News in Ealing

ENSURING that education is not interrupted by COVID restrictions, online apprenticeships teaching is in full swing at the University of West London (UWL) ahead of National Apprenticeship Week on February 8.

UWL works with more than 100 employers each year to train and upskill hundreds of degree apprentices in digital industries, construction, business and healthcare – helping employees progress with tailored skills in their industry and helping young people get a foot on the career ladder.

SOUTHALL Safer Neighbourhoods Team has been working closely with Ealing Council on operation Pontem and has issued 150 fixed penalty notices (FPN) during December and January.

The operation focused on Bridge Road in Southall, which has always seen a large amount of people travel to the area, despite the COVID restrictions.

THE University of West London (UWL) is inviting partners and business leaders to join its Regional Business Reception and see how high-quality teaching, research and industry can help companies re-emerge and grow in 2021.

Discover how a partnership with the 'Career University' can boost your business with the very best graduate talent, networks, and support right across West London.

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.

EALING Nub News is excited to announce the launch of its free new weekly newsletter.

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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.