News in Ealing

PERFORMING in the circus is something Dan Phillips has wanted to do ever since he was a little kid growing up in Northfields.

He taught himself how to juggle at the age of 11 and ever since then he would try and teach himself a new circus skill during the summer holidays.

CAMPAIGNERS from West London have received a commitment from the Mayor of London candidates, Shaun Bailey and Sadiq Khan, to create green jobs for those worst affected by the pandemic.

Both Mayoral candidates gave their commitment to over 5,000 viewers at the London Citizens Mayoral Accountability Assembly last week, to work with London Citizens during their terms in office, should they win.

WARREN Farm has renewed its calls on how visitors can help protect skylarks.

Skylarks are on the UK Red List, which means that the species is globally threatened, with numbers in Britain having dropped by 61% in the last 40 years.

EALING Council has announced that it will be providing free bike checks in Ealing Broadway this Saturday, May 8.

The Council's Dr Bike service will be teaming up with the Cycling Instructor at the Cycle Hub on Haven Green between 10am-1pm.

CATERING staff at Ealing schools will be paid the London Living Wage (LLW) from August, Ealing Council has announced.

Last month the Council was branded a 'disgrace' for failing to make sure that catering staff at Ealing schools were being paid the LLW for the last eight years, since it became an accredited living wage employer.

FOUR men who stabbed a man to death in Acton have been sentenced to prison.

Osvaldo de Carvalho, 22, was killed on West Lodge Avenue on September 24 2019.

IT'S been a weird existence for me as an MP.

From going a steady wage slave employed as a lecturer in higher education since the 1990s until 2015 I've gone to fighting three elections which by rights should mean a 15 year career but with one every other year it's less than half of that.

AN Ealing curry house has been urging residents to order directly from their local restaurants, instead of using platforms such as Deliveroo and Uber Eats.

Manik Miah, owner of Haweli in West Ealing told Nub News: "External delivery platforms take around 30-35% commission plus VAT, so it leaves owners with very little to cover our expenses.

A PETITION has been launched to replace trees that have been felled at Boston Manor Park and to make it 'better - and greener'.

The park recently received £5.1 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Lottery Community Fund to improve access, ecology and facilities at Boston Manor Park.

A CENTRAL line strike due to take place tonight and tomorrow has been suspended.

The RMT union had previously called for industrial action following the sacking of tube driver and union rep, Gary Carney.