Health

A pensioner was treated for smoke inhalation by the ambulance service after a fire broke out at a block of flats in Acton.

Six fire engines and around 30 firefighters were called to a 22-storey block of flats in Lexden Road, in the early hours of Monday morning.

A fitness centre was relaunched after hundreds of pounds worth of new equipment was donated and a new logo for the future was unveiled.

The South Acton Community Fitness Centre (SACFC) in Bollo Bridge Road, Acton, welcomed guests to a ribbon cutting ceremony last Friday before they were given a tour and a chance to try out £2,000 worth of equipment.

An Acton teenager who was bullied because of a health disorder has become an ambassador for a national campaign.

Melissa Blake of Stuart Road, has leant her support and experience to raise awareness of epilepsy among young people during National Epilepsy week (13-19 June).

A laundry outlet in Park Royal caught fire on Sunday evening (13 June).

Four fire engines and around 20 fire-fighters tackled the blaze in the two-storey building on Sunbeam Road, NW10.

A woman had to be cut free from the wreckage of her car and a pedestrian taken to hospital after a crash in Acton on Friday evening.

Ambulance crews were called just after 5.45pm to Larden Road, just off The Vale, Acton, where they treated a 37-year-old woman before she was taken to Charing Cross Hospital suffering neck and back injuries.

A biker in his forties was taken by air ambulance to hospital following an accident in Acton on Friday afternoon.

The 46-year-old suffered abdominal injuries after falling from his bike following the collision with a car at the junction of The Vale and Warple Way just after 1pm.

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Fire-fighters on an emergency call out suffered minor injuries after their fire engine crashed into a parked car before hitting a bus shelter in Acton on Saturday morning.

The fire engine was on its way to Western Avenue when it hit a silver Audi TT and ploughed into the 266 bus shelter on Horn Lane around 8.40am.

The public are invited to an important meeting next week to discuss the potential threats to Ealing and Central Middlesex hospitals.

The Ealing Trades Union Council has organised the meeting for Wednesday, April 7th, starting 7.30pm, in response to the potential downgrade of acute services at the borough's two hospitals.

A motorcyclist is in a serious condition after being struck down by a people-carrier in Acton this morning.

The 22-year-old was hit by a Volkswagon Sharon on Horn Lane, at the junction of Acacia Road, just after 10.30am.

A person managed to escape from a building in Acton after a blaze ripped through the flats on Friday afternoon.

Smoke billowed out of the third floor flat above a 24 hour food and wine shop in Crown Street, off Acton High Street, just after 1pm.