News in Ealing

EALING Council teams have been out in full flow during the past 24 hours delivering home testing kits to households across the affected areas in West Ealing and Hanwell.

Following the announcement on Monday, February 1 that a local resident had tested positive for the South African variant, the Council set up a testing centre at Dean Gardens car park but is also delivery home kits to around 5,500 households.

EALING residents are frustrated at the vast amounts of litter that has been building up for a long time on the Grand Union Canal in Hanwell.

Local resident Alan Dye described the amount of litter on Osterley Lock 98 as 'disgraceful' and mentioned that he has contacted the Canal & River Trust on numerous occasions, but nothing had been done about it.

A WOMAN has been arrested in West Ealing after police found 42 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin in her bra.

A team from West Area VSU had cause to stop and search the woman yesterday, February 3, after she was seen being involved in a drug deal in West Ealing.

EALING Liberal Democrats have uncovered that the government only told Ealing Council about the variant sample on Wednesday, January 27 and that the Council attended the first meeting on this enhanced testing initiative on Thursday, January 28.

Following the emergence of the South African COVID-19 variant in a sample from a Hanwell (W7) resident on December 29 (nearly a month before the Council was told), Ealing Council has been urging asymptomatic residents and people who work in Hanwell and West Ealing postcodes to get tested.

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EALING Town Hall flag is flying at half mast today as the nation mourns the passing of Captain Sir Tom Moore.

The 'Great British Hero' passed away yesterday morning at the age of 100 after contracting coronavirus and battling pneumonia.

EALING is a hotspot for £1million plus property purchases, research has found.

Estate agents Keller Williams UK analysed sold price records from the Land Registry between December 2019 and November 2020.

SOME Hanwell and West Ealing residents who have tried to book a test for the South African strain of coronavirus have been unable to due to lack of slots available, Ealing Liberal Democrats have warned.

Lib Dem leader Gary Malcolm said multiple residents have reported issues trying to book a slot at Dean Gardens Car Park testing unit – which was set up specifically for those living and working in the W7 and W13 postcodes, with no symptoms of coronavirus, to get tested.

METROPOLITAN Police have arrested a man in connection to a violent assault that took place on Monday, February 1 in Northolt.

The 24-year-old has been taken into custody on suspicion of causing Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH).

EALING has seen a decrease in new coronavirus cases for the second consecutive week.

Specifically, there was a decrease of over 26% of new cases in the latest COVID-19 figures that were released.