Health

Staff and residents of a care home in Acton watched with pride as their very own documentary programme was aired to thousands for the first time on Wednesday.

Torkington House in Creswick Road, was lucky enough to be chosen to feature in the Aged Care Channel training programme, due to their excellent patient practices.

Hopes of acquiring a state-of-the-art doctors surgery within a new housing block in Acton have been thwarted after negotiations between a health trust and developer have reached deadlock.

Bromyard House, the former Ministry of Pensions building along Bromyard Avenue, has been developed into luxury apartments by Berkeley Homes and provisions were made to house a doctors surgery for all the new families moving to the area.

ACTON Professor publishes Parksinson book after 10-year struggle living with disease.

Prof Ray Paul, Visiting Professor at Brunel University and London School of Economics, talks about coping strategies, reaction of family and friends and literally dancing in the street. Copies on Amazon or www.raypaul.com.

Kind-hearted people are asked to give blood this week during a visit by the National Blood Service.

There will be an opportunity to give blood at Ealing Town Hall in the Elizabeth Cantel Room, New Broadway, Ealing on Tuesday November 17 at 1:45-4:15 and 5-7:15pm.

Edmund Koszalka, 84, who went missing on Monday morning has been found safe and well by Police.

A flat on the 11th floor of a tower block in Acton was damaged by fire yesterday afternoon.

Four fire engines and around 20 firefighters were called to the blaze on Park Road East, W3, yesterday at 11:29am.

A flat on the 11th floor of a tower block in Acton was damaged by fire yesterday afternoon.

Four fire engines and around 20 firefighters were called to the blaze on Park Road East, W3, yesterday at 11:29am.

A restaurant in Acton went up in flames on Wednesday morning and firecrews from the surrounding areas were called to put out the blaze.

A motorcyclist was treated for shock after skidding on an oil spillage in Acton Vale this afternoon.

A cookery workshop for Acton kids could be in line to win £2,000 - but it needs our readers to make their votes count.

Care and support cookery workshops run by the Kids' Cookery School have made it into the top three education projects in the National Lottery Awards, and there is one week of voting left to decide the winner.