Images above: far-right media personality Rafal Ziemkiewicz, Rupa Huq MP The British Ambassador and the Polish Foreign Officer have concluded that 'no further action will be taken' following a diplomatic storm involving Ealing Central and Acton MP Rupa Huq and far-right Polish media personality, Rafal Ziemkiewicz. On 8 Friday 8 October, the UK Ambassador to Poland, Anna Clunes,

GSK is leaving its headquarters building in Brentford and moving out of London. The global pharmaceutical company, one of the five biggest employers in the borough of Hounslow, is set to move its commercial division to Weybridge in Surrey by the end of 2022, with their Research and Development and Vaccines Business remaining in the current premises in Brentford until 2023. The company is separa

Police have released an image of a man they want to identify following the sexual assault of a teenage boy on a bus in Ealing. The incident took place on the afternoon of Thursday, 12 August. The victim boarded a route 282 bus near the White Harte Roundabout in Northolt just after 4.00pm. A man started to speak to the boy at the bus stop, later sitting next to him on the upper deck of the bu

Images above: Man who delivered the 'anti-vaxx writ' to Jeremy Vine's house; Jeremy Vine A group of anti-Vaxxers turned up outside Jeremy Vine's house in Chiswick on Sunday to serve an 'anti-vaxx writ' on him because they were angry with the BBC's reporting of the Covid vaccines. The broadcaster was not in at the time, so as the group filled the street outside his house, one of the

Images above: Signs along Hartingdon Rd and Grove Park Rd

LB Hounslow Cabinet reconsiders South Chiswick traffic restrictions

LB Hounslow's Cabinet meeting on Tuesday 19 October will discuss whether or not to change the traffic restrictions they introduced to Grove Park and Strand on the Green. The whole package of Lower Traffic Neighbourhood measures south of the A4 was re

Image: Chiswick House Gardens; photograph Jennifer Griffiths Chiswick House Gardens has won three Gold awards in the London in Bloom competition. They won Gold for the overall excellence of the site, Gold for the presentation of the Walled Garden and Gold in the 'Our Community' category. Chiswick House and Gardens Trust also won awards for the volunteers - one for the Kitchen Ga

Image above: Baby being vaccinated in Malaria trial The anti-Malaria vaccine RTS,S, developed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has been approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for use in a major vaccination programme for children across Africa. GSK is a major west London employer with its headquarters in Brentford and a presence all over the world. It has carried out vaccine pil

Image above: Karen Liebreich and Steve Nutt launching Butterflies and Flowers; photograph Torin Douglas The thousands of butterflies and flowers which a variety of groups all over Chiswick have had fun painting and varnishing over the past few weeks have revealed their purpose. Surveyor Steve Nutt and theatrical rigger Rory Ferguson spent several days last week putting up a pano

By Beccy Bollard People who live in Chiswick who own older, more polluting cars will face fines of £12.50 a day for every day they drive their vehicle unless they take action now. Over the past few weeks, select Chiswick residents have received letters from Transport For London warning them that their car will likely be eligible to be charged when London’s Ultra Low E

The 'Dining Domes' at Chiswick House & Gardens, which were set to be a large part of their autumn programme, have been cancelled at the last minute. Organisers Eventist Group apologised to bookers via an email from their Dining Domes Team, in which they blamed the ongoing challenges in the hospitality sector - including staff shortages and supply chain issues. The statement reads: 'We a

Transport for London is seeking to bolster its enforcement efforts on tubes and buses due to declining rates of mask-wearing, with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan warning passengers face a “lottery” of catching Covid on London's transport network. Anyone who'd used the Underground in recent weeks will know that it's quite common for at least half the people in a carriage not to be wearing masks.

Image above: Anthony Kemp; photograph Metropolitan Police Anthony Kemp, 58, admitted to Chiswick Police that he had bludgeoned a man to death with an ashtray 37 years previously. He pleaded guilty to murder at the Old Bailey on Friday. Kemp turned up at Chiswick Police Station on 28 July last year in the middle of the night and finding it closed but seeeing a light on inside, th

LB Hounslow have issued a premises licence for the new Room2 Hotel on Windmill Road, Chiswick. A Licensing Panel, held on Wednesday 22 September, reached its verdict following consultation with representatives from Lamington Group, which own the Room2 chain. Chiswick Apartment Hotels Ltd applied for the provision of films, late night refreshment and the supply of alcohol between the hours of

The last police officers based at Chiswick Police Station are to move out by early October and the building itself has been put up for sale. The Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime gave the final approval to sell the station in June 2021, with Deputy Mayor Sophie Linden providing the necessary authorisation. City Hall believes the sale of Chiswick Police Station, combined with sales of 1