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  • Gardeners to take on council's 'flawed' plan

    Residents of a road with an award-winning community garden set to be destroyed to make way for affordable housing have lodged a formal complaint against the plans. In May, Richmond Council’s planning committee approved plans to knock down lock-up

  • £300k for teen mums hostel

    Homeless teenage mums living in rundown temporary council housing will soon be moved into Hounslow’s first hostel for new mums – thanks to more than £300k in council cash. Councillors pledged £324,000 to rebuild Elm Court in Chiswick as a hostel

  • Charity set to hit £25k target

    A charity has been raising thousands of pounds for a cause more than 1,000 miles away. Here, JOANNA KILVINGTON finds out why. It was set up to change the materialistic ways of youngsters in west London. But one charity has gone much

  • Cafe could be forced to close

    A popular cafe that opened after a five-year campaign faces an uncertain future after its manager said he can no longer afford the lease. The cafe at Radnor Gardens was opened after a campaign for a new refreshment facility to be made available at the

  • Tamils ‘terrified to speak out’

    A Hounslow Tamil is urging the Government to stop leaving his fellow islanders in limbo, after reports of Tamils being deported despite officials accusing Sri Lankan authorities of human rights violations. Former asylum seeker Rajsh Kumar, now a legal