November 2008 Archives

Passengers on a train service which runs through Acton are more satisfied
one year after it was relaunched, according to Transport for London.

More than half of passengers questioned said staff visibility and
cleanliness have improved since TfL took over the London Overground network
from previous operators Silverlink last November.

SANTA will take up residence in Acton for a Christmas fair next weekend.

He will be in St Mary's Church Hall from 11am to 6pm on December 6.

A range of stalls selling individual Chirstmas gifts will also set up around The Mount and Acton High Street.

Lighting in Old Oak Lane could be improved with cash from East Acton ward forum.

Ward councillors have pencilled in £25,000 of their £40,000 budget to fund the scheme, which will be discussed at the next meeting on Monday (24).

Bookworms are encouraged to join a reading group in Acton over the winter months.

The club meets at Acton Library in the high street on the last Thursday of every month, at 6.30pm.

Restaurants in Acton will supply food at a meeting tonight (20) to discuss the future of an Acton street.

L'Oriental, Three Spice and Kalinka will supply the open meeting at St Mary's Church Hall in The Mount, which will follow the AGM of Churchfield Community Association at 7.30pm.

An exclusive health and fitness club in Acton is throwing open its doors to members of the public tomorrow (15).

All are welcome to drop in to Virgin Active, in Bromyard Avenue, to try out the facilities and talk to staff about joining.

Police are planning to impose a dispersal zone on Acton town centre before Christmas to address problems with street drinkers.

Market traders in The Mount have been threatened by drunks who congregate outside St Mary's Church, and residents are demanding action amid claims their gardens are being used as toilets.

Concerns about street drinkers blighting the centre of Acton are expected to be raised at a special meeting on Monday (10).

Police and councillors will be at the meeting at St Mary's Church Hall, which was called at the request of residents who are anxious about regular street drinking and antisocial behaviour in the streets around the church.

It will start at 7.30pm.

A new pedestrian crossing could be in the pipeline for a busy junction in Acton town centre.

Ealing Council officers are looking into options for the junction of Uxbridge Road and Gunnersbury Lane, next to the Red Lion and Pineapple pub.

KNIFE crime and gang culture are drawing in younger people than ever in South Acton, according to the police officer in charge of the area.

Anxious residents raised fears about escalating levels of violent crime at a meeting this week following a recent daylight stabbing at Ealing Common Tube station and the killing of 19-year-old Craig Marshall.