Businesses can pick up tips on defying the credit crunch at a seminar next month.

Guest speaker Dennis Palmer will offer tips on improving sales during the economic slowdown at the Holiday Inn, Brentford Lock, Brentford High Street, on September 23 at 6pm.

A Hounslow student is celebrating after receiving the highest possible marks in his biology AS level.

Heathland School pupil Dinesh Hasla's 300 out of 300 saw him rise to the top out of more than 7,870 candidates.

Dinesh said he knew he'd worked hard but he never thought he'd get such a high score.

Join Hounslow's Hindu Community Temple for an evening of celebrations as they mark the god Krishna's birthday on Sunday.

The organisers of the event, in Neville Close, will host a variety of activities between 7.30pm and midnight, with music, singing and dancing to be expected.

Hounslow Police Safer Transport Team ran a week long youth diversion scheme with the English Rugby Football Union,which culminated in a finals day involving 80 youths held at Beavers Sports Lodge, Hounslow West.

The event called "Tag and Tackle Crime", organised by PCSO Dave Nicholas, involved youths from all areas of Hounslow ranging from 8 to 17 year olds.

Misbah Uddin supported his wife Rashida during 29 hours of labour and an emergency C-section, before the arrival of their new daughter at West Middlesex Hospital two weeks ago.

Misbah, 28, a managing director, and Rashida, 26, a support co-ordinator, were delighted with the birth of Zahraa at 11.02pm, on July 30.

Let's hope smiles like these are a common site around the borough as students collect their A-level results.

Visit www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk to see how your school did, read about special successes and view pictures.

And use our exam results message board to send congratulations, tell us about your results or comment on your school's performance

Got a story? Call Robert Cumber on 020 8538 2213

A 25-year-old man was hit in the back with a metal of the head by a robber in Hounslow on Wednesday last week.

The attacker struck on Derby Road, at 11pm, delivering the blow before making off with the victim's mobile phone.

He is a black man, around 5ft 10in, aged around 17, wearing a white and brown camouflage hoodie and clean, white trainers.

He is believed to have passed the victim in a group of around 10 youths just before the assault.

Anyone with information should call Hounslow CID on 020 8247 6160 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Were you at the Mela on Sunday? Join in our interactive review and view our picture gallery

The sixth London Mela celebrating South Asian arts and culture turned the serene Gunnersbury Park into a hive of activity for all the family over the weekend.

British coach Colin Still couldn't hide his disappointment as Heathrow Gymnastic Club's Rebecca Wing and her team-mates narrowly failed to qualify for the gymnastics women's team final in Beijing.

The team had been hoping to make an Olympic final for the first time in their history, but their results in qualifying left them in ninth position, with only the top eight advancing.

If you want some reward for a hard year slaving over your vegetable patch then the Hounslow & District Allotments & Gardens Association annual show is the event for you.

Their event this weekend will showcase vegetables, fruit and flowers, floral art, cookery (including jams, jellies, bread and cakes), knitting, toys and craft work.