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Heathrow Expansion:Residents Take Protest to Downing Street

W4 Chiswick residents were among the many protestors heading to Number 10.

West London residents took their protest against Heath-row expansion to Downing Street on 19th October to mark the sixth anniversary of David Cameron’s ‘No ifs, No buts’ pledge. Their por-table plane may have been hard to manoeuvre around Westminster Streets and raised a few eyebrows as it was conveyed into Parlia-ment Square, but there was no doubting the resolve of residents. A defiant chorus of ‘No ifs, No buts, No third runway’ could be heard coming from beneath the body of the portable plane as it was conveyed to Down-ing Street. ‘W4 Chiswick against Third Runway’ banners could be seen outside Downing Street as well as other anti-Heath-row expansion banners. Da-vid Cameron made his per-sonal pledge against a third runway, ‘No ifs, No buts’ in Richmond and other local constituencies in 2009.‘Heathrow’s promotion has

created the impression that although the flights will be massively increased by a Third Runway, the noise en-velope will be reduced’ said a spokesman for ‘Chatr’, Chis-wick against Third Runway, ‘but this is not true. There are hundreds of thousands of Londoners who are unaware that they are going to be af-fected by new flightpaths.’ One Chiswick resident who lives near an existing flight-path told reporters that the noise was ‘living hell’.

On a day when it was re-vealed that the Cabinet Sec-retary, Jeremy Heywood, had warned ministers not to comment publicly about Heathrow there appears to be growing concern among local residents that the views of Londoners are not being rep-resented. ‘Many MPs did not reveal their views on Heath-row expansion at the time of the election. Londoners have been denied a chance to vote on this crucial issue’, contin-ued Chatr’s spokesman.

He pointed out that cabinet ministers who oppose expan-sion have been excluded from the Parliamentary Group which is considering the Da-vies Commission and advis-ing the Prime minister. ‘Now there is news that MPs who oppose Heathrow expan-sion appear to have been si-lenced. Who is there to repre-sent Londoners who are being expected to bear the burden of health and other issues arising from noise and pollution on a massive scale? This is a ma-

jor public health issue which is being swept under the carpet’One cabinet minister who is not being muz-zled is Boris John-son. He told waiting reporters that he saw nothing ‘sinister’ in the cabinet secretary’s request. Boris repeat-ed his view that it was ‘madness’ to expand an airport right in the middle of the west London suburbsA spokesperson for Chatr invited west London residents who have concerns about Heathrow ex-pansion to join Cha-tr by e mailing: [email protected]

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LOCAL NEWS. LOCAL NEWS.

Unlawfully moored boats to be moved on from Brentford

Second arrest in Acton murder investigation

Groundbreaking production highlights child exploitation

Council apologies to woman for causing ‘Stress and anxiety’ over housing

Appeal following sexual assaults in Chiswick

Appeal for witnesses of serious assault on Kew Bridge Rd

The Cove Spa in Chiswick has been awarded ‘Spa of the Year’ at the London Hair and Beauty Awards on Sunday night, hosted at the prestigious Marriott London Grosvenor Square hotel.

Spa owner, Krupesh Patel said, “We were up against ex-tremely high calibre competi-tion - some great names in the

Legal letters have been issued today to encourage a formal dialogue between Hounslow Council and the owners of unlawfully moored boats in Brentford in an area which is earmarked for a new marina.

The current moorings are unlawful with boat-owners paying no licence fees, which is unfair on both the nearby lawful boaters and the gener-al public.There are also concerns that some of the boats may be dis-posing sewage directly into the river.In addition, many boats are not fit for purpose. Some of the owners do not live on board but let them to oth-ers; there are anxieties that the boats are sub-standard as rental properties.The proposed development of Watermans Park Marina will create jobs for local people and help revitalise the area. A new marina is a key part of Hounslow Council’s vision for the regeneration of Brent-ford. In order to develop the design of the marina, surveys of the riverbed are necessary and to do this all the boats must vacate the area.Some of the owners and occupiers of the unlawfully moored boats have said that they need time to get their boats river-worthy before being able to leave the site.

Detectives investigating the murder of 17-year-old Usaama Ali in Acton on 16th October have made a sec-ond arrest. A 16-year-old male was arrested on Friday 16th October on suspicion of murder - he remains in custody at a south London police station.

[A] A 17-year-old male who was ar-rested near to the scene of the mur-der shortly after the incident remains in custody at a west London police station. He has also been arrested on suspicion of murder.

The investigation was launched after police were called at around 11:50hrs on Friday, 16 October to reports of a male stabbed in Crown Street, Acton, W3.

The victim, aged 17, was taken by London Ambulance Service to a central London hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Next of kin have been informed.

Whilst officers believe they know who the deceased is they await for-mal identification.

Detectives in Hounslow are appeal-ing for two potential victims of sex-ual assaults committed in Chiswick to come forward.Officers believe two women were sexually assaulted on Chiswick High Road between Gunnersbury tube station and Acton Lane on Wednesday 14 October, between 20:00hrs and 21:00hrs.A man, aged in his early 30s, has been arrested on suspicion of anoth-

Police are still appealing for wit-nesses after an incident on Kew Bridge Road resulted in the serious assault of two males.

The incident happened on Thursday 8th October at 10.45p.m. and in-volved a number people.

AlterEgo’s ‘Chelsea’s Choice’ is an innovative and powerful production highlighting the very serious and emotional issue of child sexual ex-ploitation. The production showed how young people, boys and girls, are groomed by adults for the purposes of sexual exploitation using various methods, ensnaring young people and even-tually taking complete control and dominating their whole lives. The Year 9 audience (at Brentford School for Girls) gained a better un-derstanding of the devastating im-

Hounslow Council has apologised to a woman after delays left her living in temporary accommodation for nearly a year longer than she should. The woman, who made a complaint

Chiswick spa wins London ‘Spa of the year’ award

The council will work with them to make this process as smooth as possible and have issued the letters in an effort to encourage dialogue.

Each boat-owner is invited to make representation to deter-mine how much time is need-ed to vacate the area.

Hounslow Council has pledged to support those peo-ple living on the boats who need advice on alternative accommodation. The coun-cil’s Housing Services team is aware of the situation and people are being signposted to them in the letter. Councillor Steve Curran, Leader of Hounslow Council, said: “Let’s be clear from the outset, these boats are moored unlawfully. Some of the peo-ple living on the boats are littering, getting rid of their waste directly into the riv-

er and are trespassing to get access to their boats, which is unfair on owners who pay their mooring fees and the general public.“We’re offering our full sup-port to everyone living on the boats and will advise on is-sues such as housing to those who may need it.“Too many times in the past, Hounslow Council adminis-trations have failed to tackle this problem and take forward plans to create a clean, safe, accessible marina. Now we have an exciting opportunity to regenerate the area and it’s high time the issue of unlaw-ful moorings is resolved.

“There is support for this ac-tion from other river users. We’re doing the right thing.”

industry, however from the 100% customer nomination process, Cove Spa are proud to have been voted at the top!

“Only one year since our acquisition of the former Chiswick Health and Well-ness Spa from Westlabs Ltd, we’ve not only heightened the service quality, treatment offering and ease of booking

functionality for our clients, we’ve also enhanced the decor and launched a nail lounge, world-class product ranges such as Environ, Aro-matherapy Associates and Universal Contour Wrap - which compliments our long-standing Caci and Pai Organ-ic treatments.”

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To book an appointment visit The Cove Spa, 300-302 Chiswick High Rd,W4 1NP or call 020 8995 2293.

A post-mortem examination is scheduled to take place at midday today (17 October) at Fulham Mor-tuary.

Detectives from the Homicide and Major Crime Command are inves-tigating.

Detective Chief Inspector Rebecca Reeves, who is leading the investi-gation, said:

“Crown Street would have been a busy at the time of the stabbing and we are appealing for any witnesses, or anyone with any information, that was in or around the area to contact us.

“We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who saw or heard an argument outside a café on Crown Street.”

Any witnesses or anyone with any information are asked to call the in-cident room on 020 8721 4868, or contact Crimestoppers anonymous-ly on 0800 555 111 or via crimes-toppers-uk.org.

er sexual assault in the same area. He remains in custody at a west London police station.Enquiries by officers believe there to be a further two potential victims who may have been assaulted by the same person around the location.Officers from Hounslow CID are investigating and can be contacted on 020 8247 6222 or 101 quoting Crime Reference 0521174/15.Enquiries continue.

If anybody has any information about this, please can they contact DC Bailey at the Hounslow Police Major Crime Unit on 020 8247 6102.

pact that sexual exploitation has on a young person’s life. This is a very useful and innovative way of rais-ing awareness of the issues relating to sexual exploitation and reaching young people, giving them some skills and knowledge to be able to protect themselves from this form of abuse (the NSPCC, Targeted Youth Support & the Senior Youth Worker – Early Intervention Service were all present at the performance, to lend their support).

to the Local Government Ombuds-man, was housed in November 2013, some eleven months later than she should have been if council pro-cedures had been followed correctly.

The council overlooked her mental health issues and delayed reviewing her case when she complained.

Following the Ombudsman’s inves-tigation, the council has agreed to pay compensation, review its proce-dures and train staff to prevent oth-er applicants from experiencing the same issues. The council – which has over 3,000 households on its Housing Register – has also appoint-ed an Independent Housing Review Officer to examine contested cases.

Councillor Katherine Dunne, Houn-slow Council’s Cabinet Member for Housing, commented: “Our delays caused this woman considerable stress and anxiety so we have writ-ten to apologise formally. We did eventually find a permanent home for her, but we failed to live up to our ambition to look at cases like this quickly and sympathetically.

“We have accepted the Ombuds-man’s recommendations in full, and have taken steps to ensure that these sorts of cases do not happen again.”



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Man convicted of murder following hammer attack in Acton

Heathrow wins “2015 Airport of the Year” title at the Independent Travel Awards

Fuller’s Inns announces enhanced package for staff development• Team members on development programmes to get new living wage six months early• Pay now firmly connected to development, not age

Ballet4life is back at the barre - and more - this term in Chiswick!

Wendell Park Primary School raises over £6K with 5K Fun Run

A man who attacked his friend with a claw hammer has been convicted of his murder. Giuseppe Lo Medi-co, 55 (24.6.60), of no fixed address, was convicted of the murder of Terrence Long-man, 50 (16.12.64), at a flat in Cumberland Park, Acton, on 24 March.

He was convicted on Wednes-day, 7 October following a trial at the Old Bailey.

A murder investigation was launched following the dis-

Described as ‘Best in the World’ by the Independent Travel Award panel, Heath-row topped other world class airports including Changhi Singapore and Hong Kong, as well as UK airports Lon-don City and Manchester to claim the prestigious Airport of the Year award. The award comes as pressure mounts from anti Heathrow expan-sion advocates.

The Independent Travel Awards collated the short-list from thousands of public votes and an expert panel of 10 judges selected the win-ners. The judges described the UK’s only hub airport as “beating all comers,” ac-knowledging Heathrow’s successful opening of Termi-nal 2 and closure of Terminal 1 in the last 18 months, “all while extracting more capaci-ty than any other two-runway airport in the world”.

covery of a Mr Longman’s body at the flat.

Officers had been led to the flat by Lo Medico who walked into Acton Police Sta-tion and told the station offi-cer that he had been drinking and that he thought that his friend was dead.

At about 21:45hrs on Tues-day, 24 March officers forced entry to the property and found Mr Longman. They found a claw hammer at the scene.

This follows Heathrow’s £11bn investment programme and marks the step change the airport is working towards to become the best in the world. The award is also testament to the excellent service de-livered by staff to the 73.4 million passengers passing through each year.

John Holland-Kaye, Chief Executive of Heathrow said:

“Our vision is to give the passengers the best airport service in the world, we still have some way to go, but this award shows that we’re on the right path to make every journey better for our passen-gers. I am delighted to receive this award and dedicate it to all the people who work ex-tremely hard every day to make Heathrow better.

“Heathrow is the front door to the UK and takes British peo-

Lo Medico was arrested by officers. On Wednesday, 25 March a special post-mortem ex-amination took place at Ux-bridge Mortuary and the cause of death was given as a head injury. It is believed he had been struck between 12 and 13 times on the forehead with a hammer. Lo Medico was charged on 26 March.

ple, exporters, families and businesses to every corner of the globe. We will work con-tinuously to remain one of the best airports and with support for expansion we can take Britain even further across the world.”

Delphine Attree, Security Of-ficer at Heathrow said; “this award makes me feel really proud to work at an award winning airport and to be part of a team that has helped make this happen.”

Chiswick brewer Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C., has today announced plans to in-crease pay rates for a large number of team members, re-gardless of age.

The move is designed to re-ward team members who are on one of Fuller’s Inns six de-velopment programmes that provide a structured career path from bar staff or kitchen porter to general manager or head chef.

From 27 November 2015, any team member who is on, or has already completed, any one of Fuller’s Inns’ develop-ment programmes will earn at least the future national living wage rate of £7.20. In addi-tion, the minimum £7.20 pay rate will, at the same time,

be applied to all 131 service coaches – those team mem-bers with a focus on leading and training Fuller’s excel-lent standards of customer service.

To further incentivise the de-velopment of its people Full-er’s will, on completion of a development programme stage, award a 4% pay in-crease. The Company will be co-ordinating promotion op-portunities to ensure a solid career ladder is in place, but in those circumstances where there is still not a promotion available within six months a further 4% pay increase will be given.

Fuller’s Inns is also intro-ducing improved terms and conditions for 115 of its key

head chefs, with a new bonus scheme and improved ben-efits including participation in share ownership schemes, bringing the head chef pack-age in line with the remunera-tion package given to Fuller’s general managers. The move

both recognises the increas-ing importance of food within the Fuller’s Inns business and the highly competitive chef labour market.

Fuller’s Chief Executive, Si-mon Emeny, said: “For some

time now, we have been im-proving the way we reward and recognise the great peo-ple that work in our pubs and hotels. Internal research has shown us that fantastic de-velopment programmes and clear career opportunities are a better way of motivating and retaining great people than increased pay. However, we do want to reward those who commit to undertaking a development programme and these new pay rates do just that.

“One of my promises to the business since I took over as CEO was to increase the number of vacancies we filled with internal promotions – and it is paying off. Four out of the five operational reports to Fuller’s Inns MD, Jona-

After successfully serving Chiswick with quality ballet and dance tuition for adult learners since 2004, Bal-let4life has been branching out into a few new areas which will benefit the local community on many levels.Their “Move into Wellbeing” dance and movement class which launched in January, 2015 was a recipient of the Waitrose Community Matters scheme this summer! They are grateful to the good people of Chiswick who donated gen-erously. This enjoyable class was created for people with

Putting the fun in fundrais-ing, over 80 parents, children and staff from Wendell Park Primary School raised more than £6,000 to build their ‘Dream Playground’. Close to 100 parents, staff and pu-pils as young as four from the Cobbold Road school ran, walked, cycled and roll-er-skated 5,000km, joining the weekly Saturday ParkRun at Gunnersbury Park early one misty October morning.

Julie Howarth, Executive Head, who splits her time between Kenmont Primary School and Wendell Park Pri-mary School said, “It’s won-derful to see so many parents and families at the school coming together and get-ting behind the Dream Play-ground. I’m immensely proud of what they have achieved.”

5K fun run organiser Amanda Pye, a child minder and year 5 parent, enticed parents out of gym retirement and got them to dust off their trainers.

thon Swaine, have been pro-moted internally and more of our general managers than ever have come through the Fuller’s Inns development programme. In addition, our Chef Scholarship programme – which has three levels from kitchen porter to head chef – is helping to attract the best people at all levels and inspir-ing some amazing culinary skills.

“This is a people business. Hopefully today’s announce-ment will ensure that we continue to attract the best new recruits in the years to come and will reinforce our position as the employer of choice.”

Parkinson’s and other mobil-ity challenges, and it meets every Saturday afternoon at Arts Educational School on Bath Road. It’s free for carers and partners and with support from the community, is now in the process of becoming a registered charity.

Ballet4life was also recently invited by Veronica Frank-lin-Gould, Founder of the charity Arts4Dementia, to devise and present an eight week dance programme. This has just commenced but has space for more participants.

“There was a great communi-ty spirit on the day,” said the keen runner, “we even had one dad running with a one-year-old in a rucksack on his back – and they finished the 5k in less than 45 minutes.”

Many parent participants ad-mitted they hadn’t done any ‘formal’ exercise for years and, in the words of one Wendell mum, “there’s noth-ing like a target, and some healthy parent competition, to focus your training”.

Healthy food and drink was provided on the day by Inno-cent smoothies, Tesco, which gave an apple to each runner, and logistic shipping com-pany DSV, which provided water.The £6,000 raised will help to pay for a £50,000 proj-ect which will give Wendell Park Primary School a Dream Playground including three zoned areas.

Everyone at the school has

There will be an informal performance open to the pub-lic on 25 November at Bell Studios Acton.

The regular ballet, barre, pointe classes, beginner courses, and contemproary dance classes run Monday - Saturday daytime and eve-nings in Chiswick. Conces-sion rates are available.

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been involved in the Dream Playground, an initiative launched in summer 2015. Plans include an area for growing plants and vegeta-bles, sports section and play equipment – though the jury’s still out on the zip wire into Wendell Park!

The huge success of 5k fun run has sparked more fund-raising ideas from Wendell Park Primary parents includ-ing a quiz night and movie night, in addition to regular events – the W Factor talent show, spring football tourna-ment and the Christmas Fair on December 4.

With the amount of money already raised from the run, Wendell Park Primary School PTA now has enough money in the fundraising pot to begin Phase 1 of the playground re-furbishment which will be the creation of a multi-use sports area at the back of the school.

Local business gets set to ‘box up’ Christmas for needy children

Flexible workspace provider Regus in Chiswick is open-ing its doors in support of Operation Christmas Child, the campaign that sends pres-ent-filled shoeboxes to de-prived children in developing and war torn countries around the world.

The Regus centre in the town will be a local drop off point from 2nd to 18th November for the 2015 appeal operated by international relief charity the Samaritan’s Purse. Chiswick residents are en-couraged to fill shoeboxes with toys, stationery, small clothing and hygiene items which will be sent to children living in refugee camps, or-phanages and impoverished neighbourhoods. Richard Morris, UK chief ex-ecutive at Regus, said: “We’re delighted to support this very worthy cause which brightens up Christmas time for disad-vantaged children, including those caught up in the Syrian crisis and those living in refu-gee camps. Local businesses, schools and individuals are encouraged to get involved and donate their shoeboxes at

any of our centres.” Boxes can be dropped off at the Regus centre at 566 Chiswick High Street from the 2nd to 18th November on weekdays between 8.30am – 6.00pm.Over 300 Regus centres in the UK are taking part, including 75 centres in central London providing drop-off points for London commuters. It is the third successive year that the company has given its support to the campaign. Regus operates a global net-work of flexible, modern workspaces including busi-ness lounges, meeting rooms and day offices. For centre addresses and fur-ther details see www.opera-tionchristmaschild.org.uk or www.regus.co.uk.


LOCAL NEWS.LOCAL NEWS.

Man found guilty and sentenced for murdering wife in Fulham More than a bookshop set to return after being forced to shut its doors

Cashless parking set to come to Hammersmith and Fulham following successful trials

Joaquin Gomez Hernandez

Vanessa Santillan

L-R: Sophia Henri, Maria Fatima, Sarah Dodgson, Hanna Tourmorche devastated after the closure of Books for Amnesty in January

A man who killed his wife was found guilty of murder on Tuesday 20 October. Joaquin Gomez Hernandez, 24, (31.05.91) of Landridge Road, Fulham killed Vanes-sa Santillan, 33, at her home in Romily Court, Fulham on Saturday, 28 March.He has been sentenced to 14 and a half years’ imprison-ment.The court heard how officers were called to the address by London Ambulance Service at 21:30hrs after the defen-dant had flagged down an ambulance. Vanessa was pro-nounced dead at the scene. A post-mortem examination held at Fulham Mortuary gave the cause of death as blunt force trauma injuries to the head and neck.The Old Bailey heard how the couple moved to the UK from Mexico two months before her death.Gomez Hernandez and his wife had been out the night before she was found dead. The couple had gone to West End clubs with friends be-fore returning to their flat in Fulham, south west London, where they all continued to drink and socialise. Early in the morning of 28 March, Vanessa, who worked as an escort, was contacted by a client and arranged to meet him at her home address. Gomez Hernandez would lat-er confront them both in the bedroom before leaving the room. He was then seen by friends crying in the kitch-en. One witness described to the court how his mood then changed and he became more serious. The court heard that Gomez Hernandez was unemployed and relied on his wife’s income to buy clothes and food. According to friends, he resented the de-pendency he had on his part-ner and feared losing her. He would later admit to hav-ing an argument with his wife later that day when they were alone together in their flat. It was the prosecution case that this argument resulted in him inflicting fatal blunt force trauma injuries on Vanessa. Gomez Hernandez then left the flat at about 2.45pm, tak-ing cash from the deceased and using this to buy a new phone, and to pay for a visit to escorts for sex. He returned to his friends’ flat several hours later and claimed that he had tried to call his wife but she was not answering. When he eventu-ally did enter the flat, he sug-gested to police and friends that a client must have killed her. However, phone records showed that he had not made any phone calls to her and in fact he had taken both her phone and his with him when he left the flat in the after-noon. Gomez Hernandez also

had fresh scratches on his face which he could not sen-sibly explain. He was arrested on suspicion of murder and later charged. Detective Chief Inspector Rebecca Reeves, who led the investigation, said: “Vanessa was murdered by her hus-band but, because she was a sex worker, he seems to have believed he could cover up his responsibility by trying to point the finger at a client. But the narrative he presented of an attack by a stranger did not stand up to scrutiny. “My team of detectives were able to unravel a very com-plicated set of circumstanc-es and piece together events leading up to Vanessa’s death. I hope today’s verdict goes some way to helping Vanes-sa’s family cope with the loss of their sister and daughter.”A family impact statement was considered by the court, in this Vanessa’s family said.“Vanessa’s death has had a very big effect on all of us, each one of us in a very im-portant way. Her death is irreparable and has taken a member of the family from us. This loss cannot be rem-edied or changed. It is some-thing that has greatly affected us and hurts a lot.“Without doubt it will change our lives, our family will nev-er be the same again with-

out Vanessa, we cannot stop thinking how unjust her death was.”The jury returned a unani-mous verdict of guilty in this case. The judge, the Common Sergeant of London, proceed-ed directly to sentencing the defendant to life Imprison-ment with a minimum tariff of 14 and a half years. The judge, in his sentencing comments said to the court and the defendant: “Vanessa had extensive head injuries and suffered manual strangu-lation. You (Joaquin Gomez

A much-loved Hammersmith treasure trove of rare books forced to close in January is reopening with help from Hammersmith & Fulham Council.Customers, 42 volunteers and one manager of Books for Amnesty in Hammersmith were devastated after the Am-nesty International-run book-shop was forced to shut its doors in January.The King Street shop was the

The frustration of searching for coins in your pocket to pay for parking in Hammer-smith & Fulham is set to be a thing of the past.To make life easier for resi-dents and visiting shoppers, cashless parking is coming to H&F as the council considers adopting new measures, fol-lowing two successful trials.For the past nine months, the council has been conducting a trial of a phone payment sys-tem in the controlled parking zone around Olympia, during which two-thirds of all park-ing payments were made by phone. A separate trial tested payments on parking ma-chines using cards.A report will be presented to H&F Council’s Cabinet when it meets at Hammersmith Town Hall on 12 October that will propose making the scheme borough-wide.“We are determined to make it easier for H&F residents and their visitors to park in the borough and avoid ac-cidentally overstaying or being caught without coins. Residents have been telling us they wanted to be able to pay for parking by phone and this trial has proved it works well and is popular,” said Cllr Wesley Harcourt, H&F Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport and Residents’ Services.“Fewer and fewer residents carry cash these days and many of our ticket machines are 20 years old and prone to

Hernandez) left her on the floor, naked from the waist down; You then engaged in a pretence and lied to the po-lice about the injuries to your face. “This was a sustained attack and Vanessa lost her life in her own flat and you made no attempt to summon help. Your subsequent conduct - taking Vanessa’s property including money and telephones and visiting prostitutes after the attack - was callous in the ex-treme.”

only one in London and one of just seven Amnesty shops in the country. Now, thanks to H&F Council, the shop is reopening in a vacant council shopfront at 181 King Street until it can find a permanent home.“Books for Amnesty has been sorely missed,” said Cllr An-drew Jones, H&F Cabinet Member for Economic De-velopment and Regeneration.“We didn’t want to see such

vandalism and theft, which only further inconveniences residents. Cashless parking would bring us in line with modern requirements and could also provide long-term savings that can be invested in improving our roads.”If approved by the Cabinet, the new payment system will be rolled out across the bor-ough on a zone-by-zone ba-sis.The phone payment service offers residents and shoppers several different methods to pay for their parking session including, sending a text to an automated service, using a smartphone app, or through an automated voice service.As part of the proposal the existing ticket machines could also be upgraded to ac-cept payment by card. Local businesses will be consulted on whether they would prefer to see some machines accept cash as well as card.If approved by the cabinet, a tender will be put out for the service, with the first zone expected to start operating by January 2016.

an individual, valued and much-loved shop lost from Hammersmith. I know many residents agree and, like us, can’t wait to have it back.” Manger Sarah Dodgson, who had worked at the shop since 2008, said: “It was a cultural hub in every way. We provid-ed a place to meet, display public notices, we were a window on to the community.

“There was such a variety of customers from students to serious book collectors and people made friendships. Someone would start a con-versation and everyone in the shop got involved with it and they continued to be friends outside the shop.”The shop began as a stall based at the Hammersmith & City Line tube station fund-raising for local campaigns. Two of its key founders Dick Langton, who died last year, and Christine Pain, who died in 2013, were instrumental in finding a shop at a cheap rent which was entirely run by volunteers until Amnes-ty’s head office stepped in to pay the rent after it increased. Now the building is being re-developed and the bookshop was forced out along with other tenants. Sophia Henri, who volun-teered at the shop for five years, said the shop’s collec-

tion of books was unparal-leled. She said: “We all loved it when we would hear that sharp intake of breath where somebody has found that one thing they had lost hope of seeing again.”The team ran a number of events over the years, includ-ing films at Riverside Studios, readings by local authors and Amnesty tea parties. Customers were as dismayed as the staff that the store had to close. Nora Mukachung said at the time: “It’s a disas-ter. There’s no place where you can get the kind of books you could get there.”George Rafael added: “I’d visited the shop for five or six years and there have only been two or three times where I’ve left without buying something. I’d found things I’ve been looking for a de-cade.”

Charlotte Thrower, Head of Commercial at Amnesty In-ternational UK, said Amnesty has had a bookshop in Ham-mersmith for over 20 years and raised more than £1 mil-lion for the charity.“After being priced out of the local market, we are really grateful to H&F Council for enabling us to move into 181 King Street - our new home for the next 18 months,” she said.“We are really looking for-ward to opening our doors in early November and in the run up to Christmas, will have a fantastic range of ethi-cally sourced gifts and cards, alongside our extensive range of second hand books. Please do come in and say hello.”



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“Children have a lovely time at the nursery and make superb progress. Staff provide an extremely positive, inspiring environment, which captures children’s interests and entices them to learn and to initiate their own ideas.”Ofsted inspection 2015, www.ofsted.gov.uk

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Couple need your help in Hammersmith as they prepare for Poppy Appeal

Hounslow Borough Officers found not guilty of assault

Cycling and scooting school scoops sustainable transport award

Finish line approaches for inaugural Fulham 10k registration

A Shepherd’s Bush school has received an award for en-couraging pupils to scoot or cycle in each morning, rather than being driven.Wormholt Park Primary School, in Bryony Road, was presented last week with the Silver Award from sustain-able transport campaign or-ganisation Sustrans, as part of its School Mark scheme, which recognises and sup-ports schools’ excellence in active and sustainable travel.The school has worked hard to increase the uptake of alter-native travel with initiatives including safe cycle training and mass-participation scoot-ing and cycling events, well supported by both parents and governors.“We were delighted to be presented with the award. We have worked very hard as a school, with the support of Sustrans, to encourage sus-tainable transport and active travel to school,” said deputy headteacher, Anika Hargie.“Every morning, our bike and scooter storage is full, with

Runners are limbering up for a 10k event through Fulham’s streets, starting at Eel Brook Common early on Sunday 15 November.And thanks to their work with the council to make the day happen, organisers are offering readers a 25 per cent discount! But act fast because registration for the race clos-es on Monday 26 October.The 10k gets underway at 9am in New King’s Road, with the one-mile family fun run starting from the same point at 9.15am. Eel Brook Common houses the race vil-lage.The looping course takes in New King’s Road, Parsons Green, Burlington Road, Ful-ham Road and Munster Road, as well as a lap around Chel-

A dedicated husband-and-wife team leading the local Poppy Appeal is again hoping to recruit an army of volun-teers in the run-up to Remem-brance Sunday.Mary Walker and Tom Phil-lips raised an impressive £44,000 last year after being given empty office space by Hammersmith & Fulham Council.“We started with 10 volun-teers and ended up with 62 last year,” Mary said.“The council has given us the shop frontage in King Street again which was absolute-ly brilliant last year. People walked by and knew where we were and could see we were asking for volunteers and donations. It was amaz-ing.”The pair hope their head-quarters at 181 King Street – which recently served as Hammersmith’s temporary li-brary – will help them sell an equally impressive number of poppies this year.After last year, Mary, who is 68, and Tom, 78, know it will be a big job but both are always up for the challenge. Tom’s varied career has in-cluded 14 years in the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm. He was later involved in setting up the first land-based mari-na in Bahrain, where he met Mary in 1978 when she was

well over a third of our chil-dren scooting or cycling on a daily basis. In our last survey, there was only six per cent car use, with 94 per cent of children travelling to school through active means.“We will now strive to achieve a Gold Award from Sustrans in the future.”The school promotes safe and healthy travel offering cycle training, including balance bike training for the youngest pupils. Pupils are also offered bike maintenance sessions, where they can bring in bikes and have them repaired and a ‘Bike Week’, in which all children get involved in cy-cle-related activities. The school also takes part in The Big Pedal, an annual in-ter-school cycling and scoot-ing challenge.Attending the awards pre-sentation were H&F Coun-cil’s Cycling Champion, Cllr Iain Cassidy and Cllr Wesley Harcourt, Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport and Residents’ Services, who used the event to launch

sea FC’s Stamford Bridge sta-dium, before finishing back at Eel Brook Common.And to help celebrate the fan-tastic event, local businesses have jumped in on the action to offer race-goers an array of fantastic offers – have a look at the West Run London local partners web page.“We’re delighted to host the race and I hope everyone will enjoy running along our beautiful roads. We hope that runners and spectators make the most of the area’s fami-ly-friendly atmosphere and Fulham’s many great places to eat and drink afterwards,” said Wesley Harcourt, H&F Cabinet Member for Trans-port, Environment and Resi-dents’ Services.The one-mile family fun run

working in an admin role for a global business.They married soon afterwards and enjoyed an adventurous life overseas and in the UK, ultimately settling in H&F off North End Road.The couple is now working hard to persuade volunteers in Hammersmith and Shep-herds Bush to distribute pop-pies, collect donations and count the takings, which will go towards the Royal British Legion’s welfare work within the armed forces.“These people joined the ser-vices and go out on our behalf to protect us. I feel we should give them every support,” she said. “It affects all of us, the whole country and I think everyone wants to reward them for what they’re doing for us.“Plus it’s great fun, it’s a laugh a minute with volun-teers of all ages all working together. It’s a terrific social thing. “I broke my pelvis a couple of months ago and thought I wouldn’t be able to do it. I’m so glad we can; we love it.”This year the volunteers will also be selling poppies at QPR for Poppy Day on Satur-day 7 November.“Tom and Mary have so much passion and their efforts and

H&F’s new cycling strategy.“It’s great to see so many young people choosing a healthy, active and environ-mentally friendly means of getting to school. The plans outlined in our new cycling strategy aim to make this even easier and safer in fu-ture, so we hope sustainable transport plans like this can be mirrored in schools across H&F,” said Cllr Cassidy.The award comes in three progressive levels, bronze, silver and gold and rewards schools where pupils are en-couraged to use public trans-port or active travel modes, such as walking, cycling and scooting.The awards scheme is part of Sustrans’ Bike It project, which aims to encourage sustainable transport to be-come a way of life for pupils and recognises those schools where hard work has resulted in a durable cycling culture among the children that is hoped will be passed on to future generations of pupils.

is open to anyone over the age of four, with special en-couragement being given to families running together. Participants will each get a medal and T-shirt.Road closures will work on a rolling basis, and most streets are expected to reopen less than an hour after they have been closed to allow the run-ners through.However, organisers have made efforts to minimise disruption to residents, and streets will reopen to normal traffic as soon as it’s safe to do so.Places are limited and can be booked at the West Run London website with entries starting at £35 per person for the 10k and £10 per person for the Family Fun Run.

that of the other volunteers last year was simply astound-ing, said Cllr Alan De’Ath, Borough Representative for the Armed Forces.“The work they do is partic-ularly poignant during this time, as we continue to mark 100 years since the First World War, and I hope resi-dents will join us in support-ing the work of the volunteers and the Royal British Legion. Volunteers can join the team at 181 King Street from Mon-day now between 10am and 4pm on weekdays.You can also sign up in Kings Mall in Hammersmith and the West 12 Shopping Centre in Shepherds Bush between October 27 and 30. Call Mary on 07791 888 142 or email [email protected] for more details.

PC Carl Hollman, 32, and PC Ed Griffiths, 40, attached to Hounslow Borough were found not guilty of assault at the Old Bailey on Wednes-

James Palser from Sustrans presents an award to Wormholt Park Primary School deputy head Anika Hargie and pupils. L-R: Dacey-Leigh Rostron, Brandon Butler, Stanley Dix, Kiera Ghouneim, Jaiden Paul and Lilly Burford

Above L-R: Mary Walker, Cllr Alan De’Ath and Tom Phillips

day, 14 October.

PC Hollman was also found not guilty of perverting the course of justice. The jury failed to reach a verdict in

relation to Police Sergeant Jason Moody, 41, for actual bodily harm.

The officers previously ap-peared at Westminster Mag-

istrates’ Court on Thursday, 7 August. A misconduct review will now take place.


HOUNSLOW COUNCIL NEWS. EALING COUNCIL NEWS.

For those of you that live in the Hounlsow Council area of Chiswick... For those of you that live in the Ealing Council area of Chiswick...

‘Tis the season to get organisedHounslow Care Act Innovation FundGraphic film aimed at shocking young drivers

Food for thought – help save the planet

Apprenticeship pledges piling in

Exhibit at Ealing’s Wedding Fair

Ealing Council’s hospitality and events team is helping make planning for Christmas easier by hosting parties in Ealing Town Hall from as lit-tle as £27 per person.With capacity for 200 people, the Town Hall is the perfect venue for friends and family to enjoy a stress free Christ-mas party in the heart of Eal-ing town centre. For just £27 per person, party guests can enjoy canapés in the festive Princes Hall be-fore dining and dancing the night away in the stunning Victoria Hall. The Christmas package in-cludes:•Complimentary glass of sparkling wine and canapés on arrival

Hounslow Council has launched a new Care Act In-novation Fund (CAIF), which will fund innovative projects designed to improve wellbe-ing and which also support the implementation of the Care Act. The Care Act brings all the previous bits of law related to social care together in one place, modernising or updat-ing the legislation where nec-essary. In April 2015 most of the Care Act came into force, including the way in which local authorities should carry out carer’s assessments and needs assessments and how local authorities should de-termine who is eligible for support. Bids of up £5,000 are wel-comed from providers of ser-vices, activity groups, user led organisations, and voluntary groups which would support an increased awareness and understanding of the Care Act

Youngsters across Hounslow have been shown graphic film footage featuring scenes from a horrific car crash in a bid to shock them into taking more care when getting behind the wheel.The Ealing and Hounslow Safe Drive Stay Alive proj-ect’s footage was shown to sixth-formers and other inex-perienced drivers.The film framed frank talks from people and families torn apart by the loss of a loved-one in a road accident along-side descriptions from front-line staff with real experience of dealing with the immediate aftermath of accidents involv-ing young drivers.It also features people left with life-changing injuries, who give up their time to warn their peers about the perils of dangerous driving.The Hounslow Road Safety Partnership lined up police, fire and ambulance crew members to drive their point

Residents are being warned by Hounslow Council that throwing away their food waste is harming the environ-ment. Every year across Hounslow, tonnes of food is thrown away and buried in landfill. This rubbish releases meth-ane, a dangerous greenhouse gas which contributes to global warming. But there is a solution. Hounslow Council offers a free weekly food waste col-lection for most residents. The food waste collection covers: - diary- eggs and eggshells- out of date food- plate leftovers- meat, fish and bones- fruit and veg- baked foods - teabags and coffee grounds. Food waste in Hounslow is collected and sent to a plant in Bedfordshire where it is treated using a process called anaerobic digestion. This uses microorganisms to break down food in an oxygen-free, enclosed system. As the food rots, the methane is collected and converted into biogas; which is used to generate electricity, heat or transport fuel. During this process a biofertiliser is also created which is used in farm-ing. Hounslow Council is also en-

More than 30 businesses have already pledged their support to Ealing Council’s 100 day apprenticeship recruitment drive with promises to set up 72 apprenticeship opportuni-ties received so far. The 100 in 100 campaign, which runs from September to December aims to create 100 pledges for apprentice-ship job vacancies in 100 days. The apprenticeships will give 16-24 year olds ac-cess to quality employment and related training. Employers can sign up to re-cruit an apprentice by apply-ing online, or by contacting the council’s apprenticeship team, which will also be on hand to provide practical sup-port, information and advice to small companies setting up

Chiswick Businesses provid-ing wedding services are be-ing invited by Ealing Council to sign-up to exhibit at next year’s Ealing Wedding Fair, at Ealing Town Hall on Satur-day, 6 February.

The 2015 wedding fair at-tracted more than 450 visi-tors, who received exclusive access to a wide range of sup-pliers. They included wed-ding dress, florists and cake suppliers, photographers, car hire and entertainment com-panies.

•A delicious two course meal •Unlimited soft drinks •DJ Tables of 10 are still avail-able to book for Thursday, 3, 10 and 17 December. While availability for Fridays is lim-ited, with 4 and 11 December already fully booked. Councillor Yvonne Johnson, cabinet member for finance, performance and customer services, said:“After the success of last year’s Christmas celebrations in the Town Hall, we have doubled the number of nights available, but you’d better hurry because the nights are selling out fast. The parties are a perfect way to enjoy the perfect Christmas party with-out having any of the stress

and its intended outcomes. For example, often peo-ple’s wellbeing can improve through access to good quali-ty information, yet many peo-ple don’t know how to access the information. Some examples could be de-veloping new and better ways in which people can access advice, or coming up with ideas which would mean res-idents could access support more quickly. The projects that demonstrate the most innovative approach and achieve the greatest reach in supporting Hounslow’s im-plementation of the Care Act will be awarded an innova-tion grant. All projects must ensure that they meet the diverse needs of communities and the equality and human right duties, as well as demonstrating how they will minimise disadvan-tage experienced by groups with protected characteristics.

home to around 2,000 stu-dents from Hounslow and Ealing.The stark message the project is designed to get across is that one in three people killed in crashes are under 25. Twenty under-25s die on av-erage every week on roads in Britain.

Head of Sixth Form at King-sley Academy in Prince Re-gent Road, Hounslow, Jodie Marsh said: “This was a re-ally important opportunity for all students and if it only saves the life of one young person then it will have been worth it. It was a very power-ful experience.”

Barney Gutteridge, 17, said: “As a young driver it really affected me and will certain-ly make me think twice about how fast I drive.”Councillor Richard Foote, Cabinet Member for Com-munity Protection, Hounslow

couraging residents to “think before they throw” to reduce the amount of food that’s wasted. This includes plan-ning meals in advance and taking a shopping list to the supermarket to avoid buying unneeded items. Councillor Amrit Mann, Deputy Leader of Hounslow Council, said: “People don’t realise how our mindless, throwaway culture is damag-ing the planet. “Thinking before you throw - Can I use this? Can I recy-cle this? How can I prevent more waste like this? – can really make a difference to how much rubbish you col-lect over the week and throw away. “Throwing away food is one of the most tragic examples of waste. Every year, the av-erage family bins up to £700 of food that could have been saved from landfill. By think-ing before you throw, you’re not only saving the planet, you’re saving money too.”A lot of what is thrown away can used or frozen. In the UK, 24 million slices of bread are thrown away ev-ery year – making it the UK’s most wasted food. Buying less bread, or freezing part of the loaf in an airtight bag saves you money – and re-duces the risk of you falling unexpectedly short of bread. You can also toast bread from

placements for the first time.Financial support is available for small and medium sized employers that have less than 1000 staff and have not previ-ously provided an apprentice-ship. An Age 16-24 grant of up to £1,500 may be available from the government to help fund the placement.With 50 days to go, offers to recruit apprentices have come from a variety of different sectors including education, retail and building compa-nies. Councillor Steve Hynes, cab-inet member for prosperity, skills and employment, said: “This is the third year the council has run the campaign after exceeding its target in 2013 and 2014 and it appears to be on track to achieve its

Wedding fair visitors will have the opportunity to tour the different spaces available at Ealing Town Hall, which can be booked for wedding receptions, marriage ceremo-nies and private parties.

Councillor Yvonne Johnson, cabinet member for finance and performance, said: “This is a great opportunity for lo-cal independent businesses and entrepreneurs to show-case their services alongside some of the more established service providers. Everyone wants that something special

that goes into organising it. All you have to do is get in touch and let us do the rest.”The venue will be fully deco-rated and bookings include all linen, cutlery, crockery and glassware. Party guests will be served by experienced and professional waiting staff. Party organisers will get ex-clusive access to an event manager to help you plan the night. Terms and conditions apply. For more information or to book your Christmas party, contact the hospitality and events team on 020 8825 6060 or email [email protected]

Councillor Kamaljit Kaur, Hounslow Council’s Cabi-net Member for Adult Social Care and Health, said: “This is a great opportunity for lo-cal organisations to use their knowledge and skills to de-velop new projects to support the aims of the Care Act. “We’re looking for some new and innovative ways of working with providers and third sector groups to make sure that our residents who are most in need are getting the support they need, when they need it.” For full information on how to apply, please visit or email [email protected] for an application pack. The closing date for completed applications is 1 November.

Council, said: “Too many lives are ruined by reckless driving. And although many young people do take care when they are driving; the Safe Drive Stay Alive project really drives home the mes-sage in the best way possible.“It devastates families and changes the lives of friends forever and all too often it is avoidable.“We want all 16 to 18-year-olds to benefit from this ad-vice so we can make leaps towards cutting the number of deaths and serious injuries right down.”The week-long run of perfor-mances has been mirrored in counties and boroughs across the country over the past de-cade. This is the third year the franchise had been aired to schoolchildren in Hounslow and Ealing boroughs.

frozen. This week (19 October) a series of posters will go up across Hounslow to promote the borough’s food waste col-lection service. As part of the eco-drive, Hounslow Council last week teamed up with West London Waste and a group of volun-teers from Barclays Bank. They paraded through the streets of Hounslow town centre with three shopping trolleys full of empty food packages to demonstrate the amount of food needlessly thrown away by the averageHounslow family. During the stunt, information leaflets and food waste free-bies were handed out to shop-pers. Experts were on hand to answer recycling questions.Get helpful tips online at www.hounslow.gov.uk/food-waste where you can also read Food For Thought, one resident’s efforts to recycle her food waste. Residents are encouraged to share their food saving tips online on Facebook www.facebook.com/houn-slowcouncil or Twitter @LBofHounslow using #food-4thought. For tips on how to reduce your food waste visit the Love Food Hate Waste web-site www.lovefoodhatewaste.com

target of 100 pledges. These opportunities are vital for young people in our borough to gain experience and skills outside of conventional edu-cational routes while giving them a better chance of gain-ing employment at the end of their placement. This year’s pledges draw us closer to our aim of 500 new apprentices by 2018.”More information about fund-ing options is available on www.ealing.gov.uk/appren-ticeships.Employers who would like to offer an apprenticeship to a 16-24 year old should visit www.ealing.gov.uk/appren-ticeships and fill out the form online, or call 020 8825 6234.

to make their big day stand out so I would urge business-es to sign-up and make the couples an offer they can’t turn down.”

Anyone interested in ex-hibiting must register with the council’s hospitality and events team by 5pm on Fri-day, 4 December 2015.

For more information about the event call 020 8825 6060 or email [email protected]


MONEY MATTERS.LOCAL NEWS - Ruth Cadbury MP.

Money Matters with Dr P Singh

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Glencore on a roller-coaster North River Resources – a lesson in how not to raise capital and restrain a dominant shareholder

How do you like your chicken?

Central banks off-loading US bonds

Office rent going through the roof

Emerging markets heading for a fall

Government scores an own goal over bank supervision

The fine line between self interest and consumer interest

When the Chinese sneeze, the world catches a cold

My piece a couple of weeks ago reporting on the downturn of miner Glencore turned into an equally big upturn just a few days later. Its share price has doubled in the 10 days since Investec’s analysts said the share price would be nil if the price of commodities drops further. Glencore took note and promptly raised com-modity prices by cutting back production, boosting its share price. “...its shares are now back to last month’s placing level and are showing the sort of volatility normally associ-ated with penny shares.” said IG Group’s Alistair McCaig.

Namibia-based zinc min-er, North River Resources, learned the hard way that mar-kets are no longer brimming with disposable cash so you don’t always get what you want. Looking for $4m to kick-start

“If we chicken out of this, we’ll all turn into chickens and we’ll all be fried, grilled, toasted, and roasted” Chris-tine Lagarde of the IMF on the consequences of not cou-rageously managing global warming by taxing companies who pollute through emitting excessive levels of carbon.

A depreciating Yuan versus an appreciating USD neces-sitating currency intervention by the Chinese authorities, weakening trade in emerging markets, and the flight of USD out of emerging markets, has driven emerging market cen-tral banks to sell their holdings of US bonds to support their local currencies, according to the Wall Street Journal

Estate agents Carter Jonas re-ported that office space below £40 per square foot is now limited to just three regions in the capital, compared to several more in addition, a year ago. The City is costing at least £55 and at least £57 around Bloomsbury. Rents have hit record levels owing to a growing economy and limit-ed supply. By 2017, the report predicts West End rents will be topping an average of £155 per square foot compared to £127 currently.

According to the IMF, non-fi-nancial companies in emerging markets have quadrupled their debt from around $4 trillion in 2004 to $18 trillion in 2014. A build up in debt often precedes a financial crisis, and this probability is likely to pushed higher with the coincidence of weakened trading, apprecia-tion of the USD, higher USD interest rates (where debt is USD denominated as it was in the Asian crisis of the 1990s), and falling commodity prices (generating less revenue). The volatility of the Chinese stock

In the space of just a few weeks, the government has caved in to demands from bank lobbyists to water down regu-lations aimed at controlling banks. No longer will senior board members have to prove their innocence or be deemed guilty under the now defunct Senior Managers’ Regime. “While the presumption of re-sponsibility could have been helpful, it was never a pana-cea.” said FCA acting chief executive, Tracy McDermott in what sounds very much like a damage limitation response to the regulatory U turn.

Nor will the Bank Levy be as severe – benefitting banks whose assets are mostly over-seas – such as HSBC and Standard Chartered – by now excluding worldwide bal-ance sheets, another U turn. The ring-fence around casino banks has been perforated by their new ability to pay divi-dends intra-group.

The government’s concessions appear to have appeased some banks at least, but it has dent-ed their credibility to stand up to banks and their armies of lobbyists and follow through with tough measures to con-trol banks and their reckless tendencies ‘HSBC is more likely to stay put now that the mood music from the Govern-ment and regulators towards banks has become less penal and more accommodating. ’said Gary Greenwood, an an-alyst at Shore Capital, in thi-sismoney.co.uk

This week saw the departure of the head of the trade body for fund managers. It seems some fund managers had walked out in protest at his leaning too far in favour of consumer protection, such as calling for greater transparen-cy from fund managers. Head of ShareAction, Cather-

Glencore is testimony of the slump in commodity produc-tion and prices caused by a cut in demand by the Chi-nese. Germany’s economy is also seeing a fall in pro-duction owing to the Chinese slowdown. Now, according to CityAM, European companies

I believe that the Government’s current ap-proach is completely the wrong way forward and that they should work with the BMA and junior doctors to find a fair agreement that avoids the threat of industrial action.

The issue around the new contracts is just the latest in a string of missteps and mistakes that have happened over the past few years. Over and over again it appears that Whitehall is dis-regarding concerns of those on the frontline, with the experience and expertise, in order to ascertain or expedite a desired political out-come. Cuts in services and pay will only have one outcome – NHS patients will suffer.

We should all thank the NHS staff for their service. The years of training, long hours and mental stress should not go unnoticed or un-appreciated. Our world class health service is built on its amazing staff.

I have received a number of emails from junior doctors living in my constituency describing how the changes would affect them personally and their concerns about their ability to do the job effectively if these changes went through.

As we witnessed by the march in London this past weekend, junior doctors feel extreme-ly strongly about this issue – and rightly so. I also appreciate that there is real concern

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With the appointment of Luciana Berger as shadow minister for mental health, the Labour party is at the forefront of holding this gov-ernment to account on mental health services provision in England and Wales. On Tuesday, I challenged the minister for Community and Social Care, Alistair Burt MP on mental health services for children and young people. The government had made an explicit funding commitment of £250 million, but there will be a shortfall of funding this year. This is yet an-other broken promise, with long term negative consequences for children in desperate need for specialised services.

Even trying to determine how much is going to be spent this year has been difficult, with

JEREMY HUNT MUST LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS OF JUNIOR DOCTORS IF HE TRULY CARES ABOUT OUR NHS

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ON MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING, ITS DEEDS NOT WORDS THAT MATTER

Goldman Sachs seems un-convinced: “The decision by Glencore (and others) to shut mines is a reaction to reality, not a reason to get bullish, in our view.” Cancelling your dividend and selling off assets are both drastic measures that reflect real concerns over the company’s survival. Whilst limiting supply will raise the price of commodity, it might be a zero sum strategy or a loss-making strategy when fixed overheads and write-downs, lay-offs are factored in.

a mining project, it managed to raise a paltry $0.5m. It then introduced plan B, a shortfall strategy, but this raised only a further $.2m, triggering plan C – go cap in hand to its big-gest shareholder. The biggest shareholder agreed to bail-out

the department of health and the minister of-fering contradictory spending figures. Alistair Burt boasted of the ‘additional’ £173 million funding this year, meanwhile the department of health admitted funding would be just £143 million this year. Regardless of which figure is correct, the fact remains that mental health services are underfunded and the government has failed young people in need of help.

Early mental health interventions are crucial, a 2014 report by the Chief Medical officer dis-covered that 50 per cent of adult mental health problems start before the age of 15 and 75 per cent before the age of 18. This government talks the talk on mental health, with a commit-ment to achieving ‘parity of esteem’ between physical and mental health, but with services currently being underfunded, they must be judged by deeds, not words.

Here in Hounslow, we have received an in-crease of £536,000 for children’s mental health services. This funding, though welcome, is due to services being chronically underfunded

for years. The government has acknowledged the pressure that services in our borough have been under, but there is still more that needs to be done to give young people adequate provi-sion. The increasing demand for mental health services will continue to be a challenge and we have a long way to go both locally and na-tionally.

The minister remarked that I must be ‘de-lighted’ that extra funding for youth mental health services has been guaranteed in my constituency, but as youth services are under-funded across England and Wales and while waiting lists for specialised services spiral out of control, I remain far from delighted with the unacceptable situation we are faced with. When the government promises £250 million, it should be able to deliver on that promise. It is not good enough that investment will be just £143 million (or even £173 million) by April next year and the Labour party will continue to hold the government to account and stop the postcode lottery of adequate mental health provision.

among many people in my constituency and across the country at the way the Government have handled this.

It is deeply concerning that the BMA have de-scribed the proposed contract as ‘unsafe and unfair’ and that the Royal College of Paedi-atrics and Child Health have stated that this could be ‘gravely damaging to the health and wellbeing of children’ and ‘adversely affect recruitment, retention and the morale’ of ju-nior doctors.

I also fear that, rather than addressing the real strains our NHS is currently facing, the Gov-ernment are punishing staff for their own fi-nancial mismanagement of the NHS.

I believe the Health Secretary should now withdraw the threat of imposing a new con-tract and re-engage in a meaningful dialogue with the BMA and NHS staff. The Govern-ment also need to accept that compromise is necessary to reach a fair settlement and come forward with a better deal that ensures patient safety is not put at risk.

I will be writing to the Health Secretary, Jer-emy Hunt, raising the concerns of the people that have written to me, and will support activ-ity in Parliament to stop these changes going ahead as currently planned.

(underwrite) the company – stump up the necessary funds. Before the funding debacle, the big shareholder’s wish for pre-emption rights to be waived had been initially suc-cessfully rebuffed by the com-pany’s little shareholders – the right of existing shareholders to be offered new shares in the company before offering them to outsiders. It also agreed to limit its shareholding to 30%. When plan C became a necessity, and the underwrit-ing lifeline was thrown to the company, the big shareholder

stopped playing Mr Nice guy and tore up previous agree-ments, i.e., it could now insist on waiving pre-emption rights and exceeding its 30% share-holding limit. So the biggest sharehold-er got bigger and had more sway over the company, not what the company and its lit-tle shareholders wanted, but at least the company got its funds to start its project.

ine Howarth, said: “Ordinary savers will want to know why asking fund managers to com-mit to transparency... is against the industry’s best interests,”. Another source said: “He has been doing a great job I wor-ry this is going to undermine consumer confidence in the investment industry.”

are holding back their IPOs in the wake of the meltdown of the Chinese stock market. The UK market however, is seeing a rush of IPOs delayed be-cause of the uncertainty over the outcome of the general election last year.

market might also have nega-tive repercussions for compa-nies’ ability to raise equity to pay off excessive debt or to expand operations.

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BEAUTY, FITNESS & HEALTH.BEAUTY, FITNESS & HEALTH.

BE A FIRECRACKER THIS BONFIRE NIGHTDon’t let the cold, damp air ruin your bonfire night look. This time of year can be a nightmare for our skin and our looks. As the wind nips noses, rain ruins hair and eyes water in the cold, your look can quickly change from sizzling to damp squib.However, all is not lost as I have found some great products to protect skin and lock in your look as you watch the fireworks around the bonfire this year.

Firstly, moisturised skin is comfortable skin. It is skin that will retain a look lon-ger and rebuff the elements. Find a good

all over body moisturiser before you dress in those layers and your skin will stay soft un-derneath. I love the Clinique Body Comfort range (1), all of these products are simple, unscented and most importantly, they work. I like to use a dash of the Body Comfort Oil in a warm bath and then a bit on damp skin after it. The Body Butter in this range is luxurious and as the name suggests, deeply comforting! Easily absorbed and silky fresh, £25.00 from Clinique counters nationwide www.clinique.co.uk

For the face Korres has a lovely 24 hour mois-turiser for the face, ideal if you are going out straight from work. It feels lovely and light but skin really stays hydrated. A wonderful addition to your morning regime. Korres 24 hr Moisturiser for normal/dry skin (2) £20.00 from www.marksandspencer.com

Try a primer to keep make up in place. There are some great ones out there; Spa brand Thal-go has the Perfect Glow Primer £24.00 www.thalgo.co.uk and for an allrounder that does the lot (moisturising/primer/skin treatment), I would recommend Eve Pearl Priming Mois-turiser Treatment (3) £32.00 at www.qvcuk.com

For make up to last you need either a water-proof version or something with a strong pig-ment. I prefer the later as some waterproof products can dry out skin even further, espe-cially around the delicate eye area. Use com-forting, cream to powder formulas (Clarins have lots of these in good shades that really last) and use brushes to apply and the look will last until the final rocket has gone off. Benefit Cosmetics has a great range of Creas-less Cream Shadow (£15.50) that will last all night. I like the aptly names Holy Smokes! - a gorgeous dark grey. Benefit also do a handy eye primer, just in case you doubt the staying power of your products! The Air Patrol BB Lid primer (4) is moisturising and guards eye-lids from sun & smoke- perfect for bonfires!

(£21.50 www.benefitcosmetics.co.uk) Use a pencil such as Clarins Crayon Khol in Carbon Black (5) and smudge it into the corner of the eye with the built in brush at the other end of the pencil. These eyeliners are really long last-ing and you won’t need separate tools! £17.00 at Clarins counters and www.clarins.co.uk

Keep lips hydrated with a good balm before your lip colour, if using any. I know a lot of people don’t bother with lipstick in the colder weather as it can be thought to be drying, but that’s not always the case. Look for creamy formulations or balms with a hint of colour. I really Like the Korres range for their Lip But-ters which are very moisturising. £8.00 from Debenhams www.debenhams.co.ukClinique have lovely lipgloss in the shade Bonfire, which is a gorgeous Tawny red with gold shimmer. It is long lasting and moistur-ising so ideal for your night out. Long Last Glosswear (6) £16.50 www.clinique.co.uk

If lips get really dry the Skincare Solutions have a great Lip Treatment that puts the mois-ture back in. Super Soft Lip Treatment Gel (7) is available from www.shop.skincare-solu-tions.co.uk £14.95

Have a great Bonfire night and stay safe and beautiful!

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LOCAL NEWS.BEAUTY, FITNESS & HEALTH. By Jane Lawrenson

On the couch with Chiswick Psychotherapist Nicholas RoseDispelling the myths about counselling, psychotherapy and psychology

There is still so much misunderstanding about the talking therapies but then I’ve noticed the profession itself doesn’t exactly help matters much with complex terms, a range of profes-sional bodies, types of therapy and therapist. What really matters is that when you or some-one you care about is unhappy and struggling then talking to a trained professional can help. One of the greatest reasons my clients give for not having come earlier is they feared feeling weak and therefore ending up thinking even worse thoughts about themselves. But in re-ality people can come away feeling so much stronger, having much more positive thoughts about themselves and as a result make positive changes.

All too often people hope that giving them-selves a good talking too will be helpful but of course a good talking to usually involves a good telling off. Strangely whilst we would

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rarely give the people we care about a good telling off when they are struggling we don’t think twice about giving ourselves the “oh you are stupid” treatment. And research is increas-ingly confirming that criticism often leads to people feeling more hurt, disempowered and with less energy to find the best way of dealing with their problems.

Probably the greatest myth is that therapy is only about expressing repressed feelings and no wonder people can find that off putting! In reality its more about balancing your feelings, thoughts and experiences to ensure you are using them to make the best choices. Some-times it can be about helping you to contain feelings!

Indeed thoughts and feelings are equally vi-tal sources of information about our situation and do contain what we need to make good

decisions for ourselves however sometimes due to stressful or traumatic experiences the amount of information can overwhelm. It be-comes difficult to know what is important and therefore what to do to make things better. Our reluctance to seek help from friends or family is often well founded because when we are up-set the people who care about us struggle too.

The therapy relationship is a simple one, you agree to spend time together, to talk through what is happening for you and together you consider your situation, your thoughts, feelings and how you experience life. This then gives you a chance to look for solutions. You bring your life and the therapist brings the training and expertise. When the solution is found your time together ends. You know whats expected of you and your therapist knows whats expect-

A leading children’s hospice charity is asking for fearless folk to withstand the heat for sick babies, children and young people in London and Surrey – by walking on hot coals up to 1200°F at Chis-wick Park’s firework display in November.

After the success of Shooting Star Chase’s very first Fire Walk in 2014,which saw 80 daredevils raise a massive £28,000, the charity are hop-ing even more people will pledge to put their courage to the test this year, knowing every step they take will help

On the 1ST November, PHC Chiswick will host a spooky hockey tournament for the junior team members, aged 6-18. It will be held at 10-11:30am at Liverpool Victo-ria Sports Ground, Bodding-ton Gardens.

The event focuses on show-casing the new hockey skills the juniors have been learning this term, whilst playing short games with a Halloween theme. After announcing the winner of the pumpkin carv-ing competition, the juniors

London now boasts more breweries, at almost 80, than at any time in the past 110 years – and a new book on the history of brewing in the capital, historically one of the world’s greatest brewing cities, is being launched this month at an event hosted by London’s oldest brewer, Full-er Smith & Turner, with an invitation to London’s current brewers to turn up and bring together a number of Lon-don-brewed beers.The new book, London Brewed, by Mike Brown, published by the Brewery History Society, with a fore-word by Richard Fuller of Fuller’s, is being launched in the First Class Lounge at Full-er’s Parcel Yard bar, King’s Cross at 3pm on Wednesday

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Calling all brave ‘soles’ for Charity Fire Walk at Chiswick Business Park

PHC Chiswick Halloween Hockey Tournament

Fuller’s and the Brewery History Society celebrate London’s brewing history

children with life-limiting conditions and their families.

The Shooting Star Chase Fire walk will take place on Wednesday 4 November 2015 as part of Chiswick Park’s annual display. The event is free and fun for all the family, with live entertainment, food, drinks, music and spectacular fireworks.

Fire walkers will take to the coals after the display and un-like other charity challenges, the only training required for this once-in-a-lifetime expe-rience will be given on the

will play the sport which has brought them all together. PHC Chiswick is one of Lon-don’s founder hockey clubs, with a history going back to 1897. The new clubhouse at Old Actonians and the pitch at Boddington Gardens has al-lowed the rapid development of the local junior section, improving children’s confi-dence, health and team work. The junior section was intro-duced last year and continues to grow rapidly across all age groups. The adult section has

21 October. London’s other 70-plus breweries have been invited to bring samples of their beer along to help cel-ebrate the book, London’s tremendous brewing past, and its exciting brewing present.London has originated more famous beer styles, including India Pale Ale, porter, stout and brown ale, than any other city in the world, and London had the biggest breweries in the world right through to the 1870s. In 1856 there were 160 different breweries in the capital, a number that had fallen to 82 in 1904, just 26 in 1934, and only nine in 1976. Microbrewery and pub brew-ery openings took the num-ber to 34 in 1998, but more closures saw the number of brewers drop back to another

night by Guinness World Re-cord holder Scott Bell.

Nathan Meader is the father of three year old Liam and his family are supported by Shooting Star Chase. He de-scribes why he took on last year’s Shooting Star Chase Fire Walk:

“Our son Liam has Ohtahara Syndrome, a very rare form of epilepsy, and Shooting Star Chase has done so much to support us since his diagno-sis. We go to one of the chari-ty’s hospices for short breaks, receive Hospice at Home care

5 men’s and 6 ladies teams and last season saw three teams gain league promotions and an achievement award from the London league.

The hockey club prides it-self on providing a safe and friendly environment for de-veloping players, its team of England Hockey qualified coaches, and umpire develop-ment at all ages. PHC Chis-wick welcomes players of all abilities, visit www.phcchis-wick.com for more informa-tion on joining.

low of just 10 in 2007. From 2010, however, numbers have boomed, with almost one new opening a month.The Brewery History Soci-ety’s chairman, Jeff Sechiari, said: “It’s great to be able to celebrate London’s brewing past when London’s brewing present is thriving again, and we’re very grateful to Full-er’s for hosting the launch of London Brewed. We hope to see as many London brewers along on the 21st as possible.”London Brewed is available for £19.95 plus p&p from the BHS Bookshop, Long High Top, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 7PF, email [email protected]. ISBN 978-1-873966-17-2

and Liam goes to the chari-ty’s pre-school group, Little Chasers - all for free.

“Shooting Star Chase is an amazing place for us to go to have time out and be with people who understand what it’s like to care for a child with a life-limiting illness. Doing the Fire Walk was my way of giving a little bit back to this fantastic charity. And I didn’t just do the Fire Walk once – I did it three times!”

Karen Sugarman, Director of Fundraising at Shooting Star Chase, also took part and

said:

“Shooting Star Chase needs £10million a year to maintain our current level of care and events like the Fire Walk are so important in raising those much needed funds. We’re hoping this wonderfully wacky event, held not too far from our London-based hos-pice in Hampton, will get lo-cal people signing up to help.

“I took up the challenge of the Fire Walk and really faced one of my fears. But thinking of the bravery of the children and families we care for at

Shooting Star Chase got me through it and a few seconds of courage is nothing com-pared to what they have to endure day-to-day.”

Fire walkers are asked to raise a minimum of £150 and will receive guaranteed access to the Chiswick Business Park’s annual fireworks display, a Shooting Star Chase t-shirt, a commemorative certificate and a photo keepsake - as well as hot refreshments.


FOOD&DRINK.

Recipes from the VillaCook the Tuscan way with the Villa di Geggiano’s resident Chef Lazarin KroniThis fortnightly feature invites you to cook a selection of mouthwatering recipes

with the Villa di Geggiano’s resident Chef Lazarin Kroni. In each issue Lazarin will

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FOOD&DRINK.

Residents’ Recipes White Bean and Vegetable Soup

by Georgie Holman of Chiswick.

Ingredients• 2 15-oz cans cannellini or white kidney beans (or 1/2 lb dried beans, soaked overnight in water), drained• 1 Tbsp olive oil• 1/2 large yellow onion, chopped• 1 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme• 2 garlic cloves, minced• 1/8 head of green cabbage, cut into 1/2 inch pieces• 1 cups chopped fresh tomatoes• 2 celery stalks, cut into 1/2 inch pieces• 1 1/2 carrots, cut into 1/2 inch pieces• 5 cups (or more) vegetable stock or canned vegetable broth• 1 medium potato, cut into 1/2 inch pieces• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil• 1/4 head of red cabbage, cut into 1/2 inch pieces• 2 zucchini or summer squash, cut into 1/2 inch pieces• 2 teaspoons salt• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese• Tabasco sauce (optional)

Ingredients

• Duck: 1 whole• Red wine: ½ cup• Meat stock: 1 cup• Orange: 1 whole• Head of garlic: 1• Thyme: ½ bunch• Rosemary: ½ bunch• Bay leaf: 5 • Celery: 2 sticks • Carrots: 3• Spanish Onions; 1• Salt/Pepper• Fresh Pappadella Pasta: 500g

Method

1 Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add onion, thyme, and garlic. Sauté 5 minutes. Add green cabbage, tomatoes, celery, and carrots. Sauté 10 minutes.

2 Add beans, 5 cups of stock, potatoes, and basil. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for one hour.

3 Add red cabbage and zucchini. Add salt. Cover and simmer until vegetables are ten-der, about 20 minutes longer. Stir in cheese. Sprinkle in a a dash of Tabasco hot sauce if you want to give the soup a little zip.

Serve with ground pepper and bread.

Method

1 Take a large tray and add chopped celery, carrots and onions. Fill the duck carcass with the orange and garlic and place in the center of the tray. Pour over the Duck the wine, stock, herbs and add salt and pepper. 2 Preheat the oven to 140 degrees and allow the Duck to cook for 4 hours. When cooked shred the Duck and with the remain-ing juices make a smooth sauce using a blender.

3 Boil water in a pot and cook the pasta for 2 minutes. When cooked, place the pasta in a pan with olive oil; add the shredded duck, season and stir.

Now it is ready to serve. Enjoy!

Pappardella all’ AnatraPappardelle Pasta with Duck and Orange


LOCAL NEWS. PROPERTY.

Adelphi Court, W4 Kelvin Court, W4

£485,000 £515,000 A 2 bedroom ground floor flat with private garage in this popular location offering a good rental opportunity or available for a first time purchaser and has no onward chain. Accommodation comprises an entrance hall leading to master bedroom with built in wardrobes, second bedroom, bathroom, into a spacious reception room a separate kitchen. The private garage is located to the rear of the block. The property is ideally located just off Barrowgate Road within an easy walk to central Chiswick and Chiswick High Road with its shops, restaurants and multiple transport links. The A4 is nearby offering easy road access to Central London, Heathrow and the West. Chain Free. Chain Free. EPC rating - D.

A spacious, newly refurbished 2 bedroom, purpose built, first floor flat with wooden flooring & communal gardens situated in Grove Park. It comprises of a spacious entrance hall, storage cupboard, 2nd bedroom with built-in cupboards, reception room with wireless TV & Sonos installed, new fitted kitchen with breakfast bar, master bedroom & modern shower room. Situated on Spencer Road in Grove Park, Chiswick mainline station is a short walk away with frequent rail service to Waterloo (20 minutes), Clapham Junction & South West destinations. Chiswick High Road is within easy reach & there are excellent local amenities including the River Thames, parks, sports clubs & shops. EPC rating - D.

Burlington Green, W4 Grove Park Gardens, W4

£510,000 £ 1,325,000 A south facing, modern, 1 bedroom, 3rd floor apartment within a short walk to Chiswick Park tube station and to Chiswick High Road. Accommodation, with lift access, it comprises of a spacious hallway with storage and wide doors into a bright open plan reception with a luxury kitchen, dishwasher, wooden flooring and door to a private south facing balcony. There is a double bedroom with built in wardrobe and spacious bathroom. In a stunning location, it is in a new build apartment block only moments from Chiswick Park tube station (District Line) and to the amenities of Chiswick High Road with numerous restaurants, cafes, varied shopping facilities and further transport links. EPC rating - B.

A 3 bedroom house in the popular Grove Park area of Chiswick which has been completely refurbished to a very high standard. It comprises a bight spacious entrance hall with downstairs w/c, a double reception room with solid oak floors & family dining area to rear with access to the decked garden. The kitchen has been finished with granite work tops with integrated appliances. Upstairs are 2 double bedrooms, 3rd bedroom, a family bathroom with shower & Jacuzzi. There is a decked rear garden, off street parking & a secure garage. Chiswick mainline station (Waterloo 28 minutes) & the excellent schools of Strand on the Green & Grove Park Primary are within a short walk. Chain Free. EPC rating – E.

Local expert offers golden rules for silver start-ups

Borough-wide crackdown on break-ins

Man arrested over Fail to stop collision, Shepherd’s Bush

As research shows that 1 in 10 people aged over 55 are considering drawing on their pension pot to start their own business, a local expert is urg-ing would-be Chiswick en-trepreneurs to avoid potential pitfalls.Franck Sidon who runs Tax-Assist Accountants in Chis-wick said: “The new pension reforms, which mean that people aged 55 and over with a defined contribution pen-sion can now choose to take their money rather than buy an annuity, are encouraging a new generation of later-life entrepreneurs.“But we’re urging these so-called silver start-ups to obey some golden rules to help protect their hard-earned re-tirement savings.”The research, from wealth managers Axa Wealth, showed that 1 in 10 people were considering drawing money from their pension pot to start their own business, with almost half that number planning to use their 25% tax-free lump sum. Business choices ranged from tea shops and art galleries to manufac-turing and computer repairs.“Running your own show can be a tremendously reward-ing experience,” said Franck

The leader of Hounslow Council, Councillor Steve Curran and the acting bor-ough police commander for Hounslow, Supt Raj Kohli have agreed to redouble ef-forts to tackle burglaries in the area. The pair met earlier this week in the wake of re-cent statistics which showed 92 per cent of burglaries went unsolved in Hounslow in the past year.

Cllr Curran said: “Both the police and ourselves are very concerned about these figures and want to reassure local res-idents and businesses that we shall be redoubling our efforts to apprehend and convict the perpetrators.

“Burglary is horrible crime that can have a huge impact on people’s lives. It can be financially ruinous but the emotional cost can be far greater. We shall be working very closely with the police to stamp it out.

“There are precautions that can be taken to make prop-erties less of a target and I would urge people to follow them - simple things like not leaving spare keys in plac-es where crooks might find them, making sure windows are closed at night and mak-ing sure front doors are se-curely locked when no-one is

Detectives investigating a fail to stop collision in W12 which left a teenage boy with serious injuries have made an arrest.

A 36-year-old man attended a west London police station today (Tuesday, 20 October) by appointment where he was arrested on suspicion of caus-ing serious injury by danger-ous driving and failing to stop at the scene of a collision.

He is currently in custody.

On Saturday, 17 October shortly before 13:40 hours officers on foot patrol had at-

Sidon. “But I’m urging local people considering taking that step, to plan carefully and obey some golden rules:

• Remember that only the first 25% of any pension pot draw-down is tax-free, so factor in paying income tax on the rest and avoid pushing yourself into a higher tax bracket

• Consider bite-size chunks of funding, to gradually build your business, add necessary equipment and support cash-flow – each draw-down then qualifies for 25% tax free

• Work with your advisers to produce a clear business plan and cashflow forecast, which includes all living costs and targets payback times on the investment

• Consider part-funding from other sources, such as the En-terprise Finance Guarantee Scheme, to safeguard some of your retirement savings.

TaxAssist Accountants Chis-wick is a local business pro-viding tax and accountancy advice and services purely to small businesses.

at home.”

Superintendent Kohli said Smart Water, which leaves an invisible but unique chemical compound on goods is being given to at-risk businesses but said he hopes to build on a convictions for residential burglaries.

He added: “We are deter-mined to capture and convict those people that are actu-ally committing the crimes. Hounslow’s performance in this area is on par with the Met average but we want to improve significantly im-prove upon it and it is an area of work I am focussing upon.

“Since I have been on the borough I have been amazed at the genuine effort being made by our colleagues at Hounslow Council in reduc-ing crime and disorder and making the borough an even better place to live and work in.

“Having met with Cllr Cur-ran on a number of occasions now I am confident the joint work between Hounslow Po-lice and Hounslow Council will be even closer and even better and I am hugely en-couraged at how open my senior partners are in creative thinking.”

tempted to speak to a man in Caxton Road, W12.

The man got into a light green Ford Focus which then drove off and collided with a pedes-trian, a 13-year-old boy on Bulwer Street, W12.

The driver of the Ford Focus failed to stop at the scene. The car was found abandoned a short time later in nearby In-dia Way, W12.

The London Ambulance Ser-vice and London’s Air Ambu-lance attended.

The injured boy, Saboor Gul, 13, was taken to hospital with head injuries. He remains in an induced coma with his family by his side.

Detectives from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit are investigating and contin-ue to appeal for information.

Anyone who witnessed the collision, or saw two men fleeing from the car, is asked to contact the witness appeal line on 020 8543 5157, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Saboor Gul, 13, who was injured in the collision


PROPERTY. PROPERTY.

Hardwicke Road, W4 Ivy Crescent, W4 Avenue Road, W3

£407 per week £397 per week £330 per week A raised ground floor flat overlooking the large open space of Acton Green Common with its own private entrance and within easy reach of Chiswick High Road and Chiswick Park tube station. It comprises 2 double bedrooms with high ceilings, original fireplaces and a good sized reception room with bay window, fitted kitchen and shower room. The property is in a cul-de-sac and an easy minute walk from Chiswick Park or a 5 minute walk to Turnham Green tube station. Chiswick High Road is close by with its multiple shops, supermarkets, restaurants and convenient transport links. Current EPC rating - D. Fees apply

A recently redecorated ground floor, two double bedroom, two bathroom period conversion flat is within easy reach of Chiswick Park tube station. With wooden floors throughout, accommodation comprises of 2 double bedrooms (1 en suite), reception, separate kitchen, 2 bathrooms and private south facing garden with stylish wooden decking. Ivy Crescent is a short walk to Chiswick Park Tube Station (District Line). Chiswick High Road is close by with its multiple shops, restaurants, cafes and transport links. Current EPC rating - D. Available Now.

A rare chance to rent a fully detached, one bedroom bungalow with private garden and off street parking. It consists of a kitchen and lounge area with double doors leading to a private garden, a double bedroom and bathroom with shower. Access to the property is through a secure electric gate going into a large driveway. Great transport links with Acton Town tube station close by with the A4/M4 with within easy drive away. Fees apply.

Beaulieu Place, W4 Seymour Road, W4 Whitehall Park Road, W4

£364 per week £523 per week £795 per week A light and airy, second floor, 2 bedroom flat in a quiet location and only a short walk to Chiswick Park tube station. It consists of two bedrooms, a master and a second smaller double, bathroom, spacious living area and separate kitchen. The property is set in a small modern development benefiting from off street parking and communal gardens. Situated a short walk to Chiswick Park underground or South Acton over ground stations. Chiswick High Road is within easy walking distance with its excellent local shops, bars and restaurants as well as further transport services. Current EPC rating D. Available end of October. Fees apply.

A neutrally decorated, unfurnished, two bedroom terraced house situated on a quiet street near Chiswick Park tube. Comprising downstairs of a double reception room with original wooden floors throughout and double doors leading to a grassed rear garden & a good sized kitchen/diner. Upstairs are two double bedrooms with built in wardrobes and a spacious family bathroom. With great transport links being very close to Chiswick Park Tube Station or a 10 minute walk to Turnham Green station. It a short distance to the A4 / M4 and locally there are many restaurants, boutiques & open green parks to relax in. Available 11th November. Current EPC rating - D Fees apply

A wonderful 4 bedroom family home in the very popular Grove Park location in Chiswick ideal for excellent Primary & Secondary schools. It comprises a double through reception, a large eat in kitchen, cellar storage, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and private rear garden. It is situated close to the river with its established riverside pubs and restaurants as well as being in the Strand on the Green Primary School and also Grove Park Primary school catchment area. Chiswick mainline & Gunnersbury tube stations are within walking distance. Fauconberg Road shops are in close proximity with easy road access to Heathrow Airport, the West and central London via the A4/M4. Current EPC rating - D. Fees apply.


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Purchasers reserving early can benefit by selecting their preferences from a range of options available.* As always, typical of the quality associated with St James, these homes offer an exceptional specification and a timeless quality combined with modern day convenience.

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NEW COMMUNITY IN BRENTFORD TAKES SHAPEStunning collection of waterside homes prove a drawThe latest release of homes at the stunning Brentford Lock West have been selling fast, as this desirable waterside community continues to prove popular among today’s home buyers.

The latest release of homes, Carrick Square – an impressive collection of one, two and three bedroom apartments and four bedroom townhouses have experienced high demand, with the majority already reserved off-plan as purchasers look to make this emerging and exciting part of Brentford home.

All of the homes at Brentford Lock West include highly spec-ified interiors throughout, to include interior designed, fully fitted high gloss cream kitchens and contemporary bathroom suites with high quality fixtures and fittings. The majority of apartments offer generous balconies or terraces, while the townhouses boast their own private, courtyard gardens as well as spacious outdoor terraces.

Purchasers at Brentford Lock West will also have the opportu-nity to register for one of the development’s eagerly anticipated roof top allotments, offering them the opportunity to meet fellow, green fingered residents and to grow their own fresh produce.

For those looking to make the most of the water, there are plen-ty of local clubs offering paddleboarding and canoeing, with frequent activities taking place on the water, right in front of the development. For those in search of green open space, Syon Park and its beautiful grounds are just a short stroll away.

With its own bustling high street, a host of restaurants and cafes and it’s popular, weekly market, there is plenty for residents to access, right on their doorstep, while the popular towns of Rich-mond, Chiswick and Ealing are within easy reach.

Situated along the banks of the Grand Union Canal, Brentford Lock West forms part of a five year project, which is expected to breathe new life into Brentford, through the delivery of 520 new homes. In addition to providing much needed new housing, the scheme will also deliver new community spaces and com-mercial buildings, helping to create new jobs for the area. The homes offer buyers a unique opportunity to secure a new, highly specified home, while benefiting from a host of community features and green initiatives – from roof top allotments to the delivery of a new watersports hub.

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Chiswick Business Wins Start-Up Award

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Chiswick-based business Love Give Ink has won the prestigious Notonthehighstreet.com ‘Start-Up Success of the Year’ Award. Love Give Ink makes lovingly lovingly inventive personal gifts and stationery. Their range of products includes their Boxes of Love range, Secret Message greeting cards and creative wedding ideas.

All are hand-made by a team of local people and designed to bring thought and imagination to special occasions.

Love Give Ink’s personalised gifts have been a huge success since the company launched two years ago on Notonthehighstreet.com; the UK’s largest curated online marketplace and home to more than 5000 creative small busi-nesses around the UK.

Love Give Ink Founder Martha Keith said: “I can’t put into words how delighted I am

The nation’s favourite talent show is hitting the road again, and this time we’re looking for a talented act to take the crown of our land-mark 10th series.Scouring the length and breadth of the coun-try our open audition tour will visit six cities across the UK. Auditions kick off in Birmingham on Sunday 25th October in a search to uncover some of the best talent around, looking for wonderful, weird and astounding acts for next year’s se-ries. The search will continue with further au-ditions in London, Cardiff, Liverpool Glasgow and Manchester. (Full details below). Anyone looking to emulate the success of pre-vious finalists should take a chance and apply now for the open auditions which are taking place between October – December this year. Successful acts will then be in with a chance of securing a place at one of the judges’ au-ditions in 2016 to audition in front of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams. The show is open to any performer of any age, with any talent - all they need is a skill and star quality which they think will impress. Any-thing goes from magicians to comedians, drag acts to singers and acrobats to animals. Aspir-ing acts can apply now via www.itv.com/talent

to have won the ‘start up success of the year’ award. Working with notonthehighstreet.com has been totally transformational to our busi-ness. It has allowed us to reach tens of thou-sands of customers and provided a platform to allow us to grow much more rapidly than would otherwise have been possible. This is such a confidence boost and I can’t wait to see where we take the business next.”

“We are currently preparing for Christmas, which includes launching some exciting new products and expanding our team here at Love Give Ink HQ. In the meantime, people can find out more about us at www.lovegiveink.com or www.notonthehighstreet.com/lovegiveink or come and see more behind the scenes on our social media pages.”

and register for one of the audition days. You can also apply sending in a video audition of your act. Executive Producer, Amelia Brown, said “This is a huge year for the show, as we look for our 10th winner! We’ve had some amaz-ing winners over the last nine series - from Paul Potts and Diversity through to Collabro – and we can’t wait to see what talent the UK has to offer this year. If you feel you have something special to show us then apply at www.itv.com/talent.”To date Susan Boyle has sold over 20 mil-lion records worldwide, Diversity have had five sell-out nationwide tours, Paul Potts is a multi-platinum selling artist with over 5 mil-lion records sold worldwide and in excess of 600 concerts performed and 2014’s winners, Collabro have had a number one album. Britain’s Got Talent is Thames/Syco produc-tion for ITV. The show returns to ITV in 2016.

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Former mayor Sham Singh Jassar has passed away. He served the borough as a Hounslow Cen-tral ward councillor between 1986 and 2006 and was the borough’s mayor from 1990 until 1991.Hounslow Council will fly the Union Flag at half-mast in tribute and a minute’s silence will be held in his memory at the next full council meeting in November.

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ART&ARCHITECTURE.

Painting Light and ColourBeryl Robinson

Lucien Pissarro lived in Stamford Brook Road in Hammersmith and was part of the impressionist movement devoted to

innovative use of colour. The term ‘Impres-sionist’ was first used as an insult in response to an exhibition of new paintings in Paris in 1874.

Impressionism was an approach to painting everyday life and landscape developed in 19th century France and focused on painting out of doors and spontaneously rather than in a stu-dio from sketches.

In France the impressionist painter followed on from a strong rural realist movement in the Barbizon forest, with radical experimentation with new chemical colours manufactured in tubes for portability. Unlike the studio land-scape painting that went before, they produced scenes of urban life in bright, pure colour. Al-though the inventions of the 19th century had an influence on the way painters worked ex-perimenting with complementary colours and bold new techniques demanded by the speed of working ‘plein air’. Impressionists often began their paintings outdoors applying brush-strokes rapidly and visibly. Where painting had been studio bound, it was now released onto the streets, into the fields, the beach, the snow. Even a railway station was a fit subject for an impressionist painter. There was real

innovation in newly available colours. Cobalt blue emerged in 1807 and viridian was intro-duced in 1838. Cadmium yellow appeared in 1820, cerulean bluev in 1860, to be followed by emerald green and cheap synthetic French ultramarine, zinc white, and cobalt violet.

Innovation for painters, was the most import-ant aspect for a century from the 1860’s to the 1960’s as new subject matter, new materials, new ways of thinking and perhaps more im-portantly the new media including photogra-phy, film and television emerged. Following on from Impressionism the palette became stonger, the composition more bold and the surface, rhythmic, pattern emerged again as a compositional imperative in the brightly co-loured paintings of Derain and Matisse. In half a century the norms of painting changed radi-cally from the mid to late 19th century, as did the lives of the painters. Women artists such as Mary Cassat and Berthe Morisot set about independent painting, and by the turn of the century the Slade School of Art in London ad-mitted female students for the first time into its courses. The bohemian artist emerged in this period, living in low culture in order to create the high culture that the next generation would venerate. It is certainly true that those who rec-ognize the value of artists’ work in their own time are richly rewarded by collecting before that work is widely recognized.

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Man gets life sentence for Acton murder

Nationwide Search for “Lost Songs” Launches

Chiswick Scottish aid St Nicholas Church Appeal

Quieter arrivals trend continues at Heathrow, according to new ‘Fly Quiet League’ results

Council and police urge residents to speak up and keep children safe from sex crime

A man who attacked his friend with a claw hammer has been sentenced to life imprisonment having been convicted of his murder. Giuseppe Lo Medico, 55 (24.06.60), of no fixed ad-dress, was found guilty of the murder of Terrence Long-man, 50 (16.12.64), at a flat in Cumberland Park, Acton, on Tuesday, 24 March.

Lo Medico was sentenced to life imprisonment, to serve a minimum of 18 years, at the Old Bailey on Monday, 12 October.

A murder investigation was

The Lost Songs campaign aims to seek out the very best songs that have been written but never published or re-corded, thus running the risk of being “lost”. The competi-tion organisers are appealing to any songwriter, young or old, who has penned a song that has never been brought to the attention of the public. This could be your chance to let that song be heard by a na-tional audience.

The Lost Songs concept was the brainchild of Ticking Tree’s songwriter ADMAN, who says, “I’ve been thinking for a while that there must be a plethora of beautiful songs that have been carefully writ-ten and crafted, but have nev-er seen the light of day. They are drifting, lost. We believe that out there, somewhere, just waiting to be found, are songs like Lennon’s Imagine, Adele’s Someone Like You, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapso-dy, Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud, and so on. That is what inspired the Lost Songs proj-

A team of Chiswick Scot-tish dancers were among the many attractions at Satur-day’s fundraising Harvest fair at the ancient Church of St Nicholas, Chiswick. They delighted fair goers with their demonstrations of dances called The Barmkin, Scott Meikle and Ray Milbourne and in between encouraged the audience to get up and have a go.

Despite only having a small space available in the chan-cel, they managed to teach

Airlines are putting more ef-fort into noise reduction at Heathrow according to the results of the latest ‘Fly Qui-et League’ which tracked the noise performance of aircraft from April to June 2015. The Fly Quiet League table com-pares each of the top 50 air-lines (according to the num-ber of annual flights through Heathrow) across six differ-ent noise metrics. Highlights include:• Air India moves up 20 plac-es (from 35th to 15th place), Lufthansa is up nine and South African up 18 - all due to their huge improvement on keeping within Heathrow’s noise preferential routes

• No early morning, pre-4:30 am flying restriction viola-tions – compared to two last quarter

• SAS is up five places to ninth place putting the airline in the top ten quietest airlines and LOT is up two places be-cause of their use of Continu-ous Descent Approach, a qui-eter flight procedure where pilots descend at a steadier rate and avoid a traditional approach which flies at low altitudes for longer

Heathrow has been noted as a pioneer in the use of the Con-tinuous Descent Approach,

Hammersmith & Fulham Council and the Met Police have launched a bold new campaign to fight child sex-ual exploitation helping the public spot the signs of abuse.Officers have been visiting employees in businesses across the borough where vul-nerable children may be taken or groomed – such as hotels, pubs and internet cafes – to offer free police training.And a poster campaign has been launched to encourage you to ‘say something if you see something’.“The young victims of this terrible crime are too vulner-able to speak out themselves, they rely on people’s vigi-lance,” said Cllr Sue Macmil-lan, H&F Cabinet Member for Children and Young Peo-ple.“This training will give peo-ple the vital skills they need to spot and help put a stop to this horrific abuse which no child should ever be the vic-tim of.“We are committed to work-ing with the police to fight this abhorrent crime.”Child sexual exploitation is a type of sexual abuse in which children are sexually exploit-ed for money, power or status.Children or young people may be tricked into believing they’re in a loving, consen-sual relationship. They might be invited to parties and given drugs and alcohol. They may also be groomed online.“Operation Makesafe is a key

launched following the dis-covery of a Mr Longman’s body at the flat.

Officers had been led to the flat by Lo Medico who walked into Acton Police Sta-tion and told the station offi-cer that he had been drinking and that he thought that his friend was dead.

At about 21:45hrs on Tues-day, 24 March officers forced entry to the property and found Mr Longman. They also found a claw hammer at the scene.

Lo Medico was arrested by

ect: we want to find them! It really could be that one day, when listening to music on the radio, people will be say-ing, “Did you know, that was once a Lost Song?”

The music industry contrib-utes £15 billion to the world economy. However, there would be no industry at all without one core element: the song. Without songwrit-ers and the songs they create, the music industry would not exist. This, say the competi-tion organisers, is key to the importance of finding those Lost Songs that deserve to be heard by the world. The organisers wanted to keep the entry process as sim-ple and quick as possible to encourage as many songwrit-ers as possible to submit their song for consideration. There is no travelling to attend a re-gional audition and queuing round the block for hours. All the songwriters need to do is to agree to the Lost

with over 85% of arriving air-craft adhering to this quieter flight procedure as they arrive into the airport.

Since the inception of the Fly Quiet League, Heath-row’s technical teams have been working with airlines to improve their use of Con-tinuous Descent Approach. Heathrow’s CEO, John Hol-land-Kaye took this a step further when he wrote to airlines’ executives last year asking for them to improve on their scores. This has led to marked improvements - with LOT moving up from 60% to 99% adherence and Austrian moving up from 63% to 90%.

Matt Gorman, Heathrow’s Sustainability and Environ-ment Director said:

“The Civil Aviation Author-

part of our strategy to tackle child sexual exploitation,” said H&F Borough Com-mander, Chief Superintendent Gideon Springer.“We are aware from nation-wide research that some ven-ues in the hospitality trade are targeted by perpetrators who use these facilities to groom vulnerable young people.“We are reaching out to our business partners asking them to help us identify if we have any such venues in H&F. We believe that local business-es can play a positive role in preventing child sexual exploitation and protecting our children. This is one of a number of tactics used by the Met Police Service to tackle this damaging and sometimes invisible crime.”

officers.

On Wednesday, 25 March a special post-mortem ex-amination took place at Ux-bridge Mortuary and the cause of death was given as a head injury.

It is believed he had been struck between 12 and 13 times on the forehead with a hammer.

Lo Medico was charged on Thursday, 26 March. He was convicted on Wednesday, 7 October.

Songs Terms and Conditions and upload their song onto the dedicated YouTube chan-nel. All entries will be lis-tened to by an industry panel and those who have made it through to the next round will be contacted by the Lost Songs team.

The best of the songs submit-ted will be included on a Lost Songs album. The winning entry will be commercially released as a single.

If you are a songwriter, this could be your chance to have your material heard. Perhaps you never quite had the cour-age or the right opportunity to submit your own “classic” to anyone; maybe life got in the way somehow, but NOW is the time to let that song sing for itself.

Visit the website to read all Terms & Conditions: http://www.lostsongsmusic.com/

ity recently released a report showing Heathrow’s noise footprint is smaller than ever. But we know we have to do more to provide greater re-spites for our neighbours.

“We will continue to engage directly with our airline part-ners to build on the trends we see today.

“We are pleased to see the great leaps forward made by some airlines in their use of continuous descent approach-es into the airport, while inno-vative noise-reduction tools like steeper approaches are being explored and employed by all our airlines.” Fly Quiet League results are available at: http://www.heathrow.com/noise/

Detective Chief Inspector Sarah Pearce, leading the operation, added: “We have begun training staff in hotels, mini cab offices and licensed premises.“Local police officers explain to staff what the definition of child sexual exploitation includes, the statutory re-sponsibilities they have and the signs to look out for. The message is simple - say some-thing if you see something.“All of us have a moral obli-gation to protect our children and it is important for local business to protect their repu-tation and ensure their prem-ises are not used for criminal activity.“So far the response has been very encouraging with busi-nesses keen to get involved and support the campaign. Working together is the best way to keep our communities safe.”It is estimated two million children under the age of 16 across the UK are affected by sexual violence or abuse – with police receiving over 1,000 child sexual exploita-tion referrals for children identified as being at risk.Businesses that sign up to Op-eration Makesafe will be pro-vided with free police train-ing which will allow them to not only recognise the signs of a child at risk, but to report the incident anonymously to police by calling 101 and quoting Operation Makesafe.

Chiswick Scottish Dancers by the river after their performance

Chief Superintendent Gideon Springer

two sets of eight people The Virginia Reel and Dunnet Head as well as enthusiastic participants in the Gay Gor-dons.

Chairman Michael Nolan says “Chiswick Scottish is pleased to be a part of this community and to be able support the St Nicholas Church Appeal in this small way.”The Fair has raised about £4000 towards the Redevel-opment Appeal, as St Nicho-las is currently trying to raise

over a £1 million to repair stonework, improve light-ing, replace the organ and to provide toilets, a kitchen and additional office space n the church.

More details from the St Nicholas Chiswick Parish Church website - www.st-nicholaschiswick.org

Chiswick business wins ‘Best Budget Place to Stay’Chiswick based outdoor ac-commodation specialist, Pitchup.com saw off strong competition to pick up the ‘Best Budget Place to Stay’ Award at the inaugural In-dependent Travel Readers Awards ceremony, which took place at the Corinthia Hotel in London on Wednes-day 7th October.

The Award was presented to Pitchup.com by The Indepen-dent’s Travel Correspondent and TV Broadcaster, Simon Calder and The Independent’s Head of Travel, Sophie Lam.Pitchup.com was voted top in its category by the judging panel and thousands of public votes cast by readers of The Independent, The Indepen-dent on Sunday and i news-papers, coming in ahead of seven other shorlisted global contendors including Mhor

84 Motel, Monumental Mov-ieland Hotel in Orlando and Generator Hostels.

The judging panel was made up of travel and tourism ex-perts including TV Broad-caster and Adventurer, Ben Fogle, Former P&O Manag-ing Director, Carol Marlow, Independent on Sunday Ed-itor, Lisa Markwell, i Editor Oliver Duff and TTG Editor, Pippa Jacks.

Dan Yates, founder of Pitch-up.com, said: “We are de-lighted to receive this award, which is testament to the hard work of our team, and would like to thank the readers of The Independent for voting for us and acknowledging the work we do to connect people with an interest in the great outdoors, to unique and af-fordable accommodation op-

tions in the UK, Europe and beyond.”

He added: “This award rec-ognises Pitchup.com’s dedi-cation to putting the camping and caravanning sector, large-ly made up of small indepen-dent business owners, on the map for budget travellers, enabling them to search and book inspiring places to stay, from tent pitches costing as little as £2.50pppn to luxu-rious glamping options. The quality of the accommoda-tion offered by Pitchup.com means people can enjoy a low cost holiday without compro-mising on standards”.

Sophie Lam, Head of Trav-el at The Independent, said: “The win was very well de-served”.


LOCAL LIFE. LOCAL LIFE.

Arty the cat, was ginger, and saton his own little bed in the lawn.Then he started a trend of inviting his friendsand the partying cat he was born.

The parties were cool,as a general ruleand there was one for each year of his age.And each year they came,in sunshine or rain,cause the parties were all of the rage!

I will recount just onewhen they really had funand made Arty a legend at once.They drank far too much boozeas they all did amuseeach other with jokes over lunch.

Then they had fancy dressand made a terrible messof the kitchen and garden to boot.Cause they invited a foxwearing colourful socks,with a pop-gun, with which he did shoot.

They had Daniel the Spaniel,which wasn’t so wise,cause he gave all the cats such a nasty surprise.For cats and dogs are like oil and waterand they do not mix, even if they oughter!

Then someone brought ona caterwauling tom,with a jazz band who played with such zest.

Arty the Cat.(A real party animal!)

by Tony Inwood

Love is not pink... by Reverend Martine Oborne

If you look up the word love in a dictionary, you will

find something about a feel-ing, an emotion or a virtue. Maybe your mother told you that love is what makes the world go round.

But what exactly is love?

Is it a fluffy, touchy-feely kind of thing? Is it pink? Nice – but not exactly necessary? Nothing to do with the nuts and bolts of material existence.

Or what?

As a Christian, I believe that love is at the very root of our existence. It’s where we come from, what we are born into and where we go home to at the end of our lives. So I’m hoping it’s something a bit more substantial than what you might find in the average Richard Curtis romcom.

And the more I discover about love, the more hopeful I am that it is. That love – although myste-rious – is something really solid, something we can root our lives in and be sure that it will stand firm.

Let me share two things with you that really en-courage me in this hope.

The first is from a book I read a few years ago about the brain. The book was written by a paedi-atric neurologist called Andrew Curran and explains the bio-chemistry of the brain and how we learn. It’s a fascinating book but the most interesting thing for me was the part where Curran explains that it is the emotional or limbic part of the brain that enables learning and, therefore, learning takes place most ef-fectively when we feel loved. ‘Neurochemically,’ he says, if someone feels loved ‘they will

have no option but to learn from you.’ Ap-parently, love causes pre-cisely the right amount of do- pamine to be released at the synapses of nerve endings that then trigger the tem-plates necessary for new learning. Interesting?

Conversely, says Curran, ‘the more emotion is removed from learning, the less effectively your brain will learn.’ And love not only wires new patterns of learn-ing in our brains but also breaks up old damaging patterns and rewires them – bringing emotional healing.

Of course, all this makes sense when you think about it. Our formative learning (as babies and children) takes place when we are awash in our mothers’ love. And – if we have not experienced, first hand, the power of love to heal - the great faiths have assured us for millennia that love does heals. This is what it means, as a Chris-tian, to say that God heals.

The second thing that gives me hope is something I was reading online recently about the renowned primatologist Jane Goodall and her work with chimpanzees. Good-all’s research – which spanned over thirty years - was at times, she says, gruelling and danger-ous. She was often told that she should be conducting this research as an utterly dispassionate, impar-tial observer. But Goodall ignored this universally agreed scientific wisdom and claims that she would never have succeeded in her work otherwise.

Everybody knows the date that Halloween falls on. Kids get excited, parties and trick or treating have become the norm and supermar-kets fast sell out of pumpkins. But what of the history and why do we celebrate it at all? The 31st of October has long been celebrated as ‘All Hallows Eve’ going back as far as the middle ages, and has its origins in the ancient Celtic festival known as Samhain (pronounced Sah-win), which was a festival to celebrate the end of the harvest season in Gaelic culture. Ancient pagans took stock of supplies and pre-pared for winter and believed that towards the end of the harvest, (31st October) the boundar-ies between the two worlds of the dead and the living overlapped. Dead enemies were thought to cause havoc and damage crops for the com-ing years, if not appeased and warded off. Bon-fires were lit, as much to destroy old, useless crops as well as fending off wicked spirits. This practice goes way back to ancient times where sacrifices were made to the Gods, including humans and of course the burning of ‘witches’ or old peasant women who they believed to be evil. The light from the fires attracted insects and bats, confirming that something mystical was happening to naive medieval minds.

Begging for treats (which has evolved into trick or treating) also originates from the mid-dle ages where poor folk would go ‘souling’ on Hallowmas (nov 1st). This involved going door to door, receiving food in exchange for prayers for the dead to be said on All Souls Day (nov 2nd). It was very popular and Shake-

She says she allowed herself to love the chimps. She named them, spent years cultivating their trust, and only then, she insists, was she able to witness chimp behaviours that no other human had observed.

It seems extraordinary that it was simply love that seemed to make all the difference to Goodall’s re-search.

Both of these examples, of course, raise lots of questions. Why should love be the thing that makes us learn and re-learn and heal? Why should love have affected the behaviour of the chimps?

Love is clearly a mystery.

But let’s not be under the illusion that it is some kind of fluffy pink icing on the cake in life. Love is the superstructure on which our existence is built. It is our life blood. The very essence of our being. And it is extremely powerful. It has the power to transform our own lives and the lives of all around us. Beyond recognition.

We may not understand it. But let’s embrace it.

Let’s take love seriously. Re-ceiving it and sharing it. And seeing what it can really do.

The History of HalloweenBy Jane Lawrenson

Chiswick High RdBy Jane Lawrenson

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So they danced and they wailedbut catastrophically failedto each sing in tune with the rest.

Then said Arty “I see,a bird in that tree;I wonder if we all can catch it.If all of us try, before it does fly,we just might be able to match it”.

“And before you all grouse,yes, we do have a mouse,if all you want is some sport.So let’s chase the young mouseall round the houseuntil the poor blighter is caught”.

But as the years all went by,and how they did fly,the parties got more and more sober.And as Arty grew oldand somewhat less bold,his dancing years they were over.

But he still had folks roundand refused to lie down, but of nine lives he only had seven.Now poor Arty has goneand we can’t hear his song.For his parties are all now in heaven.

© Tony Inwood 2015.

speare mentions the practice in The Two Gen-tlemen of Verona (1593), when Speed accuses his master of “Puling (whimpering and whin-ing) like a beggar at Hallowmas.”

Dressing up is a mainstay of Halloween as we know it. These days all types of costume are used, from zombie, corpse bride and vam-pires, right through to less threatening prin-cesses and angels. This tradition comes from the same era, where the Pagans dressed up to disguise themselves against the wandering dead souls of their enemies in the hope that the dead would no longer recognise them and

In my last piece on the history of the high road, I was looking at the late seventies and into the 1980’s. Now I am going to go back further and take a look at Chiswick in the 1950’s and 1960’s.

The High Road had every type of shop from Goodmans, a clothing material and haberdash-ery store, to a fishmonger and horsemeat butcher. Goodbans was special in so far as it was like a department store and had a compressed air pipe system to sent bills and money to and from the cash clerk who sat up high at the back of the shop.

Waitrose began as a small grocery store in Ac-ton. They opened Chiswick’s first supermarket in 1959.Independent shops were still a big thing with butchers, bakers and even haberdashery stores all once staples along the high road. Meat was often horse meat too, in fact the butchers in Devonshire Road specialised in it!

As you walk along Chiswick High Road look at the buildings above the shop fronts. Many are still the original Victorian or Edwardian houses. Family shops such as Rankin’s continued to hold their own,trading alongside chain stores until the early 1960s.Apart from the building of flats south of Turn-ham Green common and of others over shops in the high road, Turnham Green changed little in the period between the First World War and the 1950s. Thereafter shops and offices were built in the high road and some public services rehoused, the most striking changes being on the north and south sides of Turnham Green common, with the replacement of the theatre by an eleven-storey office block and of the Vicarage by a fire sta-tion, and at the west end of Chiswick High Road,

they would be spared from any vengeance or poverty in the coming harvest. The Pagans livelihood depended on producing good, healthy crops to harvest and sell and as they were very superstitious people; a bad crop meant a curse had been placed on them. Quite often they would starve to death if anything they grew was wiped out, so their beliefs in bad spirits and ghouls was well justified. In these times, everything was put down to mag-ic and mystery, even the simplest thing such as the sun rise was seen as God-given. It is no wonder that many myths and legends that have become folklore have their beginnings in such times.

Halloween, as we celebrate it today, became popular in America in the 1940’s. Pumpkins became synonymous with the festival and many children have fun carving out spooky

faces to light once night falls. Also known as Jack O’ Lanterns, originally carved from a turnip - legend has it in old Irish folk tales, that Jack’s spirit is trapped in the light as a punishment from the Devil who stole his soul. Jack is said to protect the house from the Devil on Halloween - as long as the light is burning.By the 1950’s, American style Halloween parties were in full swing and by the late 1970’s they finally caught on here. Children were dressing up in hand made costumes, of-ten made from black bin liners and old pairs of tights! Trick or treating became an expect-ed thing on the night of the 31st and woe be-tide anybody who didn’t have treats to give! Quite often kids would throw flour or eggs at houses who didn’t participate in such fun, un-til this was banned by police a few years ago after many complaints. Parties have become increasingly popular with traditional games such as apple bobbing or pin the hat on the witch, still being played. Toffee apples are of-ten made, again harking back to the end of the harvest, where apples, pumpkins and turnips all came to the end of their season and had to be used up.

The big chain stores and supermarkets have now cottoned on and Halloween is big busi-ness. You can now buy ready made costumes, masks and all kinds of themed goods, from plates and cups and candles to full size skele-tons, toys, games and food.

So as the witching hour approaches once again, let us light our darkened doorsteps with a Jack O’ Lantern and give thanks for the harvest and the timeless tradition that is Halloween.

where an eighteen storey block was built over Gunnersbury station. Although it ceased to house the civic centre in 1965, Turnham Green common retained a Victorian stateliness, with buildings which were protected by its designation as a con-servation area in 1976.

Chiswick Empire opened on 2 September 1912, opposite Turnham Green. The Chiswick Empire was demolished in July 1959. An office block, nine shops and a supermarket were built on the site. The Old Packhorse started a memorabilia Empire Bar. The office block, which was the tall-est building in Chiswick at that time, was called Empire House, a ghostly reminder of Chiswick’s once magnificent variety theatre.

Parking was never a problem in the area at that time and the high street had for a short stretch a two tier structure with a narrow road running alongside with shops along side. Older residents may remember Green’s restaurant as another ex-ample of somewhere that served traditional fam-ily lunches at a reasonable price, as well as the Chiswick Grill.

Robert Caught had a butchers shop where Dan-iels is today. Meat was delivered on the hoof and slaughtered at the back of the shop. As it was opposite Turnham Green where cricket matches would take place, the butcher offered a leg of mutton to anybody who hit the ball into his shop!

The Lyons Tea Shop was at number 342, roughly where Carluccio’s stands today. Next door was a tailors.At number 269 High Road, Chancers had a large jewellery shop where Winkworth Estate Agents is now.


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The role of Membership Administration Manager at Roko Health Clubs is a highly rewarding and challenging role in which you have accountability and responsibility for the club membership system. We are ideally looking for a membership admin professional who will ensure that the club membership system is kept accurate and up to date to maximize our membership revenue by enforcing the clubs rules of membership and membership agreement terms and conditions. To process new member sales and renewals and proactively manage and recover debtors, notified cancellations and suspensions.

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Jose Mourinho described the referee as ‘weak and naive’

Harlequins announce competitive fixture against Newport Gwent Dragons

Tom Fowlie signs two-year contract extension at London Irish

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho ap-peared to have another dig at Arse-nal boss Arsene Wenger on Tuesday night.

The Blues drew 0-0 with Dyna-mo Kiev in their third Champions League match of the season, and in his television interview after the game he described the referee as “weak and naive” for not awarding his side a penalty.Mourinho felt Cesc Fabregas should have been awarded a spot kick early on in their Group G encounter, but nothing was given as the game fin-ished goalless.

The 52-year-old’s comments appear to refer to Wenger’s post-match re-action from Arsenal’s 2-0 defeat at Chelsea in September, when he de-scribed referee Mike Dean as “na-ive” and “weak” after the game.Mourinho was recently fined £50,000 and handed a suspended one-match ban by the FA for com-

Harlequins is pleased to announce that the Club will play a competitive fixture, across the RFU and WRU governing bodies, to take place at The Stoop on Monday 26th October against Newport Gwent Dragons, kick-off 19:30.Tom Williams, Academy Transition coach said: “In order for Harlequins to have a successful season it is im-perative that we have a competitive squad. The upcoming fixture against Newport Gwent Dragons provides a chance for those not involved in the first team to stake their claim for a spot in the matchday 23. It will also provide an opportunity for some Academy players to represent Har-lequins and push for inclusion in the ‘A’ League, which starts in Novem-ber.”

London Irish centre Tom Fowlie has signed a two-year extension to his contract.England U20 international Fow-lie graduated through the academy ranks and secured a regular place in their Aviva Premiership squad last season.Fowlie said: “I am really excited to have signed an extension at London Irish. One of the biggest things for me is the ambition of the club, there has been a lot of investment in the squad and the coaching set up re-cently.“I came through the Academy and it is great to be staying here. I am real-ly excited by the direction in which the club is moving and I am looking forward to being a part of it.”The club’s head of rugby operations

Jose Mourinho in dig at Arsene Wenger after Dynamo Kiev draw Chelsea were held to a goalless draw in Kiev

Tom Fowlie is happy to be staying with London Irish

ments made after his side’s defeat to Southampton in September. Mourinho had claimed that “refer-ees are afraid to give decisions for Chelsea”.

The Chelsea boss was furious with the fine and described it as a “dis-

grace”, while referring to the lack of punishment for Wenger earlier in the season. “£50,000 is a disgrace. The possibil-ity of getting a stadium ban is aston-ishing,” he said at the launch of his book earlier in October.

“The word ‘afraid’ is a punishment, and a hard punishment. But to say the referee was ‘weak and naive’, referring to one of the top referees, not just in this country, also in Eu-rope, to call him ‘weak and naive’ we can do.”

Chelsea travel to West Ham on Sat-urday, having returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Aston Villa.

Tony Diprose, Academy Manag-er, commented: “Monday will be great to get a chance for us to see some more of our younger players in a Harlequins shirt. The side is likely to be a mix of some senior squad players who have not had much game time yet and some of the younger guys who have been playing at loan clubs. It gives them all a great chance to show off the

Glenn Delaney added: “Tom has al-ready proven his capability to play in the Aviva Premiership.“He is a product of our AASE [Achieving Academic and Sporting Excellence] and Academy systems which is huge testament to the work of our Academy. We are absolutely delighted he has committed his fu-ture to London Irish.”

work they have done over the long pre-season.”

Entry to this fixture is free for Har-lequins Members and £5 on the door for all other supporters.

Monday 26th October: Harlequins v Newport Gwent Dragons, The Stoop- kick-off 19:30

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Brentford bid to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease

QPR 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday: Modou Sougou injury mars draw

Brentford are to create their biggest ever programme against QPR on October 30 to raise awareness of Alzhei-mer’s disease.Former England forward Stan Bowles, who played for both teams during his 17-year pro-fessional career, is suffering from the disease.The Bees Review souvenir edition will be made up of 104 pages and a cut of each copy sold will be split be-tween Stan Bowles’ ongoing care needs and the Alzhei-mer’s Society.Bowles, 66, was diagnosed with a form of Alzheimer’s in the summer. Queens Park Rangers recently held ‘Stan Bowles Day’ in honour of the playmaker, who is held in fond affection by both sets of supporters in west London.Alzheimer’s Society chief ex-ecutive Jeremy Hughes said: “Stan was an inspiration-al presence on the field for Brentford and Queens Park Rangers and he clearly re-mains an inspirational figure off the field as well.”

QPR and Sheffield Wednes-day played out a 0-0 draw at Loftus Road, where Owls winger Modou Sougou was

A percentage of each copy sold will go towards Stan Bowles’ ongoing care needs and the Alzheimer’s Soci-ety. Retailing at £4, £1 will be donated equally between the two causes. This has been made possible by kind co-operation from the Club’s programme partners Regal Sports Press.Granted a testimonial by Brentford in 1987 against Queens Park Rangers, Stan signed for Brentford in 1981, making 96 appearances for the Club before retiring in 1984. Stan and his family will be present on the night as the Club pays tribute to one of football’s greatest enter-tainers.

Special features involving Stan and the two clubs are included in the programme, including many photographs and newspaper reports that have not been seen since their original publication. A special programme cover has been designed especially for the match by artist Paine

carried off on a stretcher.Sougou was poleaxed by a last-ditch challenge from Clint Hill shortly before

Proffitt.

A GoFundMe account has also been set-up with the help

of the PFA in order that Stan receives the correct support after his diagnosis.

Stan’s daughter, Tracy, said: “Stan and the family are re-ally looking forward to return to Brentford on 30 October,

a place and Club that we all hold dear in our hearts. We have been overwhelmed with the support we have received from Brentford and the wider footballing community since the summer. It is important that awareness of Alzhei-mer’s is raised in wider soci-ety and its condition under-stood.”

Brentford FC Chief Execu-tive, Mark Devlin, said: “It says so much about the im-mense talent Stan had as a footballer and as one of the game’s real characters, when fans from close rivals both feel such warmth towards a player. We are delighted to be able to support and welcome Stan back to Griffin Park for what I’m sure will be an emo-tional occasion for both him and his family. Hopefully the evening will raise awareness of Alzheimer’s and provide funds for his ongoing care.”

Stan Bowles (left) and former QPR captain Gerry Francis

QPR’s Massimo Luongo and Modou Sougou (left) battle for the ball before the Sheffield Wednesday player was injured

half-time as he looked to pounce on the loose ball af-ter the Rangers defender had slipped.

The visitors were furious that Hill was not sent off as Sou-gou would have been through on goal - and replays suggest-

ed Hill did not get the ball.Referee Andy Haines did not even award a free-kick, be-lieving Hill’s challenge to be a fair one.And the visitors appealed in vain for a penalty ear-ly in the second half when Paul Konchesky managed to thwart Lucas Joao after the Owls substitute had burst into the area.Hill, recalled to the QPR line-up the day after his 37th birthday, had an excellent game at the back, helping his team keep only their second clean sheet in the Sky Bet Championship this season.Even so, under-fire head coach Chris Ramsey was again barracked by the frus-trated home fans, particularly when he replaced lone striker Jay Emmanuel-Thomas with Leroy Fer 21 minutes from time.Ramsey’s side, currently without injured striker Char-lie Austin, have won only one of their last seven matches.

This was their first match since Neil Warnock returned to the club in a part-time ad-visory role, although the for-mer Rangers manager did not attend the game. Their best chance to break the deadlock fell to Matt Phillips, who cleverly drifted in from the right only to fire over with just ‘keeper Keiren West-wood to beat midway through the second half.Westwood then produced a crucial save to deny Tjaronn Chery at the far post after the Dutchman had been found by Phillips’ right-wing cross.Chery had earlier met San-dro’s volleyed diagonal pass with a crisp volley of his own, but his effort went wide of the near post. Wednesday, whose clean sheet was only their second in 11 away matches, created the odd chance too.Barry Bannan blazed waste-fully wide of the target in the first half after cutting inside Nedum Onuoha. The lively

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