Award-winning bhangra artist H Dhami is among the performers lined up for this summer's Heston Community Arts Festival.

He will be joined on stage at Heston Community School by Team:Dhips and hosts LyonDaPoet and MC Mac among others on Saturday, July 4.

There will be a chance to visit four places of worship in Hounslow on Sunday 21st June by joining the annual Walk of Peace and Friendship organised by Hounslow Friends of Faith. This year the event focuses on Hounslow West, a compact area with a rich variety of places of worship.

A Sikh magistrate from Heston has urged more people from ethnic minorities to join the corridors of justice.

Baljit Singh Rihal, of The Crossways, was sworn in at a ceremony in central London last month and described the role as a 'tremendous privilege'.

The British National Party received nearly 2,700 votes in Hounslow in the European elections.

The far right extremists polled more than five per cent of the total votes cast in the borough.

On Thursday 4th June there will be a chance to hear from the Hindu community in Hounslow about the basic philosophy and every day practices of Hinduism today. Hindus believe that God exists in everything in the universe and there is a responsibility to care for the earth in everything we do. Hinduism is the oldest of the world major religions and the third largest.

Plans for a new leisure centre in Heston suffered a major blow this week as the council pulled the plug on its chosen developer.

Planning chiefs claimed the long-awaited scheme had been sunk, at least temporarily, by the housing slump.

Martin Luther King stated that the choice for mankind is not between violence and non-violence, but between non-violence and continued existence. An audience in Hounslow on 7th May were reminded of this at the Younghusband Lecture, given at the annual meeting of the World Congress of Faiths (WCF) held this year in the Sikh Gurdwara in Alice Way.

PCSO Derek CAMPBELL 7249TX of Heston Central Ward has set up a Police Surgery at Heston Library, New Heston Road, Hounslow, TW5 0LW.

PCSO Campbell has arranged to hold these surgeries every last Thursday of the month starting this month on the 30/04/09 at 6PM till 7PM.

This has been done in response to our residents which indicated the need for more information and being more accessible to the community. We welcome our residents to come and speak to their Safer Neighbourhood Team. A regular meeting point within our community would provide an opportunity for the residents to discuss any local issues and help the police to deal with problems that matter to the residents.

PCSO Derek CAMPBELL 7249TX and the rest of Heston Central SNT can be contacted at :
3rd Floor, Vista House
Salisbury Road
Hounslow, Middlesex
TW4 6JQ
0208 721 9120

Nearly 500 revellers soaked up the sun during a street party at Heston's Brabazon Estate on Easter Monday.

Huge crowds gathered on the green, where they enjoyed fairground rides, a dog show and a fancy dress competition, among other activities.

A teenager from Heston Cadets has achieved one of the highest honours available in the organisation.

Brijinder Nijjar was singled out from nearly 4,000 youths across London to be named the Lord Lieutenants Army Cadet at a ceremony in Putney on Thursday last week.