colin Michael Norman, known as Michael, was discovered by a member
A MAN strangled his wife and dumped her body in a suitcase in the Thames, the Old Bailey heard this week. Former Feltham resident, Zaheer Ahmed, 28, reported airport check-in assistant Adeeba Ahmed missing on Valentine's Day last year, the jury heard
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FOLLOWING complaints regarding a mail shot offering the chance to win a share of £150m, Hounslow's Trading Standards department is warning residents of a scam involving a European lottery syndicate. The company, European Lottery Guild, asks residents
LEGAL action against Ken Livingstone over controversial plans to burn waste at a massive incinerator just outside the borough was halted this week leaving Hounslow facing serious problems over the future of its recycling programme. A wrangle over a strategy
VANDALS have stripped ornate lamps worth £10,000 from posts around a Hanworth church, only ten days after they had been replaced from a previous theft. The ten hand-made copper lamps were taken for the second time from the perimeters of St George's Church
CLAIMS that squatters lurking on the seemingly abandoned vessels on the Thames are stopping the authorities from clearing up the wrecks are just rubbish, according to one Brentford resident. Gillian Olcay almost lost her home after debris from an abandoned
JAZZ lovers in Chiswick heard Hounslow Council hit a bum-note this week - when a noise abatement order was slapped on one of their favourite venues. The popular Thursday night jazz evenings at the City Barge, on Strand on the Green, have had to stop
A STUDY into the health affects associated with aircraft noise and pollution is looking for residents who have lived close to Heathrow for the past five years to take part in the project. Previous studies have shown that there is a weak correlation between
CIGARETTE lovers could see themselves barred from every single pub in the borough, according to a survey that looks into new smoking laws. New legislation is set to come into place in 2008 which means that any pub serving food must operate a complete
THE Department of Transport's latest air accident investigation report reveals details of incidents involving three jumbo jets last year at Heathrow Airport. In March 2004 while trying to park a Boeing 737 in its stand the pilot overran the stop mark
AN INNOVATIVE sexual health service for young people at West Middlesex Hospital has seen a significant increase in the number of youths seeking advice. The Be Wize clinic was set up a year ago specifically to provide confidential sexual health advice
A Learning support assistant at Alexandra Junior School, Hounslow, has been short-listed for a prestigious national award for her use of ICT in school, writes David Allen. Pippa Carey, 39, is being judged by a panel of experts from the British Educational
THE main demolition work on Hounslow's Key Site 1 will begin in the next few weeks, strategically timed to take advantage of the school summer holidays. Work on creating the Blenheim Centre, the new name for Key Site 1, will begin on Monday June 6. The
SCREECHING violins and wobbling recorders may not be music to every parent's ears, but encouraging your children to learn an instrument is an excellent way to enrich their lives and practice does make perfect. Betty Woodbridge has been working for Hounslow
IT IS yet to have its official opening and the final paving was only put in last week, but Lyric Square, in King Street, Hammersmith, has already been shortlisted for not one but two prestigious street design awards. The impressive new public space has
MEMBERS from Hounslow Green Party were among the several hundred who protested outside Downing Street on Tuesday morning about the electoral system. The campaign, during the Queen's speech, called 'Creating a storm for electoral reform', is a summer
A WORRIED resident came face-to-face with two burglars after failing to get through to police to report a neighbour's ringing house alarm and then going to investigate the noise. The owner of the afflicted property on Jersey Road, Osterley, was away
ALMOST 3,000 people flocked to Chiswick House last weekend to see the historic kitchen gardens opened to the public for the first time, writes Karen Leibreich . The kitchen gardens situated behind the Camellia House date back to the 1683, and were used
The Hounslow Adult and Community Education Service is offering local residents the chance to expand their IT skills at free workshops across the borough, starting this week. Whether you are a novice wanting to learn new skills, or a more experienced
WANDERING through the rooms of a stately home with an informative book is always fascinating, but as Chiswick House's personal tours prove, having your own guide makes the experience even more enlightening. On each Sunday in May staff at Chiswick House
ONE of Richmond Hill's more famous faces donned a hard hat on Monday to inspect a massive restoration project currently under way. Jerry Hall inspected progress on the £3.3 million London's Arcadia scheme, which hopes to restore and protect the well known
THE body of a 49-year-old woman was pulled from the River Thames near Richmond lock on Monday. Two witnesses saw the woman from Isleworth in the water at around 1.30pm and believed she was moving. They alerted the nearby lock keeper who called the emergency
EIGHT people were rescued from a block of flats after thick smoke from a blaze which gutted the first floor lobby trapped them in the building. The eight were helped from the scene after a mattress, dumped in the communal area of Hawkins House, Ham Close
A "more normalising" service will replace the day centre for disabled people at the Avenue Centre in Hampton, a senior council officer said this week. Responding to upset parents of disabled young people and adults whose education and social lives revolve
A MAN strangled his wife and dumped her body in a suitcase in the Thames at Barnes, the Old Bailey heard this week. Zaheer Ahmed, 28, reported airport check-in assistant Adeeba Ahmed missing on Valentine's Day last year, the jury heard. He told police
