January 2009 Archives

Young and old united at Hounslow's Civic Centre on Tuesday to remember the estimated six million Jews killed during the Second World War.

About 100 people, including Hounslow Mayor Genevieve Hibbs, gathered at the site in Lampton Road to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

Hounslow Symphony Orchestra has announced the line-up for its Easter concert.

Music lovers can enjoy performances of Shostakovich's Cello Concerto, Rimsky-Korsakov's Easter Festival Overture and Borodin's Symphony No 2.

Sikhs have been living in the borough for over 35 years and the gleaming towers of the Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha are now a well-known part of the skyline of Hounslow.

On Thursday 5th February there is a chance to hear about the history, principles and every day practices of Sikhism at the Gurdwara in Alice Way, Hounslow TW3 3UA.

A Hounslow woman who shed an incredible 18 stone in just over a year is determined to show other dieters how they can achieve similar success.

Manisha Bhakoo, who used to work at Feltham Young Offenders Institution, went from 28 stone to just over 10 in the space of 16 months.

A teen shooting sensation who trains at Heston & Hounslow Rifle Club overcame stifling heat and a lightning strike to claim silver down under.

Sheree Cox finished second in the 50m rifle competition and fourth in the 10m air rifle at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival, a warm-up event for the real thing, over the weekend.

The nightmare tale of a Heathrow worker trapped in a house of horrors, Mum & Dad, has been described as Hounslow's answer to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

The film is set in Hounslow West, just around the corner from where director Steven Sheil grew up.

Two unsuspecting shoppers had bags and bank cards snatched on Hounslow High Street this week and police are investigating the possibility they were both robbed by the same man.

At 1pm on Saturday a 35-year-old disabled woman had her card stolen as she used a cash point outside Barclays bank.

A furious Hounslow shopkeeper must pay over £3,000 in fines and court costs after one of his employees sold cigarettes to a 14-year-old girl.

The teenager was taking part in a council sting when she bought the fags at First Food Fayre in Bath Road, Hounslow West last May.

This little bundle of joy, settling in at her home in Ellerdine Road, Hounslow, may only be 12 days old but she already spans the nations.

Anoushka Daga was born last Saturday at the West Mid, weighing 7lb1oz.

Environmental campaigners are set to invade Heathrow on Monday dressed in Edwardian costume.

Members of eco group Climate Rush will storm Terminal 1 at 7pm to protest against plans for a third runway.