February 2009 Archives

Soldiers from Hounslow Barracks will take part in a farewell parade next Thursday, March 5, before heading off to Afghanistan.

More than 300 troops from the Second Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, will march along Hounslow High Street and up to the Civic Centre in Lampton Road.

Youngsters at Berkeley Primary School were finally put out of their suspense yesterday when not one, but two playgrounds opened.

Pupils at the school in Cranford Lane, Heston, had been waiting three weeks to try out the new facilities, which they designed themselves.

There are just over two weeks left for residents to get their hands on a share of £1.5 million to make over estates in Heston.

Hounslow Homes tenants have until March 13 to apply for grants of up to £100,000 as part of the council's Rainbow Project.

A loving couple from Heston who were married in India 25 years ago celebrated their silver wedding anniversary earlier this month with close family and friends.

Anil Pratap Singh and his wife Sonia marked their milestone anniversary with a party at their home in St Leonard's Garden on Tuesday, February 10.

A Sikh detective from Cranford has lost his appeal against a decision to clear Met Police bosses of victimisation.

Gurpal Virdi was awarded £70,000 after winning an employment tribunal in June last year, only for judges to overturn the ruling on appeal.

Plans to outlaw drinking in Lampton Park will go under the spotlight at a public meeting on Thursday next week.

Members of Heston East Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) will discuss the proposals at Hounslow Civic Centre in Lampton Road, Hounslow, from 7pm till 9pm.

Activists from both sides of the Heathrow debate are set to clash in rival demonstrations on Thursday.

In the green corner, eco-warriors from Campaign Against Climate Change (CACC) will show their opposition to a third runway by donning Gordon Brown masks outside Downing Street.

Friends of a former 2nd Heston Scouts member are trying to track him down for a reunion this spring.

Pals of Peter Masters, who was a scout in the 50s and 60s, want him to get in touch ahead of a get-together on May 17.

Senior citizens from a Heston care home joined 800 others from all over the UK at a party organised by the Lions Club.

London Central Lions Club invited 10 members from Heston House Care Home to join it at Harrow Leisure Centre on Sunday, February 1, for the annual senior citizen celebration.

Council leader Peter Thompson has followed in the footsteps of pop stars like Sting and Suggs by donating his guitar to youngsters as part of a musical amnesty.

He visited Andrew Ewing Primary School, in Westbrook Road, Heston, last Thursday to hand over the instrument as part of Time Out's 'No Strings Attached Initiative'.