News in Ealing

WORLD Penguin Day was on Sunday, April 25, and it starts a week of art celebrations of this fabulous animal by Ealing artists Kate Winskill and Raph Thomas.

Kate and Raph have been painting and digitally collating penguins for a few years now.

EALING Council's former housing boss has admitted he 'made a mistake' by accepting sponsorship from developer Berkeley Group, which is building the controversial Southall Green Quarter regeneration site.

Southall Green councillor Peter Mason apologised to local residents and campaigners, members of Clean Air for Southall and Hayes (CASH), in a public meeting where councillors were asked to explain themselves for appearing to 'do nothing' to help their constituents.

TWO men have been arrested by the police in Greenford for drug dealing.

On Tuesday, April 20, officers from Northolt Mandeville arrested the two men near Horsenden Hill Golf Course.

EALING has seen a decrease in the number of new coronavirus cases, following a slight increase last week.

Specifically, there was a decrease of over 7% of new cases in the latest COVID-19 figures that were released.

REMAINING London bus strikes have been suspended following an offer for improved pay for drivers.

The next strike, due to take place today (April 26), has been cancelled.

SOUTHALL residents have been waiting for nearly 10 months for independent monitoring to begin of the impact of air pollution from the former gasworks site on their health.

Residents and campaigners from Clean Air for Southall and Hayes (CASH) were told in July 2020 by council leader, Julian Bell, that an independent consultant would begin to monitor the site, being regenerated into thousands of homes called the Southall Green Quarter, from August 2020.

A MAN has been taken to hospital following a house fire that took place in Acton.

On April 16, the fire brigade was called at 4:49pm to a fire incident at a flat on Western Avenue.

YESTERDAY, April 24, a protest march was held in Ealing against the Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs), which started at Blondin Park and ended at Perceval House.

One Ealing, the anti-LTN group that organised the march claims there were more than 3,000 participants present, with some estimates reaching as high as 5,000.

WITH the London Mayor elections fast approaching in less than two weeks, Nub News will be speaking to some of the candidates fighting for your vote.

One of these is the Renew Party candidate, Kam Balayev, who we spoke to earlier this week at The Station House, an independent pub in Acton.

TWO Ealing doctors have launched a new programme to help tackle issues of overeating, compulsive eating and binge eating.

The doctors, who are also trained food addiction councillors decided to start Resolve Food Addiction as they grew tired of the traditional weight loss methods offered to patients.