October 2008 Archives

Bill Ryan and co from Feltham Youth FC Raised a whopping £1300 after the club raised £450 from their charity day in September, Alperton Lodge heard of the work and donated another £250 presented by Alan Taylor and Bill's dad and the rest of the Ryan family donated the remaining £600.

The cheques were presented to Dr Crawshaw the neonatal paediatrician who expressed his gratitutude and explianed that this would be going into the fund to help replace some much needed incubators, exactly like the type Bill's son Michael had used for a month when he was in the unit just after birth.

A haulage boss from Feltham has been fined £87,000 after admitting his part in a 'criminal network' that put potentially dangerous lorries on the road.

Thomas McKinney, 34, was one of five men caught fiddling vital paperwork following a painstaking 14-month investigation from the Met's Traffic Unit - codenamed Operation Cluedo.

A longtime Feltham resident has found himself in a tale of two houses after bungling Hounslow Council officers gave a new property on his road exactly the same address as his home.

David Renwick, of Sycamore Close, only realised something was wrong last week when his post started to go missing and a mysterious furniture delivery arrived at his house.

A quick investigation revealed a rival number one, Sycamore Close, with a similar postcode, had sprung up just a little way along his street.

As part of our StoryStar writing competition judge and award-winning author Tabitha Suzuma gives you her top 10 tips on how to write a great short story.

StoryStar is a writing competition for young people in west London aged 4 - 18. All entries are published on www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk and the winners will receive books for themselves and their school from Random House Children's Books and see their stories printed in the paper.

Neighbours whose homes back onto Hanworth Marshalling Yard have responded with horror to the news the tranquil nature conservation area could once again become a noisy train depot.

The former industrial area, which has developed into a haven for wildlife since it fell out of use in 1969, is the most recent Green Belt site around Feltham to be targeted by developers.

Creative kids can develop their talent at a series of arty workshops during half-term.

The sessions, from Wednesday to Friday next week, will include planting and painting pots, working on art straw creations, paper animals and abstract canvases.

They will run from 10am-12pm, in Feltham Hill Infants School community room, and families hoping to take part must book in advance. Call parent training coordinator Georgie Edmonds on 07593 198395.

Families looking for half-term fun are invited to join Feltham Arts Association for a felt workshop next Wednesday.

Children aged seven and up can come along to Feltham Library community room one, accompanied by an adult, and try their hand making their own felt creations, including balls, belts and badges.

The workshop will run from 2pm-4pm, on October 29, and costs £1.50 per child.

Please ring Feltham Arts on 020 8844 1802 to book a place.

A new mum is fuming after her eight-day-old son was turned away from two doctors' surgeries despite suffering a painful infected umbilical cord.

Newborn Alfie was forced to travel with his mum to Sunbury to see a GP after staff at both Teddington Walk-in Centre and Feltham Medical Centre refused him treatment last week.

She may be perched cackling on a broom stick but there is nothing wicked about this Halloween witch.

Beneath the disguises are wool shop owners and enthusiastic charity fundraisers Anne Merrett and her husband Paul.

The pair, who regularly raise cash with sponsored bike rides, are using a special Hallowen design on the front window of Anne and Paul's Feltham Wool Shop to make even more cash for two of their favourite charities.

A man was stabbed in the groin as he walked past a Feltham bookmakers on Monday.

The 23-year-old victim was outside Betfred, in the High Street, at about 9.30pm when he was grabbed from behind and stabbed with an unknown weapon.

The man, who was left with a small puncture wound, did not get a good look at his attacker but said it was a male stranger wearing a hooded top.

• Anyone with information is asked to call Hounslow CID on 020 8247 6160 or Crimestoppers, free and anonymously, on 0800 555 111.