News in Ealing

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.

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

Ella – no surname was made public – was last seen in Ealing on March 4.

EALING has seen another decrease in the number of new coronavirus cases, with figures dropping for the seventh consecutive week.

Specifically, there was a decrease of over 21% of new cases in the latest COVID-19 figures that were released.

THE University of West London (UWL) based in Ealing will welcome renowned equality rights campaigner, Professor Gus John, who will hold a virtual talk exploring the possibilities for a socially and racially just future in education.

Furthering his efforts to tackle injustice nationally, Professor Augustine 'Gus' John will set out the focus and policy changes needed in schools and colleges.