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A WOMAN died after being pulled from the first floor of her home during a blaze near Hounslow Heath.

The woman, believed to be in her 40s, was rescued from the terraced house in Beaulieu Close, Hounslow, in the early hours of New Year's Eve, but died three days later in hospital.

Two men were taken to hospital following a crash in Hounslow on Sunday afternoon.

They were injured after the car they were travelling in lost control in Lynmouth Gardens at about 6pm.

Homeowners in Hounslow suffered a blow this week as nearly £30,000 was wiped from the average house during a single month, according to new figures.

House prices in Hounslow fell by 6.2 per cent from November, the biggest drop in London, statistics from the UK's largest property website Rightmove show.

Soldiers from the Second Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, will take part in a homecoming parade through the streets of Hounslow on Thursday.

Troops returned to Hounslow Barracks at the end of October after six months in Afghanistan, during which seven soldiers were killed in action.

Hounslow-born singer Jay Sean has become the first male British urban artist to top the US charts.

The R 'n' B star topped the Billboard Hot 100 today with Down (featuring Lil' Wayne), knocking the Black Eyed Peas from their perch after 26 weeks.

An information day for people with disabilities is being held at Hounslow's Civic Centre, in Lampton Road, Hounslow, this weekend.

The free event, which takes place from 11am to 3pm on Friday, is organised by Hounslow's Community Services in partnership with Disability Network Hounslow, Hounslow Neurological Partnership, Independent Activities Project and the Middlesex Association for the Blind.

Elderly residents in Hounslow enjoyed a day at the seaside without leaving the comforts of their home last week.

Staff at Cloisters Care Home, in Bath Road, built a beach complete with deckchairs, parasols and buckets and spades last Tuesday.

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.

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.

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.