October 2008 Archives

.A Heston resident has been awarded for helping shut down a crack house.

Laura Wood tackled drug usage and dealing on her estate by gathering vital information on dealers' activity and bravely attending court to give evidence against a nearby crack house.

As part of our StoryStar writing competition judge and award-winning author Tabitha Suzuma gives you her top 10 tips on how to write a great short story.

StoryStar is a writing competition for young people in west London aged 4 - 18. All entries are published on www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk and the winners will receive books for themselves and their school from Random House Children's Books and see their stories printed in the paper.

A sharp shooter who learnt her stuff at a Hounslow rifle range has set her sights on the Olympics after striking gold at the Commonwealth Youth Games.

Sheree Cox, who practises at Heston & Hounslow Rifle Club, in Green Lane, Hounslow West, won the 50m rifle event and took bronze in the 50m prone rifle last week at the prestigious championships which took place in India last week.

Hounslow Friends of Faith welcomed the Imam of Hounslow Jamia Mosque and Islamic Centre, Sheik Nisar Ahmad Hussain Suleimani, to address their annual meeting this week, during which he stressed the need to maintain strong family values and to live a balanced life.

In a talk entitled: "Islam in Britain: its contribution to the UK and to Hounslow", the Imam said that Islam can encourage people to be spiritual. People of faith need to study scriptures for guidelines on how to live.

A discarded cigarette sparked a balcony blaze in Heston on Monday morning.

Firefighters from Heston & Isleworth Fire Station were called to a first-floor flat at Fenton House, in Biscoe Close, at about 11am.

Motorists frustrated by snarl-ups on a busy Heston road clearly hadn't bargained for the slow-turning wheels of Hounslow politics.

It is five years since residents living in and around Sutton Road began campaigning for an end to their traffic misery, yet they are still waiting for any action.

The Heathrow head chef sacked for going home to look after his children has won back his job.

Virgilio Teixira, of Heston, spent a penniless two and a half months waiting for the verdict on his dismissal from Compass Catering but will now be reinstated as the top chef at Arora International.

Secondary school pupils from across the borough returned to 'little school' in Heston last week to encourage pupils to read.

A group of 50 students visited 26 primary schools last week having received training as storytellers at the Griffin Park Learning Zone.

Conservation chiefs have criticised the latest plans for Heston's rapidly decaying Hermitage amid fears the listed building will fail to survive the winter.

Gurmit Singh Bhullar, who owns the crumbling thatched cottage in Upper Sutton Lane, finally submitted a long-awaited condition report to Hounslow Council last Thursday.

Pizza and cookies were off the menu for these youngsters as they learned about healthy eating last week.

Pupils at Andrew Ewing Primary School in Westbrook Road, Heston, began a month of lessons and activities designed to boost their well-being last Wednesday.