Health

THE SHOCKING waste of 23,500 tonnes of food each year by Hounslow residents is being tackled by the council.
The authority is making a connection with Waste Watch, an charity which promotes action on waste reduction, reuse and recycling throughout the UK, to launch the Love Food Hate Waste initiative in the borough.

MORE THAN 100 Hounslow residents signed up to the NHS Organ Donor Register at a lifeline event in the town centre.
Staff from the NHS Blood and Transplant Campaign set up camp in the Treaty Centre on Saturday, in a bid to increase the number of black and Asian people on the register.

AN ALLEYWAY behind a Feltham school used as a dumping ground by thoughtless fly tippers has been given a make-over, and now acts as a new entrance.
A section of land between Dudley Road and Fairholme School had become an eyesore, with mattresses and bricks dumped there along with a host of other rubbish. But now the site has been transformed to serve a purpose.

POCKETS of 'orphan' land across Feltham are causing major problems for householders, including attracting fly tippers and posing a fire risk to nearby buildings.
Local authorities have identified the presence of this land, which is dotted all over the town and often between and behind houses, although none of them are able to put a figure on how much of it there is in total.

A HERO from Bedfont who saved a life on his first shift as a St John Ambulance volunteer is appealing to others to learn the skills he used.
Simon Bell, of Marriott Close, has made the plea to householders in the borough so that more people in the community will have resuscitation skills.

VOLUNTEERS worked together over three days this week to clear up rubbish and make the Feltham Pits less of a target for arsonists.
The open space near Sandy Drive was the subject of three clean-up efforts, which ran from Tuesday August 9 to today (Thursday August 11).

FOSTER carers in Hounslow were celebrated in a fun-filled family day last weekend.
The Annual Foster Carers Fun Day was held on Saturday at Lampton Road children's centre Da Spot, to highlight the important role carers play in the lives of Hounslow children.

A DAMNING report has branded safety measures at a Bedfont water sports centre "flawed at every level" when an 11-year-old girl died there last year.
The Marine Accident Investigation Board has this week released the document, which probes the circumstances surrounding the death of Mari-Simon Cronje at the Princes Sports Club on September 11 2010.

A FOUR time Olympic cyclist visited a Feltham secondary school last week to inspire pupils on a day when they held their own games.
Bryan Steel, an elite sports cyclist for more than 15 years, visited Feltham Community College on Friday as part of an internal School Games Day.

RUNNERS are being urged to take part in a 10k race to support a young Feltham boy's life-saving cancer treatment.
Up to nine runners are needed for a race next weekend in an eleventh hour appeal to support cancer charity, the Neuroblastoma Alliance.