A MIDDLE-aged Feltham man is facing jail for running a brothel.

Bruce Chipping, of Fruen Road, admitted selling sex with prostitutes from a premises in Church Road, Ashford at Guildford Crown Court on Monday.

A 13-YEAR-OLD yob has been banned from parts of Feltham after being slapped with an ASBO.

Ryan Irvine, of Feltham, cannot enter any part of the town centre shopping complex, including footpaths and car parks, in the area bounded by the High Street, Highfield Road, Tilley Road and Bedfont Lane.

A blood donation session is being held at Feltham Assembly Hall on Thursday, January 14.

You can give blood at the centre, in Hounslow Road, Feltham, from 1.15-3.45pm or 5.15-7.30pm.

You can book an appointment, and find details of other sessions near you, online at www.blood.co.uk

Students at Feltham Skills Centre helped build their own workshop by laying a concrete base.

The 16 and 17-year-olds helped lecturers and contractors lay the 60sq m floor for a new brickwork workshop last week to get experience of working on site.

The students at the college in Boundaries Road stopped only once to enjoy a hot drink and pasty made freshly by the centre's catering class.

Mayor of Hounslow Paul Lynch was among 120 guests at a Christmas tea at Longford Community School.

The school hall was transformed for the festive season and guests were served a meal by students and treated to excerpts from the school pantomime, Alladin, and a performance by the school choir.

A campaign is underway to make Queen guitarist Brian May a Freeman of Hounslow.

May grew up in Walsham Road, Feltham and returned to the town last month to unveil a memorial to friend and bandmate Freddie Mercury, who also hailed from the area.

Now politicians want to recognise Brian himself by bestowing on him the highest honour the borough can give and raised the suggestion at a council meeting last week.

A company has been fined £15,000 after a contractor died when he fell through the roof of a warehouse.

Richard Gibbs had not been trained to work as a roofer when he fell seven metres to his death on the Mercury Centre industrial estate in Central Way, Feltham in January 2007.

The 24-year-old stepped on a fragile roof sheet which gave way and, despite being taken to hospital by air ambulance, he died of his injuries.

More than 200 children met Santa Claus at Edward Pauling school church fair on Friday December 4.

Mayor of Hounslow Councillor Paul Lynch handed out gifts to youngsters at the school in Redford Close, Feltham while the bulk of the bric-a-brac, cake and toy stalls sold out quickly.

About 500 people attended in total and more than £1,000 was raised.

The annual Christmas fair at Christ Church in Hanworth Road raised £2,000 on Saturday November 28.

Money raised at the event, which was organised by the joint fund raising committee of St.Dunstan's and the United Free Church, will be shared between the two churches for their general upkeep.

A Feltham brownie pack is shutting down because its leader is being forced to retire.

The 7th Feltham Brownies, who meet every Tuesday at the scout hut in Ludlow Road, are disbanding because Barbara Milsom has reached the girl guides retiring age, 65.

Barbara, who lives in Feltham, has led the pack for 23 years and has seen more than 200 girls pass through her care.