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Details PAGE 9 full story PAGE 2 Rupa Huq MP forces review Calls For More Action of abortion clinic protests P3 To Protect Green Space £997,000 for Hounslow New London plan was Community released on Wednesday Arts P5 Campaigners were pleased with emphasis on Rare handscroll protecting the green belt breaks record at Chiswick Concerns were raised Auction about noise pollution P11

Local School Campaigners applaud focus use of low-rise, low density on ‘best use of land’ but call industrial estates and the firm benefits from for more action to protect commitment to protecting the Co-Op Fund and enhance green spaces. Green Belt and Metropolitan Campaigners at CPRE Lon- Open Land. Making more effi- P5 don today (Wednesday) cient use of land and protect- welcomed the new London ing London’s precious green Plan published in draft today spaces were high on our list Brentford FC (Wednesday). of priority areas for the new Neil Sinden, Director of CPRE plan. partners with London said: ‘We are encour- ‘But at a time when Hounslow Local Novotel aged by the policies it pro- poses to make more efficient CONTINUED P3 P2

INSIDE LOCAL POLITICS & COUNCIL NEWS P16 WHAT’S ON P28 BUSINESS NEWS P20 Friday 28th July 2017 Friday 1st December 2017chiswickherald.co.ukchiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald chiswickherald.co.ukChiswick Herald Friday 1st December 2017 Friday 28th July 2017 22 LOCAL NEWS chiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.uk LOCAL NEWS 33 Fulham Thief Steals Prosthetic Legs Police are appealing for wit- The victim, aged in her 40s, “I would also appeal to any- Ruth Cadbury Slams nesses and information after a was in a nearby restaurant at one who knows where the Sustained Pressure From Rupa Huq MP Forces woman’s prosthetic legs were the time of the offence. When prosthetic legs are to do the stolen from inside her car. she returned to her vehicle right thing and hand them Last Week’s Budget Officers from Hammersmith and discovered the theft she in to police or inform police Government Review Of Abortion Clinic Protests Ruth Cadbury MP slammed and Fulham received a report alerted the police. where they are. They are of no The issue of harassment in paigning on this issue from own constituency and con- last week’s Budget for “do- of a theft from a motor vehicle Inspector Darren Desa, of use to anyone but the victim.” Ealing and what local MP Ealing Central and Acton versations I’ve had with col- ing nothing for the many, and on Sunday, 26 November. Hammersmith and Fulham No arrests have been made. Rupa Huq has called “the MP Rupa Huq and follows leagues of all parties – includ- taking nothing away from the The theft took place from a ve- Borough, said: “This is a hei- Enquiries continue. menace of Mattock Lane” on from the near unanimous ing Amber Rudd whose own few”. hicle parked on Michael Road, nous crime where heartless Anyone with information is looks like it may be resolved vote by Ealing Council on Hastings seat has one such Speaking in Parliament in the SW6, between 14:30hrs and thieves have stolen the vic- asked to call police on 101 or with the announcement by the 10th of October to look clinic – made me come to the Budget Debate, the Brentford 16:30hrs that day. tim’s personal property, in- Tweet @MetCC. the Home Secretary that the into the introduction of a conclusion that it is high time & Isleworth MP criticised the It is believed that two males cluding her prosthetic legs. Information can also be re- government will undertake a Public Spaces Protection Or- this was addressed. I welcome Government for continuing to on scooters smashed both the This is extremely distressing ported anonymously to review into safety of women der around the Mary Stopes the review then with cautious cut funding for local services, car’s passenger-side windows for the victim. Crimestoppers on 0800 555 around abortion clinics with Clinic on Mattock Lane. Since optimism and hope that it re- doing nothing to address the and stole two bags from the “We would appeal for any wit- 111 or at crimestoppers-uk. a view to changing the law. then Rupa has questioned ports in timely fashion rather housing crisis, and doing far backseat - one containing nesses or anyone with infor- org. The enquiry will examine Home Secretary Amber Rudd than pushing this important too little to help those strug- three prosthetic legs and one mation to contact us as soon evidence gathered from the in Parliament on the issue, issue into the long grass.” gling to make ends meet, par- containing a laptop. as possible. police, local authorities and forced a debate in Parliament The Ealing MP told The Chis- ticularly women on whom the Ruth Cadbury MP healthcare providers. on public order legislations wick Herald “The Home Sec- brunt of cuts fall. years, after already making What Ruth proposed was The review will see what outside of Family Planning retary called on Saturday Ruth Cadbury said “There is £20m cuts over the last two.” “A budget that is commit- more needs to be done and Clinics and has written to the evening to inform me of her nothing in the Budget for local Ruth went on to criticise the ted to investing in Britain, Chiswick School Holds the Policing Minister Nick Home Secretary to ask for the plan to move forward with councils. They are the back- Conservative’s austerity poli- so we have a high skill, high Hurd has written to the Na- introduction of legislation for an in-depth assessment. It is bone of local public services, cies. “The Government has wage economy, investing Consultation Surgery tional Policing Lead for Pro- buffer zones outside of Fam- great that Home Secretary yet are dependent on Govern- blown the post-crash oppor- in our infrastructure north On Monday 4th De- test, Deputy Chief Constable ily Planning Clinics. The let- Rupa Huq MP on BBC News has taken this forward nation- ment grants for around half tunities by an approach that and south. Labour’s budget cember, Chiswick Rachel Swann to begin this ter spearheaded by Rupa was ally from a campaign which their funding. Children’s and has hampered the country’s would have included build- School are offering work before considering what co-signed by another 112 MPs Following a telephone call hensive review into the daily be drawn. This would include began locally in Ealing and is adult social care take up the growth and damaged our ing council housing, pausing families a consultation further action the government from across five Parliamen- from the Home Secretary intimidation that women face silent praying, singing hymns, a huge credit to groups such largest part of their budgets, public services. Seven years and fixing Universal Credit, surgery between the can take to protect those us- tary Parties, with signatories Rupa Huq MP issued the fol- when trying to access NHS displaying foetus images and as Sister Supporter and BPAS but rubbish, roads, parks, li- later wages are down, growth reversing tax-giveaways to times of 4.30pm and ing or working in abortion from 4 party leaders including lowing statement: provided healthcare. Whilst I leaflet distribution. The com- who have worked hard with braries and supporting a host and productivity are both the super-rich, cutting down 7pm clinics. This could include the Labour Party leader Jere- “I have been speaking out welcome this review, the de- plete anonymity of women me to get to this point”. of local organisations that down compared with our on tax avoidance, scrapping Visitors will be offered bolstering existing or creating my Corbyn MP and is thought on this issue in Parliament mands of the original cam- seeking terminations should provide their communities competitor countries. At same the public sector pay cap and up to 15 minutes in a new police and civil powers. to have been particularly in- for some time now, so I am paign remain. A radial zone be protected as one would ex- with services that are all es- time government debt is dou- introducing a real living wage one-to-one meeting The announcement comes in fluential in forcing this action pleased that the Home Secre- to exclude protests within pect with any other NHS pro- sential Council spend”. ble that of 2010 and thanks of at least £10 an hour.” and subject depart- the wake of sustained cam- from the Government. tary is undertaking a compre- 150 metres and no less must cedure. The situation in my “Hounslow Council will have to Brexit, future growth and ment representatives to make £45m cuts to these productivity projections have will be present on the vital services in the next two been further downgraded.” evening. Calls For More Action Wellington Primary To Protect Green Space Continued from front page...

And Hounslow Council Council is proposing to build to help make London a more over Green Belt land the size liveable city.’ Celebrate Expansion of some 150 football pitches, the proof of the plan will be Wellington Primary School A further £12m has allowed modern facilities such as a in what the Mayor does to and Hounslow Council us to develop the new build- stand-alone sports pavilion pursue these aspirations. He marked the completion of ing on Church Meadows and multi-use sport pitch on needs not just to oppose ap- £15m expansion project with which now forms the junior Church Meadows. There is plications for development an official opening ceremony school, opened to pupils early also a brand-new hall, studio, adversely affecting Green Belt on Tuesday 28 November. September this year. food technology room, com- but to challenge emerging The new facilities at the school The Wellington Primary puter suite, groups rooms, plans by London Boroughs to in Sutton Lane, TW3 4LB, is School expansion has enabled library, art room, a newly fit- allocate Green Belt for devel- part of the Council’s extensive the council to meet its pledge ted kitchen and a further 16 opment –such as the alarming expansion programme and to ensure there are enough classrooms. proposals in the draft Houn- part of its pledge to provide places for all pupils in the bor- Debbie Norton, Head teacher slow West of Borough Local sufficient and high quality ough. The expansion has cre- at Wellington Primary School Plan. school places in the borough. ated an additional 420 places said: “We are thrilled with Neil Sinden continued: ‘While To mark the completion of the at Wellington Primary which our new junior school and welcoming recognition of the works, the Mayor of Houn- will support the anticipated the improved facilities for importance of the Green Belt, slow, Councillor Sue Samp- growth in pupil numbers. our pupils. We thank Houn- we are disappointed at the son, joined pupils and staff by Councillor Tom Bruce, Cabi- slow Council for investing in lack of measures to enhance cutting the ribbon to officially net Member for Education, the education of our children the quality and value of Lon- open the new facilities. Children’s Services and Youth and we look forward to this don’s green spaces. Too many The refurbishment and exten- Services, Hounslow Council, fabulous new building serv- parks, for example, are dam- sion will provide additional said: “We have worked hard ing the community for an- aged by noise pollution – sec- classrooms to increase it from to ensure that all our children other 80 years.” ond only to air pollution in its a two-form entry to a four- have a school place as close to For more information about damaging impact on human form entry school. where they live as possible. Hounslow Schools visit health. We would like to see It also includes £3m of re- “For Wellington Primary, this hounslow.gov.uk/schools a much higher priority given modelling and expansion to is an exciting phase and I am to tackling noise and a stra- the existing school which now sure staff and pupils will en- tegic approach to protecting forms the nursery and infants joy the new facilities.” and enhancing a network of school. The project also now has new places of relative tranquillity Friday 28th July 2017 Friday 1st December 2017chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald chiswickherald.co.ukChiswick Herald Friday 1st December 2017 Friday 28th July 2017 44 LOCAL NEWS chiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.uk LOCAL NEWS 55 Ruth Cadbury MP ‘Delighted Brentford FC Partners £997,000 For Hounslow Bedford Park Society To Support’ #Givingtuesday #givingtuesday is the global ple gave $48 million to good With Local Novotel Community Arts Calls For Objections day of giving that follows causes globally, with the UK Brentford Football Club is de- Watermans arts centre in will secure the project’s future Black Friday and Cyber Mon- being the second largest con- lighted to announce another Hounslow has been awarded for another three years. day, as a day to give back. tributor. #Givingtuesday now Official Club Supplier Part- £997,063 from Arts Council Joyce Wilson, London Area To Third Runway Ruth Cadbury MP was in Par- runs in over 70 countries in- nership. The club has entered England to continue a pro- Director, Arts Council Eng- The Bedford Park Society has liament to celebrate the great cluding the US, Canada, Ger- a strategic partnership with gramme of people-focused art land, said: called for objections to a third things that are achieved by many, Spain, Singapore, Aus- local hotel Novotel London and culture development in “Creative People & Places is runway at Heathrow. A mes- charities every day. tralia, Tanzania, Russia and Brentford, solidifying an ex- the area. about more than just great sage on their official website This is the fourth year #giv- Ireland. isting relationship. After more Creative People & Places is art, it’s about supporting com- is as follows: ingtuesday has taken place in It is led in the UK by the than three years working with the Arts Council’s national munities to shape their own “Act now to lodge your ob- the UK, a campaign which en- Charities Aid Foundation, one involved. It’s a great event the Club, Novotel London investment in engaging new arts and culture provision. jections to the Third Runway courages people to ‘do good of Europe’s largest charita- and an exciting opportunity Brentford has now signed audiences in the arts, in areas This is what we’ve seen hap- consultation. Find out more stuff’ for charity. Over 2,000 ble foundations which sup- for charities and businesses up as a Brentford FC Official where there is little or no ac- pening across Hounslow with ing the work of local artists, about how to do this and the charities and businesses have ports charities in managing locally to showcase the work Club Supplier for the 2017/18 cess to arts and culture. the direction of Watermans. to the many participants from points you may want to in- signed up as partners in the their money and helps people they do all year round. Houn- season and beyond. In Hounslow, people’s in- I’m pleased we are able to all backgrounds in the huge, clude. campaign including Cancer and businesses give to good slow Food Box in particular Brentford FC has been using volvement in the arts is sig- continue this project and see annual Winter Lights The Government has extend- Research UK, The Big Give, causes. The strapline for the feeds so many and is in need the nearby Novotel, which is nificantly below the national more impact in this commu- festival. We’ve also seen so ed the consultation period on Royal Bank of Scotland, Mor- campaign is ‘do good stuff’, of donations of non-perish- on the corner of Ealing Road average. nity.” many people inspired by the proposed Third Runway at Heathrow Terminal 5 risons, Sainsbury’s, the Co-Op encouraging people to do an- able food and baby formula and Great West Road – a few Since 2014 Creative People & Watermans leads the Creative taking part in the arts in the Heathrow until 19 December. and have an impact on the SULTATION) to avoid tackling and Radley. ything from donating money, milk.” minutes from Griffin Park, as portive of The Bees. Our First to be supporting our local Place Hounslow has worked People & Places Hounslow range of groups springing up This follows the publication of decision- making process. Of- the technical language in the Ms. Cadbury will be attending volunteering, or simple acts Ashleigh Milson, #givingtues- part of match preparations Team certainly enjoy the set club, Brentford FC, welcom- from the grass roots up to consortium, including com- around the borough, from new information reinforcing ficially produced noise maps online form. Please bear in a Local Tesco’s in Brentford of kindness that have huge day project lead at the Chari- in recent years. Before every up and association with such ing the new signings and create a confident, colour- munity arts organisations, bhangra in the Beavers Estate the negative environmental show that Bedford Park will mind that if you do use the and Isleworth on Thursday to impact. ties Aid Foundation said: home match the Brentford a prestigious hotel property. hosting meetings and events ful and creative borough. a community development to a brass band in Feltham.” impact on west London, par- have significantly increased form, you are free to write kick start their food collection Charities, businesses and indi- “#givingtuesday is a day all players use the modern and Brentford FC are moving into for the Club. Our hotel is per- Led by Watermans, activities trust, Hounslow Music Ser- There are 21 independent ticularly on air pollution lev- and highly disruptive aircraft whatever you want about between Thursday 30th No- viduals can sign up to be part about giving back, and we’re contemporary hotel for their exciting times with the launch fect for business and pleasure have included launching the vice and the local authority. Creative People & Places pro- els, and revised figures put- noise if the new flight paths your objections and that there vember and Saturday 2nd De- of the event at www.giving- delighted to have Ruth Cad- pre-match meal and analysis. of digital partnerships and a with built-in meeting rooms Hounslow Community Choir, Jan Lennox, Director, Water- jects, each located in an area ting Gatwick ahead in terms are organised, as expected, to is no need to give a lengthy cember. Since 2012, over 30 tuesday.org.uk or connect via bury MP on board” It is also used to house new new stadium move. To build for people to work as well as developing arts hubs in the mans, said: in England where people have of the economic benefits. minimise the total number of response whichever medium million meals have been do- Facebook and Twitter. “The UK is one of the most signings before they find per- on our relationship during areas to relax and unwind af- area, supporting small arts or- “It’s been extraordinary work- traditionally had fewer oppor- Even if you lodged an ob- people affected. you use. nated to help FareShare and Ruth Cadbury for MP for generous countries in the manent accommodation in this period and take key part- ter a busy day so is ideal for ganisations with training and ing with so many local people tunities to get involved with jection during the previous You can respond using the The Society is preparing a The Trussell Trust support Brentford and Isleworth said: world, and we at CAF are the area and by the Club for ners on this journey shows the team members to enjoy.” business support, and provid- who have brought so much the arts, including Barking & consultation period, you are online form but it’s probably formal response but we en- people in need across the UK. “I’m delighted to support proud to run this campaign meetings and events. Club taking positive commer- ing free, high-quality art and to this programme, creating Dagenham in East London. asked to add your voice again easier to send your comments courage everyone to submit Last year, #givingtuesday #givingtuesday, supporting here – it’s a fantastic opportu- James Parkinson, Brentford cial steps.” For more information on culture like the Winter Lights the kind of borough that they Projects have reached over in opposing the Third Run- by email: RunwayConsulta- an individual objection, as the broke a Guinness World Re- my local charities and encour- nity to showcase all the great Commercial Director, said: Terence Beach, General Man- Novotel London Brentford, event and drop-in drama at want: from 1.2 million people since 2015, way in order to demonstrate [email protected] (or write volume of objections lodged is cord for the most online do- age everyone in Brentford and things that people and busi- “Novotel London Brentford ager Novotel London Brent- please visit: Benson and Estridge estate. Salisbury Café that was trans- 90% of whom do not regular- the strength of local opinion to: Freepost RUNWAY CON- critical.” nations in 24 hours as peo- Isleworth that is able to to get nesses are doing for charity.” has always been very sup- ford said; “We are delighted novotel.com This new award of £997,063 formed into a gallery featur- ly engage in the arts. Local School Benefits From Co-Op Fund

Student Receive Cheque From Mr Shah, Manager Of The Co Op On Boston Manor Lane Brentford School for Girls was ties. Every time a customer sponsoring us at other func- delighted to receive £1295.96 purchased a product from the tions throughout the year, we from The Co-op Local Com- Boston Manor store over the are all extremely grateful”. munity fund. six month period 1% of the Two students from the school The school’s local Co-op on customer’s total spend went were able to go to meet Mr Boston Manor Road in Brent- towards the school. Shah and his staff to thank ford supported the school Mrs Partington, Brentford them all personally. as one of their local charity School for Girls Business To find out more about The causes. Manager, commented “Store Co-op Community fund pop In total there are more than Manager Mr Shah and his into the local Boston Manor 4,000 causes across the UK team have once again worked Road branch and whilst visit- that benefit from the com- really hard in supporting the ing you could sign up to be- munity fund awards which school with nominating us for come a Co-op Member, it only are supporting and making a this project for a second time costs £1 and makes a differ- difference in local communi- and for their on-going support ence to a cause of your choice. Friday 28th July 2017 Friday 1st December 2017chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald chiswickherald.co.ukChiswick Herald Friday 1st December 2017 Friday 28th July 2017 66 LOCAL NEWS chiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.uk LOCAL NEWS 77 Hounslow’s Foster Carers’ Dedication Honoured At Awards Hounslow Council’s foster The awards ceremony, now Hounslow Council, said: carers have been recognised in its nineteenth year, recog- “Each year we hear about the once again for the commit- nises carers’ long service and truly wonderful dedication ment they show to the bor- outstanding commitment to that our foster carers show to ough’s children in care. looking after local children the children in our care. Foster carers were honoured and young people. “They provide a safe, secure in recognition of their work Awards were presented to: and stable home and just as at the annual foster carers 10 years service importantly care and affec- awards ceremony which took • Naila and Nazir Akhtar tion, for however long these place at the Clayton Hotel, • Freweini Abreha and Goi- children and young people Chiswick, on Friday [17 No- tom Mebrahtu are with them. vember]. • Jacqueline Arnold and Tre- “It’s fantastic to see so many The event was attended by vor Eveleigh carers who have been foster- Maria Pedro, The Queen’s • Jasminder Brar ing for so long, which goes to Representative, Deputy Lieu- • Robin and Debbie Oldcorn show how rewarding being a tenant for Hounslow, Council- • Iffat and Sultan Mahmood foster carer can be.” lor Sue Sampson, the Mayor 15 years service Hounslow currently has 110 of Hounslow, Councillor Steve • Tracy and Paul Treadaway approved households that Curran, Leader of Hounslow 20 years service provide foster care. Council, and Councillor Tom • Paul and Marianne Davies The Council is keen to hear Bruce, Cabinet Member for • Denise and Nigel Sargeant from residents who are in- Education, Children’s Servic- • Angie Worsfold terested in becoming a foster es and Youth Services, Houn- 25 years service carer. To find out more about slow Council. • Bhinder Bhomra it and for more details on the They were joined by the • Theresa Potter service, visit Council’s fostering team, the Councillor Tom Bruce, Cabi- director of children’s services, net member for Education hounslow.gov.uk/fostering Dedication Rewarded: Sultan Mahmood Collects An Award On Behalf Of Him And His and ward councillors. and Children’s Services, Wife Iffat Mahmood. He Is Pictured With The Mayor Of Hounslow , Cllr Sue Sampson And Cllr Tom Bruce, Cabinet Member For Education, Children’s Services And Youth Ser- vices, Hounslow Council.

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She ative Government’s continued told the House of Commons failure to clarify the rights of “As a London MP, I am acutely EU citizens currently living in aware of the housing crisis in the United Kingdom. our capital. The UK property A recent poll from the EU market seems to be skewed by citizens’ group the3million the apparently uncontrolled claims that the Government’s flow of anonymous and po- proposed ‘settled status’ is tentially laundered money overwhelmingly rejected by of supporting civil liberties public services as Brexit be- from those secrecy jurisdic- EU citizens living in UK. nationally and locally. gins to deter EU nationals tions.” Huq then addressed “The Government’s willing- Hounslow has the 7th high- from coming to work in the the Stamp Duty exemption ness to play games with the est concentration of European UK. announced earlier in the day rights of EU citizens will be citizens of any constituency in “Liberal Democrats are pas- on properties selling at up to cused on issues related to the haviour of Bono of U2 was met with anger and anxiety the whole of the United King- sionately committed to pro- £300k to help first time buy- revelations in the so-called close to the edge.” by the thousands of EU citi- dom, all of whom are entitled tecting the full rights of EU ers claiming “the Office for ‘Paradise Papers’ which identi- After the debate she told us zens living in Chiswick and to vote at local elections. Lo- citizens living here and to Budget Responsibility is al- fied how a variety individuals “I was very disappointed with Hounslow. While they rightly cal Liberal Democrats are defending those rights in the ready saying that it will only and multi-national companies the government response. Da- Gunnersbury Park worry about their futures, the concerned about the impact face of a divisive Tory Brexit. inflate prices rather than ad- have sheltered their wealth in vid Cameron at least talked Hounslow Council has com- from April 2018. made.” Conservatives keep treating of Brexit on the rights of Chis- They should be concerned lo- dress the real problem.” In- secretive tax havens and fol- the talk on cracking down on mitted to take back the man- Councillor Samia Chaudhary, “As such, the transfer will help them and Britons living in the wick’s many EU citizens and cal Conservative councilors deed the OBR have claimed lowed the budget statement. corruption but from Theresa agement of the borough’s Cabinet Member for Green achieve the Council’s prom- EU as pawns in their dodgy their families. Gillie’s own won’t stand up against Brexit that those who will benefit Huq also pointed out that it May there has been no ac- parks, all of which it owns, Policy and Leisure, Hounslow, ises of making Hounslow a chess game,” said Chris Gillie, mother, who is French, is ‘dis- because some voted for it. As most from the Chancellor’s was morally wring to dodge tion in a government with the from contractors Carillion. said; “By making this change, cleaner, greener borough, en- Councillor Steve Curran prospective Lib Dem council tressed’ about whether she for Labour, who knows where move are those who already tax even when legally possi- wrong priorities all round: At a Cabinet meeting last all the borough’s parks will be couraging active and healthy Shopping local is the key as a host of festive events tak- Councillor Steve Curran, candidate for the Turnham will have a right to stay and they REALLY stand on Brexit own homes. ble and took a pot shot at one they didn’t even mention so- night [ Tuesday, 21 Novem- maintained to the same high communities, and delivering Small Business Saturday re- ing place across the borough Leader of Hounslow Council Green ward. on what terms. and locally residents can’t The debate which was led by of the most famous offenders cial care which is the biggest ber], it was agreed that the standards, investment made quality services and value for turns to Hounslow on Satur- to entertain families as they said: “We encourage all resi- The Liberal Democrats sup- Local Liberal Democrats are afford to give Labour carte the Parliamentary Group on when she declared in Parlia- crisis of our times for any Council’s wholly-owned com- in new vehicles and equip- money.” day 2 December. shop, including at the Isle- dents and visitors to the bor- port the #RightToStay cam- also concerned about the im- blanche next May,” said Gillie. Anti-corruption, of which Dr ment “Even if he acted within MP”. pany, Lampton 360, will used ment, and savings of over Residents are being urged to worth Christmas market, ough on Saturday 2 Decem- paign and have a long history pact on the local NHS and Huq is co-chair, largely fo- the letter of the law, the be- to handle parks management £1 million per year will be think about visiting the shops which hosts over 30 stalls. ber to celebrate and support that are on their doorstep in Other town centres will also the local shops and businesses town centres across the bor- be in full flow for Christmas and the part they play in the ough in what is said to be the with a range of crafts, food community. busiest shopping day of the and more on offer. “We want to make sure our year, with three weeks to go Small Business Saturday, an local businesses are given the to Christmas Day. initiative that originated in support they need to thrive as This year, there is an opportu- the United States, is now held much as possible. On this, the nity for a local retailer to be annually and in recent years busiest shopping day in the crowned winner of a festive has seen the profile of local run up to Christmas, there’s shop window of the year com- businesses rise as residents no better time to visit your lo- petition. and visitors were encouraged cal High Street and perhaps A reminder that entries must to visit independent shops find something different for be in by Thursday 30 Novem- and spend time in their local your gifts this year and show ber – businesses are asked to High Street as they hunt for your support at the same send in a photograph of their Christmas gifts. time.” decorated window and con- The event is also aimed at cre- For more details on Small tact details to enquiries@in- ating a more long-term boost Business Saturday, visit vesthounslow.com for local businesses and the smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com/ On Saturday, there will be communities they are in.

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A rare Says Local Specialist have launched in the borough the way public sector debts port them in addressing this the vulnerable while maxim- handscroll broke the house Small businesses received – with a brief to save public are handled, applying Finan- challenge.” ising the money collected. record for the top price some welcome backing in to- funds by ending the use of cial Conduct Authority (FCA) “There is a huge gulf between “With an organisation the size achieved for a single Lot. The day’s Budget, according to a bailiffs for council tax collec- standards to public debts, as best practice in the private of H&F there is enormous remarkable 30 metre hand- local tax specialist. tion, and helping residents well as private sector debts. sector and normal practice in scope to set up a system of scroll sold for an impressive Franck Sidon who runs TaxA- avoid debt in the first place. The scheme – called H&F the public sector, and we want ethical debt collection that £267,600 including premium. ssist Accountants in Chiswick “The Government has clearly “Business rates will now in- In a revolutionary new joint Ethical Debt Collections – will to see Financial Conduct Au- increases efficiencies, raises Competitive bidding in the seurs gathered for esoteric from the late 19th century to said: “Local business owners listened to the Federation of crease in line with the con- venture, Hammersmith & Ful- see the ending of the use of simple terms, it means never with former tenant arrears thority standards applied to funds for the council to re- saleroom and on the tele- artistic and philosophical de- the early 20th century dem- have grown used to bearing Small Businesses and halted sumer prices index, instead of ham Council and 1st Credit bailiffs for council tax debt asking anyone to pay more and housing benefit overpay- all,” added Cllr Schmid. invest in local services and phones saw a record sale total bates with honoured guests onstrate their grief at the col- the brunt of Budget changes plans to lower the VAT thresh- the higher retail prices index are setting out to improve the from 1 April 2018, avoiding than they can afford, treating ments. Other types of debt “The consequences of poor protects its residents from the with a hammer of just over invited to contribute. lapse of over 2,000 years of and new legislation and re- old. Keeping that at £85,000 and many local businesses treatment of those who owe increased hardship for resi- people with courtesy and re- will soon be phased in. debt collection practices put negative effects of debt.” £1.1 million achieved across The work, illustrated and me- Imperial China. ceiving little in return, but for the next two years will will be delighted to see the debts to the council. We also dents and greater expense for spect, and carrying out proper There will also be work to a strain on our council budg- This new venture continues Fine Chinese Paintings and ticulously catalogued across The painting boasts remark- the Autumn Budget has at last be welcome news for many back of the so-called ‘staircase want to dramatically reduce the council. income and expenditure as- help residents avoid debt, ets as well as those across the a move, which started in Oc- Asian Art. 8 pages in the printed cata- able provenance which can given them some good news small firms and self-employed tax’ which would have hiked the number of cases that end “Using bailiffs can have un- sessments to agree what can with the council identifying public sector and can be dev- tober 2015, to help residents The star lot, by internation- logue, won the prestigious be traced back to when it to encourage investment and business people. The personal their rates bills if their work- up in court. intended consequences. For be paid and over what period. individuals at risk of falling astating to the wellbeing of in the borough avoid getting ally recognised Chinese artist, ASIAN ART IN LONDON 2017 was first created. Past own- growth. allowance will increase to space was split over more “Heavy handed debt collec- example, if a bailiff pressures It’ll take us a little time to into trouble, and taking steps families affected. into troubling debt situations Xu Naigu (1785 – 1835), fea- Commendment Award. ers have included the artist’s “The £44 billion housing in- £11,850 from April and the than one floor of a building. tion in the public sector is someone into paying their make the change, but we’ll do to assist. “In addition, costs of tem- with the council. tures 97 calligraphic inscrip- Other stand-out results in- nephew, Xu Gengshen (1825 vestment announcement will higher rate threshold moves More frequent valuations are counter-productive: court ac- council tax arrears at the so by April next year. Joanna Elson OBE, chief ex- porary accommodation, in- Since then, our Rental Income tions which span 127 years by clude a landscape painting – 1893) whilst the previous be a welcome contribution to to £46,350. also welcome and many lo- tion, bailiffs and lawyers all expense of their rent, they “Our decision to not use ecutive of the Money Advice creased demand on tempo- Team recruited three new renowned historical figures. by Huang Binhong (1864 – owner received the painting local economies, with many “Cancelling the planned rise cal pubs will benefit from a cost money, and can create are more likely to be evicted bailiffs is not going to allow Trust, the charity that runs rary housing, social services staff members tasked with Contributors include the Chi- 1955) which sold for £51,250 as a wedding gift from her local businesses, particularly in fuel duty will help those £1,000 discount for another high levels of stress and anxi- and end up in temporary ac- anyone who should be pay- National Debtline, said; “Our and education services, af- advising residents on manag- nese scholar, Weng Tonghe incl. premium and was the father in 1974 in Hong Kong. in the construction industry, businesses which deliver year. ety in families that find them- commodation. This can have ing their taxes to avoid doing research shows that while the fects physical and mental ing their accounts with the (1830 – 1904), who was ap- featured Lot on the catalogue The work exemplifies the so- reaping benefits. products and services to our “We will be looking in more selves in debt,” said Cllr Max severe emotional costs for so. Anyone who can afford to overall use of bailiffs by lo- healthcare – can all result council. pointed as tutor to two con- cover. A calligraphic hanging cial relationships that existed “Many local business owners homes, where cars and vans detail at the many announce- Schmid, H&F Cabinet Mem- the evicted family and huge pay but refuses to do so will cal authorities is increasing from heavy-handed use of Since then, the team has dealt secutive Emperors, and the scroll by Huang Daozhou (at- between collectors and con- will also be looking at avail- are essential not a luxury. ments made by the Chancel- ber for Finance. financial costs for the council be will be pursued using more across England and Wales, bailiffs, putting a strain on the with 763 local residents to Chinese journalist and mem- tributed to, 1585 – 1646) also noisseurs across many genera- able opportunities under the Many business owners will lor which will impact on small “We are determined to offer and other parts of the public effective, and more ethical, le- there are councils working public purse.” generate £798,000 in extra ber of the Chinese Nationalist sold for £52,500 incl. premi- tions. The important standing £2.5 billion scaled-up British also be relieved that vans are businesses, but overall there an ethical approach to debt sector. gal means.” extremely hard to improve Eddie Nott, UK Managing Di- income for the council, while Party, Dai Jitao whose specu- um. of many of the contributors is Business Bank, the £500 mil- excluded from the planned has at last been some recogni- management that both helps “So instead of bailiffs, we The joint venture has already their debt collection practices. rector of 1st Credit, said: “It helping residents avoid the lated love child was adopted Begun in 1821, the scroll unu- testament to the reputation of lion investment announced increase in vehicle excise duty tion for the over five million residents at risk of falling into will be using our own ethical started taking over collections Hammersmith & Fulham are is time for public sector debt stress of falling into debt. by President Chiag Kai-shek sually has no inscriptions be- the artist, Xu Naigu, and the for new technologies includ- for diesel vehicles. In the fu- small businesses across the debt and saves money for debt collection approach. In in the borough, beginning leading the way in showing collection to change. We have (1887 – 1975). tween 1828 and 1898 until it various owners of the paint- ing 5G mobile networks and ture, local business owners U.K. who contribute a massive The handscroll would have was ‘rediscovered’ by loyalists ing thereafter. fibre broadband and £2.3 bil- will want to look closely at £1.8 trillion to our economy.” been displayed at literati to the waning Qing dynasty. lion investment in research the potential benefits of elec- Stylish living... naturally gatherings where connois- The inscriptions which date and development. tric cars as company vehicles.

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Order online www.greige.co.uk or call us Tel: 020 3141 9030 - Chiswick London Friday 1st December 2017 Chiswick Herald Friday 28th July 2017 chiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.ukChiswick Herald Friday 1st December 2017 Friday 28th July 2017 Friday 28th July 2017 LOCAL NEWSchiswickherald.co.uk 13 1212 LOCAL NEWS chiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.uk13 13 St Paul’s Girls’ School Receives Ruth Cadbury Defies Kew House School Fund Assault Claims By Ex-Pupils Businessman Outdoor Playground Jailed For Party Whip On For Swan Centre Parents at Kew House School Heathrow Thefts raise money for outdoor play A businessman from Germany including an Apple laptop, EU Customs Union area and specially trained who stole airport passen- Louis Vuitton trainers and a Ruth Cadbury, MP for Brent- therapy dog at Strand Schools’ gers’ luggage worth around Chanel handbag, then left the ford and Isleworth, defied Swan Centre as part of a col- £20,000 during work trips to remaining luggage behind. party whip late Monday night laboration between the two London has been jailed for 16 In the early hours of 23 Oc- to vote for the UK to stay in local schools. months today (Tuesday, 21 tober, Heathrow Airport Ltd the EU Customs Union. As part of their ethos of look- November). identified that Beil was at the She voted in support of La- ing beyond the school to the Isleworth Crown Court heard airport and informed the Avi- bour backbencher Ian Mur- local community, how the Met Police and ation Policing Command. ray’s amendment designed to Kew House School pupils and Heathrow Airport Ltd teamed Beil, who was due at a busi- preserve the customs union parents have been inspired up to identify and arrest Bjorn ness meeting in central Lon- - which was rejected by 311 to fundraise on behalf of The opens officially on November experienced volunteering and Beil, 36 (16.12.80) from Düs- don that day, went to the votes to 76. Swan Centre, which supports 17, 2017. the transformative power of seldorf after he stole suitcases luggage carousel for another Mr Murray’s amendment to local children with a diagnosis Friends of Kew House also social action first hand. Time during trips to the Capital on flight where he stole a- suit the Taxation (Cross-border of Autism Spectrum Disorder. funded the purchase and spent at The Swan Centre 13 September and 4 October case. Trade) Bill excluded EU im- By working together with the training of cockapoo Otis, a counts towards The Duke of this year. Officers caught him red-hand- Bjorn Beil ports from new powers allow- team at Strand Schools and specially trained therapy dog, Edinburgh accreditation, in- Beil pleaded guilty to nine ed, arresting him moments for the luggage carousels and ing the government to impose with the enthusiastic support who is much loved by the chil- dividuals in Society and Art, counts of theft at the same later as he headed to a toilet. helped himself to other peo- duties after Brexit. and kind donations of par- dren at the Swan centre. and offers work experience court on 24 October. They found his mobile phone ple’s suitcases. 26 other Labour MP’s voted ents, Friends of Kew House Vanessa Townsend, Headmis- opportunities. Officers from the Met’s Avia- contained photos of some “The Met and Heathrow Air- in support of the amendment, School designed, commis- tress of Strand on the Green Says Mark Hudson, Headmas- tion Policing Command fol- of the items he had stolen, port worked together to iden- as well as two europhile Con- sioned and funded the trans- Infant and Nursery School ter at Kew House School, “the lowed a number of lines of including the Louis Vuitton tify Beil and ensure he was servative MPs, Kenneth Clarke formation of a dreary terrace said “We are thrilled with Otis collaboration between our enquiry, including trawling trainers. brought before the courts. and Anna Soubry. into an imaginative, nature- and our new play area and two schools and the willing- through hours of airport Investigating officer, PC Barry “We are now working to re- Ms Cadbury’s constituency inspired, outdoor play area. committed to growing the re- ness of Friends of Kew House St Paul’s Girls’ School in Brook Green, Hammersmith CCTV from the two days, in Munnelly of the Aviation Po- turn the stolen items to their voted to remain in the EU at ticle 50 and Clause 1 of the MPs return on Tuesday at The playground was concep- lationship between our two School to support our efforts St Paul’s Girls’ School (SPGS) drama piece. Fletcher, headmistress said order to identify Beil. licing Command, said: “Beil owners, where possible, and the referendum by 56.7% to EU Withdrawal Bill, which 11.30am for Foreign Office tualised by Hammersmith- schools.” in these community-building has received claims of abuse The school, located in Ham- on those who came forward CCTV showed him stealing used his business trips as an to identify if anyone else was 43.3% Leave. repeals the European Com- questions before they re- based, landscape designer Working together on this pro- activities genuinely helps our happening between the 1970s mersmith and Fulham, has “Two wrote from personal ex- luggage from carousels and opportunity to commit crime a victim.” She is a strong supporter of munities Act 1792 - the leg- sume consideration of the EU Nicola Lesbirel and construct- ject has been of significant school to grow and our stu- and 1990s, after asking ex-pu- passed on relevant informa- perience, others about what taking it into toilets, where he in the UK. When he arrived the European Union, having islation for the UK originally Withdrawal Bill at committee ed by educational playground benefit to everyone because, dents to succeed.” pils for stories for a upcoming tion to the authorities. Sarah they had heard from friends.” helped himself to valuables at the airport, Beil headed voted against triggering Ar- joining the EU. stage. specialists Beeston Jones; it in return, KHS students have Friday 28th July 2017 Friday 1st December 2017chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald chiswickherald.co.ukChiswick Herald Friday 1st December 2017 Friday 28th July 2017 1414 LOCAL NEWS chiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.uk LOCAL NEWS 15 The Cognitive Healthy Ageing Lib Dem MP Layla Moran Apprenticeship Network Register for Interventional Makes Local Visit Ealing’sCelebrates finest apprentices the Year was Narmeen Tahir set through Success Evolve’s work in Year, for small, medium em- and Observational Trials were celebrated as part of who began with employer finding new prospective ap- ployer and large employer re- A collaboration between Imperial College London, Primary Care and the Community. the Apprenticeship Network Catalyst earlier this year. prentices and linking them up spectively. Awards on Wednesday, 15 No- Since joining the company, with businesses. Catalyst established a new ap- The numbers of patients with haps) decades prior to disease prediction and subsequent di- take part in research studies vember at Ealing Town Hall. Narmeen has taken on many A first for the awards saw prenticeship scheme in 2017 Alzheimer’s disease and other onset. Hence the urgent need agnosis and disease progres- for the prevention of Alzhei- The awards also honoured the roles as part of the commu- the ‘significant achievement that encourages more people late-life dementias are increas- for studies involving cogni- sion. This is the main objec- mer’s disease and other late- highest achieving training as- nity development arm known award’ presented which cel- from different backgrounds ing exponentially world-wide, tively healthy volunteers to tive of the CHARIOT Register, life diseases. sessor, apprentice supervisor as Catalyst Gateway where ebrates apprentices who to apply for each position. due to the unprecedented help us better understand this a collaboration between GPs, and employers who all pro- she worked alongside the re- make the ‘greatest journey’ to While, Once Upon A Time increase of longevity. Late- pre-clinical period; factors Imperial College researchers By Professor Lefkos Middle- vide outstanding support and generation and anti-social be- achieve success. Ben Sutton Day Nurseries now delivers onset dementia is already the that may confer risk or protec- and the wider community of ton and Dr Chi Udeh-Momoh services to apprentices. haviour teams. was the well-deserved win- its own training which allows number 1 cause of death and tion, as well as markers of risk Londoners volunteering to In its fifth year, the 100 ap- Whilst getting involved with ner having undertaken an ap- the company to deliver be- is fast becoming a major so- prenticeships in 100 days different tasks and projects, prenticeship whilst caring for spoke programmes for each cio-economic and healthcare Are you between 60 and 85 years old and campaign has received 81 Narmeen consistently ex- his grandmother and being and every employee at Level a truly living income. For our suring our young people can world challenge, as the global keen to contribute towards our pledges so far to create new celled and was an invaluable homeless. He was able to find 2 and beyond.- young people, an apprentice- really reach their full poten- annual costs of dementia care understanding of Alzheimer’s disease? apprenticeships from 27 busi- asset to the company and a work-life balance where he Supervisor of the Year was ship represents a fantastic way tial.” now exceed one trillion US The CHARIOT: PRO substudy is researching how various factors such Layla Moran, who is the Ed- Young people. Speaking nesses and there’s still time provided the added bonus of took the opportunities given won by Laura O’Neill from of learning new skills, gaining For more details on the ap- as genetics, biology and environment might contribute to the dollars, which is greater than development of memory problems. ucation spokesperson, is a up for this is why I entered for more employers to sign being able to speak to Punjabi to him and undertook fur- A2Dominion while Joe Bren- real world experience, at the prenticeship programme, the annual combined costs of Physics teacher by profession, politics. I feel compelled to up. The campaign finishes on speaking customers. ther training and promotion nan from Joe Brennan Train- same time as earning an in- visit www.ealing.gov.uk/ We are looking to enrol 500 healthy volunteers to help us with this cancer and cardiovascular dis- ground-breaking research. The CHARIOT: PRO substudy will last about formerly working as a Head change the fact that an indi- Saturday, 9 December which Highly commended were the through Affinity Works. ing celebrated winning the come in the workplace. apprenticeships or call 020 eases. Yet, we still have little 4 years and will involve visits to our sites in West London. of Year in an international vidual’s chances of success are offers access to quality em- efforts of Megan Walsh who By July 2017, Ben had com- Assessor of the Year honour, “In exchange, local businesses 8825 6234. If you are unem- understanding of their causes Would you like to help? school. She read Physics at intimately linked to the back- ployment and related train- took up an administration pleted his Qualifications and especially for his work in de- get passionate young people, ployed, living in the Borough You may be able to take part in the CHARIOT: PRO substudy if you: and still lack effective demen- Imperial College and holds ground of their parents, rath- ing. role with Evolve Learning Credit Framework and ICT veloping construction appren- keen to get ahead in life, will- and more than 18 years old, tia treatments. Unlike other • Are aged 60 to 85 years an MA in Comparative Edu- er than their own potential.” Overall, the campaign has Group, the business develop- functional skill. Affinity Works tices. ing and able to take on new WEST can help. The scheme • Have a close friend, relative or spouse who can attend 4 of the study devastating diseases, such as visits with you cation. Layla has lots of local At the meeting it was an- seen over 200 businesses ment arm of the Ealing, Ham- offered him a permanent posi- Councillor Peter Mason, cabi- trades and professions. I’m so has helped more than 100 lo- • Have no major health issues malignant cancers and heart • Have no memory problems* connections as she lived in Ac- nounced that the party’s make more than 500 pledges mersmith and West London tion and identified further IT net member for prosperity, proud of the network of em- cal people into jobs or train- attacks, Alzheimer’s disease, ton and campaigned on many membership has doubled in to recruit apprentices as part College. Megan progressed related courses that will en- skills, employment and trans- ployers, trainers and supervi- ing since it was set up by the *Even if you think you have experienced memory changes, you might still be able to the most common form of take part. A study doctor will discuss this with you to determine if this research is right local issues including crime the last year showing the fu- of the council’s Apprentice- from being unemployed and hance his professional devel- formation, said: “As the world sors who work to make this council in 2015, with the sup- late-onset dementia, has a for you. and local schools. ture is brighter as many Con- ship Network with the annual going through the council’s opment. of work is rapidly changing, happen, and who come to- port of the Mayor of London. If you think that you, or someone you know, can help us with this important long pre-clinical period of research, please contact the CHARIOT: PRO study team today. Layla Moran MP said: “I was servative and Labour party awards celebrating the mile- WEST (Work, Education, Sup- Once Upon A Time Day Nurs- we’re committed as ever to gether each year to celebrate Call 020 8825 9894 or email progressive accumulation of delighted to have been ap- members defect due to the is- stones of all involved. port and Training) scheme, eries and Catalyst were both enable people in the borough and reward all the hard work [email protected] for fur- For more information, please call us on 020 7594 7371 brain disease, extending (per- or email [email protected] pointed the Lib Dem spokes- sue of Brexit. Crowned the Apprentice of to now being a valuable as- awarded Employer of the to get employment that pays and effort that goes into en- ther information. person for Education and Christmas FoodBox Appeal

Faced with hungry families and hundreds of families will to sidestep political issues. from Chiswick to Feltham, be having problems with Uni- Hounslow has been leading Hounslow Community Food- versal Credit.” the roll-out of Universal Cred- Box will be staying open on While shelves at the food bank it, with its well-publicised Christmas Eve in an attempt in Brickfield Close, Brentford, problems. to put food on every table appear full, the demand from FoodBox trustee Cllr Kather- next day, and to provide eve- hungry families is at an all- ine Dunne said: “We’re one of ry child with a present from time high and supplies are the areas of the country which Santa. being used up rapidly. And it’s has the most people on Uni- Ruth Cadbury MP is warn- not just food that’s wanted, versal Credit. We have over ing that it will be the “worst it’s toys. 12,500 people on Universal Christmas ever” for many Volunteer Tina Noel said: Credit.” families across the borough. “We’re going to deliver a week And Tina Noel explained: She said: “It’s going to be ter- before Christmas so every “Everyone who comes in here rible. I mean, really worry- child is going to get a present is hungry. At the moment it’s ing that there will be families of some kind. because of Universal Credit. around here who will have no “We’re coming in Christmas That’s 90 per cent.’ Christmas dinner, nothing for Eve. We’ll all have Christmas Now FoodBox is mounting the children, no presents for hats on, mince pies on the a pre-Christmas campaign the children. I think this is go- table, lots of Coca-cola and for donations and volunteers ing to be the worst Christmas stuff, just to make sure that on to enable it to cope with the for too many local families Christmas Day all our clients expected Christmas crisis. that there ever has been. have something to eat – and Can you help save someone’s “We’re talking thousands – presents for the kids, crayons, Christmas? thousands of families are on teddy bears.” Universal Credit, hundreds As a charity, FoodBox tries Friday 28th July 2017 FridayFriday 1st 7th December September 2017 2017chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald chiswickherald.co.ukChiswick Herald Friday 1st December 2017 Friday 28th July 2017 16 COUNCIL NEWS & LOCAL POLITICS chiswickherald.co.ukchiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.uk COUNCIL NEWS & LOCAL POLITICS 1717 The Government Not Tackling the Housing Crisis Hounslow Council Supports High Court Ends Long by MP for Brentford and Isleworth Ruth Cadbury Mayor Of London’s The lack of truly afford- The Chancellor repeated the need to aspire again to build- Running Legal Battle able housing in London is mantra that the only sustain- ing good quality, affordable to New Anti-Knife Movement Hounslow Council has suc- the biggest policy challenge able way of making housing all stable permanent homes. Hounslow Council has wel- jointly to take action on all cessfully concluded action for the Government now, more affordable in the long Truly affordable rents will cut comed the new anti-knife forms of crime, including against the illegal occupa- and one they are refusing term is to build more homes; the benefit bill that currently crime movement – ‘London knife crime and anti-social be- tion of Council land at Water- to tackle. The Chancellor, yet there isn’t a jot evidence to goes to private landlords, and needs You Alive – don’t carry haviour. mans Park and the riverside in presenting last week’s say that building more homes a major building programme a knife.’ Councillor Hanif Khan, Cabi- at Brentford by a number of Budget, said that the Gov- in London will bring prices will help the economy. The Mayor of London, Sadiq net Member for Community boat owners who challenged ernment is determined to down in the current distorted Achieving this isn’t rocket sci- Khan, launched a new cam- Protection, Hounslow Coun- its ownership and rights to fix the broken housing mar- housing market. But even if it ence. Council housing is a paign this week to stop knife cil, said: “We fully support the occupy the area. ket and restore the dream did - shaving a few thousand good investment, with rents crime, which has the support Mayor of London’s anti-knife Legal costs of more than of home ownership for a of the asking prices. wouldn’t providing a guaranteed re- of some of the capital’s most campaign and the messages it £300,000 have been award- new generation. But here help anyone earning less than turn, so Councils should be influential Londoners and an- includes. ed against eight boat own- arrive. fees and those who visit the in West London many peo- £100,000 or without a 6-fig- free to borrow to build. Whilst ti-knife campaigners. “It is so important that peo- ers who took the Council to Hounslow Council has been marina, they are also getting ple just dream of having a ure deposit from the bank of the Chancellor announced a The campaign focuses on the ple, especially young peo- court. They have to make an given planning permission rid of waste directly into the home, let alone owning one, Mum and Dad limited lifting of the borrow- value and potential of Lon- ple, are made aware of the immediate interim payment to redevelop this waterfront river and trespassing to access and that’s why I challenged According to the Govern- ing cap, this is only a start, don’s teenagers and is a key consequences of knife crime of £150,000 within 21 days of site. Residents who have le- their boats. the Housing and Local Gov- ment’s own figures average and requires Councils to com- part of the Mayor’s ground- and that they actually have a the order. gitimate moorings, have com- “The Council gave the boat ernment Minister last week prices in London are 12 times pete for the privilege. breaking Knife Crime Strategy positive role to play, in telling If any person fails to move, plained that it is not fair that owners every opportunity to in Parliament to explain the the average worker’s salary, To really tackle the problem which got underway in June. those who do carry knives or and does not remove their illegal boaters at Watermans settle this matter including Government’s position. so we need significant Gov- the Government needs to fund Furthermore the Government 2022-3. for viruses, but no liability It is asking young people to are thinking of doing so, it is Mayor of London boats, electrical cables, pipes Park have continued to moor mediation to agree a date for I meet young and even not-so- ernment support to build new home building on a mas- is pushing £3.2bn on a stamp- The Government has got its is accepted for any damage post on social media to their not right, it is not good and Sadiq Khan and services to their boats, without paying any mooring them to leave which they ig- young people locally who are homes that local people on all sive scale. The £2bn promised duty giveaway to 3,500 first priorities on housing com- caused by any virus transmit- family and friends telling don’t do it. saddens me that some young the Council is entitled to re- fees. In addition, many of the nored. unlikely to be able to leave but high salaries can afford. for the affordable housing time buyers; that’s £924,000, pletely wrong, and Londoners ted by this e-mail. This e-mail them why London needs them “We continue to work closely people feel the need to carry a move the boats and all the boats are sub-standard and “Watermans Park has been their parents home for years. Hounslow Council alone has programme is a drop in the or three new Council homes and those who want to live address is not secure, is not alive and why they shouldn’t with the local police and also knife. Best case scenario – go- services to them after 21 days dangerous. earmarked for development I meet so many families who around 10,000 households ocean of what is needed and for every buyer it benefits. in London, are losing out. UK encrypted and should not be carry a knife. all our communities in the ing to prison and ruining your of the order. Councillor Steve Curran, including a new marina which have been made homeless, registered as being in housing the small print of the Budget Cutting stamp duty will just Parliament Disclaimer: This e- used for sensitive data. To help spread the message, borough as they all can help future. Worst case scenario – The judgement handed down Leader of Hounslow Council, will create jobs for local peo- having to live for years in need, so the national promise Red Book has revealed that push prices up, won’t increase mail is confidential to the in- the Mayor approached young make Hounslow a safe and dying or seriously injured and by Judge Wulwik, on 17 No- said: “I am pleased that this ple and revitalise the area. We poor quality, temporary ac- of 25,000 “affordable” homes the £2bn promised for afford- housebuilding, and was tried tended recipient. If you have artists and campaigners to en- great place to live, work, go no future. Choose a different vember, was a “penal notice” long running dispute is now want to make sure that eve- commodation they can hardly is a drop in the ocean of what able housing is in fact coming and stopped by the coali- received it in error, please courage young people to take to school and to visit.” scenario – don’t carry a knife, making non-compliance a at an end. These boats are ryone is moored there legally Contact Ruth Cadbury: afford, always at risk of hav- is needed. from a cut in spending on oth- tion Government. What’s notify the sender and delete part. Chief Superintendent Raj stay alive and enjoy life.” criminal offence against all moored unlawfully. Not only and to create a clean, safe and Constituency Office ing to move. And we are all The last time this country build er housebuilding programmes more, the amount it will cost it from your system. Any un- Hounslow Council and the Kohli, Hounslow Police Bor- For more on the campaign, boat owners and any third are they being unfair to own- accessible marina that can be Tel: aware of the shocking rise more than 250,000 homes a particularly “accelerated taxpayers overshadows the authorised use, disclosure, Metropolitan Police work ough Commander, said: “It visit www.london.gov.uk party who may subsequently ers who pay their mooring enjoyed by all.” 0208 581 3646 in rough sleeping in the last year was in the 1970’s and construction” and “starter Universal Credit changes an- or copying is not permitted. Email: seven years. 40% were council homes. We homes” - so not new money. nounced that cost £185m by This e-mail has been checked [email protected] Council Delivers On Its Liberal Democrats gain Council u-turn to help vulnerable residents Promise To Stop HMOs

Over the past week I have felt like a Chiswick version of Vince Cable, who correctly predicted the financial crash before it happened. As an opposition Leader, it is my role as the Liberal Demo- crat Leader to example what Ealing Council are doing and to scrutinise and predict the future so I can offer advice. Often the advice may be administration agreed to a a blind eye. After a long cam- thought to be wrong but two u-turn which we supported, paign, the Liberal Democrats examples clearly show my which reverses a decision take are glad that the Council has judgement to be spot on; Eal- two years ago that caused reversed its decision. Hounslow Council has put wellbeing of an area. The decision comes in the ing Council’s IT disaster a few thousands of vulnerable peo- What was a small amount in place measures to prevent Councillor Steve Curran, same week that Hounslow years ago and very recently, ple to be in a worse financial of money required, will help houses in the Hanworth ward Leader of Hounslow Council, helped draw Government at- the benefit cuts causing many situation, in arrears or made the lives of thousands of vul- of the borough becoming said: “The type of properties tention to unscrupulous de- to suffer. homeless. nerable residents in the bor- Homes of Multiple Occupa- in Hanworth, many of which velopers and landlords reap- The IT disaster was caused So two years ago, the Liberal ough. Both these decisions tion (HMOs). were built in the 1930s, are ing massive rental income by a lack of investment in IT Democrats were the ONLY have showed that the Liberal At a Cabinet meeting on Tues- completely inappropriate to from very small flats in con- infrastructure from the Con- party to vote against the La- Democrats should be heard. day, [21 November], the deci- be converted to HMOs. verted houses. servatives in charge that led bour proposals to cut Coun- We listen to what residents sion was taken to withdraw “We consulted on our inten- Working with BBC 1 TV’s to a week where the website cil Tax Support benefits from are saying and turn this into permitted development rights tion to prevent HMOs being Inside Out programme, evi- and call centre was down. thousands of vulnerable resi- plans that will help residents which enable property owners created in the area and re- dence has been presented to Soon after the disaster, the dents. or stop many others from suf- to change the use of a house ceived overwhelming sup- Clive Betts MP, chair of the Council agreed to my pro- I got into politics to help the fering. without planning permission. port. I am delighted that we Government’s Communities posal to hold an investigation most vulnerable. Despite say- Councils must have appropri- have now been able to take and Local Government Com- and soon invested about £1.2 ing that thousands of resi- ate justification to withdraw this step as part of the coun- mittee who has vowed to in- million to stop the same type dents in Ealing would suffer, Councillor Gary Malcolm, these rights. It is only possible cil’s overall commitment to vestigate. of event from occurring again. both Labour and the Con- Leader, Liberal Democrat to do so where it is necessary ensuring quality homes in the More recently the Labour servative party chose to turn Group. to protect local amenity or the borough.” Friday 28th July 2017 Friday 1st December 2017chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald Chiswickchiswickherald.co.uk Herald Friday 1st December 2017 FridayFriday 28th28th JulyJuly 20172017 1818 LOCAL NEWS Friday 28th July 2017 chiswickherald.co.ukchiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.ukchiswickherald.co.uk LOCAL NEWS 1919 Local Nursery Eyes Interna- Appeal To Help Find Missing Appeal For Vulnerable Council Set To Take Back tional Expansion 15-Year-Old Girl From Hounslow Parks Management Local Nursery group Butter- Missing H&F Woman cups (with nurseries in Chis- wick and Homefields) was Police are appealing for help chosen by the Department for Kensington And Chelsea to find a vulnerable woman International Trade to be part The teenager was last seen in who is missing from Hammer- of its Early Years Education Shepherd’s Bush. smith and Fulham. trade mission to China, earlier Police are appealing for help Xiu Hua Zhang, 37, who is this month. from the public to find a miss- Chinese, was last seen on As an Ofsted Outstanding ing teenager from Kensington Friday, 17 November in the childcare provider, Buttercups and Chelsea. Shepherds Bush area. were representing the UK sec- She has been missing since She is of thin build with long tor, offering expertise and ad- Saturday, 18 November when black hair. She was wearing a vice whilst exploring opportu- she was last seen in the Wilsh- black Adidas jacket, a red top, nities for collaboration. am Street area of Shepherd’s grey ripped jeans, a grey scarf Bush at around 20.00hrs. and drak coloured trainers. More than 700 Chinese part- (above) The 14 UK delegates with Antonia Romeo, Perma- She is a black female, around She was also carrying a dis- ners met with Paul White- nent Secretary for the Department for International Trade 5ft 3in tall and of slim build. tinctive black bag with a long house, Buttercups Director, and their Chinese hosts and the 13 other UK represent- She has her hair tied in a bun. gold coloured chain and a atives, in a number of forums She was last seen wearing a gold circular design, as well and networking events in black puffa jacket, grey track as a Tesco carrier bag. Beijing, Shanghai and Shenz- suit and black trainers. Xiu does not speak English hen. Delegates were also able Shanel is believed to be trav- and is not believed to be in to observe first hand existing elling around the north and possession of a bank card or early years provision in China central London areas on vari- Oyster card. and see the scale of invest- ous bus routes. Officers are growing increas- ment involved. “The extent to Anyone with information is ingly concerned for Xiu’s wel- asked to contact police on fare. which the EYFS is known and Gunnersbury Park welcomed by many already in 101, or tweet via @MetCC. Anyone who has seen her is China was a real surprise. The asked to contact officers at Hounslow Council is set to Cabinet Member for Green will all continue to be owned, scale with which it was imple- Hammersmith and Fulham take back the management Policy and Leisure, Hounslow as now, by the Council. Lamp- mented was also a shock with Buttercups Director, Paul Whitehouse, discusses nursery via 101. of the borough’s parks, all of Council, said; “We believe ton 360 will be contracted some nurseries being 200 or provision with one of the Chinese delegates. which it owns, from contrac- there is an opportunity by do- to undertake the operational tors Carillion. ing this to maintain our parks services required in our parks 300 place settings,” said Paul Missing: Xiu Hua Zhang Whitehouse. sion that they are inviting UK our size, would initially seem Missing: Shanel Nelson At a Cabinet meeting on Tues- to the same high standards, on behalf of the Council. With the largest education companies to discuss expan- insurmountable.” day, 21 November, propos- but also enable investment in “This will help the council to system in the world, China sion into this booming mar- As a follow up to the trade als are being discussed for new vehicles and equipment, deliver its promise to make looks set to have an industry ket. Paul said, “The trip was mission, representatives from the Council’s wholly-owned and make savings of over £1 Hounslow a cleaner, greener worth £340 billion by 2020. an excellent chance to imag- a Chinese Real Estate firm​ company, Lampton 360, to be million per year.” borough, encourage active It is a measure of their high ine expansion for which the visited​ Buttercups Day Nurs- used to handle parks manage- “It is important to note that and healthy communities, regard for UK nursery provi- barriers, to an organisation of ery in Ealing this week. ment from April 2018. there will be no change to the and provide quality services Councillor Samia Chaudhary, ownership of the parks which and value for money.” Need to We are Outstanding Osterley Park and House We would be delighted to show you why see a health specialist fast? 25.11.17 - 23.02.18

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[email protected] A Film and Video Umbrella touring exhibition, Devonshire Day Nursery and Pre School, Bennett Street, supported by Arts Council England, Canal & River Trust, National Trust, City of Bradford Metropolitan Chiswick, London W4 2AH District Council, Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, Phoenix Leicester, Feltech, Links Signs and Heritage Lottery Fund. Curated by Mariam Zulfiqar. www.childbasepartnership.com Ref: VMH17 Friday 7th September 2017 Chiswick Herald Friday 28th July 2017 Friday 1st December 2017chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald chiswickherald.co.ukChiswick Herald Friday 1st December 2017 Friday 28th July 2017 20 BUSINESS NEWS chiswickherald.co.ukchiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.uk LOCAL LIFE, LOCAL PEOPLE 21 Autumn 2017: a budget for business On the couch with Dr P Singh, financial writer and owner: Cash for Invoices Limited (Chiswick) Dr Singh provides a summary in the country. Nicholas Rose: of some of the key announce- Public sector borrowing is ments in the Budget of impor- also set to fall as a percentage Is work affecting your mental health? tance to businesses, large and of GDP. The Institute of Fiscal small. Have a comment on the Studies, however, calculates it Budget or this article, then will be after the 2060s before I have been thinking about their work life either very or nise that you are the victim on how much stress teachers those that are smaller”. She how useful it can be to think please write to Paul Williams the government debt falls to how many of our clients are quite stressful. Other research of bullying. Instead of focus- say they are experiencing. added “there is so much an about the different roles you at paulwilliams@chiswickher- levels seen pre-financial cri- routinely impacted on stress quoted by the Health and ing on what you are doing Marybeth Mendenhall, our organisation can do to sup- have in life - parent, manag- ald.co.uk - Comments might be sis. that comes from work, either Safety Executive also shows wrong take a step back and Senior Associate and a Sys- port its staff and the value of er, partner, friend, colleague, published in a future edition of Brexit continues to use up from the pressure of the work that workers in the public ser- think about the environment temic Psychotherapist told a workforce who feel looked teacher - when you think of the Chiswick Herald. the government’s time, and itself and or difficult relation- vice industries tend to have and context in which you find me “The dynamics within after is something the most that role can you recognise taxpayers’ money: £3bn has ships at work. And too much higher incidences of stress. yourself. Examples of bullying organisations can usefully be successful employers under- stress and if so what impact Phil Hammond’s autumn been allocated to cover costs stress can so easily have a It can of course be difficult can include overbearing su- likened to those that occur in stand.” might that be having on those 2017 Budget might be called of Brexit. significant impact on a per- to attribute stress to just one pervision, constant criticism, families - dysfunctional or- As Marybeth says “Just like who count on you? many things: boring, safe, Derek Williamson, Chair of sons quality of life. Stress can source and yet if you find exclusion and maybe you are ganisations are like dysfunc- with a family, members can re- conspicuous by what it left the Walton Business Group, lead to anxiety and depres- yourself saying that work is working an a culture where tional families. For the mem- ally help each other out when out, or simply a success. said: “the Budget was as good sion that brings with it many stressful, or if you notice that this is routine but it doesn’t bers belonging to the group trouble strikes and good com- Mike Cherry, National Chair- as it could be in view of the symptoms that can prevent someone else tends to exhibit mean you have to put up with harmful behaviours may eas- munications and strong rela- man at the Federation of Budget Deficits and Brexit.” people from getting the most signs of stress in relation to this. ily become so familiar that it tionships can build resilience Small Businesses (FSB), said Infrastructure out of life. work then it can be helpful But it is not just adults in the is only when a new member that minimises the impact of of Phil Hammond’s autumn Around £500m each has been And did you know that em- to keep in mind that there workplace who are suffer- joins or an outsider gets to difficult times or events.” budget: “Overall, this is a allocated to support 5G net- ployers should be thinking are ways to manage and re- ing from stress. It seems this see and experience being part In talking to my colleagues business-friendly Budget. works, fibre broadband and about whether your work is duce stress. It is also helpful is an increasingly recognised of the group that the harmful about stress at work and in “1.5 million modest-earning artificial intelligence, and to well designed, organised and to remember that if you are problem for children too. In dynamics can be identified”. families I have found myself small firms and the self-em- support the growth of elec- managed? Employers in the stressed at work then your August 2015 The Guardian Ia Tollstam, our Consultant thinking about how more ployed will be relieved that tric cars and charging points. UK have a legal duty of care employer has a responsibility reported that English children Supervisor for business ser- and more of our work is with we have seen off a VAT tax £2.3bn has been allocated for to protect the health, safety too. are among the unhappiest vices told me “many medium children and adolescents. It grab that would have caused business research and devel- and welfare of all employees Bullying continues to attract in the world and again there and large organisations have seems that stress is affect- huge economic damage opment. and yet according to research much attention in the media seems to be a significant link services in place to help man- ing everyone? Stressed par- (Hammond has kept the VAT An extra £100 million will go conducted by the mental for example, if you are strug- with bullying. Head Teach- agers think about stress and ents equals stressed children, threshold at £85,000 for two towards helping people buy health charity Mind in 2013, gling at work whilst it might ers have been calling for im- employees deal with stress. stressed managers a stressed years). battery electric cars. work was given as the most be your first thought to think proved mental health care Access to counselling is com- workforce and stressed teach- Cherry added: “We welcome The UK Centre for Data Eth- stressful factor by 34% of re- about how you are failing that and yet for some time now the monplace in many organi- ers stressed pupils so to end I the careful approach to pro- ics and Innovation will be the spondents saying they found might mean you fail to recog- news has been full of articles sations but not so much for guess I am thinking about just tect diesel van drivers while at world’s first national advisory the same time addressing air body for artificial intelligence ing. The support package will diesel cars that do not meet take some risk to support Brit- ployers. quality...We also welcome the (AI). It will set standards for include loan guarantees and latest standards. Tax rise will ish business. Whilst there will The government reiterated fuel duty freeze, which is vital the use and ethics of AI and boosting construction skills. not apply to van owners. Ex- be restrictions on some capital its stance on aggressive tax to so many local businesses data. According to the gov- The government will also cre- isting diesel supplement in preservation-focussed prod- planning and tax avoidance, for customers, suppliers and ernment, it will allow the UK ate 5 new ‘garden’ towns. company car tax will rise by ucts...with all the changes to including using offshore tax staff.” In 2018, fuel duty will to lead the world in develop- Changes to the planning sys- 1 per cent. pensions beginning to bite, structures. remain frozen for the eighth ing practical uses for the tech- tem will encourage better use Part of the taxes raised will this type of investment is only The NHS will get £2.8bn plus year in a row, saving drivers nology. of land in cities and towns. fund a new clean air fund. going to grow in popularity.”. £10bn capital investment £160 a year on average. “Until the actual processes This means more homes can VCT and EIS investment Clean Air Fund fund for hospitals UK debt suggested are implemented be built while protecting the schemes A £220 million Clean Air Disposable plastic tax The FT noted: “Less than two later this year and early into green belt. From April 2018, investors in Fund for local areas with the Disposable plastics like coffee years after George Osborne, next, there is no immediate Higher tax on empty proper- ‘knowledge-intensive’ compa- highest air pollution is to be cups, toothpaste tubes and the former chancellor, was impact or concern”. Paul; ties, and compulsory purchase nies will enjoy being able to established. Local authorities polystyrene takeaway boxes promising a surplus of £10bn Chiswick businessman. of land banked by developers invest up to £2m from £1m will be able to use this money damage the environment. in 2019/20, Mr Hammond is House building for financial reasons, have in EIS or VCTs. Sponsors will to help people adapt as steps The government will seek expecting a deficit of £35bn” £34 million will go towards been introduced to encourage however need to comply with are taken to reduce air pollu- views on reducing single-use Forecasts for productivity teaching construction skills greater house building and new rules on investor risk lev- tion. Possible ways the money plastics waste through the tax growth and business invest- like bricklaying and plaster- use of empty houses. els, especially asset-backed could be spent include reduc- system and charges. This fol- ment are also revised down, ing. £30 million will go to- Stamp duty deals. ing the cost of public trans- lows the success of the 5p car- and inflation (consumer price wards digital courses using First-time buyers of homes Jason Hollands, managing di- port for those on low incomes rier bag charge, which has re- index, CPI) is forecast to fall AI. worth between £300,000 and rector at Tilney Group, says: or modernising buses with duced the use of plastic bags from 3 to 2% later this year. The government’s goal is to £500,000 will not pay stamp “There will be no more ultra- more energy efficient technol- by 80% in the last two years. The FT added that austerity build 300,000 new houses an- duty on the first £300,000. conservative capital preserva- ogy. The money will come Business Rates will still persist, with further nually by the mid-2020s. The They will pay the normal tion type forms of EIS.” from a temporary rise in Com- Business Rates will rise by welfare cuts and public ser- government will also make rates of stamp duty on the Alex Davies, chief executive pany Car Tax and Vehicle Ex- Consumer Price Index (CPI) vice spending expected in sure all new homes are built price above that. This will of broker Wealth Club says: cise Duty on new diesel cars. from April 2018-2 years ear- 2022/23 to be below lower with the right cables for elec- save £1,660 on the average “Deals like investing in cre- Digital Tax lier than planned. Business than it is today. tric car charge points. first-time buyer property. matoria or pubs [will come Plans to make businesses and rates currently rise by the In 2009-10 the UK borrowed Hammond will provide £15.3 80% of people buying their under threat]. Investments landlords keep digital tax re- Retail Price Index (RPI), a dif- £1 in every £4 that was spent. billion of new financial sup- first home will pay no stamp in film companies could also cords and report quarterly ferent way of measuring infla- Last year it was £1 in every port for house building over duty, and 95% of first-time be in focus and might have to to HMRC will not come into tion which tends to be higher £16. the next five years – taking the buyers who pay stamp duty take a lot more risk.” effect until 2019 and then than the CPI. The fall in borrowing means total to at least £44 billion. will benefit, according to the Davies adds: will apply only to VAT and Business rates revaluations the government is adding less This includes £1.2 billion for government. “Unexpectedly, this has been a businesses above the £85000 will take place every 3 years, to UK debt every year. How- the government to buy land National Living Wage is to rise very good Budget for VCT and threshold. rather than every 5 years, ever the UK still has a debt to build more homes, and to £7.83 per hour. EIS investors”. “It rewards en- There will be no benefit in starting after the next revalu- of over £1.7 trillion – around £2.7 billion for infrastruc- A vehicle excise duty will trepreneurial companies and kind charge on employees’ ation, currently due in 2022. £65,000 for every household ture that will support hous- apply (from April 2018) for investors who are prepared to electric cars charged by em- Friday 28th July 2017 Friday 1st December 2017chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald chiswickherald.co.ukChiswick Herald Friday 1st December 2017 Friday 28th July 2017 22 LOCAL LIFE, LOCAL PEOPLE chiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.uk SCIENCE, TECH & NATURE 23 Don’t just make a Chiswick Poet Alarm over decline in flying insects Scientists have long sus- protection areas in Germany versity, who supervised the pected that insects are in over 27 years since 1989. research. Christingle this year The Glory of the Garden dramatic decline, but new The data includes thousands ‘’This study shows how im- evidence confirms this. of different insects, such as portant it is to have good Magnificent magnolia. Research at more than 60 bees, butterflies and moths. monitoring programmes and A rose with rosy hues. protected areas in Germany Scientists say the dramatic we need more research right – BE a Christingle!! Plumbago, agapanthus, suggests flying insects have decline was seen regardless now to look into those causes both different shades of blue. declined by more than 75% of habitat, land use and the - so, that has really high pri- over almost 30 years. weather, leaving them at a ority.’’ Rev Martine Oborne Azaleas, hydrangeas. And the causes are unknown. loss to explain what was be- The finding was even more “This confirms what every- hind it. worrying given that it was St Michael’s Church , A dazzling display. body’s been having as a gut They stressed the importance happening in nature reserves, Elmwood Road, Chiswick. Trillium grandiflorum, feeling - the windscreen phe- of adopting measures known which are meant to protect such a bright array. The loss of insects has far- and 2002 found losses at one rate (around 6% per year), it nomenon where you squash to be beneficial for insects, insects and other living spe- reaching consequences for of the four sites only. is extremely concerning,” she Well, December is finally fewer bugs as the decades go including strips of flowers cies, the researchers said. entire ecosystems. Dr Lynn Dicks, from the Uni- said. here. Advent calendars are at Daffodils and tulips by,” said Caspar Hallmann of around farmland and mini- ‘’In the modern agricultural Insects provide a food source versity of East Anglia, UK, “Flying insects have really im- the ready. And I’m beginning brighten up the spring Radboud University in The mising the effects of intensive landscape, for insects it’s a for many birds, amphibians, who is not connected with the portant ecological functions, to receive messages from and crocuses and snowdrops Netherlands. agriculture. hostile environment, it’s a de- bats and reptiles, while plants study, said the paper provides for which their numbers mat- my children - thoughtfully bring joy to everything. “This is the first study that And they said there was an sert, if not worse,’’ said Dr de rely on insects for pollination. new evidence for “an alarm- ter a lot.” providing links to the websites looked into the total biomass urgent need to uncover the Kroon. The decline is more severe ing decline” that many ento- The research is published in they would like me to forward Gorgeous looking hollyhocks, of flying insects and it con- causes and extent of the de- ‘’And the decline there has to good old Father Christmas. than found in previous stud- mologists have suspected for the journal Plos One. could any flower grow higher? firms our worries.’’ cline in all airborne insects. been well documented. The ies. some time. To be fair to them, they are The study is based on meas- “We don’t know exactly what big surprise is that it is also Hellebores and hyacinths A survey of insects at four “If total flying insect biomass also offering to help with urements of the biomass of all the causes are,’’ said Hans de happening in adjacent nature that really do inspire. sites in the UK between 1973 is genuinely declining at this the food and shopping and insects trapped at 63 nature Kroon, also of Radboud Uni- reserves.’’ checking that I have made a plan for seeing Granny. So many types of flowers; So Christmas preparations acanthus and achillea. are officially under way. The Some that we know well Cancer drugs grown in chicken eggs may lower their cost countdown has begun. and some not so familiar. Researchers in Japan may eggs from genetically modi- produced this way, however, start with a few hens then inherited condition where products. The team is looking And, although Oborne have found a way to produce fied chickens can be used for is very little. “(The new re- scale up quickly, she said. the body does not produce forward as well, with research family Christmases are never Lilies and violas cheaper drugs that could be cheap production of these search) sounds like a relative- One drug, Kanuma, produced enough of a protein that helps underway to produce human perfect, I’m confident we’ll and pelargoniums too. used to treat a range of dis- proteins. ly inexpensive way to mass using modified chickens has the body break down fatty antibodies using the same have a lovely time – whether Dandelions and daisies; eases from chicken eggs. A range of biological systems produce it,” he says. already been approved by the material. method. I get round to making the can be used to try and create US Food and Drug Admin- The immediate hope is for the we must include them too! They have successfully ge- Previously, the Japanese sci- chocolate truffles myself or netically modified hens to drugs, such as bacteria, yeast entists tried to produce the istration to treat Lysosomal cancer-battling medicine to end up buying them from produce eggs containing and some mammalian cells, modified protein by insert- Acid Lipase Deficiency, a rare result in affordable medical Hostas and hibiscus the supermarket. And the large amounts of interferon but “some proteins just don’t ing the required genes into and wonderful witch hazel. children will be happy. beta protein, a protein used suit these systems,” said Pro- chicken chromosomes using But many children at Godetias and gypsophila to treat various illnesses, in- fessor Helen Sang from the a virus as a vector, but said Christmas are not happy. are surely bound to dazzle. cluding multiple sclerosis and Roslin Institute at the Uni- this produced an “irregular Because Christmas is a time cancer. versity of Edinburgh in the result.” The new method aims when all the bad things in city, in our borough, possibly we didn’t have half the things with the young people they Monkshood looks so pretty The protein is very expensive, UK. For those that don’t quite to more accurately and stably their lives – like a parent’s even our street – can’t we do that they did. work with. Just getting to to include it would be good. costing between $300-$1000 work, “making protein from produce the protein by knock- alcoholism or how they feel more? If we truly want to help know them and being with The trouble is it’s poisonous, for just one microgram, ac- egg-white is relatively easy,” ing in edited genes, using a about living in a care home – When I was a child, my people around us, we need them. So that they feel loved so I wonder if we should! cording to pharmaceutical she told CNN. gene-editing tool called CRIS- suddenly feel worse than ever. parents were not well off. to stop thinking of them as and find the confidence to company, Cosmo Bio who co- “Interferon was discovered PR. The researchers are cur- In the UK around 100,000 And I can remember one ‘have nots’ and seek to build sort any problems out for as a cell-signaling protein Begenias, begonias, led the research. rently writing up their find- children under 16 run away Christmas being invited to my relationships of equals with themselves. For treating MS, for exam- molecule in the body which ings for academic publication. astilbes and astrantia. from their homes, foster Dad’s boss’s house. It was a our neighbours. The word Christingle means ple, the interferon dosage can acts against viruses,” said Dr. More research is needed and Could any flower garden families or care homes every huge house in the country. Maybe take the time to find the light of Christ. And it start at 30 micrograms and Robert Bermel, director of the interferon beta protein find anything that’s fancier? year. And they often end up There was daughter a couple out who, in your child’s class reminds us that Christians increase from there. the Mellen Center for Multi- will need safety clearance alone, frightened and being of years older than me who is late every day or regularly believe Jesus came into the The research was jointly ple Sclerosis at the Cleveland through trials before it can be exploited by drug dealers and showed me her pony. And forgets their swim things or world to bring light to the Doronicum, dicentra, conducted by scientists from Clinic Neurological Institute. used to treat patients. How- sex predators. the mum let me choose a gets into trouble with the darkness. chrysanthemums, cuphea the National Institute of Ad- Later it was used to treat au- ever, Sang explained it’s not Fortunately, wonderful chocolate from the biggest teacher. Maybe you can get This year, let’s not just and cyclamen and cosmos vanced Industrial Science and to-immune diseases -- where as simple as modifying these charities like The Children’s box of chocolates I had ever to know this child and their make Christingles, let’s BE all happy to appear. Technology (AIST), the Na- a person’s immune system at- chickens to get endless sup- Society do amazing work seen. I can’t believe this is family. Not so that you can Christingles – bringing light tional Agriculture and Food tacks their body -- like multi- plies of the drug at a lower reaching out to vulnerable true, but I remember the box ‘help’ them but so you can to the darkness. And clarkia and clematis Research Organization and ple sclerosis, he adds. cost. young people, giving them being about the size of a table. simply get to know them. Make some new friends at to name another two. Cosmo Bio. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) af- “You’ll have to show (the hope and showing them they It was a nice afternoon and And offer to be a genuine Christmas, real friends. And fects the brain, spinal cord Campanula and brunnera According to Mika Kitahara, a drug) is exactly the same are not alone. it was generous of the family friend – seeking to both give you will be doing just that. spokesperson for Cosmo Bio, and eyes, resulting in a range as the drugs that have gone and red hot pokers too. Like many churches, we’ll be to invite us. But I can’t say to the relationship and to Bringing light to the world. this technology will reduce of symptoms, such as vision through all the clinical tri- having a Christingle service I enjoyed it. And we were receive from it too. the price of cancer drugs at problems, numbness and dif- als,” said Sang, whose own Delphiniums and lupins, this year – to have a fun and only invited once a year at And that starts by listening. St Michael Elmwood Road least by 90% if proven suc- ficulties walking. team has been working on sticky time with oranges, Christmas time. I could not Simply listening. And Christingle service in aid geraniums galore. cessful in further trials. Bermel explained that in- transgenic chickens for over candles, red ribbons and have articulated why these forgetting all about what of The Children’s Society – Such rich and varied flowers The conventional production terferon protein molecule is a decade. As well as simply sweets. And also to raise visits made me uncomfortable you could or should do for 3.30pm 10 December that our gardens have in store. of interferon needs large asep- expensive because manufac- making the drugs in the eggs, money for the work of The when I was a child. But now, someone. St Michael’s Church: tic (sterile) facilities, but eggs turing it is a tedious process they will also need to be pu- Children’s Society. I think that, deep down, I I don’t know a huge amount www.stmichael- work as a protein-producing requiring strict quality con- rified and validated through But is there more we can do realised that my Dad’s boss about the work of The elmwoodroad.org © Tony Inwood. aseptic system, said Kitahara. trol. additional research, she said. than simply raise money? and his family had no real Children’s Society. But I get Join Martine Oborne’s sao Oishi, chief researcher “Interferon for MS can be If this new source of interfer- Given that many of these desire to be our friends. They the idea that this is what they online church here: from the cell and molecule manufactured from bacte- on is shown to be the same, runaway children live in our just felt sorry for us. Because try to do in their relationships www.martineoborne.com mechanism research group ria like insulin or from Chi- structurally, “then there is a at AIST said the research was nese hamster ovary cells.” lot of advantage in terms of conducted to test whether the The quantity of interferon scale,” said Sang. You can Friday 28th July 2017 Friday 1st December 2017chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald Chiswickchiswickherald.co.uk Heraldchiswickherald.co.uk Friday 1st December 2017 Friday 28thFriday July 2017 28th July 2017 24 TRAVEL chiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.uk TRAVEL 25 25

the Ann Frank House. A really im- walking around the city was a fun portant thing to mention here is adventure in itself. that you need to book your tickets The Lobby Nesplein Restaurant & online to the Ann Frank House, well Bar in advance. If you’ve read The Diary For lunch we went to The Lobby Ne- 36 Hours in...Amsterdam of a Young Girl by Ann Frank, where splein Restaurant & Bar where we she documents her life in hiding had reserved a table. The place has during the German occupation of a great design and a fun vibe, and Alex Holman writes about a recent trip to Amsterdam the Netherlands, you will have an there was a good selection of dishes idea of what to expect at the house on the menu with a great combina- DAY 1 where she hid between 1942-1944, tion of ingredients. Mauro Mansion although nothing can really prepare I ordered the Eggs Benedict, which After the short flight from you for seeing the reality of how was cooked perfectly and hit the London to Amsterdam- some people had to live during one right spot, and my friend chose a Schipol Airport, we got a train of the darkest times in human his- Flammkuchen (which is a pizza directly from the airport to tory. The ticket admission includes style dish) with pumpkin, oyster Centraal Station, right in the an audio-tour which provides you mushrooms, gorgonzola and wal- heart of Amsterdam and just with a lot of indormation and lets nuts which I was lucky enough to a short walk from our hotel, you take things at your own pace. try. The Flammkuchen was very Mauro Mansion. The house is very well-kept and the tasty with fresh ingredients and fla- One of my favourite things entire experience is very moving. vours. For pudding we both went about Amsterdam is the ar- Royal Palace Amsterdam for the divine and generously served chitecture. All of the older After our time at the Ann Frank crème brulee. houses in the centre of the Mauro Mansion House we felt like a walk (in the I think The Lobby Nesplein Restau- city are tall and thin and to- her pancake arrived.The pan- a children’s playground and open air) so we strolled over to rant & Bar is a little hidden gem in tally unique from one anoth- cakes here are big, so if you’re many green parrots perched Royal Palace Amsterdam, a wonder- the city. For the prices on the menu er. The residents of Amster- a light eater you should prob- in the trees squaking away. ful palace right in the centre of the (which are very reasonable consid- dam used to get taxed on the ably share, and if you’re not a Vondelpark houses an origi- city. We did step inside to enquire ering it’s central location) and the The Lobby Nesplein Restaurant & Bar width of their homes, rather light eater you should be pre- nal sculpture by Pablo Picasso about doing a tour but, as we had quality of food prepared I’ll defi- the height, so people had the pared to get very full. called ‘The Fish’ and the fa- just finished the Ann Frank tour, we nitely be back! the mid-1600’s before becoming ditional houses in Amsterdam there Amsterdam is so close to the UK, it’s habit of building very narrow I am more of a ‘sweet’ pan- mous ‘I Amsterdam’ sign. decided to have an aimless stroll Rembrandt House Museum bankrupt. Our ticket fee included are steep stairs to climb to reach all an absolute must to visit. houses with steep staircases cake person so I chose the Van Gogh Museum around the canals instead. The out- After lunch we had time for one last an audio guide and the whole tour areas of the house. We enjoyed the Alex spent a total of £407 plus £49 to get up them. ‘English’ pancake with Wil- The Van Gogh museum is a side and entrace hall were beautiful tour before we had to head back was very interesting, allowing you tour a lot and it was surreal to be in round trip with Easyjet from Gat- Mauro Mansion is a boutique liam pears, vanilla ice cream, short walk from Vondelpark enough to fulfill out palacial needs. to the airport for our flight home, to understand what each room was the home of Rembrandt. wick hotel located in an authen- chocolate sauce and whipped so we wandered over after Amsterdam has more than 60 miles and for this we chose to visit the used for and to stand in the room After The Rembrandt House Muse- Further info: amsterdam.info tic canal house built in the cream and my friend chose our stroll. The Van Gogh Mu- The Royal Palace of canals, many of which are on the Rembrandt House Museum where where Rembrandt painted many of um we headed to Centraal Station 1600’s with all the amenities the ‘Greek’ pancake with seum holds the world’s larg- UNESCO World Heritage List so Rembrandt lived for 20 years in his masterpieces. As with most tra- to make the short journey home. complemented each dish very of a normal hotel. Our bed- lamb gyros, feta and served est collection of the Dutch paintings. The dishes in our surprise well and the atmosphere was room was large with quirky with tzaziki and green salad. artist’s works ncluding many Restaurant Adam menu were all outstanding. friendly and cosy. We thor- interior design and a typi- Because of the generous por- of his best known paintings After the afternoon walk- The starter was a delicated oughly enjoyed our entire cally steep set of stairs to get tions we were luckily able to such as The Bedroom, Sun- ing around the city, the park tuna dish with fresh vegeta- dining experience. up and down, but we had no share with each other. I think flowers, Almond Blossom and the museum we were bles, followed by a delight- DAY 2 problems with that. We were this will always remain one of and The Potato Eaters. The ready for some dinner so we ful lagoustine bisque. For the After a very comfortable night also able to opt for twin beds my favourite places to eat in museum really brings Vincent headed to Restaurant Adam main course we had tender back at our hotel we were instead of a double, however Amsterdam, partly because of Van Gogh to life. The way the where we had pre-booked a duck breast with polenta and ready to hit the town for our not all the rooms have this my love of pancakes and part- paintings are laid out allows table. Restaurant Adam is a fresh vegetables and for pud- final day in Amsterdam! We option so it’s good to double ly because of the authentic you to see the development small restaurant that serves ding we received a dish full needed to head to the Anne check before booking. Dutch vibe of the restaurant. of the artist’s technique over Dutch food with fresh sea- of flavours including white Frank House early for our At Mauro Mansion they also Vondelpark the years. There is a huge sonal ingredients. Their menu chocolate, stawberry and to- pre-arranged tour time slot sell tickets for transportation After our big lunch we went amount of information about changes monthly and you can matoes which all worked sur- so we opted to eat breakfast and attractions all over the for a walk in Amsterdam’s Van Gogh, from his painting see their chefs preparing your prisingly well together. at our hotel. Berry, our host, city so we got our itinerary most famous park, Vondel- style to his personal life. The food from the open kitchen. At Restaurant Adam it’s all prepared us plates of incred- out and bought all the neces- park. Designed and built whole experience is quite an My friend and I both opted for about quality, not quantity, ible pancakes and eggs, the sary tickets in advance. in the 1850’s Vondelpark is emotional one when you read their 4 course surprise menu so you won’t leave feeling perfect meal to fuel us up for The Pancake Bakery popular with both locals and about Van Gogh’s demons and with came with optional wine stuffed and the meal gives the day. After we checked into our ho- tourists. The park is gorgeous mental health issues which all pairing (if you are gluten free, you the perfect balance of Ann Frank House tel, and had a welcome drink and very big. We walked past becomes relevant when you vegetarian or vegan they will flavours, contrast of textures After our breakfast we walked from the complimentary mini tea houses, ponds, fountains, can see how it affected his modify your meal accord- and beautiful presentation. bar, we went straight out for ingly). The additional wine pairing along the beautiful canals to lunch. I discovered The Pan- cake Bakery on my first visit to Amsterdam a few years ago and have made a trip there every visit since. It’s a popu- lar restaurant and often has a queue outside, but it moves quickly and once you’re inside you’ll be in Dutch Pancake heaven! There is a big selection of sweet and savoury pancakes (plus a whole lot of non- pancake dishes) including a kids menu which come with added suprises. 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“Let’s get one thing straight,” squire remained a staunch nens’ often overshadowed said the director of the Pet- ally of Handel’s. work, with Andrew Wells at ros Singers, Richard Bannan. After he had completed The the organ. “We’re NOT doing The Mes- Messiah in 1744, the com- On the Not The Messiah siah!” poser wrote to Jennens to programme, a sequence of Join Brentford School for sweet stall, a pizza oven serv- Instead, the lively west Lon- say: “Be pleased to point out Christmas anthems, mo- Girls at their annual Christ- ing fresh pizza, live singing, don choir is focusing on the those passages in The Messiah tets and carols. The concert mas Fayre on Monday 18th and much more. There will be work of Handel’s librettist, which you think require alter- benefits The Upper Room December, at 5 Boston Manor munity stalls where you can an opportunity to purchase raf- Charles Jennens, for its con- ing.” charity at St Saviour’s Road Brentford TW8 0PG. purchase that last minute fle tickets to win some Teapigs cert on Saturday 9 Decem- So grateful was Handel to his Church, Shepherds Bush, The school is looking forward Christmas gift. Stalls include goodies, a Tesco voucher, after- ber at 7.30pm at St Peter’s literary collaborator that he helping those at risk of to welcoming all members Popcorn-box, Neal’s Yard, noon tea for 2 at The Maids of Church in Black Lion Lane, left Jennens a substantial be- homelessness. of the community to the up- Teapigs, handmade jewellery, Honour, a food hamper with Hammersmith. quest in his will. Tickets are £17 (concs £15, coming annual fayre, led by and local honey. sweets treats, and more. Jennens was the man who The Petros Singers draw on U18s £5) from www.wegot- their students! There will be a There will also be a tradition- assembled the Biblical texts the talents of soprano Philipa tickets.com/petrossingers number of activities and stalls al tombola, a chocolate tom- which Handel put to music Boyle – a former woodwind or on the door. For more at this years fayre which runs bola, face-painting, balloon in a three-week whirligig of player in the Ealing Youth Or- details, visit: www.petross- from 3:20pm - 5:30pm. modelling, candy floss, pop- composing for his famous chestra, and baritone Robert ingers.com. There will be wonderful com- corn, waffles, hot chocolate, a work, and the Leicestershire Davies for this tribute to Jen-

Roland Gift, one of modern Wife, directed byGift Michie Live At wroteULU them as well, I’ll defi- The great Otis Redding re- music’s true torchbearers and Gleason, for which Roland nitely do some Fine Young mains Roland’s vocal men- the charismatic front man of put recording on hold for two Cannibals songs.” tor. “We all shared a love of the Fine Young Cannibals, is months, while on location in “It’s a great feeling when the Stax sound in the Can- back in the pop arena. Gift’s Amsterdam with the produc- you’ve got a big record and nibals. That was the thing distinguished career has ex- tion. Gift readily admits to a you go out onstage and thou- that brought us together and panded in recent, post-FYC happy balancing act between sands of people have come to Otis was probably my fa- years to include critically- the two disciplines. “When I hear you play for them. It’s vorite singer, and he still is, lauded film acting and musi- first started, I wanted to be like having a party and loads so those influences will defi- cal score work. Roland Gift an actor. That’s one of the rea- of people come because they nitely be there. It’s funny, I marks a triumphant return to sons I came down to London want to have a party with used to have a neighbour, pop music’s front line, where from Hull. But most people I you.” this woman who lived next Gift’s talents and unique style know have been in a group Roland wrote “Say It Ain’t door, and she and I didn’t re- have long established him as sometime in their life. The So” on acoustic guitar. “In the ally get on, she’d always be one of the genre’s trailblazers. first punk band I was in [the Cannibals, I didn’t write with getting at me. But one day A great voice never goes out Acrylic Victims] got a bit of the guitar, but since then I’ve she gave me three records, of style, and Gift’s trademark notoriety, released a couple of started writing with it. Eve- Otis Blue, Otis Sings Soul vocal prowess is both time- singles, my music focus grew rything sounded better with Ballads and a Greatest Hits less and strikingly ahead of from there.” an acoustic.” “Tell Me You of Otis Redding. I’d heard ing light, and I get a lot of good a freeze-frame that stopped his time. “The Cannibals sort of of- Want Me Back” has a pop-soul him, when I was a kid - my will from people - they say and stayed and stayed, then Gift has taken time out to ficially dissolved in 1996,” groove that Gift says still sums sister was a fan, to say it they still play the albums and eventually faded. But nobody work on the latest entry in says Gift, “so, in a way, up up his style. “Soul is a funny changed my life would be a they’re looking forward to hear said ‘OK we’re going to end his other illustrious career, until then we were trying to word, all kinds of music can bit dramatic, but it did have what I’m doing next.” this,’. a film resumé that includes do our third record. Then we have soul. If it touches you an effect on my musical de- “I was asked to join Jools Hol- Gift is looking forward to Sammy And Rosie Get Laid, came out with The Finest, and inspires you, any kind of velopment.” land and his a big band as a more live shows in December, Tin Men(for which FYC also which was a greatest hits set music is entitled to be called Gift’s professional career guest singer touring with them where he will perform some supplied the music, at the plus three new tracks that soul music. And it is definitely has taken him from stage to for a year, it was a lot of fun classic fan favorites. “There special request of director didn’t have a home to go to,” poppy as well, maybe because screen and back again. and made me want to take my are a lot of people who liked Barry Levinson), and Scan- (among those was the hit it’s melodic, it’s poppy in the Roland also features in own group out to play”. the Cannibals who never saw dal. Gift’s most recent acting “The Flame”). “But, it’s bet- way Bacharach-David songs ‘Brakes’ a romantic comedy “The group didn’t stop with songs like ‘She Drives Me work is for the forthcoming ter to burn brightly for half as are poppy - they’re very soul- film, out at selected cinemas a bang,” he says, “it was like Crazy’ in concert, and since I The Island of the Mapmaker¹s long than to be a dim linger- ful as well.” as of Friday 24th November. Friday 28thFriday July 2017 28th July 2017 Friday 1st Decemberchiswickherald.co.uk 2017chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald chiswickherald.co.ukChiswick Heraldchiswickherald.co.uk Friday 1st December 2017 Friday 28thFriday July 2017 28th July 2017 28 28 WHAT’S ON chiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.uk WHAT’S ON 29 29 Friday 1st December 2017 Chiswick Herald Friday 28thFriday July 201728th July 2017 chiswickherald.co.ukchiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.ukChiswick Heraldchiswickherald.co.uk Friday 1st December 2017 Friday 28thFriday July 2017 28th July 2017 30 30 PROPERTY chiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.uk PROPERTY 31 31

             

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Homebuyers keen to secure them- selves a new home at the award winning, Brentford Lock West de- velopment are being offered an ad- ditional incentive to reserve their new home now. The developer, Wa- terside Places, is offering to contrib- £10,000 ute £10,000 towards stamp duty on selected plots, for purchasers com- pleting before Christmas 2017. TOWARDS Chalico Walk is the latest release of homes at Brentford Lock West, of- YOUR fering a collection of one, two and three-bedroom apartments and * penthouses in a waterside loca- STAMP DUTY AT tion. Each of the homes has been highly specified to include interior designed fully-fitted kitchens and contemporary bathroom suites. All APARTMENTS & PENTHOUSES the homes enjoy the added benefit of a private balcony and many of the homes enjoy water views. Since the homes were first launched OVER 70% SOLD OFF-PLAN earlier this year, they have enjoyed a strong appeal, with 70% of the apartments at Chalico Walk now TO FIND OUT MORE CONTACT OUR SALES TEAM reserved. With Help to Buy also available on selected plots, the de- AVAILABLE DAILY 10am - 5pm velopment has enjoyed significant interest from local first time buyers, many of which have moved from 020 3504 6403 the neighbouring areas such as Eal- ing, keen to make Brentford their new home. With access onto the water and green open space on your doorstep Brentford is able to offer buyers a sense of tranquillity, while still of- fering access to a host of local amenities and connections into the Capital - making it a popular choice among buyers of all ages. Chalico Walk overlooks Brentford’s MOVE IN FOR CHRISTMAS 2017 John Robinson, Development Direc- Grand Union Canal. The homes at tor at Brentford Lock West, com- Chalico Walk will be ready to move TWO & THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS & PENTHOUSES mented: “The interest we have en- into for Christmas 2017. joyed at Brentford Lock West has Just a limited number of two and PRICES FROM £565,000** been fantastic. Brentford really three bedroom apartments remain. does have a lot to offer – from the Prices at Chalico Walk start from HELP TO BUY - LIMITED AVAILABILITY† numerous parks close by, to its pop- £565,000. All of the homes benefit ular, Sunday market and the regu- from a private balcony or terrace lar paddle boarding sessions, which and many of the homes enjoy water take place right in front of our de- views. Help to Buy is available on brentfordlockwest.co.uk [email protected] velopment. There is a real sense of selected plots. For more informa- Backed by community here and so many op- tion and to book an appointment at HM Government Marketing Suite Open daily 10am to 5pm, Boaters Avenue, Brentford Lock West, TW8 8FE portunities to get out and get ac- the marketing suite, please call the tive. We hope that by introducing Brentford Lock West sales team at *£10,000 towards stamp duty offer on selected plots only. Not in conjunction with any other offer. Terms and conditions apply. Subject to availability. our stamp duty inventive, we will Stubbings Property Marketing on **Price correct at time of going to print. †Limited availability and subject to terms and conditions. Image not of actual buildings for sale. be able to assist even more aspiring 0203 504 6403, email brentford- home owners to secure a new home [email protected] or at Brentford Lock West.” visit www.brentfordlockwest.co.uk. Chalico Walk makes up the first of The Sales and Marketing Suite is the homes to be released as part of open daily 10am-5pm. through the anticipated delivery walkways, the scheme has been commercial buildings in a new de- phase two at Brentford Lock West. A Brentford Lock West forms part of of approximately 500 new homes. carefully designed to maximise the sirable west London destination. waterfront building of 42 one, two a long-term regeneration project Close to local shops, leisure facili- water frontage whilst offering styl- and three-bedroom apartments, to breathe new life into Brentford ties, beautiful parks and waterside ish homes, community spaces and Friday 28thFriday July 2017 28th July 2017 Friday 1st Decemberchiswickherald.co.uk 2017chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald chiswickherald.co.ukChiswick Heraldchiswickherald.co.uk Friday 1st December 2017 Friday 28thFriday July 2017 28th July 2017 36 36 PROPERTY chiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.uk PROPERTY 37 37

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QPR manager Ian Holloway

On Saturday Fulham travel to two goals ahead in stoppage ahead of Brentford. However, Antonio Conte Griffin Park to face West Lon- time, the game somehow end- a victory for the visitors could don neighbours Brentford. ed in a 2-2 draw with QPR sal- potentially see Fulham rise After the champions were six matches. Not to mention, as shown by their run of five Coincidentally both teams are vaging two goals in the final to 7th place, only one posi- narrowly victorious against throughout the entirety of De- winless matches. coming off previous fixtures moments of the match. tion away from the playoff Swansea at Stamford Bridge cember they are to face only If Chelsea want to keep any which were also both Lon- Both clubs have made it clear positions. Victory will not be earlier this week, this Satur- lower positioned sides in the hope of winning the title alive don derbies, Fulham having that their aims this season are easy though as Brentford will day they will once again host premier league, rather than and preventing first placed been victorious over Millwall to achieve promotion, how- surely still be kicking them- a premier league side at the any of the top six sides. Manchester City from run- at Craven Cottage in a close ever, at the moment neither selves after surrendering their Bridge, being Newcastle. Another reason why Chelsea ning away with it, victory is and cagey affair which ended side are considerably close comfortable lead against QPR Chelsea will be hard top beat will be strong favourites go- a necessity. They could also 1-0. Brentford however, were to the playoff positions with and will be out for vengeance as they’re are currently in ing into this fixture is due to potentially get level on points not as fortunate when visiting Fulham in 12th and only against another rival Club. a run of good form follow- the run of poor form New- with second placed Manches- Loftus Road as despite being two points and two positions ing an undefeated streak of castle have recently endured, ter United. Friday 28th July 2017 Friday 1st December 2017chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald 4848 SPORT chiswickherald.co.uk

byDerby Sport Editor Louis Yamani day ends in a dramatic draw On Monday night, Brent- was able to put the ball onto deficit in this dramatic derby. ford travelled a distance of his stronger right foot whilst The referee blew his whis- five miles to face local rivals finding space for the shot in tle to end the match only a Queens Park Rangers at Lof- the centre of the box, he was minute later and despite the tus Road. The visitors went unable to keep the ball down match finishing in a 2-2 draw; into the match having pre- and fired the ball inches over only the home fans could be viously drawn to Burton in the bar. Despite battling hard, heard cheering with the vis- their last Championship fix- both teams went into the sec- iting fans still in disbelief ture, and before that they had ond half goalless. at how their side dropped their undefeated streak of Only two minutes after the a two goal lead in the dying nine league games ended by break, Sylla went incredibly embers of the match. Those a defeat to Cardiff. The home close to opening the scoring fans have had to suffer this on team headed into the derby following a QPR corner. Al- multiple occasions this season on the back of three defeats though the ball was cleared, as Brentford have dropped and with QPR’s poor away it could only reach Scowen eighteen points from win- form, they knew it was vital on the edge of the box who ning positions, the most of all to drop as few points as pos- nodded the ball back into the Freeman celebrates QPR’s late equaliser Championship clubs. sible at home. crowded area. Sylla reacted the path of Freeman, who the visitor’s two goals ahead As shown when they immedi- QPR manager Holloway The first chance came in the quickest, and headed the ball immediately volleyed the in the West London derby. ately lost the ball from kick- summed up the surreal atmos- 13th minute after Canos was across goal, but could only ball. However, his attempt QPR were able to salvage a off and Sawyers conceded a phere in Loftus Road after the able to break out of midfield watch as it bounced off the was blocked by Egan and it goal back three minutes into needless foul in his own half. final whistle when exclaiming and stride towards the QPR crossbar and then to safety. seemed to hit his outstretched stoppage time after a costly This presented the home side “For me it feels like a win, for defence, after a seamless give QPR were made to rue this arm, but despite QPR player’s mistake from Bentley. The with the opportunity to fire them it probably feels like a and go with Vibe, he found missed chance only five min- protests, the referee waved keeper attempted to punch one last lofted ball towards defeat.” Brentford manager himself in enough space to utes later when Yennaris play on. the ball away following a their target man Matt Smith. Dean Smith was nowhere curl the ball towards the top found Vibe in the centre of the Only eight minutes after com- QPR corner, however he com- This is exactly what they did near as happy with the result right corner. The shot was box. The QPR defence backed ing on for Canos, Sawyers pletely missed the ball gifting and due to Smith’s aerial as he candidly claimed “We’ve matched by Smithies who off him, allowing the Dane was able to create Vibe’s sec- substitute striker Smith the prowess, he was unrivalled in dropped two points because was able to get a strong palm to comfortably take the ball ond goal of the night. After opportunity to nod the ball the air, allowing him to knock of the officials.” When reveal- to the ball. down, turn, then fire the ball receiving a through ball from onto the crossbar, then down the ball down into towards ing his disappointment with QPR’s first clear cut chance into the bottom corner past Mokotjo, he reached the by- into the empty net. the six yard box and for a those fans that left early, Hol- fell to Mackie only six min- Smithies. line and cut a low cross back Although this seemed no lively Freeman to pounce loway insisted “You missed a utes later when Sylla found After going 1-0 down, the into the path of Vibe, who more than a consolation goal onto the stray ball and calmly treat.” Not sure the Brentford him in acres of space at the next best chance fell to QPR once again clinically placed for the home side, Brentford slide it past a helpless Bentley. fans that witnessed those final back post with a drilled after Brentford keeper Bent- the ball into the bottom cor- looked extremely nervy in the Somehow the home side were minutes would agree. switch ball. Although Mackie ley spilled a lofted cross into ner for his brace and to put final minutes of the match. able to equalise after a 2-0 BIG MATCHES COMING UP QPR looking to At Griffin Park build on dramatic derby day draw

Preston manager Alex Neil

14 Oct 21 Oct 4 Nov 21 Nov 2 Dec Tomorrow Queens Park Rang- in a West London Derby that table and only three points ers will visit the Deepdale saw them score two late goals away from 7th, being one po- With Adults from £23 and Juniors £6, Stadium to face Preston North to rescue a dramatic draw. sition from the playoff posi- buy your tickets now at brentfordfc.com. End. Although the visitors Preston will also be confident tion. Recently they have been were not victorious in their going into the match as they a lot more successful than the previous fixture, QPR will be have managed to string a run visitors who are currently sit- You may need a previous ticket purchase history to attend these games. in great spirits considering of three undefeated games ting in 17th due to their win- Subject to availability. Terms and conditions of issue apply. the incredible nature of their together seeing them rise to less run of four matches. comeback against Brentford 13th in the championship