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https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/buses/demand-responsive-buses/

Another consultation for you to look at, talk about and respond to.Here is the map:https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/buses/demand-responsive-buses/user_uploads/demand-responsive-bus-trail-ealing.pdf

Philippa Bond ● 2599d12 Comments ● 2538d

HEALING IN CHISWICK ON MONDAY 14TH October

The monthly healing centre at the London Buddhist Vihara, The Avenue, Chiswick, WILL be open on Monday, 14th October between 11am and 12.30pm. Healing helps any condition, from stress right through to physical illness and no matter what is said on the television programme, it is not just a placebo!!! There is no charge made for the healing (all the healers are working on a voluntary basis), although a donation would be welcome and will be given to the Vihara..There is no need to make an appointment or book but if you want any further information before coming please give me a ring on 0788 189 6449.

Pat Smith ● 2539d0 Comments ● 2539d

Ealing Shop Featured on News Quiz

One of the snippet items at the end of the show this week was for a shop in Ealing which had a sign in its window saying 'We are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If we are closed please phone xxx xxxx xxxx"Anybody know which shop it was?

Mark Evans ● 2543d2 Comments ● 2539d

Cycling Ealing.

Does anyone know what happened to Ealing's mini holland scheme, there was due to be segregated cycle lanes along the broadway and to Ealing broadway station which I thought would be fantastic. The council have this document on their website:  https://www.ealing.gov.uk/downloads/201176/cyclingIt seems to be completed: https://www.ealing.gov.uk/news/article/1554/ealing_town_centre_on_the_road_to_improvementHowever, all the major segregated cycle lanes mention that would go through the broadway haven't been completed! and that would have been the best bit.

Andrew Boynton ● 2544d18 Comments ● 2540d

Creepy Police Recruitment Ads

I was listening to LBC earlier today in the car when an ad came on for recruitment of new police officers. Firstly, I found it quite discomforting in a Big Brother sort of way. Secondly the ad directly echos a Conservative campaign commitment (not mention the reduction in police numbers since they have been in power). Hopefully the Home Office and not the Met are paying for the ads but even so it still is essentially political campaign advertising. Similarly these Get Ready for Brexit ads don't seem to actually provide any information and are  really just an attempt to convince us the government has everything under control.

Tricia Arbuthnot ● 2541d3 Comments ● 2540d

Heating Engineer in Ealing

Our boiler is playing up just when the time has come to consider turning the heating on again. Does anybody have a recommendation of a good local firm to come and have a look at it?

Gordon Southwell ● 2540d2 Comments ● 2540d

Ground Penetrating Radar Scan.

I am a True Crime Writer and Television Investigative Consultant. I have for the past 14 years been researching the horrendous crimes committed by Abertillery-born Harold Jones. In 1921, Jones then aged 15 murdered 2 Abertillery, Wales schoolgirls, Freda Burnell aged 8 and 11 year-old Florence Little. After being released from prison in 1941 Jones served 5 years in the army before settling in Fulham, Putney and finally Hammersmith where he died in 1971. Jones used a number of names during his time in London - first Harold Jones, then Harry Stevens and finally Harry Jones. Research has led myself and many criminal experts to believe that Jones went on to become the serial killer known as the Hammersmith Nudes' Killer (1959-1965.) https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/488557/is-this-man-the-real-jack-the-stripper/These 8 unsolved killings have over the past 11 years been given much media attention. In 2011 a one hour drama documentary titled Fred Dinenage Murder Casebook - Harold Jones -The Welsh Killer has been shown repeatedly on various satellite Channels worldwide. (Google Harold Jones -The Welsh Killer.) This led to a major 90 minute national television documentary which was shown in January and February 2019. (Google Dark Son - The Hunt For A Serial Killer to see trailers.) In the early 1960's Jones using the name Harry Stevens  had lived in Fulham, 2 streets away from 3rd nudes's victim Hannah Tailford. In 1964 and 1965 whilst living in Putney under the name Harry Stevens, he was AT THE SAME TIME occupying a rented house in Hammersmith using the name Harry Jones. This was 2 streets away from 7th nudes victim Frances Brown and 8th nudes' victim Bridget O'Hara. It is my belief that there may be trophies buried in the garden at Hammersmith and the owner has now given me permission to use ground-penetrating radar to detect any such evidence.I am trying to locate someone in the film or media industry or anyone else who would be willing to cover the cost of the scan and record the garden being scanned. (Approximately 70 square metres.)On top of the circumstantial evidence regarding Jones living just 2 streets away from 3 of the murder victims below are a few more startling links.(1) Jones' own daughter has indicated that her father would leave her and her mother at home at the times of the killings and book into Rowton House, a doss house in Hammersmith whenever her parents would have a row. The daughter stated that she now believes her father would do this in fear that he may kill his wife in temper. Jones' own son-in-law stated that "There's no smoke without fire is there?"(2) Bridget O'Hara, the 8th victim was last seen leaving a pub near Rowton House on 11 January 1975 - Jones' birthday.(3) The person believed to be the killer had in 1964 shown one woman (a prostitute) a Metropolitan Police warrant card after she had got into his car. She stated that she felt very uncomfortable and made an excuse to get out of the vehicle. The driver gave her some cash before she got out. I believe the person was Harold Jones who was using the warrant card that had belonged to John Widdows, Jones father-in-law who had died just 2-3 years earlier. Widdows was a former London Metropolitan Police officer. Jones daughter stated that she still possessed her grandfather's retirement clock and Widdows may have possibly kept his warrant card when he retired.(4) At least 4 of the 8 murder victims were stored in a disused electricity sub-station on the Heron Trading Estate in East Acton. This was about 4 miles from Jones' rented property in Hammersmith. Jones daughter claims that her father worked in ACTON at the time of the murders but couldn't or wouldn't reveal which business premises he had worked at.(5) Jones left prison in 1941 after refusing treatment or discussing his crimes with the relevant authorities. The prison authorities noted that Jones, right to the day he was released showed no remorse for his crimes in Wales. Just shortly before his release the prison governor stated: "Sad as it seems, I can see no hopeful prospects for Jones in the future." The prison chaplain described Jones as "a no hoper." And then Jones was released onto an unsuspecting public possibly in the hope he would get killed in Libya where he served 5 years in the army.I am in contact with relatives of 6 of the 8 murder victims and they all (especially adult children of these women) are keen to know the identity of the killer in their lifetime. I am now 67 years old and I would like to know for sure the killer's identify in my lifetime.If anyone would like to come on board with this matter or have any practical suggestions I can be contacted at n.milkin@sky.com or 07989555376. Regards. Neil Milkins.

Neil Milkins ● 2542d2 Comments ● 2542d

The Rising Tide of Death on Our Streets

If you talk to anyone with day to day experience of dealing with young people in London today they will all tell you the same thing. The chances of a youth becoming involved in violent crime rises massively if there is no father figure in the household. No matter how loving and supportive a single mother is, she often can't impose the critical red lines on behaviour that enable boys to develop self-control. I'm not speaking with reference to the events last night in Ealing because we don't know any details. Also there are no studies to confirm what the professionals say because these days academic institutions shy away from research which is likely to generate controversy. However, we do know that there is a significant rise in fatherless boys occurring at the moment and this is coinciding with a sharp rise in knife crime. Unfortunately this is just the start of the rise and the problem is set to get worse if unchecked. The other issue is that the internet now allows rival gangs to communicate with each other and arrange confrontations — technology has made gang warfare more efficient. You can't put this genie back in the bottle. It also means that more police won't necessarily solve the problem. If fights can be arranged on encyrpted software even the best resourced force can't do anything about it. Tougher sentences are also demonstrably not going to work. We already lock up more people than any other country in western Europe and custodial sentences for minor offences just turns petty criminals into hardened ones. Higher tariffs for carrying knives has just resulted in gangs getting minors to bring knives to fights. The answer we may now have to look at is the fostering and adoption system. At the moment the presumption is in favour of the natural mother but huge resources will be ploughed into supporting her even though the outcome for the child is likely to be bad. If the bar was raised for when a mother would receive this support and more children were put up for adoption at an early stage we would see a reduction in crime in 15 years time.

Gordon Southwell ● 2547d12 Comments ● 2542d

Digital Future:  The New Underclass 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000823pEarth Calling Ealing...  How inclusive do you think you are considering one in five of us lack the digital skills to get by day-to-day?

Philippa Bond ● 2566d13 Comments ● 2543d

Broadband, Landline & TV Package

It's that time of year again for me!  Virgin Media have offered me the following package for a total of £35 per month - is this good value or overpriced?- free 60-minute calls from my landline to "normal" STD numbers, anytime- 50mb broadband speed, unlimited downloads- MixIt TV Package, which is 70 channels, with a free TiVo or equivalentThanks!

Phil Kay ● 2555d12 Comments ● 2544d

Has Boris Johnson Just Outplayed Us All?

Saw the very brief interview with Boris Johnson in New York just now and couldn't work out what was going on. He seemed very relaxed and unconcerned, not like a many who has just been told categorically that he had broken the law and got the Queen to agree to him doing it.He has numerous faults but one of them isn't an excess of guile so if he seems happy and relaxed, he probably is happy and relaxed. This should give all those celebrating today pause for thought.To most normal people this defeat would be humiliating and career ending but Johnson appears to be changing the rules. It looks like it will be repackaged as the establishment thwarting the will of the people. Every set piece defeat that the PM has inflicted on him gives him more ammunition for the likely argument in the election that he is prepared to do nearly anything to deliver Brexit but is being thwarted by a remain backing elite.

Tricia Arbuthnot ● 2548d11 Comments ● 2544d

All over for 3rd runway?

Here’s an interesting story on the Brentford site: http://www.brentfordtw8.com/default.asp?section=info&link=http://neighbournet.com/server/common/conhrwsw322.htmI wonder what cock and bull the Heathrow lobbyists and I’ll come up with about this.

Simon Hayes ● 2546d8 Comments ● 2545d

TheAvenue Antique, Vintage & Retro Market Sat 28th 9-5pm

Lots of jolly stalls and people will be in The Avenue opposite West Ealing Station this Sat.  Kitchenalia, tools, linens, paintings, mirrors,vases, habadashery, books, bags, furniture, memoribilia, tea-sets, clothes, boots, photographs, jewels, cushions, silver, ornaments, and lots of things you may never have seen before from the past....Also large pub with garden and kids area and food and super coffee shop and pizza place and chemist and chip shop and so something for everyone.  E1 & E11 & E7 buses too

Jools Lewis ● 2545d0 Comments ● 2545d

Boris's Dilemma

After today's events I'm sure most people are as confused an uncertain about what is going on in UK politics as I am. Things are happening at such a pace it is difficult to keep track.  To make sense of it I thought it might be an idea to step back from the febrile atmosphere of news coverage of events and try and simplify what is going on. To start this it is probably best to accept from the outset that Boris Johnson has no guiding principles. That is meant as an observation rather than a criticism. Before opting to support Leave he laid out both sides of the argument and says he agonised over which to choose. That wasn't because he would have been persuaded by the strongest argument, he wanted to pick which would be best for his career. Boris has cultivated the party membership since he started in politics and, far more than any other Conservative politician has recognised that this is where true power lies within the party. Once he became leader it is now almost impossible to remove him as he will always have the backing of the membership. Getting close to the party rank and file has also made him well aware of their views and he was quick to realise they were unremittingly Eurosceptic. That they generally leaned that way was well known but he picked up quickly that since the referendum they had become obsessed with the issue beyond any other to the point that they would willingly compromise the economy or the Union to get Brexit. This meant that he knew any chance of him not becoming leader would be eliminated by him being the most unreservedly pro-Brexit candidate for leader. Right from the start he laid out his stall and effectively eliminated Dominic Raab who had previously outdone him for unbending Euroscepticism. However, this meant that he need to make pledges such as an unbreakable commitment to leave on 31 October. Having become leader he had to face the problem of his inadequate majority in the House which meant that any meaningful legislative programme was impractical even without Brexit. The normal solution would have been to call a general election but he faced the problem of another inadequate majority — that by which he holds Uxbridge and Hillingdon. If the Brexit party actively contests the seat and the Remain parties form an effective alliance he would probably lose. Therefore he needs to fight the election with some sort of pact with the Brexit party in place. The problem is that they are unlikely to stand aside unless he commits to a very hard Brexit as a campaign platform which his MPs may be unwilling to support. Assuming there is an election on 14 October cabinet would probably want him to say they would go for a negotiated deal without the backstop which the Brexit party say is not Brexit. This probably explains his confused and fairly pointless statement today. It would appear that the legislative challenge to 'no deal' Brexit is likely to work otherwise he wouldn't be threatening MPs with a loss of the whip. He now faces the choice of accepting an extension and missing the 31 October deadline or calling an election but he can't put no deal back on the table as a policy stance. However, an election would be an incredible roll of the dice. There are so many variables but the most likely outcome at this stage seems to be a Remain coalition with some chance that Boris may lose his seat. Of course a lot could happen in the meantime but Boris is essentially saddled with a policy stance that might appeal to his party's members but is unpalatable to the broader electorate. He probably recognises the chance of losing is high. On the other hand toughing it out as PM and reneging on his commitment to leave by 31 October even under duress may end his political career. Even he would have to consider resignation.  Neither of theses choices are particularly palatable for him but at least he has a dog now to give him some comfort.



Gordon Southwell ● 2570d45 Comments ● 2548d

Nasty Neighbour

A very nasty neighbour just chopped down one of the lovely trees on Darwin Road ( near the shop). Happened on Saturday as council offices were closed so no-one could stop him. How dare you!!!! The tree wasn't YOURS!!

David Parsons ● 2682d47 Comments ● 2553d

Labour antisemitism

This just trundles on does it not?There are calls (from within the Labour party) for the newly elected MP for Peterborough to be suspended for antisemitism. Meanwhile, a Labour MP has been accused of antisemitism by two of her former employees in formal complaints to the party. I wonder who it might be..

Nick Goodliffe ● 2656d30 Comments ● 2556d

Heathrow flightpaths - last chance to object!

Last chance to complain about proposed changes to Heathrow flightpaths is tonight (Friday)!  Who to email: feedback@heathrowconsultation.comWhat to say: “Heathrow’s plans for new flight paths and additional flights from 2022 would bring unacceptable noise to Ealing and elsewhere. Any increase in flight numbers also means more carbon emissions and lower air quality. It would reduce the quality of life in my community and it goes against the UK’s commitment to cut carbon emissions and improve air quality in London I strongly object to ANY change in flightpaths; to ANY loss of respite; to ANY increase in numbers of flights and to ALL plans for expansion – and I make this objection as a formal contribution to the consultation process”. Don't forget to include your name and address.And don't forget this has NOTHING to do with the 3rd runway - they're deliberately trying to confuse people by lumping in the flightpath changes with everything else they're planning. Don't let them get away with it.

David Marshall ● 2559d3 Comments ● 2557d

Isn't the North Ealing anti-racism protest prejudicial?

As far as I am aware nobody has actually been tried and convicted of a racist attack at North Ealing station. An allegation has been made and while that may be credible and likely backed up by witness statements and CCTV this evidence still needs to be tested in a court of law before we can say 'racist attack' rather than 'alleged racist attack'. The woman with the Croydon facelift looks like people I have heard using the worst sort of racist language in public and I can see why there is a presumption of guilt. However, I have also seen people with the same sort of look behave with the upmost humanity. It may make people feel good about themselves to go to a demonstration to show how much they hate racist but they may need to consider that they may actually be helping facilitate it. Would the legal representatives of any woman charged with this crime now not be able to claim that her chances of a fair trial have been compromised by a large gathering of people at the scene saying she is definitely guilty?

Gordon Southwell ● 2560d4 Comments ● 2560d

Disruption in Greenford

Why is he work on he Grenford Road/Ruispil Road junction so prolonged? Is it really any improvement? Why is he gross disruption fro one way traffic on Greenford Road at Rockware Avenue not even included in the forthcoming roadworks listed on his site?

Graham Weeks ● 2560d0 Comments ● 2560d

Speedy Eviction of Travellers From Ealing Common 'Inhumane'

See front page article.So, you turf up in your caravan, dump building waste (and worse) and then bleat that being moved on is inhumane.No it is not, travellers are not above the law and the good people of this borough have every right to enjoy our open spaces without dumped  piles of detritus and intimidation.

N V Brooks ● 2583d10 Comments ● 2560d