News in Ealing

DETECTIVES have appealed to the public for information that can help catch the killer of Penny Bell, who was murdered in Perivale 30 years ago.

Appearing on BBC One's Crimewatch Roadshow Live yesterday, March 10, Detective Sergeant Susan Stansfield made the public appeal following the 43-year-old's murder in the car park of Gurnell Leisure Centre three decades ago.

FOLLOWING The Royal Parks' plea to keep dogs in both Richmond and Bushy Parks on leads and out of Skylark nesting areas, the charity has called on Ealing dog owners to also be on the 'lookout' at Warren Farm.

The skylark species is reportedly 'under threat' due to rising visitor numbers and dogs not being 'kept under control'.

FOLLOWING last week's budget announcement by the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, the cross-party group, London Councils, has welcomed his decision to extend the £20-a-week uplift to Universal Credit for six months, but describes this as the 'bare minimum' needed to stop homelessness rates increasing even further.

The umbrella body, which represents all 32 boroughs and the City of London Corporation, says the government should show far greater ambition in addressing homelessness through welfare policy changes and investment in social housing.

EALING parking enforcement officers are set to be balloted for strike action, Unite the Union has said.

Nearly 40 officers, who have been designated as key workers and who have worked throughout the national lockdowns, are being balloted for strike action after Serco, the company they work for, offered severance to elected Unite representatives and activists.

EALING florist, Louise Dutfield, will be hosting a spring flower arrangement masterclass live from Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery next week.

The event will be held virtually via Zoom on Sunday, March 21, between 10:30am-12pm and will use flowers and foliage to create a stunning masterpiece.

TWO men have been sentenced to prison following a drug bust by police in Greenford.

On March 31, 2020, officers from the Violent Crime Taskforce (VCTF) were on proactive patrol when they saw a car attempt to evade the police.

AN Ealing man has been training to run a marathon next month and is raising money for the Southall Food Distribution Hub.

Matt Redman started volunteering at the Southall Food Distribution Hub last April, delivering food packages to those in need.

Morrisons Solicitors are looking for trainees right now.

The London and South East based firm have two to three trainee contracts on offer.

AS a celebration of International Women's Day and Women's History Month and to mark the 50th anniversary of Ealing's Women's Liberation, Gabriela Loureiro interviewed one of the key members of the group – Professor Ann Oakley, best-selling writer, academic and author of the path-breaking texts Sex, Gender and Society (1972) and The Sociology of Housework (1974).

The conversation revolves around the history of the group, its consciousness-raising (CR) activities and the challenges of feminist community building.

EALING has a long-held reputation for being 'Queen of the Suburbs', but some residents have been increasingly alarmed at the number of tower blocks rising into the sky in recent years.

Clusters of campaign groups exist trying to fend off development they believe is harmful to the area and the latest 'newbies' to the scene is Stop the Towers, initially set up in 2019.