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19Th January 2018 Edition The Friday 19th January 2018 t: 0203 623 0567 e: [email protected] @chiswickandkew chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald GET READY FOR £9M INVESTMENT ALL THIS MEMBERSHIP SUITE NOW OPEN, W3 7HB Visit us at East Acton Lane, W3 7HB or call us on 0344 245 8052 davidlloyd.co.uk/acton-park DAV555_ActonPark_DM_.indd 1 02/01/2018 16:41 Friday 28th July 2017 Friday 15th December 2017chiswickherald.co.ukchiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald chiswickherald.co.uk Friday 28th July 2017 22 LOCAL NEWS chiswickherald.co.uk 3 The Friday 19th January 2018 t: 0203 623 0567 e: [email protected] @chiswickandkew chiswickherald.co.uk INTRODUCING DAVID LLOYD ACTON PARK A £9 million regeneration is underway at the old Park Club to make it one of London’s best health and fitness clubs; complete with a state-of-the-art gym, luxury spa and pools, children’s play areas and hundreds of weekly classes – and all set in 27 acres of beautiful grounds. Chiswick Herald Southall Murder Investment in Policing Two charged in Hounslow Council connection announces TENNIS Details PAGE 10 Full storY PAGE 12 Freshly resurfaced indoor and outdoor courts. Four synthetic clay. Four artificial grass. And you Hounslow can play outside all year round, thanks to a Council high-tech bubble roof. MALE release CS9 statement MODEL P11 SWIMMING New indoor and outdoor pools with lessons and Local Celeb classes for everyone. And there’s a pool just for kids, STABBED Ant McPartlin so you don’t have to share your swim time. divorce IN ACTON P2 25-year old Harry Uzoka, was knifed in the SPA chest in Acton Ruth Cadbury An all new, luxury spa with two saunas, a steam It is suspected that the incident was a on ‘Nailbar room, heated relaxation beds, an ice chute and robbery gone wrong Slavery’ feature shower. And it’s not just inside, there’s a Uzoka was a rising star, rep- Claudia Schiffer. P14 spa garden too. resented by Premier Model Two men aged 27 and 28 are Management, whose previous in custody, on suspicion of achievements include repre- murder. senting Naomi Campbell and Positive Birth LOUNGE ‘Back Heathrow’ Speak To MPs About Expansion Movement in New family and adult lounges. Your space to work, West London relax, catch up with friends or refuel post workout. Appearing before the Trans- port Committee’s scrutiny of new runway at the UK’s larg- P2 port Select Committee on the government’s Airports Na- est port. Make yourself at home. Monday 15th January 2018, tional Policy Statement. Mr Dhanda drew upon his Back Heathrow’s Executive The committee’s scrutiny experience of growing up in Director argued that the new work is examining evidence Hayes with high unemploy- Foodbank jobs that will come from ex- and witnesses from all aspects ment in the 1970s by saying: panding the UK’s only hub of the Heathrow expansion “I speak to local people all Helps Record KIDS airport were essential for the debate. Mr Dhanda was rep- the time and they tell me that Numbers Over 100 activities every week just for kids, as local community. resenting Back Heathrow and they are tired of delay and Parmjit Dhanda, was giving residents living near the air- P17 well as programmes that run in the school holidays evidence as part of the Trans- port who support building a and a crèche for the littlest ones. Plus, an exciting new Continues page 2 children’s adventure playground – perfect for summer. INSIDE LOCAL POLITICS & COUNCIL NEWS P16 WHAT’S ON P28 BUSINESS NEWS P20 LIMITED INTRODUCTORY MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE NOW Visit us at East Acton Lane, W3 7HB or call us on 0344 245 8052 davidlloyd.co.uk/acton-park DAV555_ActonPark_DM_.indd 2 02/01/2018 16:41 Friday 28th July 2017 Friday 19th January 2018chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald chiswickherald.co.ukChiswick Herald Friday 19th January 2018 Friday 28th July 2017 24 LOCAL NEWS chiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.uk LOCAL NEWS 53 ‘Back Heathrow’ Speak To ‘Health Crisis’ As COPD Worse MPs About Expansion West London’s Positive In Outer London Boroughs Chiswick House Closed continued from front page Birth Movement! Because Of High Winds uncertainty. A new Heathrow runway is a huge opportunity to create more local jobs and to reduce local unemploy- ment.” In his evidence session, Mr Dhanda also emphasised to the MPs sitting on the com- mittee the enormous support for Heathrow expansion in the local area. It is said that a new Heathrow runway would create 77,000 Currently Only Inner London Areas Are ‘Clean Zones’ new local jobs and 5,000 new local apprenticeships. Only two of the worst bor- COPD compared to the Lon- breathing safe and clean air. oughs for lung disease COPD don average, in Barking it is “The Mayor promised to bring will be covered by the Mayor’s 71 per cent more likely, ac- London’s air back to safe and Local Celeb Ant McPartlin clean air zone, revealed Caro- cording to figures from the legal standards but he has After 11 years of marriage, line Russell today. British Lung Foundation. a long way to go – his plans To Divorce Wife TV presenter Ant McPartlin Caroline quizzed the Mayor The Mayor is currently con- don’t have a chance of mak- has announced a split from Established by writer Milli Chiropractic Clinic hosts Posi- tors and others’. on when he will meet his sulting on the next phase of ing this happen until a sec- his wife. Hill The Positive Birth Move- tive Birth Movement events in The next event will be held at manifesto promise to ‘restore his clean air plans. Caroline ond term of office which isn’t A representative for McPar- ment is an international cam- clinic for Hammersmith and the Octagon Clinic (2 St Peters London’s air quality to legal is urging all Londoners to re- guaranteed. tlin, 42, said “In response to paign and network of free Chiswick residents. The group Road, Hammersmith, Lon- and safe levels’ at a meeting spond to tell the Mayor to ex- “I have been working with the recent speculation in the antenatal groups, which aims was set up by local Doulas don, W6 9BD) on Thursday today. tend his clean air zone to the people and communities in media, Ant is very sad to an- ‘to challenge the epidemic of Saffron Garside and Olivia January 25th from 7.30pm. She told the Mayor that some whole of London not just the outer London who all tell me nounce that, after 11 years, negativity and fear that sur- Southey and is co-hosted by Themes vary each month and of the boroughs with the central zones. they want clean air too. I urge he is ending his marriage to rounds modern birth, and Octagon Clinic Chiropractor January’s theme is: Choice in highest rates of Chronic Ob- Caroline Russell says: all Londoners to respond to Lisa McPartlin. help change birth for the bet- Hazel Dillon who explains Birth. Drop in or join the Chis- structive Pulmonary Disease “The figures from the Brit- the Mayor’s consultation and (COPD) associated with air ish Lung Foundation make tell him everyone, in every “Ant asks for privacy at this ter’. Local, grassroots groups that ‘these evenings are free, wick and Hammersmith Posi- Winds from Storm Eleanor nel for the park said “Please morning.” pollution aren’t included in for stark reading – and no borough, should be able to difficult time, for both him- aim to offer families support, friendly, welcoming and full tive Birth Facebook group. have caused Chiswick House note due to the high winds ex- Chiswick Park was previously the inner London clean air one, especially those already trust the air they breathe.” self, Lisa and their immediate information and choice. of expert advice from health and Gardens to preemptively pected tonight and tomorrow affected by 2017’s Storm Do- zone. suffering from health condi- families. No further state- On the last Thursday evening care professionals including shut. the estate will be shut from ris. In Havering people are 85 tions exacerbated by pollu- ment will be made.” of every month the Octagon doulas, midwives, Chiroprac- The official social media chan- 16:30 today until Thursday per cent more likely to have tion, should be excluded from Brentford School For Girls Holds Year 8 Careers Day Chiswick Pier Trust’s Wonderful Opportunity On Wednesday 18th Janu- ary, Year 8 pupils at Brentford for One Special Child School for Girls had a day off ‘Talk By The Thames’ timetable so that they could The House Schools Trust, an independent charity, is funding a means-tested consider options in the con- bursary place at Orchard House School in Chiswick. The bursary application text of the world of work. is open to a girl or boy to enter Year 3 or Year 4 in September 2018. This is The sessions involved stu- a wonderful educational opportunity for a local child, offering excellent teaching, dents considering a number of smaller class sizes and a friendly and inclusive school community. different careers and writing The House School Trust is looking for enthusiastic and bright candidates, a CV tailored to their chosen currently attending a state school, with the right to reside in the UK, and field, as well as an Entrepre- a gross family income not exceeding £50,000 per annum. neurial activity where they used crucial employability The successful candidate will demonstrate high academic potential and be skills including team work, in the top quartile of their class at school.
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