March 2009 Archives

The Bishop of London, the Rt. Rev. Richard Chartres met priests, ministers and spiritual heads from Chiswick to Feltham on Monday 30th March and advised them to 'be convinced, be humble, be joyful and look cheerful in your faith'.

Parents in Touch (PiT) have organised a series of events for all parents and carers of children with disability in Hounslow, letting them know about the changes coming up aimed at giving more parents a break from their caring duties.

The next two events are a taster session for music therapy from the internationally reknowned Otakar Kraus Music Trust, and a Taking Care of the Carers (blow the budget) Pamper Day.

And our 'added extra' for the Easter break is a minibus trip to Thames Valley Adventure Playground for both children with disabilities and their able siblings.

An unlikely crime-fighting force could be about to hit the streets in a bid to tackle Hounslow's growing gang culture.

Police hope to sign up worshippers from churches across the borough as part of a 'Street Pastor' scheme, which has already proved a big hit in other parts of the capital.

The Fusiliers based at Hounslow Barracks talk about their deployment to Afghanistan and their pioneering leadership programme for Hounslow schoolchildren.

A cannabis factory has been discovered in the middle of a quiet Hounslow street.

Police raided the three-bedroom terraced house in Queenswood Avenue, just off Sutton Lane, where the entire top floor was being used to cultivate the drug, last Thursday.