News in Ealing

WORK is ready to start on the permanent construction of the huge Victoria Road Crossover Box in Acton.

The crossover box will be located next to the new Old Oak Common station, which will be built in North Acton.

TWO Ealing artists are having a massive clearance sale in order to counter the effects of the third lockdown which forced them to shut their gallery.

Kate Winskill and Raph Thomas are the two artists behind 1of1design and had opened up a pop art gallery in Ealing Broadway shopping centre in October.

PLANS for 852 homes in blocks of up to 25 storeys have been given the go-ahead in Acton.

Ealing Council's planning committee approved Transport for London's largest residential development to date, in a meeting last week.

A MAN from Northolt has been convicted of violently raping two women.

Paulo Kretteis, 22, was found guilty yesterday (Thursday January 28) of two counts rape and making a threat to kill.

CHILDREN'S mental wellness game developer, Book of Beasties has committed to providing all schools in the UK with free remote learning mental health support, to help children through the current crisis.

Originally developed and created at the University of West London's Westmont Enterprise Hub in Ealing, the start-up aims to reach over 6 million primary school children by donating its remote wellness kit and access to accompanying CPD training to the 20,000 plus primary schools in the UK.

A CLINICALLY extremely vulnerable woman who was expecting to receive her vaccination at home has described her surprisingly good experience' getting her jab at Ealing Town Hall.

Pam Franklin, who is disabled from having motor neurone disease for 30 years, was initially awaiting her vaccine as a housebound patient at her Northolt home.

EALING Police are appealing to the public for help in the search of a 16-year-old girl who went missing on Saturday.

Rianna – no surname was made public – was last seen in Ealing at 3:30pm on January 23.

SCHOOL pupils and college students in Ealing and across the country are set to remain at home until at least March, following Prime Minister Boris Johnson's announcement earlier today.

The PM revealed the news while delivering a COVID update to the House of Commons, a day after official figures confirmed more than 100,000 people have now died with the virus in the UK.

AN Ealing based theatre company will be putting on a virtual music concert this Friday, January 29.

IMPACT Theatre is a registered charity that aims to promote a positive image of disability and to develop communication and self-confidence, through participation in performing and creative arts and other supporting activities.

DR Rowan Myron is a Behavioural Psychologist and Associate Professor in Healthcare at the University of West London (UWL) and is helping everyone stay mentally well with some tips on how to boost your own wellbeing.

Dr Myron said: "January is when we begin to notice that the days are getting longer and the countdown to springtime has started.