The Friday 14th September t: 0203 623 0567 e: [email protected] @chiswickandkew /chiswickherald chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald chiswickherald.co.ukChiswick Herald Friday 14th September 2018 Friday 28th July 2017 chiswickherald.co.uk LOCAL NEWS 3 The Friday 14th September t: 0203 623 0567 e: [email protected] @chiswickandkew /chiswickherald chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald Hounslow Council Ealing Council: Confirms Appointment Our Boundary Lines Could Of Niall Bolger As Chief Change Executive Details PAGE 16 Full story PAGE 5 Number Of Ruth Cadbury MP this week expressed her disappointment that The Royal Mail has confirmed the Royal Mail Confirm closure of Chiswick sorting and parcel office. Terrorists Brought To Relocation Of Justice Reaches Chiswick Delivery Ten-Year High Office To Acton P10 Royal Mail has confirmed ing delivery offices which are that it is to relocate Chis- fit for purpose for their people Hammersmith wick Delivery Office to Ac- and for their customers. Schoolgirl ton from May 2019. This As a commercial business, follows detailed discussions Royal Mail say they are re- Takes Bronze with the CWU and their peo- sponding to the huge growth At 2018 School ple in both offices. in electronic communications They say that the proposed and decline in letter volumes, Games new location, at Acton deliv- while seeing a high volume of ery office, has sufficient space parcels and online shopping P15 for their Chiswick delivery op- which need to be delivered to erations. customers. The 10th This is part of Royal Mail’s What does this mean for you? ongoing transformation of its When the relocation goes Chiswick Book business which they say will ahead, Royal Mail claim there Festival increase the efficiency of its operation as well as provid- Continued on P3 P2 Lovebox Apologise To Local Residents Mayor Takes Popular festivals Lovebox full of joy for those who at- nersbury Park and Museum, Action and Citadel were held over tended, the same cannot the organisers were met with To Strengthen the same weekend in Gun- be said for some local resi- some very angry groups of lo- nersbury Park this summer, dents. cal residents. The organisers London’s as part of an agreement be- In a bid to resolve this issue, then apologised for a series of Violent Crime tween the London boroughs organisers of Lovebox at- failures in their organisation of Ealing and Hounslow with tended two 90 minute meet- of the festival weekend. Taskforce Festival Republic. Although ings on the 2nd of September. The Lovebox speaker is said the events might have been According to Friends of Gun- Continued on P2 P4 INSIDE LOCAL POLITICS & COUNCIL NEWS P12 PROPERTY P29 PUZZLES P19 Friday 28th July 2017 Friday 14th September 2018chiswickherald.co.uk Chiswick Herald chiswickherald.co.ukChiswick Herald Friday 14th September 2018 Friday 28th July 2017 2 LOCAL NEWS chiswickherald.co.uk chiswickherald.co.uk LOCAL NEWS 3 Royal Mail Confirm Relocation Of Isleworth Woman Lovebox Apologise To Local Residents The 10th Chiswick Charged With Attempted Book Festival Chiswick Delivery Office To Acton Murder In Barnsley mail from the customer ser- tions for the staff.” vice point at Acton delivery She went on to detail the office. Here at The Chiswick reasons behind her opposi- Herald, we are aware that tion: “The move will add this news may not be wel- more vans on Bollo Lane in comed by all of our readers. the morning peak, which is However, some slightly posi- already hugely congested, tive news is that this office is and could mean delayed de- open longer than the office in liveries. Local residents will Chiswick by 16 hours a week, no longer be able to collect including two late nights on their parcels from the High a Wednesday and Thursday Road Post Office and this will and opening on a Sunday impact particularly on elderly from 11am until 3pm. and disabled residents. Fur- Continued from P1 in their parcels by filling in a Detailed planning will now thermore the Royal Mail Un- form at their delivery office. take place to ensure a smooth ion CWU has told me of their South Yorkshire Police have After much speculation on will be no impact on deliver- Customers can also arrange transition for Royal Mail op- concerns about shoehorning confirmed that a 28-year-old social media following the ies to their customers. The a redelivery free of charge on erations, their people and the the Chiswick team into the woman appeared in on Mon- incident, Chief Superinten- postmen and women who a day that is convenient for service they provide to their Acton depot, and what that day 10th September charged dent Scott Green, district The 10th Chiswick Book festival Turnham Green tube station, as well work in Chiswick delivery of- them (including Saturdays), customers. They argue that will mean for working condi- in connection with an inci- commander for Barnsley, con- commenced last week with all as Chiswick House, the ArtsEd and fice would continue to serve or Royal Mail can deliver the they have a strong track re- tions and the efficiency of the dent in Barnsley town centre firmed that it was an isolated Continued from P1 sorts of exciting events. The fes- Chiswick Library. And there is no the local community, deliver- item to a different address cord of managing operational mail sorting process.” at the weekend. incident and not an act of ter- tival brings together top authors shortage of places nearby to eat and ing a high quality service to within the same postcode change in their business and The local MP’s opposition Ayaan Ali, of Isleworth Mid- rorism. to have accepted that they created Lovebox being held at Gunnersbury over the 3 days and no breaches of and their readers for an inspiring drink!’’ The festival began on 13th their customers. area. This service can be ar- would work with their staff should come as no surprise, dlesex, appeared before If anyone holds information a number of problems and looked Park. noise regulations. Residents argue and entertaining long weekend of September lasting until the 17th, Royal Mail can now leave ranged by calling the number and their unions to give them as supported by Labour Can- Barnsley Magistrates’ Court about the incident and is yet at them with a view that they could The list of unfortunate experiences that because these complaints came fiction, history, politics, econom- as well as some pre-festival events many mail items with a on the “Something for You” the opportunity to discuss didates in May’s local elec- charged with attempted mur- to speak with police, please now be fixed at next year’s event. included poor stewarding, danger- from a wide area, noise must have ics, crime, gardening, espionage, such as The Waterstone’s Local Au- neighbour if customers are card they leave or by visiting the implications in detail. If tion – John Stroud-Turp, Ruth der, affray and possession of call 101 quoting incident They also said that they wished to ous overcrowding at Acton Town, been a problem for people from all biography, TV, cookery, workshops, thor’s Party on 12th September. The not at home when they at- their website at www.royal- this move goes ahead, there Mayorcas and Sally Malin – an offensive weapon. number 246 of 8 September return to Gunnersbury Park, how- slow clearing of the festival’s litter, across the local area. children’s books and more. Organis- festival’s events included speakers, tempt delivery (apart from mail.com/redelivery. would be no compulsory re- Ruth handed in a petition to Police say that they received 2018. ever, David Bowler, CEO of the CIC, taxi jams, poor communication with Friends of Gunnersbury Park and ers of the festival say: ‘’Chiswick is such as ex-guardian editor Alan Special Delivery items and If customers choose to col- dundancies. Royal Mail’s Blackfriars HQ. multiple calls from around The west London woman has which now grants the contract, said the public, some local businesses Museum appear to be looking at the home to many who work in publish- Rusbridger, children’s competitions inbound international items lect mail from the delivery Ruth Cadbury MP said: “This The petition had signatures 8.20am on Saturday 8th Sep- been remanded in custody that his board has not yet discussed being unable to operate, overcrowd- issue with the view that although ing and the media, as well as those with prizes as well as workshops. that require a signature). office because they were not will result in a loss of service from over 400 local residents tember after one man suf- and will appear before Shef- their return. ed buses and more. The volume of the festivals bring in a good income, who love books, making it a natural This year, the Cookbook Festival, Customers can nominate a at home when delivery was to Chiswick residents and demanding a reversal of the fered minor injuries following field Crown Court on Monday Local speakers were able to add noise was also an issue for many better organisation is needed to place to celebrate the written word. which also has an incredible lineup dedicated neighbour to take attempted, they will collect overcrowded working condi- closure proposal. an alleged stabbing. 8 October 2018. some of the bad experiences they local people. However, the organis- make things run smoothly and to Festival venues include St Michael ran alongside Chiswick Book Festi- had with the festival weekend, some ers showed data which stated that ensure “love and support for the & All Angels Church & Parish Hall val.