News in Ealing

IN yet another twist in the Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) saga in Ealing Borough, LTN21 in West Ealing and Hanwell has today been scrapped.

Following Hounslow Council's announcement that Swyncombe Avenue would be closed for the next two months, Ealing Council has decided to end the trial of LTN21 as it would otherwise be 'unworkable'.

THIS WEEK has seen the return of indoor dining and we are another step closer to the lifting of all restrictions.

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LONDON Mayor Sadiq Khan has been appealing to landowners, including London councils and the Royal Parks, to support the return of parkrun events on June 5.

He has written an open letter to everyone involved to get behind the hugely popular 5k run events, which have been cancelled for more than a year due to social distancing rules.

HOMELESSNESS in London could reach its highest ever levels by Christmas, according to the body that represents councils in the capital.

London Councils said the city faces the 'most severe homelessness crisis' in the country and a 'triple whammy' of the government ending the eviction ban, COVID emergency funding and the furlough scheme over the coming months could see thousands more families pushed into temporary local authority-funded accommodation.

A MAN has been rescued from a flat fire in Acton.

Part of a studio flat on the first floor of a block of flats on Beardsley Way was damaged by fire.

AN eight-year-old boy from Hanwell has been growing plants and flowers on some of the planters found throughout LTN21.

The Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) scheme has caused much divide throughout the borough, with the use of planters implemented to block off certain routes to drivers.

ONE of Ealing Hospital's longest serving volunteers has made her return after a year's enforced absence.

Beryl Carr who's 99 years old, enjoyed her first day out in more than a year when she caught up with colleagues at the Friend's Café, where she has volunteered for the past 17 years.

LONDON has the lowest rate of vaccine uptake in England according to data published by Public Health England.

Despite more than six million total jabs being administered in the capital, only 46.8% of people aged 18 or over have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine while 24.6% have received a second dose.

COUNCILLOR Munir Ahmed has been appointed as the new Mayor of Ealing.

Cllr Ahmed was formally elected at the Council's AGM on Tuesday (May 18), succeeding Cllr Abdullah Gulaid.

FOUR men have been jailed for more than 71 years after being found guilty of raping a woman in Northolt.

The group subjected the victim to a prolonged and repeated attack after meeting her at a nightclub in August 2017.