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FOOD DEBATE Jonathan Dimbleby presides over a school food debate at Richmond Theatre. The broadcaster is Soil Association President. Friday May 16, 9.30am-12.30pm. Campaigners School Food Matters is campaigning in Richmond and Kingston to improve the quality of school food. Included are parents and staff from 32 schools surveyed. Speakers plus representatives from Richmond and Kingston councils. Question session included. Interested people welcome, register www.schoolfoodmatters.com or ring 020 8392 5055.
ANGER MANAGEMENT Documentary makers are looking for career women who have problems controlling their temper? Telephone 07789 240 020 or email rachelh@landmarkfilms.com
HEALTH CHECKS Free for the Over 50s at the The Old Bakery (behind Mortlake training centre), Lower Richmond Road, Mortlake, 1pm-3pm on Tuesday May 13. Also 10am-12 noon on Tuesday May 27 including nutritional advice. Free. 020 8876 9365.
COMPUTER SESSIONS Free Computer Taster Sessions: Wednesday 14: Richmond Lending Library, Little Green, 10am-1pm. 020 8940 098. Wednesday 14: Twickenham Library, Garfield Road , 5pm-8pm. 020 8892 8091. Thursday 15: Hampton Library, Rosehill , 2pm-4pm. 020 8979 5110. Friday 16: Hampton Wick Library, Bennet Close, 2pm-5pm. 020 8977 1559. Further dates to be published.
LATE CHEMISTS Listed below are pharmacies which open until at least 9pm. Richmond and Twickenham PCT, Teddington Memorial Hospital, Hampton Road, Teddington. TW11 0JL. Telephone 020 8408 8210. www.richmondandtwickenham.nhs.uk, South West London Strategic Health Authority: www.swlondon.nhs.uk
Teddington Hospital has a walk in centre pharmacy seven days a week. Anyone who has a prescription can go along Monday-Friday 7.30am-10pm; Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays 8.30am-9pm.
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 252, May 2. £1,000 winner is ticket number 102100 Hampton Hill. Winners of other prizes: 055693 Camberley; 028046 Surbiton; 062853 Sunbury on Thames;048312 Sunbury on Thames; 039102 Ipswich;074277 Richmond; 035096 Twickenham; 037478 Basingstoke; 046168 Hampton; 062461 Feltham; 049649 London; 004780 Teddington; 064020 Hampton; 029169 Beaconsfield; 024244 Hampton; 020520 Teddington; 004131 Sunbury; 041248 East Barnet.
PRINCESS ALICE HOSPICE www.pah.org.uk, 01372 461 808 or email: clarepetrie@pah.org.uk Winners for week 565, May 2. £1,000 winner is: H Bartle - Ham. Winners of other prizes: S Bullamore - Shepperton; C Underwood - East Molesey; T Saunders - Epsom; C Fenaroli - New Malden; J Phillips - Twickenham; A Edwards - East Grinstead; M Birley - Surbiton; S Williams - Dorking Hospice Shop; M Denley - Weybridge; R Evans - Shepperton; C Gale - Basingstoke; J Smith - Richmond; J Sutton, R Rawlins, J Forage, C James, A Edwards, B Murthwaite, D Knights, M Chapman, E Brown, K Lewis, M Pyett.
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: 8.30pm. Locking commences 20 minutes before closing. Parks and Open Spaces 020 8831 6115.
Aircraft noise For a full explanation see www.baa.com/ main/airports/heathrow /about_ heathrow_ frame.html
Flight Evaluation Office, freephone 0800 344 844, open 8.30am-4.30pm Monday to Friday. Email noise_complaints@baa.com Postal address is: Flight Evaluation Office, BAA Heathrow, Ground Floor, Heathrow Point West, 234 Bath Road, Heathrow Airport, Hayes, Middlesex. UB3 5AP.
Richmond upon Thames Council's Aircraft Noiseline 8891 7979.
Hacan ClearSkies (Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise). Telephone 8876 0455. PO Box 339, Twickenham. TW1 2XF. Chairman John Stewart.
27L = Southern Runway on westerly operations. 09R = Southern Runway on easterly operations. 27R = Northern Runway on westerly operations. 09L = Northern Runway on easterly operations.
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.
Schedule:The runway in brackets is used if the weather (including low visibility) and/or external factors preclude section of the preferred runway:
Week commencing Monday May 12: Night alternation period 09L(27R); 6am-3pm 27R; 3pm until last departure 27L.
Week commencing Monday May 19: night alternation period 27L(09R), 6am-3pm 27L; 3pm until last departure 27R.
SUNRISE/SUNSET May 9: 4.14am, 8.39pm. May 16: 5.03am, 8.50pm.
COUNCIL MEETINGS Monday 12: Cabinet, Thursday 15: 6.30pm Planning.
Meetings in the Municipal Offices, York House, Richmond Road, Twickenham at 7pm unless otherwise stated. The public may attend except those held in private because of the subject matter. Details 8891 1411 x 4157. Main switchboard 8891 1411. Website: www.richmond. gov.uk Customer advice team 8891 7724.
TIMES TRAVEL District line: Partly suspended between Turnham Green and Richmond, all day Sunday and after 11.30pm Monday - Thursday inclusive. Two replacement bus services will operate in both directions: Service A: Richmond - Royal Botanical Gardens - Kew Gardens, - Gunnersbury, - Turnham Green - South Acton - Acton Central
Service B: Operates between 1000 and 1930 only Turnham Green - Gunnersbury - Royal Botanical Gardens - Richmond
London Overground On Sunday only, partly suspended between Acton Central and Richmond. Replacement buses which will run between Richmond -Royal Botanical Gardens - Kew Gardens - Gunnersbury -Turnham Green - South Acton - Acton Central.
Valid London Overground tickets will be accepted on these rail replacement bus services. 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.
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.
ECOLOGY Saturday May 10: Isleworth Ait practical work organised by the London Wildlife Trust. New volunteers always welcome. Meet at Ferry Steps near London Apprentice, Isleworth. Free. 9.30am-12.30pm Contact Mandy Timpson for further information, to check weather conditions and to book place on boat. 020 8577 0690.
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. 020 8577 3664.
GLA SURGERY Tony Arbour, London Assemblyman for Hounslow, will be holding his regular advice surgery 10.30am-11.30am in Chiswick Library (1st floor office opposite Reference Library), on May 17. A Chiswick councillor will also be present. No appointment is necessary.
TIMES TRAVEL District line: Partly suspended between Turnham Green and Richmond, all day Sunday and after 11.30pm Monday - Thursday inclusive. Two replacement bus services will operate in both directions: Service A: Richmond - Royal Botanical Gardens - Kew Gardens, - Gunnersbury, - Turnham Green - South Acton - Acton Central
Service B: Operates between 1000 and 1930 only Turnham Green - Gunnersbury - Royal Botanical Gardens - Richmond
London Overground On Sunday only, partly suspended between Acton Central and Richmond. Replacement buses which will run between Richmond -Royal Botanical Gardens - Kew Gardens - Gunnersbury -Turnham Green - South Acton - Acton Central.
Valid London Overground tickets will be accepted on these rail replacement bus services.
Bus Transport for London (TfL) is running up to 16 buses an hour to serve the new Heathrow Terminal 5. Areas include Southall, Hounslow and Richmond. The routes operate seven days a week from around 4am-12.30am. Terminal 5 has a public transport interchange, provided by airport owner BAA, which will accommodate bus, coach and train services.
The following routes serve Terminal 5: Route 350: Hayes and Harlington Station to Terminal 5 via Stockley Park, West Drayton and Harmondsworth. Route 423: Hounslow to Terminal 5 via Beavers Farm, Hatton Cross and Bath Road. Route 482: Southall to Terminal 5 via Hounslow West, Hatton Cross and Terminal 4. Route 490: Richmond to Terminal 5 via Twickenham, Feltham Station, Hatton Cross and Terminal 4.
The N9 night bus will also serve Terminal 5 from Heathrow Central (Terminals 1,2,3), providing a link every 20 minutes during the night from central London.
Routes 105, 111, 140, 285, A10, U3 and X26 will continue to serve Heathrow Central (Terminals 1,2,3), and routes 482 and 490 will serve Heathrow Terminal 4.
The Piccadilly Line and BAA's Heathrow Express rail service will connect Terminal 5 and Heathrow Central (Terminals 1,2,3).
111 bus route: The 111 bus route, which runs between Cromwell Road in Kingston and Heathrow Airport, now runs 24 hours a day. The route will provides a half hourly service throughout the night, seven days a week. It will improve night time links from Kingston to Hampton, Feltham, Hounslow and Heathrow Airport.
London Underground (LU) : TfL website: www.tfl.gov.uk/tubeworks; The London Travel Info 24hrs telephone helpline: 020-7222 1234; BBC Ceefax, page 436, or ITV's Teletext, page 164; and information on posters, leaflets and Good Service boards at Tube stations.
SAFER TRANSPORT TRUST to report an antisocial problem on public transport contact the STT 020 8721 2257.
Blood donor clinics The National Blood Service is encouraging blood donors to become bone marrow donors and is particularly interested in donors from ethnic minorities.
In order to meet patients' needs for blood, the service needs to collect 10,000 donations every day.
New donors aged 17-60 and weighing more than 50kg, 7st 12lbs are eligible. Go along to find out more at any session. Established donors can give blood until the age of 70.
Further details about giving blood and local sessions are available on 0845 7 711 711 (24 hours); Ceefax BBC2 page 465 and www.blood.co.uk
chiswick Chiswick Town Hall, Junction Sutton Court Road and Heathfield Terrace, Monday May 12, 12.45pm-3.30pm and 5pm-7.15pm.
Council meetings Monday 12: 7pm Hounslow Borough Community Police Consultative Group Committee, Sustainable Development Committee; Tuesday 13: 7pm Children and Young People Scrutiny Panel; Wednesday 14 Chiswick Area Committee (Monitoring) The Hogarth Hall, Chiswick Town Hall, Heathfield Terrace; Thursday 15 West Area Committee (Monitoring) Meeting Room 1, 210, Feltham Library, Feltham High Street, Heston and Cranford Area Committee (Monitoring) Civic Centre, Lampton Road, Hounslow.
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.
12:06pm Thursday 8th May 2008
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