October 2008 Archives

A coach service has started up which provides a direct link from Acton to Stansted airport.

The Orbis Air Link runs 24 hours a day and leaves every two hours from Hammersmith, calling at Acton Town and Ealing Broadway Tube stations.

Residents are urged to come forward with ideas for how to spend £40,000 at the new South Acton Ward Forum on Monday (3).

The forum, one of several brought in to replace the old area committees, will meet at Acton High School in Gunnersbury Lane at 7pm. The meeting is expected to last around two hours.

Fun activities will be held this half term Monday (27) on the newly improved Trinity Way open space.

The event at the site near Old Oak Road and Bromyard Avenue will feature football coaching on the new ball court, arts and crafts, face painting, table tennis and bulb and tree planting.

An Acton man who dumped waste in a road in Ealing was caught and fined as part of a crackdown by Ealing Council.

Slobadan Jovanovic, of Hanbury Road, was fined £300 and ordered to pay £300 costs for leaving the rubbish in Gordon Road, Ealing.

Dance classes will be held in Acton all next week for school pupils on the half term break.

This year marks 10 years since the beginning of the Rhythmic Dance Triangle project, set up by the Descendants group to encourage young people to have fun learning traditional African and Caribbean styles.

A primary school pupil from Acton will don the ceremonial robes as junior Mayor of Ealing after beating hundreds of fellow students in a competition.

Ravi Kumar, nine, from West Acton Primary School, impressed judges with his ideas for fighting crime and helping the environment during a contest for Local Democracy Week held in schools across the borough.

ARTISTS, entertainers and performers are being urged to join in the fun at this year's Acton Town Christmas Fair.
The festivities aim to be a colourful community spectacular with choirs, carol singers, bands and buskers already lined up for the Saturday, December 6.
But there is room for plenty more including space for local artists and small businesses to exhibit their work or have a stall in the market or the Town Hall.
The event covers the whole of the town, The Mount, St Mary's Church in Churchfield Road, Acton High Street and Acton Town Hall from 11am-6pm.
It is designed to highligh the £2million package of investment which will be used to revamp the town in the next few years.
Market stalls will offer a range of arts, crafts and one-off quirky Christmas gifts as well as more traditional holiday treats, food from around the world, activities for children and a Santa's grotto.
Contact Trusha Lakhani on 020 8825 9659 or email Trusha at stanwortht@ealing.gov.uk. A stall booking form is available to download at www.ealing.gov.uk/acton

Apple juice, apple pie and other apple-related delights will feature in an event promoting healthy living in Acton on Saturday (18).

People living on the Leamington Park Estate are invited to head to the Orchard Community Centre for apple-themed fun and games from 2pm to 5pm.

A factory staffed by disabled workers in Acton will hold an open day to encourage other businesses to get involved.

Remploy helps people with disabilities find mainstream jobs and employs dozens of disabled workers to assemble electrical and mechanical products at its Gypsy Corner site.

Staff from Homebase in East Acton will be drafted in this weekend to improve the appearance of a neighbouring estate plagued by criminals targeting the superstore.

Flowers and bulbs supplied by the home improvement chain will be planted around Glendun Court on Sunday afternoon (19).