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Northolt Underground station becomes step-free
Northolt Underground station is now step-free from street to train following the completion of a long-awaited accessibility project. A new lift and footbridge have opened at the Central line station, with manual boarding ramps available to help passengers get on and off trains. Work to make Northolt...
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St David's Care Home Welcomes Music for Dementia
Station features uninterrupted tunes spanning the forties to the eighties
Women's Rough Sleeping Census Launched in Ealing
Aim is to uncover hidden homelessness in the borough
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Northolt Station Becomes Fully Accessible
New footbridge and lift now provide step-free access
Ealing Council expands benefits in staff recruitment and retention drive
Ealing Council employees can now take up to eight weeks of paid paternity leave under a package of new and improved staff benefits. The council said the extension from two weeks, alongside the wider package, was intended to help it attract and retain employees. Maternity and adoption pay has also be...
Council Proposing Closure of Northolt Primary School
Viking could shut with pupils transferring to Downe Manor
Community spirit shines at Vernon Court
A popular open day reveals an affordable way for over-60s to enjoy home ownership and independence in the heart of Ealing
Closure order extended at Hanwell property over drug concerns
A residential Hanwell property linked to drug dealing and anti-social behaviour will remain closed for another three months after a court extended an order first imposed in June 2026. Ealing Council secured the extension at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on 2 September 2026, with the Closure Order no...
Police take to Acton Green Common to hear residents’ concerns
More than 100 residents spoke to neighbourhood police about concerns affecting their area at the first event in a new community initiative on Acton Green Common on Sunday (13 September 2026). Meet the Met was launched after members of the Southfield Ward Panel said they wanted local officers to be m...
Councillor Mark Sanders: My start as an Hanger Hill ward councillor
Councillor Mark Sanders, who was elected as a Liberal Democrat councillor for Hanger Hill ward in May 2026, reflects on his first few months representing the ward and the issues residents have been raising with him. “After four months as a new councillor for Hanger Hill ward, working with my fanta...
New chair for Old Oak and Park Royal development panel
A new chair has been appointed to the independent panel advising on major development across Old Oak and Park Royal, including areas of Ealing around North Acton, East Acton and Park Royal. Architect and urban designer Jas Bhalla took over as chair of the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporati...
Adoption Hopes Collapse After Councils' Failures
Couple told to take a year off work before placement withdrawn
Crackdown on Major Fake Goods Hub in Southall
Operation Linchpin sees raids operation centred at Charles House
Acton residents raise further concerns over anti-social behaviour at The Mount
Residents living near Morrisons supermarket at The Mount in Acton claim drug dealing and anti-social behaviour have worsened despite a Metropolitan Police crackdown that the force says has contributed to a 48% fall in reported incidents across Acton. The concerns come four months after EALING.NEWS r...
Southall raid uncovers more than 18 tonnes of counterfeit and illegal goods
More than 18 tonnes of counterfeit and illegal goods have been seized in a raid led by Ealing Council’s trading standards team at a Southall industrial estate. The 18.5-tonne haul, described as enough to fill a large lorry, was recovered from businesses at Grand Union Enterprise Park on Bridge Roa...
Rock N Roll Circus Coming to Gunnersbury Park
First major event to be announced since blanket permission granted
Ealing tip-off leads to £1,833 Blue Badge fraud penalty
A tip-off received by a contractor working for Ealing Council led to an investigation which has seen an Uxbridge man ordered to pay £1,833 for fraudulently using a family member’s Blue Badge. Jason McKenzie, 46, of Kenley Place, Uxbridge, pleaded guilty at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court to display...
Hospital worker celebrates four decades at Central Middlesex
A hospital worker who started at Central Middlesex Hospital as a 17-year-old apprentice has celebrated 40 years working at the Park Royal site. Harlesden-born Anthony Marchetti, 58, joined the hospital, which is run by London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, after spotting an apprentice m...
Ealing student wins national award for Claude Littner Business Challenge
A student from Ealing’s University of West London has won a national award after creating an Apprentice-inspired business challenge backed by businessman Claude Littner. Sanaa Kazi, who studied for an MBA at UWL’s Claude Littner Business School, received the Student Leadership and Enterprise Awa...
Opinion: In a world of online noise, we need to come together to confront climate change
Online debate around climate change can quickly become heated and polarised. But Hanwell resident, community volunteer and Green Party member Dominic Kirkbride believes bringing people together face-to-face offers a more constructive way to discuss the challenges ahead. After attending a screening o...