August 2009 Archives

ELDERLY Hounslow residents whose homes have been 'blighted' by the long-delayed town centre redevelopment have finally won their battle for compensation.

Hounslow Council was ordered to shell out by the Local Government Ombudsman, which accused it of being 'slow to accept its responsibilities as a good neighbour' towards householders in Holloway Street.

EXPULSION rates in Hounslow secondary schools are double the national average - according to Government figures.

Seventy pupils were excluded from the borough's secondary schools in the 2007/8 school year - about one in 250 children.

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HOUNSLOW Council spent £15,000 on an art project for asylum seekers, its accounts have shown

The grant paid to the Refugee Art and Cultural Enterprise (RACE) group is one of many items the authority has faced criticism for splashing out on since its accounts were made public last week.

The death of a man in Lampton Park at the weekend is not being treated as suspicious, police said today.

Officers discovered the 32-year-old's body in the park, near Hounslow's Civic Centre, on Saturday morning.

CANCER charity Macmillan has launched a major drive to get people across Hounslow to help raise £9.6 million - by putting the kettle on.

Macmillan Cancer Support wants thousands of people across the borough to take part in the World's Biggest Coffee Morning on September 25.

A man was found hanging from a tree in Lampton Park, Hounslow, on Tuesday.

The 59-year-old was discovered by a police community support officer at about 11.50am.