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Get Vaccinated! Friday 11th June 2021 @hounslowherald @hounslowherald hounslowherald.co.uk Got a story? call: 020 3623 0567 [email protected] Now taking registrations T: 020 8995 9538 E: [email protected] NEWS 35,000 vaccinated during first two weeks of Hounslow's surge Chiswick ArtsEd campaign appoints QC for Page 06 investigation into TRAVEL 5 jawdropping ski resorts to visit in summer Chiswickhistoric misconduct Local drama school ArtsEd has appointed a QC to supervise an impartial investigation into "serious historic Page 28 claims of misconduct”. Dia Stronach SPORT [email protected] Lions continue winning ways before Euros he school has not disclosed full details of the allegations. According to The Telegraph, a specific former trainer Thas been accused of "severely sexual- ly assaulting a scholar in 2013.” Other students have been reported as saying they felt pressured into performing "lap dances” on one another in dance class after the teacher covered the win- dow with a towel. Page 46 Full story on page 07 STEP UP for GET TESTED! HOUNSLOW! GET VACCINATED! www.hounslow.gov.uk/surge 2 Friday 11th June, 2021 Friday 11th June, 2021 3 For up to date news visit hounslowherald.co.uk For up to date news visit hounslowherald.co.uk NEWS follow us on twitter @hounslowherald follow us on twitter @hounslowherald NEWS IN THIS ISSUE Download our free app and you could win a meal for two NEWS Hounslow woman wins award for volunteering No vaccine KEEP UP TO DATE at Page 10 www.hounslowherald.co.uk LOCAL LIFE appointment? Got a story? call: West and Hunter: West End 020 3623 0567 experience comes to west London [email protected] @hounslowherald hounslowherald NO PROBLEM! EDITOR Áine McGinty Anyone who downloads The Borough Simply download our app on Google articles, a variety of user interfaces [email protected] of Hounslow Herald app could win Play or on the App Store by searching and designs, and a dark mode for easy a meal for two at The Cricketers ‘Hounslow H’ . reading. If you’re eligible, we have many pop-up vaccination clinics ADVERTISING gastropub in Kew Green. With instant notifications and updates The settings are packed with features Simon Hossack The app can help you keep up with as well as special offers to local to tailor and customise your news feed happening across the Borough over the next few weeks. [email protected] what’s going on across the borough businesses, downloading the app is a covering the latest news and updates Page 38 with local news, lifestyle and events no-brainer. from across the borough. DESIGNER as well as both national and London You can even personalise your Catherine Clarke WHAT'S ON news. experience with saved and sorted New exhibition at Kew Palace set Find out where you can get to explore the mental health of PUBLISHER George III yours and stay up-to-date at: www.hounslow.gov.uk/surge Paul Williams paulwilliams@hounslowherald. co.uk Woman treated for DISTRIBUTION G&T smoke inhalation after Two-year-old girl critically injured Pick up a copy of The Hounslow Herald from: Sainsbury’s Essex Place W4, Morrisons Brentford, Chiswick Page 42 Library, Chiswick Town Hall, Strand Twickenham house fire after being struck by moped in Acton On The Green Post Office Richmond PUZZLES Workouts for the brain: from Ealing tion Unit said: “The incident happened The Hounslow Herald is published A woman has been crosswords to Futoshiki Police are appealing as the girl and her family were crossing by Vencor Ltd treated for smoke the street at traffic lights while other Unit 22, 295 Chiswick High Road, for witnesses and any inhalation after a fire at vehicles waited. London W4 4HH drivers with dash- “Some of those road users would a house in Twickenham. cam footage to come have seen the incident, or may have re- ©PWR Media 2017. All Rights Reserved Four fire engines and corded the events on dash-cam footage forward after a child was and, if so, I would urge them to come around 25 firefighters seriously injured after forward and speak to police. were called to the fire “This information could prove vital being struck by a moped on Runnymede Road on in ensuring we can piece together ex- in Acton. actly what happened in this incident.” Saturday 5th June. The rider of the moped, a 19-year- Page 34 old man, stopped at the scene. He was Áine McGinty fficers were called at arrested on suspicion of dangerous [email protected] SPORT 18:34hrs on Tuesday 8th driving and driving while under the in- Reward for Letter of the Week Bees to Enter Elliot talks with June to reports of a col- fluence of drugs and taken into custody lision involving a moped where he remains. he Brigade was called at Liverpool The Hounslow Herald has decided Oand a child pedestrian at the junction Officers are urging anyone who can 20:50 with fire crews from of The Vale on Uxbridge Road and Ag- assist this investigation to contact the to introduce a £50 cash prize for Heston and Twickenham nes Road, W3. witness appeal line on 020 8246 9820. Letter of the Week fire stations attending the London Ambulance Service and You can also contact police via 101 or Please email your letters about Tscene. The woman had left the proper- London's Air Ambulance also attended tweet @MetCC and quote CAD6736/ ty before they arrived and was treated local or other issues to: the scene. 8June. by London Ambulance Service crews. newsdesk@hounslowherald. A two-year-old girl was found with Part of the ground floor of a semi-de- co.uk injuries and was taken to hospital tached house was damaged by the fire. where she remains in a critical con- We’re looking forward to The fire has been recorded as acci- reading them! dition. Her next of kin has been in- dental. The cause is still under inves- formed. tigation. Detective Sergeant Nush Puvitharan Page 46 from the Serious Collision Investiga- 4 Friday 11th June, 2021 Friday 11th June, 2021 5 For up to date news visit hounslowherald.co.uk For up to date news visit hounslowherald.co.uk NEWS follow us on twitter @hounslowherald follow us on twitter @hounslowherald NEWS Cover story continued Levi Bellfield 'admits The class was overseen by Chris external, QC-led investigation into porarily stand down, In order to ensure Hocking, then the school’s director of these allegations, because we take this investigation is as rigorous and in- 35,000 vaccinated during first two musical theatre. He later became the them extremely seriously. Nothing is dependent as possible. being near scene principal, and stepped down as these more important than the welfare of "These allegations are serious and allegations came to light. students at ArtsEd. deeply saddening. They go against Although ArtsEd takes pupils as "We have set up a reporting line for everything we stand for at ArtsEd. weeks of Hounslow's surge campaign young as 11, all of the allegations are students. If they have concerns about They will be fully and independently when Lin and Megan focused on its Higher Education wing anything that has happened at ArtsEd, investigated." Hounslow ents to support the campaign as pupils and the students involved were all over they can report them in a secure envi- Public health officials return to the classroom following the the age of 18. ronment. half term break saying, “If we are going Russell were killed' A spokesperson for ArtsEd com- "Our Principal, Chris Hocking, has in Hounslow have to keep the 21 June roadmap date pos- mented: "We have today launched an agreed it is appropriate for him to tem- announced that around sible then now is the time for everyone London to ‘Step Up For Hounslow’. Even if you 35,000 people have are one of the 251,000 people who have Triple murderer Levi Bellfield 'admits to being near ‘stepped up’ by getting had their vaccination in the borough murder scene when Lin and Megan Russell were vaccinated in the first so far, it is vital you get a PCR test. We all need to contribute to keeping chil- killed in 1996 hammer attack' reports The Sun in an two weeks of the five- dren in school and reducing the spread exclusive feature. week surge testing and of the Delta variant. Please get a PCR test as soon as you can, even if you are increased vaccination taking regular LFT ‘rapid tests’. If you programme. have any questions, please just ask. We’re here to help.” Council staff (carrying I.D) are he figure of 35,930 includes door-knocking in the Feltham and Bed- first and second doses and font areas of the borough, delivering brings Hounslow’s total PCR test kits and leaving letters with vaccinations tally to more information and details of support for Tthan 251,000 vaccines administered, of anyone not at home. Several vaccination sites are in operation across Hounslow (Image: Hounslow Council) which around 157,000 are first doses. Several vaccination sites are in op- This week’s efforts to tackle cases eration across Hounslow to make it around 500 people were vaccinated on gov.uk/surge ing a list of the sites where you can get of the new Delta variant (otherwise as easy as possible for residents to get Saturday (5 June). There are now even Local radio adverts will begin lat- PCR tested and vaccinated, please visit: known as the Indian variant) in the their jab - including pop-up sites at the more places where residents can ac- er this week to encourage everyone www.hounslow.gov.uk/surge or follow borough continue to gather momen- Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha and cess a PCR test too, including Heston to ‘Step up’ as part of the Surge PCR the council on Twitter or Facebook.
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