Local Hounslow news & West London news

Swine Flu at three schools in Richmond

THE SPREAD of swine flu in Richmond continued this week with another two schools being forced to close because of the infection. Read

Kingston bus users sign petition to save service

MORE than 330 people have signed a petition to save a bus service that helps elderly and disabled people get out and about. Read

Feltham girl's Talent audition is a YouTube hit

A 15-YEAR-OLD Feltham girl has become a YouTube sensation after wowing the judges on Britain's Got Talent on Saturday. Read

Fury as Hanworth speed camera rakes in £1m

A TEMPORARY speed camera in Hanworth has been named as Britain's highest-grossing – bringing in fines of almost £1m in just six months. Read

Couple with seven kids become foster parents

ROBIN and Debbie Oldcorn began fostering children at their home in Stanwell in November 2007 and have never looked back. Read

Kingston schools must expand to cope with rising pupil numbers

KINGSTON Council has launched a consultation into the future of the borough's primary schools by writing to parents to ask which schools they would like to grow bigger. Read

Tree-planting Richmond lives up to leafy reputation

RICHMOND is living up to its reputation as a leafy borough, with more than 900 trees planted in the past year. Read

Richard Briers in carrot-inspired runway protest

TV star Richard Briers planted seeds on land earmarked for a third Heathrow runway - and he's planning to send cabinet ministers a carrot every year. Read

Police hunt knifeman who struck outside Yates's

Two people have been arrested following a stabbing in Hounslow in the early hours of Saturday morning. Read

Runway protesters earn praise from top Tory

ANTI third runway campaigners met with the Conservative Shadow Transport Secretary in Osterley so that she could see for herself the effect of flight paths over west London. Read

Hounslow business leaders expect growth

THERE is talk of 'green shoots' on Wall Street and Hounslow is no different with 64% of businesses still planning to grow this year. Read

Homeless a priority for Richmond's new mayor

RICHMOND'S new mayor took over the robes this week, and launched ambitious plans to help the borough's most disadvantaged residents. Read

TB rates four times higher in Hounslow

IT IS stigmatised as a disease of the poor but, while tuberculosis (TB) rates fall steadily nationwide, cases of the deadly disease in Hounslow have increased to more than four times the national average. Read