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PENSIONERS’ FORUM Hounslow Pensioners’ Forum meets in the Montague Hall, Montague Road on the last Friday of every other month, starting in January each year, 10.30am-12.30pm. This is a charitable organisation that aims to make known the needs of pensioners in the borough. New members welcome. Free, 020 8560 3444. 020 8892 2929.

GLA SURGERY Tony Arbour, London Assemblyman for Hounslow, together with Feltham Councillor Mark Bowen, will be holding his regular advice surgeries at 3pm-4 pm in Feltham Library in The Centre, High Street, Feltham and 4.30pm-5.30pm at Heston Community Sports Hall, Heston Road on Saturday February 7. No appointment is necessary.

THEATRE COMPANY Stop Gap Theatre Company is presenting a production at Isleworth Public Hall in February and need new members. Find out more about one stage and backstage opportunities from 020 8995 9725.

SIGN LANGUAGE Mission Hall, Haverfield Estate, Off Pottery and Netley Roads every Monday, 3.15pm-4.30pm. Opportunity for children and their parents to learn a rare skill. Free: 020 8400 5594.

ECOLOGY Volunteer Scheme at Hounslow Heath Nature Reserve, 450 Staines Road, 9am-12 noon each Sunday. Help maintain and improve valuable wildlife habitats on Hounslow Heath and along the river Crane. Stout footwear, appropriate clothing and bags of enthusiasm required. 020 8577 3664.

Lottery RESULTS SHOOTING STAR HOSPICE 0870 300 1200 or call Charlotte Mocatta 020 8481 8180 web: www.shooting star.org.uk Winners for Week 290, January 23. £1,000 prizewinner is 086163 Farnborough. Winners of other prizes: 046644 Teddington; 012048 Hampton; 060327 Feltham; 008664 Surbiton; 078822 Hampton; 019028 Hampton; 102007 Ashford; 043135 Staines; 073423 Hampton; 077454 Teddington; 074628 Surbiton; 032067 Teddington; 088399 Twickenham; 024016 Shepperton; 038140 Hayes; 043964 Feltham; 081136 Sunbury on Thames; 058521 Hampton Hill. .

PRINCESS ALICE HOSPICE www.pah.org.uk, 01372 461 808 or email: clarepetrie@pah.org.uk Winners for week 603, January 23. Winner of £1,000 prize: H Dyer - Shepperton. Winners of other prizes: R O'Rourke - Walton on Thames; K Maloney - Esher; K Gaster - Kew; C Bird - Shepperton; D Williamson - Ashford; Mr Fouracre - Cobham; T King - Chessington; D Pedder - Walton on Thames; D Croot - Whitton; M Farrer-Brown - Dorking; S Williams - Sunbury on Thames; J Hinton - Epsom Downs; P Bostelmann, P Connell, G Cadden, M Williams, Z Clark, J Kingdon, A Park, J Jeffreys, D Pollen, J Killick, M Runnalls.

SUNRISE/SUNSET January 30: 7.42am, 4.46pm. February 6: 7.31am, 4.59pm.

Blood donor clinics The National Blood Service 0845 7 711 711 (24 hours); Ceefax BBC2 page 465 and www.blood.co.uk feltham Assembly Hall, Hounslow Road. Monday February 2: 10am-12.30pm and 2pm-4.30pm.

Council meetings February: Monday 2: Sustainable Development Committee; Tuesday 3: 7pm Executive Committee; Wednesday 4: 6:30pm Community Investment Advisory Panel, 7pm Licensing Committee; Thursday 5: 8pm Hounslow Against Racial Harassment.

Hounslow Council meetings are held at the Civic Centre, Lampton Road, Hounslow and start at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated.

Area committee meetings are held locally. For details contact Committee Services on 8583 2063. Full council meetings are open to the public but please check for others.

Agendas and all council contact service points are available on the internet at www.hounslow.gov.uk which is available in libraries. 8583 2063. Enquiries - numbers are prefixed by code 8583 General enquiries 2000; emergencies 2222; council housing repairs, all areas 4000; other housing enquiries 4382; Civic Centre 8382; street management such as litter, refuse collection and leaf clearance: 5000; trading standards, pollution control and fly tipping: 5555. Visit www.hounslow.gov.uk for a list of all council contact service points. Offices at St Catherine’s House, Feltham 4043; High Street, Brentford 4220 and Chiswick Town Hall, Heathfield Terrace 4267.

These offices are open Monday-Thursday 8.45am-5pm and Fridays till 4.45pm.

The buildings are fully accessible and open for help with tenancy queries, maintenance, caretaking and harassment. Also translation and interpreting facilities. AIRCRAFT NOISE For a full explanation see www.baa.com/main/airports/heathrow /about_ heathrow_ frame.html Flight Evaluation Office freephone 0800 344 844. The office is open 8.30am-4.30pm Monday to Friday. There is also an out of hours answerphone. Email noise_complaint @baa.com The postal address is: Flight Evaluation Office, BAA Heathrow, Ground Floor, Heathrow Point West, 234 Bath Road, Heathrow Airport, Hayes, Middlesex. UB3 5AP.

Hacan ClearSkies (Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise). Telephone 8876 0455. PO Box 339, Twickenham. TW1 2XF. Chairman John Stewart There is no ban on night flights Areas affected by the use of the southern runway (27L, 09R) for landings include south Barnes, East Sheen, Putney, Richmond, Twickenham, Hounslow Central, Feltham and Bedfont.

Areas affected by the use of the northern (27R, 09L) runway for landings include north Barnes, Chiswick, Kew, Isleworth, Osterley, Heston, Hounslow West and Cranford.

Week commencing Monday January 26: night alternation period 27L(09R), 6am-3pm 27L; 3pm until last departure 27R.

Week commencing Monday February 2: Night alternation period 09L(27R); 6am-3pm 27R; 3pm until last departure 27L.

RUGBY TRAFFIC Find out about traffic arrangements on international match days at the Rugby Football Union stadium, Twickenham. From 11am you can call 020 8831 6604 and a recorded message will have accurate information on the time of road closures. Police run the service in conjunction with the RFU. www.rfu.com/rugbypost. Saturday February 7: RBS 6 Nations, England v Italy, 3pm (finish 4.45pm) 82,000.

HOUNSLOW SENIORS TRUST To find out more about Hounslow Seniors Trust and future projects, please contact Satish Dutt, the chairman on 07813 695957.

FURNITURE PROJECT Residents can donate unwanted furniture to Hounslow Furniture Project. The council run project aims to provide low cost furniture to needy families. Find out more from 020 8814 2225.

SAFER NEIGHBOURHOODS Cranford Library, Bath Road, 6pm-8pm. A monthly community meeting with local police officers to discuss current crime issues and crime prevention. Please ring to check as it may be cancelled due to operational reasons. 020 8721 9121.

Community Police Consultative Group meets at Chiswick Catholic Centre, Duke’s Avenue. 020 8583 2065 Isleworth Community Safety Forum meetings are held at Isleworth Public Hall, South Street with Isleworth's Safer Neighbourhood Team in attendance. Chairman David Freeman 020 8758 0468.

Hanworth Safer Neighbourhoods Team, 020 8721 2534, Hanworth. SNT@met.police.uk Police Sergeant Lindsay Chapman (PS 99TX); Police Constable Lee Honey (PC 194TX); Police Constable Clive Atkinson (PC 283TX); Police Community Support Officer Matthew Beauchamp (PCSO 7162TX), 020 8721 2534, Mobile 07781 832 585, fax: 020 8247 6329. Feltham Police Station, 34 Hanworth Road, Feltham. TW13 5BD. www.met. police.uk/saferneighbourhoods.

`RECYCLING CHRISTMAS The last day for leaving out Christmas trees for collection is January 30. Christmas trees can also be taken to the Reuse and Recycling Centre in Townmead Road, Kew, Squires Garden Centre in Sixth Cross Road, Twickenham, or to the Wickes car park in South Road, Twickenham. Wrapping paper and cardboard, including Christmas cards, should go in your blue recycling box - but no foil papers or decorations. Glass bottles and jars, plastic bottles, cans, foil and aerosols can go in the black box – but no other plastics or cartons. For further information visit http://www.richmond.gov.uk/home/environment or call 08456 122 660. The green waste hotline is 020 8891 7027.

The Woodland Trust is collecting used Christmas cards. Take them to W H Smith, Tesco, TK Maxx and Marks & Spencer.

PARK VOTE Last day too, to vote for a £400,000 grant to improve Crane Park Nature Reserve visit www.london.gov.uk/parksvote, go to the South West section and click on Crane Park at the top of the list. Request a postal vote form by calling City Hall's Public Liaison Unit on 020 7983 4100. Or text 'parks' and your postcode to short code 62967. This will automatically vote for the closest park to where you live in their borough. To ensure you vote for Crane Park, use a postcode near the park, such as the Civic Centre – TW1 3BZ Voting closes on Friday January 30.

LATE CHEMISTS Listed below are pharmacies which open until at least 9pm. Richmond and Twickenham PCT, Thames House, 180 High Street, Teddington. TW11 8HU. 020 8973 3000, fax: 020 8973 3001. www.richmondandtwickenham.nhs.uk/ Twickenham The Maple Leaf, 20 The Green. 8894 5034. 8255 9666. Monday-Friday 9am-9pm; Saturday till 5.30pm; Sundays and Bank Holidays 9am-5pm.

Feltham Night & Day Chemist, 186 Uxbridge Road. 8751 1220, open 9am-11pm, 365 days a year.

Isleworth: Riverside Pharmacy, 1 Shrewsbury Walk, South Street, 8560 2181, open 365 days a year, 8am-10.30pm daily.

Lottery RESULTS SHOOTING STAR HOSPICE 0870 300 1200 or call Charlotte Mocatta 020 8481 8180 web: www.shooting star.org.uk Winners for Week 290, January 23. £1,000 prizewinner is 086163 Farnborough. Winners of other prizes: 046644 Teddington; 012048 Hampton; 060327 Feltham; 008664 Surbiton; 078822 Hampton; 019028 Hampton; 102007 Ashford; 043135 Staines; 073423 Hampton; 077454 Teddington; 074628 Surbiton; 032067 Teddington; 088399 Twickenham; 024016 Shepperton; 038140 Hayes; 043964 Feltham; 081136 Sunbury on Thames; 058521 Hampton Hill.

PRINCESS ALICE HOSPICE www.pah.org.uk, 01372 461 808 or email: clarepetrie@pah.org.uk Winners for week 603, January 23. Winner of £1,000 prize: H Dyer - Shepperton. Winners of other prizes: R O'Rourke - Walton on Thames; K Maloney - Esher; K Gaster - Kew; C Bird - Shepperton; D Williamson - Ashford; Mr Fouracre - Cobham; T King - Chessington; D Pedder - Walton on Thames; D Croot - Whitton; M Farrer-Brown - Dorking; S Williams - Sunbury on Thames; J Hinton - Epsom Downs; P Bostelmann, P Connell, G Cadden, M Williams, Z Clark, J Kingdon, A Park, J Jeffreys, D Pollen, J Killick, M Runnalls.

Park times Richmond Park traffic gates open at 7.30am in winter; 7am in the summer and closes at dusk all year round. www.royalparks.gov.uk, Park Office, Holly Lodge, Richmond Park. TW10 5HS. 020 8948 3209, email: richmond@ royalparks.gsi.gov.uk Bushy Park is open from 5am to 10.30pm for pedestrians and from 6.30am to dusk for vehicles, 7pm in winter. Woodland Gardens 9am-dusk. Park office, White Lodge, The Stockyard, Bushy Park, Hampton Court Road, Hampton. TW12 2EJ. 020 8979 1586, fax 020 8941 8196.

Richmond upon Thames borough parks: all locked parks will be opened Monday-Saturday at 7.30am, Sundays and Bank Holidays at 9am. Closing time: 4.30pm. Locking commences 20 minutes before closing. Parks and Open Spaces 020 8831 6115.

ENGINEERING EXCITES Hear about exciting developments in the world of engineering. The Kingston Group of the Institution of Engineering and Technology holds meetings at the Lion Pub, Wick Road, Teddington on the first Tuesday of every month. Visit http://www2.theiet.org/OnComms/Branches/UK/england/SEastE/london/Venues/kingston.cfm. The talks are free and snacks are provided. The meetings start at 7.30pm. Entrance is open to all, but please telephone David Lindsley on 07840 772 505 if possible, so that catering arrangements can be made.

Blood donors The National Blood Service 0845 7 711 711 (24 hours); Ceefax BBC2 page 465 and www.blood.co.uk Twickenham: York House, Richmond Friday January 30. 1.45pm-4.15pm and 5pm-7.30pm.

SURGERIES Tony Arbour, Greater London Assembly Member for Richmond upon Thames and local councillor, will be holding his regular advice surgery at 90 York Road, (corner of Elm Tree Road) Teddington on the last Friday of the month, January 30, 5pm-6.30pm. No appointment necessary.

COUNCIL MEETINGS Meetings in the Municipal Offices, York House, Richmond Road, Twickenham at 7pm unless otherwise stated. The public may attend except meetings which are held in private because of the subject matter under discussion. Details 8891 1411 x 4157. Main switchboard 8891 1411. Website: www.richmond. gov.uk Customer advice team 8891 7724.

Tuesday 3: 6.30pm: Teddington CPZ Review in Teddington Baptist Church, Church Road; Thursday 5: 6.30pm: Planning.

COMPUTER SESSIONS Free taster sessions. Please call and book. Wednesday 2: Ham Library, Ham Street, 10am-1pm. 020 8940 8703. By arrangement, Hampton Library, Rosehill, 2pm-4pm. 020 8979 5110.

TOWN SURGERY Whitton's town centre manager, Amanda Lyndon-Chappell, is in her surgery 10.30am-12 noon on Wednesdays, in Whitton Library. Drop in to discuss any problems or innovative ideas you might have for Whitton and its community.