News in Ealing

A NURSE has shared her relief at the news Ealing Council will be granting exemptions for NHS staff to travel through the borough's roadblocks to deliver vaccines in the community.

Alice Samuel will be among the frontline health workers driving out to vulnerable residents to give them their jabs, but she feared it would be a logistical 'nightmare' due to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs).

A NUMBER of roads in Southall are closed off this morning, following a police incident yesterday afternoon with an armed man.

Ealing Council tweeted earlier this morning: "Due to the police incident in Southall, traffic diversions will remain in place with The Broadway closed between Dane Road and Northcote Avenue.

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A UNIVERSITY of West London (UWL) graduate and music engineer has had his single, 'Rain' go platinum.

Music producer and recording engineer Kurt Martinez recorded the single last year with rap stars Aitch and AJ Tracey.

GPs are being urged to put vulnerable people, who will have to receive their jabs at home, at the 'top of your lists' as the vaccination programme continues to roll out.

Ealing resident, Pam Franklin is among this cohort of residents eligible for the vaccine, sending a message to GPs to not forget those at home who are unable to attend specific sites for their jabs.

LOCAL businesses can do with a helping hand right now.

Restrictions mean that many local businesses cannot operate at the moment.

EALING Police are appealing for the public's help to identify two men in connection to an unprovoked assault at a petrol station in Greenford.

Police were called to the scene just after midnight on November 21 by the London Ambulance Service to reports of two men with facial injuries.

EALING Southall MP, Virendra Sharma has written to both the Home Secretary and the Health Secretary to ensure that the most vulnerable in society also get their COVID-19 vaccinations.

More than 30 cross-party MPs have joined the campaign and are calling on the government to make sure there is a route for the homeless and those without regularised immigration status to get vaccinated.

AN Ealing business has joined Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) charity to raise funds to support children receiving treatment throughout this year.

Book of Beasties is an award-winning children's wellness resource that was developed and created at the University of West London's (UWL) Westmont Enterprise Hub.

A DRY cleaning business owner has said the latest lockdown 'will finish a lot of businesses' as he fears they've hit the worst point for trade during the pandemic.

Tony Moran, who runs Salisbury Dry Cleaners on Pitshanger Lane, described the high street of independent shops as a 'ghost town'.