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  • Hounslow East Tube station marks 100 years

    The history of Hounslow East Tube station will be celebrated next week to mark its 100th birthday. The station, in Stirling Grove, is still going strong after surviving two world wars and undergoing several building works. It was originally

  • Historic Bedford Park painting donated to society

    A painting of Bedford Park in the late 1800s has been donated to the Bedford Park Society by two long-standing residents. Andrew and Hannah Alers Hankey, who are moving from the area, have given the painting to the society as they wanted to

  • ‘Not satisfied’ by lack of declarations of interest

    A cabinet meeting to discuss the future of Twickenham riverside was interrupted by complaints councillors had not properly declared their interests in the scheme. Environmental scientist and riverside campaigner Barry Edwards was asked to leave the

  • Dallaglio drops in to open gym

    Former England rugby captain Lawrence Dallaglio visited pupils at a special school to open their new fitness suite. Equipment for the gym at Oaklands Special School was provided by the Middlesex region of the national rugby charity, Wooden Spoon, to

  • Bees fan jets in from LA for promotion party

    One Brentford fan was so desperate not to miss out on his team’s promotion party today he is flying in from Los Angeles to be at the game. Oscar Thompson, 45, moved to LA 14 years ago when he won a green card – the identification card giving a person

  • Kitchen waste to be turned into 'green electricity'

    Kitchen waste including mouldy bread and rotten eggs is set be converted into electricity thanks to the development of innovative new technology. Homes in Richmond, Hounslow and Ealing will have their food rubbish collected from their doorstep