The Ealing tuberculosis team will be visiting health centres and high streets next Wednesday 24th to mark the day the bacteria was identified in 1882 by the German physician Robert Koch.

The main foyer of Ealing hospital, Southall Broadway Health Centre and Acton Town Centre will be visited by the TB team to raise awareness of the bacterial disease on World TB Day.

A disabled father had his face smashed in by bricks and was robbed at gunpoint as he sat in his car in Acton on Saturday evening.

Tarek Gotti, 33, had dropped off a friend at Larden Road, just off The Vale, and was about to lock the passenger door when a black man wearing a hoodie jumped in, demanding money as he pointed the gun in the frightened driver's face.

Guests are invited to a fund-raising event with live performances from the guitarist of The Fugees and Ealing's own jazz musician, Keith Waithe and the Macusi Players.

The Ealing Haiti Solidarity Group are holding their Help Haiti concert next Saturday (March 27) at Acton High School, Gunnersbury Lane, to raise money to rebuild schools damaged by the earthquake.

Despite continued calls to extend a crash barrier to prevent further accidents and possible deaths, yet another car has smashed into a front garden wall off a busy dual carriageway in Acton.

People living on Western Avenue just before Gypsy Corner have for years witnessed cars and lorries careering into their gardens narrowly missing their homes, and they say next time, the drivers or pedestrians may not be so lucky.

A former athlete, who has become a personal trainer for the elderly, is now creating a board game to help them develop co-ordination and stability.

Martin Hunt, from Ealing,who used to run for Ealing Southall & Middlesex Athletics club, decided to target his personal training towards the elderly as he has a disabled father and two disabled nephews. He was nominated for a Pride in our People awards for helping the elderly.

BUSINESS minister Ian Lucas was impressed by Action Acton's work with the jobless after a recent visit.

He is looking for a role model where employees feel involved with the business.
He said: "I am very impressed by what I heard and believe Action Acton has achieved remarkable success."

BUSINESS minister Ian Lucas was impressed by Action Acton's work with the jobless after a recent visit.

He is looking for a role model where employees feel involved with the business.
He said: "I am very impressed by what I heard and believe Action Acton has achieved remarkable success."

Train enthusiasts are invited to browse the London Transport Museum in Acton, Museum Way, this Saturday and Sunday.

There will be an exhibition on the theme of suburbia with models of houses, flats and stations in West London and Loftus Road.

A nightclub in Acton has been granted permission to stay open late this weekend despite concerns by police.

Peter Adams, the designated premises supervisor of Libertaire in the High Street, applied for a temporary event notice to extend his opening hours to 6am this Sunday.

Neighbours whose lives have been 'incessantly blighted' by noise and air pollution from an industrial estate in Acton are calling for a stop to any further expansion.

People living in the surrounding areas of Horn Lane claim it is the second most polluted stretch of road in London and a major factor are the trucks and industrial activities taking place at site number 307.