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Suspended Jail Sentence for West Ealing Loan Shark
Anti-money laundering specialist gave loans to Filippino community


Free Care Bags for Ealing Hospital Patients with Special Needs
Measure funded by the Trust's charity

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Rupa Huq Explains Her Assisted Dying Vote
Local MP concerned about impact on non-native speakers

Community comes out to celebrate Brent River Park’s 50th anniversary
Residents, campaigners and local dignitaries gathered on Sunday (29 June 2025) at Churchfields Recreation Ground in Hanwell to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ealing’s Brent River Park – and to remember its visionary founder, Luke FitzHerbert. The event, held exactly five decades after the par...
Rupa Huq MP explains why she voted no in Assisted Dying Bill
In one of the most emotionally charged votes in recent years, the House of Commons narrowly passed the Assisted Dying Bill earlier this month (20 June 2025) by a majority of just 23 votes (314 to 291). The result followed months of national debate and parliamentary scrutiny. Among those voicing conc...

Councillors Lend a Hand at Ealing Soup Kitchen
Lib Dems supporting charity working with homeless and vulnerable

West Ealing financial crime specialist sentenced over loan shark activities
A West Ealing man who once specialised in tackling financial crime has been sentenced for running an illegal money lending operation that exploited vulnerable borrowers across London. Dharmendra Devji Solanki, 58, was handed a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, at Inner London Crown ...
Open Spaces Society hails 50 years of Brent River Park
One of the UK’s oldest conservation charities has paid tribute to grassroots visionaries – including Luke FitzHerbert – who transformed a stretch of riverbank in Ealing into a much-loved public park, as Brent River Park marked its 50th anniversary yesterday (29 June 2025). Kate Ashbrook, gener...

Ealing Rolex Thief Jailed After Being Caught in Sting
Robber attempted to strangle undercover police officer

Ealing councillors roll up sleeves at Ealing Soup Kitchen
Four Liberal Democrat councillors from Ealing Council stepped into the kitchen last Friday (27 June 2025), to support the borough’s most vulnerable residents. Liberal Democrats Councillors Jon Ball, Jonathan Oxley, Gary Malcolm and Athena Zissimos volunteered at Ealing Soup Kitchen, assisting with...

Dismay at Sudden Eviction of West Ealing Nursery
Hungry Caterpillar displaced after children's centre closures


North Hanwell Residents Fear HMO Displacement
Believe increase in conversion in their area is a result of Perivale restrictions

Huge fines for Ealing food firms after mice found on premises
A Southall takeaway and an Acton food production company have been handed heavy fines after Ealing Council inspectors uncovered severe mice infestations – one of which was described as among the worst ever seen – prompting immediate closures due to serious risks to public health. Fast food resta...
West Ealing teaching assistant wins award
Hardeep Bahra, a teaching assistant at St John’s Primary School in West Ealing for over 30 years, has been named a Silver Winner in the Pearson National Teaching Awards, recognised as one of the UK’s most outstanding teaching assistants. In her more than three decades at the school, Mrs Bahra â€...
Ealing man jailed after trying to rob undercover officer
A man from Ealing who attempted to strangle and rob an undercover police officer wearing a high-end watch has been jailed for life. Abdi-Rahman Khaliif-Ali, 26, was sentenced on Wednesday (25 June 2025) at Southwark Crown Court to life imprisonment with a minimum term of four years and nine months. ...
Exhibition shows people who keep Ealing Hospital running
EALING Hospital is celebrating the small army of non-clinical staff who keep it running behind the scenes with an exhibition.
HS2’s Anne completes boring job
Construction on Britain’s new high-speed railway, HS2, has passed a significant milestone with the completion of the 8.4-mile Northolt Tunnel. The final tunnel boring machine, named Anne, broke through into a shaft at Green Park Way in Greenford on Thursday, completing excavation of the twin-bore ...
Community groups across Ealing invited to bid for £12.4m green funding
London Assembly Member for Ealing and Hillingdon, Bassam Mahfouz, is calling on community groups, grassroots organisations and residents across Ealing to explore and apply for funding to transform their local environment, as the Mayor of London launches a new £12.4 million Green Roots Fund. The fun...
Ealing Council unveils vision for new town at Old Oak
Ealing Council has outlined ambitious plans to deliver thousands of affordable homes, green spaces and high-quality jobs with a major new town in the borough being built, Old Oak. Old Oak, located partly in North Acton, lies primarily within the borough of Ealing but also extends into Brent and Hamm...