Local Authority

Police have been given new powers to confiscate alcohol from drinkers in Heston and Lampton parks in a bid to crack down on booze-fuelled crime.

The two parks, together with surrounding streets, will become controlled drinking zones (CDZ) from February 15.

Speed humps installed after a five-year campaign have been ripped out within two days -because they were the 'wrong colour'.

Householders in Sutton Road, Heston, first petitioned the council to introduce safety measures on the notorious short-cut in 2004.

A development in Heston has won an award for low-cost housing.

Banks Yard, in New Heston Road, was named best small development at the Affordable Home Ownership Awards 2009, hosted by Property Ladder presenter Sarah Beeny last month.

Banks Yard, built by Octavia Housing, was completed in July last year and has 28 homes, including 10 'affordable' properties for rent.

Work is set to begin on a £7.5 million development in Heston as part of plans to create 1,000 new 'affordable' homes across the borough.

Hounslow Homes, which manages the council's social housing, last week agreed a £29m deal with developers Lovell and United House/A2DHG for four projects.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Justice chiefs have confirmed they are seeking bail accommodation in the borough, but deny they have already found a location in Heston.

Bosses at the Ministry of Justice said more space was needed in the area to house people on bail and those who have been released early on bail.

Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson and impressionist Alistair McGowan have helped buy a field north of Heathrow in an audacious bid to stop a third runway being built.

The celebrities teamed up with a group of eco-campaigners to buy the site, which has been earmarked for the new landing strip, last week.