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Consultation on introduction of parking restrictions for Duke’s MeadowsA public consultation has been launched on the introduction of parking restrictions across the Duke’s Meadows area, located on the northern side of Chiswick Bridge between the A316 Great Chertsey Road and the River Thames. The introduction of parking restric-tions forms part of a programme of planned improvements to the park which were submitted in Novem-ber 2017 and approved in February 2018. Duke’s Meadows is an important open space for informal recreation and a destination for a variety of sports and leisure activities includ-ing rugby, hockey, football, rowing, cricket, tennis and golf. The Dukes Meadows Bandstand is an impor-tant feature along the promenade and the Thames Path is well used along the river.The roads across the site, including Dan Mason Drive, Riverside Drive and The Promenade are long and narrow and the council say this means cars often block access and park on the grass verges.Both Dan Mason Drive and much of The Promenade do not currently

have parking restrictions in place which the council says can result in indiscriminate and obstructive park-ing, hindering traffic flow and fre-quently causing damage to verges. This also poses general road safety concerns and could potentially block emergency vehicle access.Parking restrictions at Riverside Drive have been introduced as a pi-lot to regulate traffic and make the road safer. The pilot has improved parking arrangements and provided a safer environment with access for emergency vehicles. The council is now proposing to roll out restric-tions to the whole site.The proposals aim to formalise parking facilities along Dan Mason Drive, The Promenade and River-side Drive by providing defined ar-

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Hogarth Singers’ December concertHogarth Singers will be performing JS Bach’s Christ-mas Oratorio, parts 1-3, on Saturday 15 December, at 7.30pm, at their usual performance venue, St Michael and All Angels, Bath Road, London W4 1TT. The concert will also feature Arnold Bax’s Mater Ora Filium, a rarely performed choral treasure. The choir will be accompanied by Hogarth Players, brought to-gether for the concert, and conducted by Rupert Gill. Tickets: £13 in advance, under 16s free. Or £14 on the door. For more information or to book tickets, visit www.hogarthsingers.org or call 07555 721662.

Gun fired during attempted robbery in Shepherd’s Bush

Police were called at approxi-mately 20:40hrs on Thursday, 22 November to reports of an attempted robbery on Bloemfon-tein Road, W12.

Officers attended and were in-formed that a number of suspects had attempted to steal the vic-tim’s moped. One of the suspects was in possession of a firearm. During the attempted robbery, the firearm was discharged.

There were no reported injuries.

Police say there have been no ar-rests and enquiries continue.

Police were called by London Am-bulance Service at 22:32hrs on Friday, 30 November to reports of a person stabbed at Askew Road/Becklow Road, W12.

Officers attended. At the scene a boy, believed to be aged 16, had suffered a stab wound to the shoulder. He was taken by LAS to a central London Hospital where his condition has been described as not life-threatening.

Officers from Hammersmith and Fulham are investigating the inci-dent. So far there have been no arrests and enquiries continue.

Anyone who witnessed this inci-dent or has information is asked to call police on 101 quoting CAD8741/30NOV

Police were called just before 22:00hrs on Friday, 23 November, to a fight in Convent Way, Southall.

Officers attended and found a man, believed to be aged in his 20s, suf-fering stab injuries.

The man was taken by London Am-bulance Service to a west London hospital. His condition was assessed as not life-threatening.

CID officers based at Hounslow are investigating and so far there have been no arrests.

The official Hounslow MPS Twit-ter account tweeted about the in-cident urging any witnesses to call 101 quoting the reference 8045/nov23mps.

A man has been charged with mur-der following a fatal fire in Tedding-ton.

Police were called just after 01:00hrs on 22 August to a fire at an address in Mays Road, Teddington. Officers attended along with London Ambu-lance Service and London Fire Bri-gade.

A 72-year-old woman was found dead inside the address. She has been named as Carole Harrison who lived at the address.

At 15:30hrs on 25 August, detec-tives arrested a 54-year-old man on suspicion of murder.

He is William Kydd, 54, (9.8.64) of Gabriel Close, Feltham.

16-year-old boy stabbed in Hammersmith

Hounslow Police investigating Southall stabbing

Man charged with murder after Teddington fire

Chiswick House & Gardens Trust awarded Resilient Heritage funding from the National LotteryChiswick House & Gardens Trust (CHGT) recently received £85,000 of National Lottery support through the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) under the Resilient Heritage grant programme.Made possible by National Lottery players, Resilient Heritage grants help to strengthen organisations, building the capacity of staff and volunteers to better manage herit-age in the long term. The grant is funding the salary of CHGT’s first ever full-time fund-raiser, an access audit that will re-view the physical accessibility of the House, and a full consultation into the visitor experience at Chiswick House & Gardens. These activities will help the Trust move towards a fully integrated, inclusive and self-sustaining Grade I listed site with a faithful heritage presentation, where the House and the Gardens can be understood by visitors as a single work of art. Projects funded by this grant are now well under-way at CHGT: a fundraiser was ap-

pointed earlier this month and will be responsible for generating in-come through a variety of sources, working towards the Trust’s finan-cial sustainability; the access audit has been completed and the results have been presented to the Trust; and, a consultant has been appoint-ed to conduct a review of the visitor experience.This is not the first grant Chiswick House & Gardens has received from the National Lottery. In 2006, the Trust was awarded £8.1m to assist in the restoration of the Grade I listed Gardens. Designed in the 18th century by William Kent, the Gar-dens are considered to be one of the birthplaces of the English Landscape Movement, which not only changed British design but were one of the UK’s greatest contributions to Euro-

pean art and architecture. Nestled in the Gardens is the Grade I listed Chiswick House; no less ground-breaking, Lord Burlington’s jewel-like villa is one of the earliest English examples of what is called the ‘neo-Palladian’ style. Built be-tween 1726 and 1729, the House was a bold architectural experi-ment, which influenced the build-ings of Georgian England. However, the House does suffer from a lack of accessibility and needs some atten-tion to bring it up to par with the re-stored gardens. CHGT say they are very grateful to the Heritage Lottery Fund and all the National Lottery

players for making the first steps to-wards this possible. Clare O’Brien, Director of CHGT, says: “The Trust is delighted that the National Lottery is enabling us to make these vital development steps towards improving the visitor acces-sibility and experience for visitors to Chiswick House. It is wonderful that the House and Gardens are integrat-ed once more after over 60 years.”This is a crucial moment for CHGT. Having taken over management of the House just over 18 months ago, CHGT now faces the task of unify-ing the House and Gardens from both management and presenta-

tional perspectives. The running costs of the Estate amount to more than £1million each year, over and above the support of their key stake-holders, English Heritage Trust and the London Borough of Hounslow, this includes the costs necessary to support their crucial work to in-crease visitor numbers and the pub-lic understanding of this wonderful heritage. The Trust say they would like to thank all the National Lottery play-ers and the Heritage Lottery Fund for their support.

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London In briefTwo men charged with conspiracy to commit robbery following police operation in Wimbledon

Detectives from the Met’s Flying Squad have charged two men with conspiracy to commit robbery.The charges follow the arrest of the two men on Monday, 3 December in Lacock Close, Wimbledon. The incident made headlines as one of the men was shot during the course of the police operation. [A] Brooklyn McFarlane, 23 (12.02.1995) of St John’s Drive, Wandsworth, London, SW18, was charged on Tuesday, 4 December. He was kept in custody to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 5 December.At court he was bailed to appear at Kingston Crown Court on Friday, 21 December.[B] Abdirahman Mohomad Omar, 23 (01.05.1995) of St John’s Drive, Wandsworth, London, SW18, was also charged with the offence on Tuesday, 4 December.He was kept in custody to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court that same day.Omar was remanded in custody to appear at Kingston Crown Court on Friday, 21 December.[A] McFarlane had been dis-charged from hospital on Tuesday, 4 December, and taken to a south London police station prior to charge.

Man who admitted fraud relating to the Grenfell

Tower fire sent to jailA man who admitted fraud relat-ing to the Grenfell Tower fire was sentenced on Friday, 30 November, to four years and six months im-prisonment.Abdelkarim Rekaya, 28 (25.02.90) of Lots Road, SW10 pleaded guilty at Isleworth Crown Court on 21 September to fraud by false rep-resentation and obtaining leave to remain by deception.Following the fire at Grenfell Tower on 14 June 2017, Rekaya claimed to be homeless and living in the tower.He informed authorities that he was present on the night of the fire and was a resident.He was housed in hotel accommo-dation and received financial sup-port to the value of £88,183.70Enquiries established that his story was false and he did not live at Grenfell Tower.He was arrested on 7 June 2018 and charged with the above of-fences the following day.

‘Chiswick Oasis’ project reach their targetThe parents behind the ‘Chiswick Oasis’ project have revealed that they have reached their fundraising target on Space Hive. The non-profit campaign was set up in September by parents from St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Chiswick.The news means that their plan to create a new green space, with a living wall along its perimeter right next to the A4, will go ahead. They plan to redevelop the old play-ground between St Mary’s and the William Hogarth school, both of which have been included in a list

the parents say that the pledge shows Swarovski’s “amazing commitment to creating a positive impact in the communities in which it operates”

“of the 50 most polluted schools in London. This parent-led campaign has re-ceived a wide range of support, with supporters ranging from local MP Ruth Cadbury to presenter Claudia Winkleman.On Thursday, 25 October it was an-nounced that the Mayor of London would provide a funding alloca-tion of £32,000 to the campaign. However, this money would only be released if the project was fully funded by the 14 December. This left the parents with just 7 weeks to raise the remaining £37,000 and they managed it - well before the deadline.A huge pledge of £10,000 from Swarovski helped the campaign an enormous amount. Swarovski’s UK headquarters is located in Chiswick

Business Park, less than a mile away from St Mary’s Primary School. On their Space Hive page, the parents say that the pledge shows Swarovs-ki’s ‘’amazing commitment to creat-ing a positive impact in the commu-nities in which it operates.’’ As many readers will already know, the parents hope that the green space will not only help with air pol-lution, but provide a site for com-munity events in Chiswick. The work of these determined par-ents is not complete - they are now concentrating on raising money to buy air purifiers, as they believe the air inside buildings can be just as polluted as the air outside. To keep up to date with their campaign, visit their Space Hive page or their Twit-ter account @ChiswickOasis.

Ninth dog walker rescued by Chiswick RNLI crew in 2018At 9.35am on Monday, 19 November Chiswick lifeboat crew responded to a report of a woman and her dog in the water downstream from Ham-mersmith Bridge. Four minutes later they arrived to find a woman in the Thames at the foot of the river wall.Monty, a four month old rescue dog from Battersea Dog’s Home, had chased some birds and careered off the riverside path into the Thames. The owner had clambered down a ladder and got hold of the dog.She had also managed to get him up to her friend above but the strong ris-ing tide made it impossible for her to get back to the ladder. She was stand-ing in around a metre of water so it was straightforward for the crew to get her into the lifeboat; within half an hour the water would have risen another metre.The crew gave her blankets and treated her for some minor grazes.

Since she had been in the water, they advised her to visit A&E to enquire about getting a tetanus injection. The woman was very grateful to the crew for rescuing her and was in good spir-its. Her main concern, after knowing that she and her dog were safe, was that her friend might be late for yoga.As she was otherwise uninjured she was landed at the steps in Bishop’s Park close to her friend’s house.This was the ninth dog related rescue for Chiswick RNLI in 2018. Helmsman Glen Monroe commented: ‘‘We learnt that the woman’s friend had immediately called HM Coast-guard on 999. Her swift action sig-nificantly reduced the time it took for us to reach the casualty. It was a cool morning, with wet clothing in a fierce easterly wind she was cooling rapidly. The fast response meant she needed no further treatment beyond the initial first aid.’’

Consultation on introduction of parking restrictions for Duke’s Meadowseas for car parking and introducing parking controls along both sides of these roads.All revenue generated by the parking charges will be re-invested into improvements to the site, as outlined in the Council’s Masterplan for the Duke’s Meadows area.Leader of Hounslow Council, Councillor Steve Curran said, “Duke’s Meadows is a wonderful amenity for the borough, with its enviable lo-cation on the River Thames. It is already home to many venerable sporting and recreational clubs and set to attract more visitors with im-proved accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists as part of our Masterplan. We are interested to hear residents views on the introduction of regulated parking at the site and would encourage you to have your say.”For further information on the proposals and to take part in the consultation, please visit the consultation page.

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Ealing refuse collector dies after being hit by bin lorryEaling Council have released a statement re-garding a ‘serious incident’ that took place this week.Police were called to Priors Field, Northolt at 07:27hrs on Tuesday, 4 December following reports of a collision. Officers and London Ambulance Service at-tended and found a refuse lorry had been in collision with one of the lorry crew.The man, believed to be in his 50s, was pro-nounced dead at the scene.His next of kin have been informed although formal identification is yet to take place. A post mortem will be carried out in due course.In the statement released on Tuesday, Coun-cillor Mik Sabiers, Cabinet Member for En-vironment and Highways, Ealing Council, said: “There has been a serious incident which has resulted in the death of one of Amey’s employees. The Council extends its deepest sympathy to his family, friends and colleagues. “Collection crews are being informed and sent home. Services that are impacted will be resumed Saturday and we ask for patience and understanding from residents affected during this difficult time.” James Haluch, Managing Director of Amey Highways, said: “It is with great sadness that

we can confirm that one of our employees has died this morning. We are unable to pro-vide further details about this incident at present. However, our thoughts and deepest sympathies are with their family, friends and colleagues affected. We are working with the police to establish how this tragic event has taken place.“We have ceased collections for the rest of today to support our employees following this news.”The driver of the lorry stopped at the scene and is assisting police with their enquiries.

Police were called to Priors Field in Northolt (Image: Google Maps)

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London In briefAppeal for witnesses following assaultDetectives investigating a non-fatal stabbing in a car park are appeal-ing for witnesses to contact them with any information.Police were called shortly after 13:00hrs on Friday, 30 November to reports of five males attacking a man outside the main car park on Orchard Close, W10.Officers attended and found the victim, a 25-year-old man, at the bottom of Bevington Road. He had suffered defensive wounds to his hands and chest, consistent with being stabbed.One witness told police that they had seen five black males attacking the victim. They also reported that the main aggressor was wearing a distinctive light green camouflage puffa-style jacket and dark jeans.The witness described seeing the main aggressor armed with a ma-chete, and that’s what he had used to attack the victim with.The victim was taken to a central London hospital where he was treated for his injuries; which have been deemed non-life threatening.Anyone with any information is asked to call police on 101 and quote CAD 3686/30Nov, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or tweet @MetCC.

Serious collision in SuttonOfficers from the Met’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit are in-vestigating a collision in Sutton.Police were called at about 23:00hrs on Monday, 3 December, to a collision outside the fire sta-tion at St Dunstan’s Hill, Sutton.A black Ford Fiesta had collided with a wall at the location. At this early stage no other vehicle is be-lieved to have been involved.Two people who were in the car were seriously injured. A man in his early 20s who was the driver of the car received serious head in-juries. A woman, also in her early 20s, who was a passenger in the car, received serious facial injuries.Both were taken by London Am-bulance Service to a south London hospital. Their injuries are serious; however neither is in a life-threat-ening condition. Next of kin have been informed.Any witnesses or anyone with any information is asked to call police on 020 8543 5157 or contact of-ficers via Twitter @MetCC. Please quote CAD 8064/dec03.

New state-of-the-art CCTV command and control hub for HounslowHounslow Council Cabinet has unanimously approved the creation of a new Community Safety and En-forcement Service for the borough, to be located at a refurbished centre at Trimmer Walk, Brentford.The creation of the CCTV hub is a core requirement for the implemen-tation of the borough’s Community Enforcement and CCTV Action Plan, approved by Cabinet in July 2017.The new control hub will bring to-gether trading and food standards; housing estate wardens and police officers; neighbourhood enforce-

Communities should feel reassured with the extended cover and higher visibility of the service.

“Councillor Katherine Dunne

ment; parks patrol; in-house police teams; private sector housing; com-munity safety and CCTV controls and operation, comprising 108 posts in all.Bringing the services currently lo-cated at four locations under one roof will require a total investment of £4.68m of which £2.55m will come from the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) and £2.125m from the general fund.The new CCTV command and con-trol hub will support the Housing, Community Safety and Traffic En-forcement services with upgraded CCTV network and systems to more effectively serve the three service areas. The service will operate 7 days a week and offer extended ser-vices from early mornings until late at night to reflect the needs of the

communities and demands on the services.The integrated borough-wide CCTV service should deliver many benefits to the council and residents includ-ing; reduced maintenance and op-erating costs as well as being more effective at reducing crime and anti-social behaviour and monitoring of fly-tipping. The service will offer a better capacity to manage traffic incidents and enforcement of traf-fic orders and legislation and be an effective way of monitoring public

Chiswick’s Conservative Councillors to hold a meeting on the future of policing in Chiswick

Chiswick’s Conservative Councillors are to hold a special public meeting on the evening of Wednesday, 19 December at Saint Michael and All Angel’s Church, Bedford Park.Gary Taylor, the Deputy (Tri) Bor-ough Commander, and his locally based colleagues, will answer ques-tions on the future of policing in Chiswick. Following recent high-profile in-cidents local councillors have en-gaged with local resident’s groups, businesses and individuals in order to better understand their concerns and ideas. They say they are ex-tremely grateful that a senior repre-sentative of the Metropolitan Police has agreed to share with them his

unique insight into the problems that the community is facing.The councillors say they are passing on important ideas and suggestions to the local police and Hounslow Council. They have particularly stressed their belief that the dim-ming of street lights, as a cost sav-ing measure, must be reviewed urgently. They believe street lights should be immediately “undimmed” in the areas where crimes have been committed under the cover of dark-ness.Doors will open at 7.00 pm and the meeting will start promptly at 7.30 pm. The aim is for the formal ques-tions and answers to finish around 9.00 pm. Written questions will be

disorder and identifying hotspot areas, leading to better community safety.Councillor Katherine Dunne, Lead Member for Communities at Houn-slow Council said:“The co-location of services at the new CCTV command and control hub offers us great efficiencies and an opportunity to upgrade our CCTV network and systems to better serve the needs of our communities. “At a time when public sector financ-es are increasingly tight, it is crucial

that we adopt measures wherever possible to reduce pressure on ser-vices and harness technology to help us work more efficiently.“The new CCTV hub will signal the adoption of a more data driven ap-proach, enabling us to better iden-tify and target issues, trends and hotspots and ultimately give us a greater capacity to clamp down on lawlessness. Communities should feel reassured with the extended cover and higher visibility of the service.”

accepted in advance. Please email any questions or short statements to office@brentfordandisleworthcon-servatives.org.uk.

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Lovebox and Citadel 2019 festivals return to Gunnersbury ParkGunnersbury Estate (2026) Com-munity Interest Company (CIC) say they are delighted to announce that both Lovebox and Citadel will be re-turning to West London’s Gunners-bury Park next year, following the success of the 2018 music festivals that were enjoyed this summer by over 100,000 people in the park.

They say that the historic Gunners-bury Park is the perfect venue and setting to host cutting-edge events that will broaden the range of cul-tural offers to residents and provide a boost to local businesses.David Bowler, Gunnersbury Estate CIC CEO said: “The Lovebox and Citadel festivals in Gunnersbury

Park will be a key element of the park’s exciting summer live events programme. We are putting West London and Gunnersbury Park firm-ly on the map as one of London’s leading cultural destinations.”Gunnersbury Estate CIC are work-ing closely with event organiser MAMA Festivals, Ealing Council and the London Borough of Hounslow to ensure that residents and stake-holders are kept informed and both festivals are delivered successfully, with minimal disruption to the local community.Over the past 16 years, Lovebox has become one of the most respect-ed and well known city festivals throughout Europe. Showcasing headline acts such as Frank Ocean, Childish Gambino, Skepta and LCD Soundsystem, as well as champion-ing some of the very best in emerg-ing talent, Lovebox has become a firm fixture on the London summer calendar. Since the inaugural event in 2015, Citadel Festival has established it-self as the perfect celebration of Sunday living, featuring the very best in Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Wellbeing, Talks and Debates and headline performances from

the likes of Foals, Ben Howard, Sig-ur Ros and Tame Impala.Rory Bett, MAMA Festivals CEO commented: “We are delighted that we have been given the opportunity to return to the stunning surrounds of Gunnersbury Park in 2019 and look forward to working closely with the Gunnersbury Estate CIC and the local community to deliver an event we can all be proud of. We are investing a significant amount of time and money to deliver the best possible experience to all our guests and for all of the local residents and businesses, while showcasing

We are delighted that we have been given the opportunity to return to the stunning surrounds of Gunnersbury Park in 2019 and look forward to working closely with the Gunnersbury Estate CIC and the local community to deliver an event we can all be proud of.

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Rory Bett, MAMA Festivals CEO

the very best Artists and Performers from across the world and we look forward to sharing further informa-tion in due course”Gunnersbury Park is currently un-dergoing a hugely positive transi-tion and the revenue generated from these events makes a substan-tial contribution to the on-going maintenance and improvement of the Park. This will ensure that Gun-nersbury Park, with over 75 hectares of parkland and historic buildings, including two Grade II mansions and the recently re-opened Gun-nersbury museum, will continue to

be enjoyed by all.Lovebox will take place in Gun-nersbury Park on Friday 12 July and Saturday 13 July, with Citadel following on Sunday 14 July 2019. Acts performing over the three-days will be announced by Lovebox and Citadel as and when confirmed in the new year.A dedicated community website can be accessed via www.lovebox-andcitadelcommunity.com where updates on plans for the events and details of future public consultation meetings can be found.

Hammersmith firefighters first in the UK to use

fire escape hoods to rescue a man from house fireHammersmith firefighters are the first in the country to use fire escape hoods to help res-cue a man from a house fire on Augustus Close.When firefighters arrived they were approached by a woman standing outside the home say-ing that her son was on the second floor of the property. One crew tackled the fire on the ground floor while another crew went to rescue the man. Hammersmith Watch Manager Paul Watson, who was at the scene said:“Knowing that we had fire escape hoods meant we had more time and options to carry out the safest rescue. The man opened the window and it was clear that there was smoke behind him. We pitched a lad-der to the roof level and sent a firefighter up to reassure him that crews were on their way up to him. Trying to rescue him out of the window was not the safest way of getting him out. Using the fire escape hood ena-bled us to lead him to safety through the smoke knowing that he would be protected

from the toxic gases.“He was taken to hospital by London Ambulance Service crews as a precaution.”Fire escape hoods provide members of the public with up to 15 minutes protection from four of the main fire gases (car-bon monoxide, hydrogen cya-nide, hydrogen chloride and acrolein) and can be worn by conscious or unconscious peo-ple. If more than 15 minutes protection is required then another hood can be given to each wearer. They do not provide oxygen but temporar-ily filter toxic smoke to make

breathing easier.The London Fire Brigade were called to the fire at 19:23hrs on Wednesday, 21 November and the fire was under con-trol by 19:57hrs. Firefighters from Hammersmith and Chis-wick fire stations attended the scene. Half of the ground floor of the property was damaged by fire.The cause of the fire is current-ly under investigation.

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Hounslow residents launch Winter Toy Appeal for disadvantaged childrenWith over 8,000 children living in poverty across Hounslow, thousands of children will go without new toys this Christmas (Child Poverty Action Group statistics for the Brentford and Isleworth constituency in Janu-ary 2018). Shocked by these statistics, two local residents, Saba Hassan and Noor U Nisa Khan, have launched a community initiative to redistribute 2,000 new toys to children through a network of nine charity partners – including Shooting Star Children’s Hospice, Home-Start and Hounslow Community Food Box.The initiative, called ‘That’s A Wrap!’, has two elements: an appeal for new toy donations and a com-munity wrapping event, where 200 local residents will come together to sort and wrap the donations for

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distribution. As well as supporting vulnerable children over winter, the project aims to en-hance community cohesion and assist the bor-ough’s numerous under-resourced charities.Hassan, Khan and other members of their team have extensive experience working for charities tackling hunger and poverty in Lon-don. As Hassan explained: “After making en-quiries with charities in Hounslow, we were immediately inundated with requests for toys from organisations working on the frontline of poverty, and a Winter Toy Appeal seemed like the obvious and necessary response.”Ruth Cadbury, MP for Brentford and Isle-worth, remarked: “I’m so proud of both Saba Hassan and Noor U Nisa Khan for setting up That’s A Wrap. It’s so inspiring to see them taking such an active role in their communi-ties. This is a fantastic scheme that will help children across Hounslow this Christmas. I’d encourage everyone to get involved in this scheme, and help make a real difference dur-ing the festive months.’’A wish list of toys can be found on the That’s A Wrap! website, alongside a list of local collec-tion points where the toys can be dropped off.Alternatively, money can be donated via their GoFundMe webpage, which will be used to purchase toys wholesale. The Community Wrapping event will take place between 11am and 2pm on Saturday, 15 December at the Nishkam School in Isle-worth. Snacks, refreshments and music will

be provided by the That’s A Wrap! team, and volunteers are encouraged to bring friends and family along to create a festive commu-nity atmosphere. If you wish to do so, you can register via Eventbrite. Khan remarked: “It’s hard work and we’re still far off our 2000 toys target, but we just don’t want children to miss out on festivities this year. It’s an ambitious target, but it’s achiev-able with support from residents, schools and businesses – we just can’t do it alone!”The initiative has already gained widespread support: Smallberry Green Primary School was the first to organise a one-day toy col-lection; staff at Hounslow Council are donat-ing toys this year instead of their traditional Secret Santa event; GoodGym, Hounslow’s charitable running group, recently distribut-ed over 500 appeal leaflets; and a number of high street retailers have also donated their old stock.Saba added: “After this event, we’re hoping to bring the community together regularly to support a variety of local causes – such as food parcel drives and appeals in advance of reli-gious festivals. We hope to create a space for residents to come together in support of one another, regardless of their background. And it all starts with our Winter Toy Appeal.”

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Pilot who was nine times over limit jailedAn airline pilot has been sen-tenced to 10 months imprison-ment for performing an aviation function with the proportion of alcohol in his blood exceeding the prescribed legal limit.Katsutoshi Jitsukawa, 42 (21.02.76), a Japanese national of no fixed address in the UK, was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court on Thursday, 29 November.He had pleaded guilty at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, 1 November to performing an avia-tion function with alcohol in his blood exceeding the prescribed legal limit.Jitsukawa, a pilot for Japan Air-lines, was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Sunday, 28 October at approximately 18:50hrs, prior to a flight.A blood test result showed he had not less than 189 milligrams of al-cohol per 100 millilitres of blood. The result exceeded the legal lim-it contrary to Section 93(1) (a) of the Railway and Transport Safety Act 2003 of 20 milligrams of al-cohol per 100 millilitres of blood. His result was over nine times the

legal limit.Inspector Iain Goble, of Aviation Policing, said: “This is an incred-ibly serious offence as Jitsukawa, a member of the airline crew, had responsibility for performing a critical role. This conviction re-flects he displayed not only total disregard for the safety of all the passengers and staff on his flight, but also the wider public.“Clearly, the consequences could potentially have been catastroph-ic had security staff and police not intervened and he had continued to perform his role on the aircraft in the state he was.“I would like to praise the secu-rity staff who acted quickly and professionally upon suspecting that Jitsukawa was not fit to fly and alerted police.”

CCTV stills released after Poppy Appeal collection box stolen

Police are appealing to the public for help in identifying two men be-ing sought in connection with the theft of a Poppy Appeal collection tin at a hotel near Heathrow airport.The two men entered the Renais-sance Hotel on Nettleton Road, TW6 at approximately 23:30hrs on Friday 9 November.The first man approached the recep-tion desk and asked the member of staff for some paper.As the member of staff leaves the front desk for a short while, another man then approaches and takes the Poppy Appeal collection tin, which is on the reception desk.

Some time later, hotel staff noticed the collection tin was missing and after reviewing CCTV footage, re-ported the theft to police the follow-ing morning.Detectives from the Met’s Aviation Policing Command are investigating and despite making various enquir-ies to try and identify the two men, they are now releasing CCTV foot-age of the men and asking for the public’s help in identifying them.Detective Constable Kris Latham, from Aviation Police, who is inves-tigating the case said: “I’d appeal to anyone who may know or recognise either of these men to get in touch

with us.“Stealing a Poppy Appeal charity tin, or indeed any charity donation, is a despicable act and we are de-termined to bring those responsible to justice.“If you have any information, then call us on 101 or alternatively, call Crimestoppers, which is completely anonymous.”Anyone with information can call police on 101 quoting CAD2123/14NOV, or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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Brentford FC players offer support to Foodbox

On Thursday, 22 November four members of the Brentford FC First Team squad visited FoodBox in Brentford. As part of the visit they were able to support and witness the work undertaken by a team of volunteers in providing food and other provisions for the needy in the London Borough of Hounslow.Nico Yennaris, Moses Odubajo, Luke Daniels and Lewis Macleod spent time at the volunteer run registered charity and helped prepare food boxes for both a family of four for Christmas Day and a box of provi-sions for one adult to last one to two days. All four spoke of their admi-ration for the work undertaken by the volunteers and said how it had

opened their eyes to the struggles of the wider community.They also said how important it was for the local community to look after their own and in this re-spect they themselves said that they would support and promote this ini-tiative in future. That promotion in-cludes taking part in the production of a video to raise further awareness of the charity. The video, which can watched on YouTube, shows various interviews with the players and with Player Welfare Manager, Peter Gilham. Mr Gilham spoke of Brentford Football Club’s desire to support Foodbox and even mentioned the possibility of collections on match days. This

could raise the amount of donations that Foodbox receives as well as in-creasing public awareness. As well as this, Mr Gilham expressed the need for both the local community and Brentford Football Club to get behind Foodbox all year round, and not just at Christmas.The Centre, located at the Brickfield Community Centre in Brentford, is continually looking for more vol-unteers and of course donations particularly of non perishables and money to help extend the service they provide. For further informa-tion, please email info@hounslow-foodbox.org.uk.

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Councillor Gary Malcolm: Why I have taken a radical move to protect Gunnersbury TriangleA few years ago, Ealing Council controver-sially voted to allow a large development at Colonial Drive, next to Gunnersbury Trian-gle, after a Conservative Councillor voted for the development when the Planning Committee votes were tied.

Since then many other developments have been granted permission in the local area and concerns have now been raised about a new planning proposal affecting Gunners-bury Triangle.

The proposal is made up of two main parts.The first, which is a positive idea, would be to create an enhanced visitor centre.This would make the experience that volunteers have on the Triangle better as well as al-lowing for a better experience for visitors, many of whom are children.

The second part of the proposed develop-ment is housing but sadly, none of it is af-fordable. In addition, when you are build-ing on land next to parks or open spaces you will have an affect on the flora and fauna, even if you do not see the effects straight away.

In fact, David Bellamy, the world-famous botanist, was against the Colonial Drive development. We should not ignore the views of experts like him and David Atten-borough.

Nearly one hundred people have registered their concerns about the development. One stating: “Far too high, too dense, and dam-aging for the wildlife sanctuary. Give the land to the Gunnersbury Triangle, do not build on it.”

Another local resident commented: “The residential development is not required or welcome in that location. It is a severely constrained site that will provide accom-modation that is not of optimal quality in material aspects. For example, it is accept-ed that the balconies will have above desir-able noise levels.”

My personal view is that we should try to

stop the development so that proper nego-tiations take place to reduce the footprint of the 5-storey building.

It might be possible as well to see whether a community-based scheme could be ar-ranged to help fund the visitor centre. That is why I have taken the action of trying to get Hounslow and Ealing Councillors to classify Gunnersbury Triangle as an Asset of Community Value.

I am awaiting to hear if this status has been granted but given the community benefit the nature reserve has given so many peo-ple, it makes sense. And this may help pro-tect it from developments surrounding the reserve.

Ruth Cadbury blasts PM’s Brexit Deal as ‘pile of vagueness’ and vows to vote against itSpeaking in the House of Commons on Wednesday 5 December, Ruth Cadbury MP called Theresa May’s Brexit Deal a ‘pile of vagueness’ and vowed to vote against it.Ruth said that what was promised in 2016 by the Leave campaign ‘cannot be delivered’, whilst also ar-guing that the PM’s Deal is ‘much, much worse than the deal we al-ready have by remaining in the EU’. Ruth reaffirmed her commitment to a People’s Vote on the final deal, as she believes this is the only way to end the gridlock in Parliament, and to ensure that people can make an assessment now that they know the full facts about the implications of leaving the EU.Speaking after the debate, Ruth Cadbury, said: ‘‘The Deal the Prime Minister has presented is a much worse deal than our existing mem-bership of the EU. We will lose hard-won rights at work and as consumers, and key environmental standards.”Ruth mentioned in her speech the

impact that leaving will have on the many thousands of EU citizens in her constituency who work in many different roles. “Earlier in the day Annette from Chiswick had told me how angry she was on hear-ing the Prime Minister referring to EU nationals who have been living and working here for many years as ‘queue jumpers’. The ending of Freedom of Movement not only af-fects them but the future plans of UK nationals who will lose the au-tomatic right to work and live in 27 other EU countries, something that matters particularly to young peo-ple who voted so strongly to remain.

“The UK will lose our influence in Europe, not only at the Commission and European Parliament, but the many agencies that have made life better for all of us such as the Eu-ropean Medicines Agency and the Aviation Safety Agency. And we’ll lose the close economic partnership that has helped key sectors of our economy, such as broadcasting.“This deal will be deeply damag-ing to my constituents, As I’ve said before I will be voting against this deal, and I fully support a people’s vote to let the public decide, now they have all the information.’’

Ruth Cadbury MP blogs on rising crime and fewer police in the areaThis week Ruth Cadbury’s column for The Chiswick Herald centres around the issues of rising crime and the decline of police presence in the area. Over the last month I’ve been ex-tremely concerned to hear from sev-eral constituents about their recent experiences of crime. In particular I’ve heard from people who’ve been victims of moped based crime, and who’ve had phones, and wallets sto-len. This sort of violent, and aggres-sive crime is simply unacceptable, and it’s vital that real action is taken to prevent it.In particular I was greatly con-cerned to hear about a recent in-crease in violent crime in Chiswick Back Common, where children had been targeted, and had felt at risk. I’ve spoken directly to the Basic Unit Command (now covering 3 bor-oughs), who now oversee policing in Chiswick and Hounslow. They’ve assured me that they have increased officers now patrolling the area, and that they are working with the Vio-lent Crime Task Force because of the threats of knives being used.I’ve also been assured that the po-lice local Neighbourhood Teams and Schools Officers are providing crime prevention briefings to the schools and colleges, to protect young peo-ple. It’s so important that we do everything possible to help protect young people from the threat of

knife crime.However, the overarching problem is that the Government have im-posed extremely steep cuts on the Metropolitan Police since 2010. We’ve seen £600 million in cuts since 2010, and the Met is expect-ed to save another £400 million by 2022. This has had a direct impact in Hounslow, where we’ve lost 42 police officers, and 46 police com-munity support officers in the last eight years.It’s remarkable to think that in 2015 Theresa May accused the po-lice federation of ‘crying wolf’ and ‘scaremongering’ over the impact of cuts- but now, even Home Secretary Sajid Javid has said that we need more police officers on the street to help tackle knife crime. Indeed, one of the biggest problems of the police cuts is that it has limited the abil-ity of the police to also respond to crimes such as burglaries, and anti-social behaviour. I’m writing to the Policing Minis-ter Nick Hurd to tell him about the disastrous impact that police cuts have had both in my constituency, and across London. It’s simply un-acceptable for the Met Police to be expected to carry the burden of cuts in public services, such as mental health and homelessness, whilst violent crime is increasing.Sadiq Khan, as Mayor, has promised an additional £110 million from the

London budget, for the Met Police for this year to ensure that we have some more police officers on the streets. I’m also extremely support-ive of the Mayor’s new £13 million fund to tackle youth violence, and his commitment to tackle violent youth crime as a ‘public health is-sue’. This would ensure that the

Hounslow Council’s response to Mayor’s

launch of rough sleeping campaign

On Wednesday, 28 November Sadiq Khan launched his plans to help rough sleepers this winter – by dou-bling his street outreach team and opening London’s severe weather shelters more often than ever be-fore, alongside offering Londoners the chance to donate to homeless charity projects through new con-tactless donation points across the capital. Cllr Lily Bath, Cabinet Member for Housing and Social Inclusion, Hounslow Council, said:“Hounslow Council is proud to sup-port the launch of the Mayor of London’s new Rough Sleeping Cam-paign “No one needs to sleep rough in London”. Tackling the housing crisis and addressing rough sleeping is a top priority for this council. “Earlier this year, we were success-ful in securing £300k of additional funding from the Ministry of Hous-ing, Communities and Local Gov-

ernment and this money will go to-wards continuing to build and work with our existing services and part-ners to actively identify, engage and provide much needed accommoda-tion and support.“We are committed to helping the most vulnerable on our streets, who are homeless and sleeping rough, especially as the colder months set in. We are determined to ensure that they have a roof over their heads and to support them in find-ing a journey off the streets.”The Council welcome this addition-al initiative by the Mayor of London, which they say should help them to support even more people to get off the streets, and into homes.You can also donate to the cam-paign via https://www.gofundme.com/endroughsleeping.

Southfield Councillors Andrew Streed (left) and Gary Malcolm (right) with Hounslow and Ealing’s Mayors at Gunnersbury Triangle

whole community, from teachers, to social workers are all working together to reduce violent crime. We’ve seen that in Glasgow this ap-proach has been extremely success-ful, and has seen a sharp reduction in violent crime.I will continue to work in Parliament to both hold the Government to ac-

count over the disastrous impact of police cuts, whilst also ensuring that we bring the whole community to-gether in opposition to crime.

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Borough supports Blooming Strong campaign to raise awareness of violence against women and girlsThe London Borough of Hounslow is lending its wholehearted support to the ‘Blooming Strong’ campaign; a 16-day campaign of activism to raise awareness about issues such as domestic abuse and sexual vio-lence.The campaign launched this year on the 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls and will run for 16 days until 10 December. The campaign celebrates the emo-tional strength and resilience of women by presenting a variety of women with a single flower - those who are accessing support services, those working within services, to lo-cal women in leadership roles and to local women in the community. This positive approach celebrates and recognises the strength of women and will also demonstrate to women, who are experiencing violence, how ‘Blooming Strong’ they are. Throughout the 16 days of activ-ism over 400 flowers will be given out to women in the borough at a range of events and locations to celebrate their strength and emo-tional resilience. This includes two awareness-raising stalls in the Civic Centre - one which took place on 3 December and one which took place

on 6 December. Hounslow is one of only six Lon-don local authorities to be awarded White Ribbon Town status for their commitment to ending violence against women and girls. The White Ribbon Campaign was set up over a decade ago by a group of men who wanted to send out a message col-lectively that there is never an ex-cuse for violence against women. The award from the White Ribbon Campaign gave Hounslow status and recognises the pledge it has made to mobilise the entire local community under the goal of end-ing violence against women and girls. As part of the 16 days, White Rib-bon packs made in collaboration with The Reach Foundation, were delivered to all of Hounslow’s Pri-mary and Secondary Schools (93 schools), as well as resources to hold lessons and assemblies on healthy friendships and relation-ships. White Ribbons are also being distributed to patients from the 5 major GP health centres in the bor-ough. A giant White Ribbon has been placed in the Civic Centre for staff and residents to sign and join in the pledge never to commit, condone or remain silent about male violence

Auction of Peter Blake artist’s proofs to support Chiswick ‘piazza’ on Turnham GreenAbundance London and the Friends of Chiswick Back Common are re-vitalising the little open area on Turnham Green Terrace – a public space degraded by broken benches, grassed-over flower beds, a badly-positioned double bike rack, broken water fountain and (until very re-cently) intrusive workmen’s cabins. They will be replacing the bike racks and the benches, and creating a gor-geous, sustainable and bio-diverse flower bed behind the E3 bus stop.The cost of this project will be met by both S106 funding from the London Borough of Hounslow and by additional fundraising. Sir Peter Blake has very generously donated two signed artist’s proofs of his limited edition signed print of the Chiswick Empire Theatre, with all its music hall and film stars lined up in front, Sergeant Pepper style, as featured on the adjacent Chiswick Timeline mural.Sir Peter initially helped to raise the funding for the Timeline by creating and signing the Chiswick Empire image, a limited edition of only 100 (along with many other generous local supporters), and these proved very popular, selling out very quick-ly. He has now given permission to sell these artist’s proofs to raise ad-ditional money to reclaim the ‘pi-

azza’ area as a space fit for Chiswick – for meeting, traversing, lingering in and maybe as a space for enter-tainment, art and inspiration.Artist’s proofs are generally consid-ered a rather special thing in the world of art collecting. Their value is usually higher than the numbered editions.Should there be any surplus funds, these will also be used to improve

Chiswick. Abundance is completely volunteer-run.They are offering one print as a Christmas present, with a closing date of 20th December, the other with a closing date of 31st January 2019. To bid, and to find out more about the project, visit chiswickpi-azza.org. https://chiswickpiazza.org/

The Mayor of London, Sad-iq Khan, has recently con-firmed that Transport for London fares (TfL) will not rise at all next year as part of his four-year TfL fares freeze.The Mayor’s TfL fares freeze will help Londoners and visitors by ensuring travel-ling by bus or tram ticket in London next year costs not a penny more than it did in 2016. Pay as you go journeys on the Tube, DLR, Emirates Air Line and rail services where TfL fares apply are all also frozen, as well as the cost of hiring a Santander Cycles bike.By 2020, Sadiq’s TfL fares freeze will have saved the average London household around £200. This is in ad-dition to the Mayor’s ‘Hop-per’ bus fare that has now saved money on over 240 million bus journeys since it launched in September 2016.The Mayor has also con-

Hounslow welcomes Mayor’s TfL fares freeze and weekly capping on Oyster

firmed that the technical testing and approvals for introducing ‘Monday to Sun-day’ (weekly) capping on Oyster are now being com-pleted. Once introduced, the cap, which is already avail-able for contactless users, will ensure that customers are never charged more than the cost of an equivalent 7 Day Travelcard. TfL and the Train Operating Companies are now finalising plans to introduce the cap by Spring 2019.Hounslow Council’s Lead Member for Transport and Corporate Property, Council-lor Hanif Khan, said: “This fare freeze is very welcome

news for Hounslow and so is the Mayor’s continued com-mitment to rationalising the fare structure, ensuring that residents have access to fair and consistent tariffs, offer-ing flexibility and consist-ency whether they choose to pay per trip or to get a travelcard.“At a time when austerity has made many feel less well off, it is great news to see that the Mayor has stood by his commitment to Londoners and we hope that measures such as these will encourage more people to use public transport and sustainable modes of travel, rather than driving.”

Obituary: Jane Wenham

The actress Jane Wenham passed away peacefully at Denville Hall on November 15th 2018, just eleven days short of her 91st birthday. She had been a resident of Chiswick from 1978 to November 2017. Through her work on stage, radio, screens large and small and in later years as a counsellor she touched the hearts and minds of many.

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towards women. Councillor Katherine Dunne, Lead Member for Communities and Workforce at Hounslow Council who has been actively involved with the campaign, presenting flowers to staff and local residents, said:“The council supports the Blooming Strong campaign 100 per cent and are proud to have been awarded White Ribbon Town status for our commitment to ending violence against women and girls.

“In this day and age nobody should have to suffer in silence behind closed doors. We all need to stand united in calling out violence against women and girls in our midst, in whatever guise it comes.”If you’re living in Hounslow and are experiencing abuse, please con-tact the Hounslow Domestic and Sexual Violence Outreach Service on 020 8247 6163 or you can at-tend the One Stop Shop at the Civic Centre, Lampton Road, TW3 4DN

on Wednesdays between 10am – 12pm. No appointment is needed. You can also contact the National Domestic Violence Helpline on 0808 2000 247If you have concerns about someone that is experiencing abuse, please contact 101 in a non-emergency and 999 in an emergency.Hounslow Council are encouraging local people to wear their White Ribbons in support of this far-reach-ing and important campaign.

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Dan Mason Drive parking restrictionsDear Editor,

In an effort to aid congestion the Traffic Department of Houslow Council is planning to impose charg-es on allotment holders who use the only space available to them to park, which is the parking site outside the golf club in Dan Mason Drive (The Promenade). We do not even know if this plot of land is owned by the Council.While we appreciate the council’s wish to ease congestion, there never has been congestion in Dan Mason Drive! To say that cars park on the grass verges of Dan Mason is com-pletely untrue as the Council erected wooden bollards along the verges two years ago, thus preventing cars parking!The allotment holders have been parking on the site outside the golf club for more than 30 years as it is the only site available for us to park. Now the council wants to charge us up to £8 every time we visit our allotment.

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Most of the allotment holders are pensioners in their late 60’s, 70’s and even 80’s. The allotment is our life as it enables us to get out of the house 3 or 4 times a week and helps fight loneliness as well as promoting our physical and mental health.To ask these allotment holders to pay charges on a par with the fees of the local posh health club is completely unacceptable. To make matters worse, they want to impose the charges on a Sunday when parking in the nearby streets is free! This cannot be just. Do they expect us to park outside in these streets and walk a mile or so to our allotment site? Some of ushave difficulty walking or are slightly disabled.We would like to reiterate that in all our years at the allotment we have never experienced congestion on Dan Mason Drive. And even if there was, we park on the only site available to us, outside the golf club, which is off-street. We ask your support in our fight to

keep this site free from the charges - or at least free for allotment holders over 65. We have said we would be prepared to pay a one off fee on top of our allotment charges - say £20 per year. Most of us use the allotment at least three times a week for a period of hours which would mean we’d end up paying £24 per week out of our pensions. This is totally unaccepta-ble. Can you please bring our plight to the attention of your readers in Chiswick and ask them to email the Council on our behalf. It is still in consultation stage until 21 Dec.I mention once again that the site they are proposing to include in the charge zone is the only site available to park for allotment holders. Where else can we park?

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give a much needed outside space which can potentially be used by companies outside of school hours.In addition to approaching companies, we are trying to raise additional funds via a crowd funding. The details of the project can be seen in more detail by accessing this link https://www.spacehive.com/bsfgsportspitchre-generationproject.If you require any more informa-tion about how to contribute or wish to ask any questions, please contact Phil dexter who is over-seeing the project.We hope you can support us.

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MPs Must Back a People’s Vote on Brexit

Dear Editor, Roger (Nov 21) is right to suggest that there is an enormous amount at stake as the Brexit negotiations come to a head: the proposed deal offers an uncertain future for crucial public services, citizens’ rights, environmen-tal protections and peace in North-ern Ireland. From my own perspective, young people face the prospect of decades of instability, under-representation and lack of opportunity despite not having voted to leave. And no matter how you voted, a £50 billion divorce bill that sacrifices our rights and our seat at the table was never on the ballot paper. It is for these reasons that hundreds of young people will be descending on Parliament on November 27 to ask their MPs to back a final say on Brexit. Ruth Cadbury’s support in the cam-paign for a People’s Vote recognises

the decision taken by her constitu-ents in 2016, as well as the growing discontent with the way the govern-ment is handling negotiations, and I hope that she will agree to meet young constituents from Brentford and Isleworth to discuss their con-cerns. After all, a People’s Vote on the final deal is the only democratic route to reversing the government’s disas-trous interpretation of the 2016 ref-erendum. People must be consulted on the actual terms of our departure,

rather than the broken promises of two years ago. Brexit-backing MPs have proven themselves utterly incapable of consensus: there is no majority for Theresa May’s proposal in Parlia-ment, and no majority for No Deal. The decision on whether the current deal delivers on the referendum must therefore be left with the people.

CHRIS AllNuTT, W4

Dear Editor, I think we should proceed with May’s deal - it won’t be any better and it ap-pears we’d be more independent than we’re being made to believe. I support it for the sake of an ongoing relationship with the Eu. I voted remain, but as the Eu said, this deal is the only one we’ll get. I can’t see further negotiations changing anything.

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Those dreaming of a truly magical white Christmas should look no further than luxury travel specialists, Firefly Collection, who of-fer a hand-picked portfolio of THE most spectacular ski chalets in the Alps. From snow-covered couples hide-aways to mega chalets per-fect for groups of friends or multi-generation family hol-idays, all resplendent with festive adornments.Tim Latimer of Firefly Col-lection said: “Christmas is the perfect time for families and friendship groups to enjoy quality time together on and off the slopes. Worth investing in or not?Based on 2018 H1 interim data:FOR: price is about 30% off its 52Wk high so those who buy the dip, this might be opportune. It has an at-tractive dividend yield of 5% - flattered by the dip in

current market share price, but the company has a high payout strategy. With no debt, SC has a strong bal-ance sheet. This could be too strong however, because it fails to take advantage of debt’s tax shield. Similarly, all that idle cash is creating a top-heavy current ratio. All this indicates inefficient capital management. AGAINST: SC has poor reve-nue and earnings per share. Its main assets are its people not tangible assets such as property. Not surprisingly therefore SC has a high (after stripping out intangi-bles) price to tangible book value (3.11x). This counter-acts the strength from hav-ing no debt. Its return on capital is very poor at just 3.2%. As mentioned earlier, continued downward pres-sure from its strategic focus does not auger well for prof-its and so share price.

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OVERALL: a poor return business with tangible expo-sures to operational, regula-tory, and market risks. Plen-ty of cash, but few tangibles. Equity investors should do better elsewhere.SafeCharge (SC) is a cross-border payment services provider listed on AIM in 2014. Constant changes might be needed to try and fit its platform to other systems as FinTech and the com-petition grow. No surprise more than 50% of its work force are engaged in R&D or

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‘technology’.SC is heavily dependent on able R&D and technology employees, who could be hard to retain.It is reliant on new techno-logical developments, build-ing relationships with new business sectors, and in new locations, in order to grow, which needs a capable sales force. SC is on the lookout for M&A opportunities and has a mountain of cash sitting idle in the bank for these.The “continuously evolving regulatory environment”,

such as PSD2, Brexit, FCA authorisation, and EU Gen-eral Data Protection Re-quirements, is a drain on SC’s resources. It’s also exposed to the risk of fines and possibly losing licenses or authorisations to operate in it sector if it slips up on regulations, i.e., it SC has substantial operational and regulatory compliance risks. SC’s strategy of growing its business by focussing on higher quality low-risk cus-tomers led to a 55% fall in its profit margin in 2018. This strategy is likely to re-

sult in continued lower margins that will lower profits and reduce shareholder value.

Disclosure:I have no positions in any of the securities referenced in the con-tributionI do not use any non-public, ma-terial information in this contri-butionThis contribution is for infor-mational purpose and does not constitute investment advice nor is it an offer to sell or buy, nor is it a recommendation for any security.Permjit Singh

General Electric – a staggering lesson in value destructionAccording to FT analysis, the demise of the 120-year-old company can be distilled into to five reasons:Too much debt That is a common problem among companies that have loaded up during periods of low interest rates, especially post-crisis. There is no single capital structure, it depends on the business sector. Tesco can manage more debt than say a manufacturer of high value products such as power turbines. Mrs Bloggs does not receive an invoice after she does her weekly shop-ping at Tesco saying pay in 30 days. She and millions of other customers pay immedi-ately with either cash or debit card –money that can be used by Tesco to pay off interest on its mountain of debt.Growth by acquisitionIf mismanaged, this strategy can undo the positive effect of growth by acquisition. A company can morph into a complex behemoth of entan-gled companies that do not complement or create syner-

gies but drain resources and divert management and which hide the value of each entity – extra value that would be apparent were they separate entities.Inability to evolve It could not handle its meta-morphosis from an industrial, to financial, to high tech com-pany, i.e., from tangible as-sets to the intangible assets, or from industrial to digital. Other olde world companies are also likely to suffer the same fate.Share buybacksCompany directors buyback shares and deplete the com-pany’s cash to boost earnings per share (eps) and, because their remuneration is often linked to eps, they boost their personal wealth. The down-side is the company’s share-holders have to suffer greater losses per share and the lend-ers have a smaller buffer be-low them when the company hits the rocks and losses ex-ceed equity. The heightened insolvency risk might trigger a downgrade and a higher

lending rate, both of which will reduce profitability. If buybacks are uncontrolled, the company might breach minimum capital adequacy ratios so cannot continue to operate as a financial entity. The reduced cash position could squeeze the compa-ny’s operating capacity.Financial chicaneryGE’s financial arm was able to hide deeper problems through accounting chican-ery but its sale stopped this and exposed the deeper ma-laise at the company. GE paid out a staggering $6 billion in fees to banks since the start of 2000, even though over that period its share price collapsed an equally staggering 80%. Now bankers are earning millions of dollars again as GE is forced to unwind its acquisitions. To prove the point that buybacks and ac-quisitions can be disastrous, it has been forced to write off against its depleted eq-uity an equally staggering $23 billion.

Local LifeFalcons Pre-Preparatory Nursery – The Stepping Stone to ‘Big School’Falcons Pre-Preparatory School write about the success of their nursery and encourage new intake. At the Falcons Pre-Preparatory School for boys in Chiswick, we cater for boys aged 3-7 with the starting point being our inviting and vibrant Nursery. Each year we get a varied and very excited group of up to 26 boys ar-rive to start their all-important learning jour-neys with us. At the forefront of our teaching, we ensure that everything we do with the boys is really fun, engaging and boy-friendly, concentrat-ing at all times on providing them with valu-able life skills and developing their methods of communication so that they are able to really express themselves. There is often a lot of laughter coming from the busiest and brightest classroom in our school. We aim to combine a formal setting with the less formal continuous provision and in so doing, by the time our little chaps transition to Reception, they are reading and writing the basics.The Nursery is led by Mrs Leanne Bnidar, who has a wealth of experience in Nursery education, and is supported by 3 dedicated members of staff, giving our Nursery an en-viable staff:pupil ratio. Mrs Bnidar has been instrumental in shaping an exciting Nursery programme for the boys, including the intro-duction of some exciting new initiatives such as the weekly ‘Forest School’ sessions every Monday morning. As a founder of the ‘Jolly Foresters Urban Forest Club’, she has brought her love of learning outdoors by playing and engaging with nature to our boys. They now cannot wait until their Monday morning ses-sions in nearby parks, having wonderful ad-ventures and learning new things.The entrance to our Nursery is an indoor gar-den which has astro-turf on the floor as well as an abundance of plants, two Guinea pigs and a fish tank. This is a wonderful room, known as “The Green Room” and we use this as a calm space for our boys as well as a room for sensory stimulation. The Green Room leads to our beautifully light, bright and airy main Nursery which has been fully equipped with different learning areas to ca-ter for continuous provision (self-initiated learning) aimed at giving the boys control over choosing activities specifically designed to help them reach their early learning goals. These educational activities are recorded and commented on by the teachers on our ‘Tapestry’ app and matched to the boy’s indi-vidual early learning goals. Parents are given access to ‘Tapestry’ at home and are also able to comment on these activities as well as record some of the other goals their son reaches at home. We assess the boys as soon as they come into Nursery and again at the end of the year and look for a decent value

added score (increased assessment scores). Personal targets are set after each round of assessments and we cater for each child in-dividually. Whilst their day is primarily spent learning through play, the benefit of being part of a school rather than a standalone Nursery is that it is a great place to be slowly introduced to the sense of routine and structure associ-ated with school life. The boys have phonics and numbers lessons built into their timeta-ble each day in the morning as well as be-ing introduced to cursive script. In addition, they have access to a wide range of age-ap-propriate reading books which they are en-couraged to take home. By using this slightly more formal approach at times, our Nursery boys reach a certain level of phonological awareness and familiarity of working with numbers before they reach Reception. Other areas of key focus during their time in Nurs-ery are to improve muscle tone, core strength and their pincer grip as these are essential for when they transition to Reception. All of these elements provide distinct advantages to joining us in our Nursery as we find that external boys who join us in Reception spend the first half of the academic year “catching up” to their peers. Another advantage of being part of a school is that our Nursery boys are able to enjoy the benefits of specialist PE, Music and French teachers from an early age, as well as join-ing the ‘big boys’ in Reception class for their “free flow sessions” in the playground each Wednesday and Friday afternoons. In addi-tion, the older boys in Year 2 love coming into the Nursery for weekly reading sessions as it gives them an opportunity to ‘give back’

We say to all prospective parents that the only way to truly appreciate this wonderful environment is to come and visit us.“F a l c o n s P r e - P r e p a r a t o r y N u r s e r y

Christmas is a time to SING!!

Rev Martine Oborne

St Michael’s Church, Elmwood Road, Chiswick.

It was just before the end of the first half and, having conceded two goals to Sp*rs, the crowd was very quiet. ‘Come on,’ cried the man. ‘Get behind the team. We’re sup-posed to be singing!’ Eventually, he managed to get a rather baleful chant going of ARSenal, ARSenal, ARSenal – but you could hardly call it singing.Nonetheless, by the time the match was over and the home team had made a spectacular comeback and beaten their arch enemy 4-2, there was no stopping the crowd from singing.Singing is a great thing to do when we come together for a common purpose and with a common vision. It is fun and it is also good for us.According to a recent scientific study, choir practice is a healthier thing to do than yoga – for both our bodies and our minds.When we sing together our hearts beat in the same rhythm, our blood pressure falls and we feel calm. Singing boosts the immune system and reduces stress.So, when was the last time you had a good sing?If it’s been a while, then why not find a Christmas carol service to go to in the coming weeks? I was in a primary school the other day leading 400 children in singing Away in a Manger which they did with great gusto and with actions – rocking baby Jesus to and fro and wiggling their fingers to represent the stars in the night sky. It was in-credibly uplifting – and I felt a real boost of energy and optimism by the time I left.We sing carols at Christmas because it’s a tradition and we love them. The old English word ‘carol’ origi-nally meant dance or song of joy. And the oldest carol known is Jesus refulsit omnium which means ‘Jesus illuminates all’ and was written in the 4th century by St Hilary.We sing carols at Christmas – the darkest time of the year – to remind ourselves of the power of light to overcome darkness, the power of

hope to triumph over despair and the power of love to conquer hatred. And this is what the message of Christmas and carols is about.That we are loved and not alone in our lives – no matter whatIn Hark! the herald angels we sing ‘Pleased as man with man to dwell – Jesus our Emmanuel’ – which re-minds us of the hope that God is not far off, remote and uncaring – but is with us (which is what the name Emmanuel means.)That worldly status is meaninglessIn Away in a manger we sing about

how God not only becomes one of us in Jesus but he is born in a stable to very ordinary parents - not in a palace or in a rich family.That we are never worthlessIn In the bleak midwinter we sing about the gifts given to Jesus by the shepherds and the wise men and we ask whether we have anything of value to give, if we are poor. And the answer is that we all have some-thing to give. We are all precious in God’s sight. And he asks noth-ing of us except our hearts – except a willingness to be in relationship

with him and with out brothers and sisters.That we always have reason for joy and hopefulness.In O come all ye faithful we sing about being joyful and triumphant and remind ourselves of our many blessings. And the many things that we all have to give thanks for – in-cluding life itself. And the opportu-nity every day of new life both for ourselves and for others.So, make Christmas a time to sing. And sing from the very depths of your heart. Know yourself loved,

be filled with the gift of love. And be ready to share that love with all around you.Merry Christmas!

Join us at St Michael’s Church Elm-wood Road on Sunday 9 Decem-ber for our Christingle service at 3.30pm. And on Sunday 16 Decem-ber for our Nativity service at 11am and our Carol service at 6pm.St Michael’s Church: www.stmi-chael-elmwoodroad.orgSubscribe to Martine Oborne’s blog here: www.martineoborne.com

was at the Emirates sta-dium last weekend and the man sitting behind me was very agitated.I

and our Nursery boys love it too! We recognise that many parents both work and we are able to cater for this with the day starting at 7:45 am with Breakfast Club for those that need to drop off early, and boys are also able to stay with us until 6:00 pm if required. All the Nursery boys stay at school until 12:00pm with 85% continuing until 3:10pm. All lunches and healthy snacks are provided and from the Autumn term 2019 we will be offering door to door drop-offs for Nursery boys that live in the local area from 3.10pm. We say to all prospective parents that the only way to truly appreciate this wonder-ful environment is to come and visit us. As well as visiting the school, we also offer two “Come and Play” sessions in the afternoons for external and registered children as this gives the parents, and particularly their son, a real feel for what we do here.

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Westfield London gives plants to boost local gardening charityThe Hammersmith Community Garden Association is in the green after Westfield London donated hundreds of plants to its cause.The vibrant community gardens project benefited after the White City shopping centre carried out its seasonal changeover of plants. Westfield donated the greenery, which included stunning grasses, foliage, flowers and herbaceous perennials that will bloom for years.Following the donation, com-munity gardens volunteers have been busy potting and planting the greenery at Loris Garden in Hammersmith, and Godolphin Garden in Shepherd’s Bush.Katie Shaw, Operations Manager at HCGA, said: “These plants will make a huge difference as they are really good quality, come out year after year and are attractive to bees and butterflies.“The impact is fantastic and it is win-win for us and for Westfield as it’s incredibly valuable to the community.” She added the plants would be used across a total of up to 20 sites across Hammersmith & Fulham.The donation comes as Westfield London celebrated 10 years since it opened in White City. The HCGA is financially support-

ed by Hammersmith & Fulham Council.Westfield London donated more than 500 plants in total, includ-ing dahlias, rudbeckias, pennise-tum grasses, spectacularly spiky Ophiopogon negra, as well as heuchera and verbena plants.The company’s landscaping con-tractor, Urban Planters, delivered the greenery ready for a team of volunteers to re-plant into the

Orchards of London to move all local branches to Hanger LaneOrchards of London will be celebrat-ing their first decade in 2019. They plan to do so by making a ‘radical change’ to the way they operate, which they say will benefit both their clients and their customers. This radical change involves mov-ing their local branches, based in Chiswick, Ealing and Acton to a new premises, near Hanger Lane under-ground station. Orchards of London became part of the Hogarth Property Group earlier in 2018 and say that following a review into their busi-ness operation, they will be relocat-ing their entire existing branch net-work into one modern and centrally located building from Monday, 17th December. Westworld is located at the junction of the A40 and North Circular roads and they say this means it is ideally placed to cover all west London post-codes.Orchards of London’s new fleet of Minis will also be highly visible on the streets of west London in their new and vibrant hot pink and black livery.

The move will also see their mortgage and financial services company Paul Al-exander, Hogarth Acquisitions and Ho-garth Design and Build relocate to the new headquarters and regional hub.The move also enables Orchards of Lon-don to extend their opening hours so that their teams are available to assist customers at times that may be more convenient than a “traditional” 9-5 ap-proach.In a statement revealing the news on their website, Group Chief Executive Officer, Paul Connolly says “This is a positive move that will enable us to enhance our position as London’s local agent and will improve our customer’s experience by having all services under one roof and being available when, and how they want, in today’s fast moving environment.”The move is far from Orchards of Lon-don’s start in 2009, when the business operated from Paul Connollys front room in Acton.

For more information, visit: www.or-chardsoflondon.com.

Memorial service for Robert Rowan to be held at Griffin Park this monthThe funeral of Brentford FC Techni-cal Director Robert Rowan was held in Scotland on Friday, 30 November and a memorial service will be held in London this month.Robert, 28, passed away on 12 No-vember after suffering heart failure. He had been Technical Director at the Club since February and had been with Brentford for four years. ‘His funeral was held in Kirkcaldy and Brentford FC sent representatives to mourn hispassing.The Club is also organising a memorial service where Robert’s life and his con-tribution to football, particularly Brent-ford FC, will be celebrated. This will be held at Griffin Park on Thursday, 13 December. It will start promptly at 5pm and run for around 45 minutes. Brent-ford FC fans are encouraged to attend and anyone who wants to celebrate Robert’s life will be welcome.First Team and B Team players and staff will be present and staff from Grif-fin Park and Brentford FC Community Sports Trust will also be there. The Grif-fin Park gates will open at 4.30pm and attendees will be seated in the Braemar Road stand. The Hive will be open for a short period afterwards for those that want to meet and share their memories.More details on the memorial service will follow in due course and the Club is inviting tributes from anyone who

wants to write their thoughts. There is a form on their website for those who want to contribute, and it will also as-sist the Club to know how many are planning to attend so they can be ca-tered for. This information will also be collected in the form. Brentford FC paid tribute to Robert atthe game against Middlesbrough on Saturday, 24 November.Brentford FC paid tribute to Robert at the game against Middlesbrough last Saturday. His family and friends were guests of the Club and there was a min-ute of applause before the game. He has also been given the number five shirt for the 2018/19 season.Robert’s family has also asked the Club to promote the charity Cardiac Risk in the Young to anyone wishing to do-nate. Brentford FC has a historic rela-tionship with CRY as former manager Andy Scott, who worked closely with Robert when he was with the Club as part of the scouting staff, is a patron of the charity. CRY’s logo was also carried on the Club’s kit during the 2008/09 season. To donate visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/robert-rowan-5. There will also be an opportu-nity to make donations at the memorial service.

Detectives are appealing for witnesses and dash cam footage of an incident involving a silver coloured BMW in Greenford.Police were called at 01:05hrs on Wednesday, 21 November to reports of a silver BMW in collision with a parked vehicle at Whitton Road East, junction with Ridding Lane.Officers, London Ambulance Service and Lon-don Fire Brigade attended the scene.Three males in the left hand drive, silver col-oured BMW were taken to a north London hospital where one 24-year-old male remains in a critical condition.Detectives from the Roads and Transport Po-licing Command investigate.

Police appeal for information and footage

following serious traffic collision in Ealing

The Technical Director’s life will be celebrated on Thursday 13 December

Officers are keen to speak with anyone who was in and around the area at the time of the collision, or any motorists who may have cap-tured any part of the incident or the BMW be-ing driven prior to the collision on dash cam.There have been no arrests at this time and enquiries continue.Any witnesses or anyone with information should contact the witness appeal line at Alp-erton Traffic Garage on 020 8991 9555 or via 101 quoting reference 2528310/18.Information can also be reported anonymous-ly to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or on-line at crimestoppers-uk.org.

nursery pots ready for use in sites around the community.Although Westfield had not do-nated plants to HCGA before, it became aware of the work of the local environmental charity ear-lier this year through its commu-nity funding programme.Through that programme, HCGA applied for funds through the Westfield London Community Grant initiative to engage people

with long term physical or mental health problems.Emma Hindes, Westfield London General Manager, said: “We were delighted to support Hammer-smith Community Gardens Asso-ciation’s gardening volunteering programme by donating over 500 plants from around the shopping centre. Westfield’s landscaping team, Urban Planters, gave guid-ance to HCGA volunteers on how

best to re-use the plants and we are pleased that residents are now able to enjoy them elsewhere in the community.”H&F Council recently granted long-term control of the glass-houses to the HCGA to help sup-port the charity. Their community horticulture work was recently hailed as ‘outstanding’ at the Roy-al Horticultural Society’s ‘It’s Your Neighbourhood’ awards.

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Shepherd’s Bush charity Upper Room welcomes new boss

Nicky Flynn will now lead the long-established Wendell Park charity. Based in St Saviour’s Church, it pro-vides free evening meals and assists ex-offenders and socially-excluded people in finding work.She has taken over from Michael Buraimoh, who served in the role for two-and-a-half years.Nicky, who previously worked for a national charity, has more than 20 years’ experience as a senior man-ager in the third sector and in local authorities.“I’m delighted to have been ap-pointed to lead the work of The Up-per Room,” she said. “Its vision is about restoring self-confidence and offering support to the most disad-vantaged individuals imaginable.’’She added that she had been im-pressed by the charity’s track record of effective intervention since it was

set up in 1990, and spoke of ‘‘a staff and volunteer base that are so com-mitted and passionate about the work they do.’’Her appointment was welcomed by Cllr Sue Fennimore, Deputy Leader of Hammersmith & Fulham Council, who pledged the local authority’s support of the charity and its work in west London.“The Upper Room is a valued char-ity, assisting many of the most so-cially excluded people in our com-munity,” she said. “I wish her well in her new role.”The charity feeds and supports more than 150 people a day and helps them become economically inde-pendent and to gain employment, with the assistance of a network of local partner organisations.The new chief executive added: “I am excited to work with staff and trustees alike to develop the char-ity so it can continue to be relevant, and offer respect, support and op-portunities to the people who walk through its doors.”

rontline Shepherd’s Bush charity The Upper Room has appointed a new chief executive to steer its work with homeless people.

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Bus depot in Shepherd’s Bush leads the charge with electric bus routes

The major shift at Wells Road depot, near Gold-hawk Road tube station, means that two bus routes through the London Borough of Ham-mersmith & Fulham now run emission-free.The change has been welcomed by H&F Council which aims to be the greenest borough in Brit-ain.“To make a genuine change to improve our air quality requires taking decisive, radical action,” said Cllr Wesley Harcourt, H&F Cabinet Member for Environment.“So we commend the operators for pioneering this change, and hope other bus operators fol-low their lead and work closely with the Council to achieve significant improvement to air qual-ity.“This is the future of travel in our city and will be a change for the better health of both people and the planet.”The bus garage has been equipped with multi-ple charging points to allow routes C1 and 70 to run exclusively clean, green buses.A fleet of 36 all-electric vehicles will run on the routes. The buses are charged overnight, avoid-ing energy use in peak hours.The new vehicles were formally unveiled at a ceremony in November.Shepherd’s Bush is ahead of the curve. It is ex-pected to take until 2037 before all of London’s buses are zero-emission, although many hope this will be achieved earlier.In two years’ time, all single-decker buses in central London will be zero-emission. Double-deckers will take longer to convert.

Shepherd’s Bush bus garage is pioneering the use of fully electric buses in the Capi-tal.A

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Tabard Theatre: Stig of the DumpThis Christmas, the Tabard Theatre brings an-other literary classic and family favourite to the stage in Clive King’s Stig of the Dump.

When Barney, a day-dreaming, eight year old falls over the edge into a chalk pit he discovers Stig, a modern day caveman and together they embark on an original fantasy adventure. Thrills, excitement, danger and fun abound as their worlds collide. Barney saves Stig from poisoning by building a chimney (from tin cans) and windows (from jam-jars, of course) for his home in the dump where they must fight off burglars who break into Bar-ney’s grandmother’s house, go hunting, introduce Stig to the outside world and face the prospect of saying goodbye.

This adaptation by Richard Williams was first per-formed at the West York Playhouse and also en-joyed a successful run at the Tabard Theatre in 2008.

With a soaring musical score and packed full of ac-tion and adventure, Clive King’s Stig of the Dump will enchant and delight the whole family. Stig of the Dump runs from 6 December 2018 - 6 January 2019. Tickets are priced at £17 full price (£12 conces-sions) up to 16 Dec & 2nd - 4 Jan 2019. Otherwise, they are £22 full price (£17 concessions) after 16 Dec.

For more information, visit tabardtheatre.co.uk/whats-on/stig-of-the-dump

2018 Christmas Services at St Michael’s Church, Elmwood RoadSunday 2 Dec2-4pm All Age Christmas Decora-tions Workshop

Sunday 9 Dec3.30pm Christingle serviceDiscover the message of Christmas with an orange, a candle and sweets!

Sunday 16 Dec11.00am Nativity service6.00pm Carols and Lessons by Candlelightwith St Michael’s ChoirMulled wine and mince pies afterwards

Christmas Eve3.30pm Family Carols and Crib serviceDress up, sing songs, hear the Christmas storyand eat Christmas cookies!11.00pm Midnight Communionwith St Michael’s Choir

Christmas Day10.30am Family Communionwith St Michael’s Choir

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What’s OnSt Nicholas’ Advent 2018

Sunday 16th December10.30 am – Children’s Church Nativity

Sunday 23rd December6.00pm – Nine Lessons and Carols

St Nicholas ChurchThe VicarageChiswick MallLondon, W4 2PJ

Hogarth Singers’ December concert

Sunday 2 Dec2-4pm All Age Christmas Decorations WorkshopSunday 9 Dec3.30pm Christingle serviceDiscover the message of Christmaswith an orange, a candle and sweets!Sunday 16 Dec11.00am Nativity service6.00pm Carols and Lessons by Candlelightwith St Michael’s ChoirMulled wine and mince pies afterwardsChristmas Eve3.30pm Family Carols and Crib serviceDress up, sing songs, hear the Christmas storyand eat Christmas cookies!11.00pm Midnight Communionwith St Michael’s ChoirChristmas Day10.30am Family Communionwith St Michael’s Choir

St Michael’s Church Elmwood Road W4 3DY

2018 Christmas Services at St Michael’s Church

Saturday 15th December

Hogarth Singers will be performing JS Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, parts 1-3, on Saturday 15 December, at 7.30pm, at their usual performance venue, St Michael and All Angels, Bath Road, London W4 1TT. The concert will also feature Arnold Bax’s Mater Ora Filium, a rarely performed choral treasure. The choir will be accompanied by Hogarth Players, brought together for the concert, and conducted by Rupert Gill. Tickets: £13 in advance, under 16s free. Or £14 on the door. For more information or to book tickets, visit www.hogarthsingers.org or call 07555 721662.

St Michael and All Angels, Bath Road, London W4 1TT

TravelGareth Davies Visits ArdècheArdèche is in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeast France and is named after the river Ardèche. Gareth Huw Davies visits many

treasures of the region including Balazuc (one of the most beautiful villages in France), The Pont d’Arc Cavern and Aven d’Orgnac (one of the

Grands Sites de France).

By Gareth Davies

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the accumulated history among their banks, or even if they have a wine region named after them. This stripling is just 78 miles long, and the Rhône swallows it long before its waters reach the sea.But in the Ardèche Gorge, it has the largest and longest canyon in Eu-rope. And the complicated under-ground topography, the caves and caverns, along its banks opens a deeper window into man’s past than almost anywhere on earth.The Chauvet Cave is an incompara-ble wonder. It was discovered, down a fissure in the garrigue, a wild, fra-grant land of rock roses, broom, lav-ender, rosemary and thyme, by the man whose name it now takes and two colleagues in 1994.That narrow entrance led into a fabulous succession of caverns dec-orated with hundreds of paintings of animals, made between 30,000 and 32,000 years ago and preserved when a rockfall sealed the cave. Chastened by the ruination of other caves, such as Lascaux, where pre-historic paintings (and only half as old) were damaged by the breath of tourists, the government decided that only a few experts would ever be allowed in.Instead it commissioned, for £49 million, The Pont d’Arc Cavern, an exact three dimensional under-ground facsimile of the Chauvet Cave, a few miles from the original. It opened in 2015 and has become one of foremost 21st-century visitor attractions.We follow our guide past compel-ling representations of animals, bears, rhinos, mammoths, lions, snow leopards. Painted directly onto the contours, cavities and pro-tuberances of the cave walls, they give a thrilling sense of movement and energy. We quickly forget that this is not even the real thing.

One monumental panel shows 36 li-ons, chasing down 100 mammoths, bison and rhinos. It is the oldest fu-sion of drawing, shading, perspec-tive, and movement techniques ever discovered.But that’s only a foretaste of the most remarkable thing of all. The guide points to the outline of a hu-man hand. It may have belonged to one of the artists. Are we look-ing at the signature of a prehistoric genius?The only appropriate response as we emerge into the sunlight, is hu-mility. The oldest known civilisation is the Mesopotamian, which began around 3500 BC. Yet the thought-ful, cultured people who sheltered in these caves were depicting the world about them 30 millennia ear-lier.Driving back to our accommoda-tion, we wonder about the power of this river to make and remake this dramatic landscape. The only last-ing impression man has ever left here was on the walls of a cave.The river in its gorge is untameable. There are bridges over it and roads alongside it, but you feel a rising, raging river could easily carry them off. Only the Arc itself, the stone bridge gouged out by the river, is

safe.We had taken the through train from London St Pancras to the South of France, just under six hours to Va-lence, after a change at Lyon. Then an hour’s drive in our hire car to Balazuc.On our visit, the region is emerging from a drought. The river is as docile as a neutered tomcat, tinkling ami-ably under Balazuc’s high bridge. Behind us the old village buildings rise, in tight ranks, up the hillside. Balazuc has “one of the most beau-tiful villages in France” status. Any-thing resembling a standard hotel would be quite wrong.Our base is a restored 800-year-old castle, the Château de Balazuc, with just three ample rooms. Two Paris-ian journalists gave up their high-pressure jobs in the capital to run it. From our room we have a per-fect view down to the Ardèche river. Our hosts cook dinner for us, as is their rule. There is an unspoken un-derstanding that we are not to even consider looking anywhere else that night. They invite a celebrated local potter and his wife to join us for a convivial evening of conversation.Once French hotels were formal, and a bit dull. Within a generation France has built a network of su-

perior accommodation, B&Bs and small hotels such as this: small, dis-tinct, interesting places with warm, welcoming hosts.The Archèche river crosses the foot of the French department of the same name, east of the river Rhône, and midway between Lyon and Avi-gnon. We use our satnav to guide us through an intricate web of “D” roads, blissfully deserted, and, for lunch, find one of the infinite num-bers of unofficial picnic spots deep in the perfumed garrigue.We are en route on to another un-derground wonder, but this time a place it’s possible to visit. Lo-cals always knew about the Aven d’Orgnac, an apparently bottomless abyss, into which they tipped rub-bish. In 1935 a brave local caver be-came the first to venture down into this aven (it means vertical shaft), an Everest in reverse.He discovered limestone caverns as wide and high as many cathedrals put together, full of majestic crys-tal formations. It was named one of only 14 Grands Sites de France, a listing reserved for the “most fa-mous and emblematic landscapes”.Visitors are allowed into just a tenth of the cave system, but that’s mas-sive enough. Our guide picks out

distant features, directing his spot-light at stalagmites and stalactites moulded into fantastic shapes by dripping water over vast ages. Back on the surface there is an excellent museum.Many well-signposted paths lead to the edge of the Ardèche Gorge, and the views are prodigious. An-other way to experience the gorge is to canoe down it. The 21 miles descent includes 25 rapids; take a day, or better still two, with a night under canvas in the heart of this na-ture reserve.In St-Martin d’Ardèche, Rose Ar-chambault, who runs the Domaine de la Croix Blanche wine business, has a newer suggestion. Vineyards and cycling are two great French in-stitutions. Why not combine them, with electric bikes to make the go-ing easier? We sampled an assisted spin, part of the Vines and Discov-ery programme, in the company of Rose. We inspect her organic vines, then make a power-boosted climb into the garrigue. We freewheel back on the Route Touristique, with heart-soaring views down into the gorge. It would have been tough on con-ventional bikes. Then a tasting ses-sion back at the winery.Our last call is at a splendid example of the family-run village restaurant in the region. France is determined to save these essential details in the urban fabric. It launched the Bistrot de Pays initiative, to promote the thousands that still survive. To qual-ify for the marque the independent restaurant has to be in a place of fewer than 2000 people. They must serve unfussy home-cooked fare us-ing, mainly, local produce.We sit outside at Auberge La Farig-oule, in Bidon, a tiny place close to the Pont d’Arc Cavern. The swifts shriek and the collared doves coo. Only a handful of cars pass all the blissful evening. Three courses and a glass of wine cost just €26 each.

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The Five Best Ultra-Luxe Ski Chalets For The Perfect White ChristmasThose dreaming of a truly magical white Christmas should look no further than luxury travel specialists, Firefly Collection, who offer a hand-

picked portfolio of THE most spectacular ski chalets in the Alps. From snow-covered couples hideaways to mega chalets perfect for groups of

friends or multi-generation family holidays, all resplendent with festive adornments.

Our first-hand knowledge of each chalet ena-bles us to expertly pair guests to their ideal property. Whether it’s a family group want-ing to create the perfect Christmas with clas-sic features such as a roaring log fireplace to hang the stockings above or a group of friends wanting the very best private dining or spa experiences. Here is our pick of the top five chalets this Christmas ….”1. Chalet de la Cloche, Tignes les Brévières- Sleeps 16, Christmas week price: £27,000The traditional wooden interior and glowing fire at Chalet de la Cloche sets the scene for an ideal cosy Christmas on the slopes. Spa-cious rooms are adorned with plush furnish-ings and sparkling gold and silver Christmas decorations, creating a welcoming home from home environment. Features include an In-door swim spa plus outdoor hot tub, sauna and firepit.

2. Chalet des Sens, Megeve- Sleeps 8-12, Christmas week price: €90,000Contemporary, sleek and spacious, Chalet des Sens offers an elegant Christmas all wrapped up into one. With beautiful cascading icicle lights strung along the front of the chalet and snowy winter boughs draping beneath the windows, guests can enjoy a picture-perfect Christmas. The chalet is also packed with a range of facilities to impress all family mem-

im Latimer of Firefly Collection said: “Christmas is the perfect time for families and friendship groups to en-joy quality time together on and off the slopes.

T bers including a wine cellar, games room, cin-ema room and indoor swimming pool.

3. Chalet la Tene, Val-d’lsere- Sleeps 12, Christmas week price: €50,000Chalet la Tene is the ideal choice for those wanting a sleek and sophisticated Christmas experience. Nestled into the hillside of this fa-mous resort, the chalet offers stunning pano-ramic views of the piste from the glass pan-elled upstairs living room and bar area, where elegant icy colours are reflected in the clas-sic Christmas decorations. Features include a wine cellar carved into the mountain, large outdoor terrace with hot tub and sauna, mas-sage room and hammam.

4. Chalet Mont Tremblant, Meribel- Sleeps 12, Christmas week price: €48,000With its rich wood panelling and inviting soft furnishings Chalet Mont Tremblant is the per-fect home away from home this Christmas. Tall ceilings make room for a lofty Christmas tree, while soft lighting and candles create a cosy feel against the snowy backdrop outside. Features include an outdoor chlorine free infin-ity edge pool and hot tub, hammam and play room.

5. Chalet Valentine, Meribel- Sleeps 12-14, Christmas week price: €65,130A fresh green tree and the red cushions and decorations at Chalet Valentine leave this luxurious open-plan chalet exuding Christmas character. With plenty of room for all the fam-ily, guests can enjoy a charming festive sea-son with their loved ones just metres from the piste, in the enviable Belvedere area. Other features include a massage room, plunge pool, outdoor hot tub, library and cinema room.

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Fuller’s Wise Men beer returns to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK

Fuller, Smith & Turner, the Lon-don brewer and premium pub company, has joined forces with Prostate Cancer UK for the third consecutive festive season to brew the hugely popular Wise Men – a beer designed specifically to raise money for, and awareness of, prostate cancer.The cask ale was officially launched on Monday, 3 December and will be available during De-cember in Fuller’s managed and tenanted pubs and independent free trade outlets.Wise Men is a 4.0% golden ale, with piney, tropical and citrus notes and hints of lemon and co-riander on the palate. It is brewed with Saaz, Chinook and Bravo hops and then dry hopped with Sorachi Ace and UK hop, Jester. The beer is available on cask only.Fuller’s will be donating 50p for every pint sold in its 198 man-aged pubs and £10 for every firkin sold to its tenants and free trade customers. The money raised will be used by Prostate Cancer UK to help fund research into the diag-nosis, treatment and prevention of prostate cancer, as well as sup-porting men and their families

who are affected by the disease. Fuller’s Marketing Director, Jane Jones, said: “In the past two years, Wise Men has been very successful – people love the beer and we’ve raised £30,000 for Prostate Cancer UK so far. But it’s about raising awareness as well as fundraising. We want to encourage men to understand their risks of prostate cancer and, if they have concerns, to speak to their GP. Having those simple conversations can save lives.”James Beeby, Director of Fun-draising at Prostate Cancer UK said: “After two successful years, we are incredibly grateful to Full-er’s as Wise Men beer returns for a third time in 2018. We stand to-gether with Fuller’s in our quest to change the game for men and their families and this gives us an opportunity to reach customers in their local pub and encourage them to talk about their health this Christmas.“One man dies from prostate can-cer every 45 minutes – it’s the most common cancer in men, but we want to make prostate cancer a disease that the next generation of men do not fear. The money

Ealing Council begins to reshape services as it warns of difficult decisions aheadEaling Council’s cabinet will meet next week (Tuesday 11 Decem-ber) to discuss proposals to close a £57 million gap in its budget by 2021. This gap is more than dou-ble Ealing’s total annual budget for children centres, libraries, street cleaning, rubbish and recy-cling collections combined.If agreed, the latest proposals will reduce the gap by £12.3million. More will be brought to cabinet over subsequent months as the council seeks to reshape its ser-vices and achieve better results for local people.Ealing Council say they are facing their toughest financial challeng-es in living memory after years of significant and sustained cuts. Its government grant has been re-duced by 64%; greater than the London and national average. By 2021, this grant will disappear and the council will have to fund its services solely through council tax, business rates, fees, charges and commercial income.At the same time, demand is higher than it’s ever been, with £232,000 spent every day on adult social care alone. Along with other local authorities, the

council is lobbying the govern-ment for a sustainable funding solution for adult social care.The council is making significant changes to guarantee the long-term sustainability of local public services. Some involve working smarter and being more efficient. At the same time, the council is asking local people to step for-ward and do their bit to help to make the borough better.The council has also set itself the challenge to improve residents’ lives, despite the cuts, through its Future Ealing programme. This includes a continued focus on preventing problems such as homelessness, helping families stay together and supporting old-er people in their own homes for as long as possible. Some of the December proposals reflect this.Latest plans include the launch of a new regional fostering and adoption service, joining forces with neighbouring councils to develop a better service and save money. The council also plans to move the sexual health service online, giving users more control with 24-hour access and quicker turnaround times.

Hounslow Council calls on urgent action from the Government to improve mental health services for children and young peopleAt Borough Council on Tuesday, 27 November Councillors agreed a mo-tion to call for faster access to mental health services for those who need it and for new ways for young people to get early help, before specialist sup-port is required.The motion was proposed by Cllr Lily Bath, Deputy Leader and Cabi-net Member for Housing and Social Inclusion, and seconded by Cllr Can-dice Atterton, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health.Cllr Lily Bath, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Housing and Social Inclusion, Hounslow Council, said: “Despite greater public aware-ness and some new funding since 2015, it remains far too difficult for young people to get the help they need.“Less than one in 10 young people who look for mental health support find it easy to get the help they need, and 76 per cent of parents whose children have looked for support said their child’s mental health deteriorat-ed while waiting for help to come.”The council calls on the Government to urgently fund support for young people with emerging needs, by: Having faster access to mental health services for those who need it, and,For new ways for young people to get help early, before they require spe-

cialist supportCandice Atterton, Cabinet Member for Adult Social Care and Health, Hounslow Council, said: “Mental ill-ness remains difficult for young peo-ple and can be devastating for their families, and it is essential that they get the best possible care at the right time.“We know that there are many pres-sures on young people, in school, at home and more increasingly online. In many cases the mental health of young people is largely invisible; dis-guised as bad behaviour or missed because there are so many other pressures on their lives. This funding will help ensure the school staff are informed on how to identify possible issues early.”

Hounslow Council’s campaign, launched last month to promote its Pothole Pledge has been gathering momentum, with over 100 potholes reported since the campaign launched on the 22 October.The Pothole Pledge underlines that the council sees dealing with potholes as a key priority and the campaign encourages residents to report potholes where they occur so that the council’s ‘Pothole Busters’, or road maintenance opera-tives, can deal with them before they get worse.A pothole is a widely used term to describe damage to a road or carriageway. Potholes are usually formed during the winter months as a direct result of snow, ice and prolonged periods of rain and occur where an area of the road’s surface has been broken up and dispersed. Pot-holes are an inevitable part of urban life be-cause our busy West London roads are heavily used, but they could be hazardous as they may damage cars and pose a danger to cyclists and pedestrians.The borough’s roads have been maintained under contract by Hounslow Highways since January 2013. Since taking over, a significant amount of work has been undertaken includ-ing the resurfacing of approximately 206km of carriageways and 230km of footpaths. The first ever State of the City Report on London’s high-ways, produced earlier this year found that out of 32 London boroughs, only Westminster and Hounslow have a maintenance backlog con-sidered ‘low’. This shows how well Hounslow Highways is doing in maintaining the borough’s roads and highways despite more issues devel-

Council delivers on Pothole Pledge

raised will fund ground-breaking research to help fight this disease and the awareness generated across the length and breadth of the country will be vital in help-ing stop prostate cancer being a killer.”Prostate cancer is the most com-monly diagnosed cancer in men,

with over 400,000 living with and after the disease in the UK. Often prostate cancer doesn’t have any symptoms, and so it is important a man is aware of his risk of the disease.Men over the age of 50, men who have a family history of the disease and black men, are at a

greater risk. Anyone with con-cerns about their risk of prostate cancer should discuss them with their GP.To find a Fuller’s pub selling Wise Men, visit their website.For more information about pros-tate cancer, or to donate, visit prostatecanceruk.org.

oping all the time.The council website guides residents on how to report potholes and they can follow the progress of their case online. All roads and highways in the borough are routine-ly inspected for defects, but potholes can quickly deteriorate, so early intervention is crucial. However, ‘potholes’ or road defects can take many forms and not all need im-mediate repair. By reporting a road defect, Hounslow Highways will inspect it and, if necessary, it will be dealt with quickly. If a road defect is not considered urgent, it will be kept under review and repaired once considered necessary.Councillor Guy Lambert, Lead Member for Highways, Recycling and Trading Compa-nies said:“We know that the repair of potholes is something that really matters to the people of Hounslow. The council has listened and made it one of our key priorities. Hounslow Highways already does an excellent job of maintaining our roads and public highways but as potholes can appear over a short time residents can help report immediate issues in their road.“Thanks for reporting the potholes in re-sponse to our campaign – it’s especially im-portant that you report them now, even if you reported them before, because we are trying to catch every defect that annoys res-idents during this special campaign, includ-ing ones we wouldn’t normally fix.”

Ealing Council has the biggest council house building pro-gramme in London. Cabinet will hear of plans to invest in deliver-ing 2,500 new genuinely afforda-ble homes, a key council commit-ment, and one of the ways that it hopes to reduce its significant bill for rehousing homeless families.And the council’s flagship Better Lives and award-winning Brighter Futures programmes are expect-ed to save millions of pounds by continuing to work with families to prevent problems and achieve better results for vulnerable chil-dren and adults.From, April, some fees and charg-es could also change with CPZ permits prices proposed to rise and new discounts available for electric vehicles.And cabinet will hear that the council’s drive to get better value from its contracts is having a pos-itive impact. So far, £3.7million has either been saved already, or will be saved, through better pro-curement and contract efficien-cies, including libraries, parking and ICT.The December cabinet papers are available on the council’s website.

Councillor Bassam Mahfouz, Cabinet Member for Finance and Leisure, said: “The scale of the government cuts means that for every pound that the council used to receive in government grants, it now gets just 36p. Our budget gap can’t be closed by increas-ing council tax and making fur-ther efficiencies alone, especially with the additional pressures of the national social care crisis that continues to be unanswered by government.“The age of austerity is still with us and we are responding by rethinking how we operate, fo-cusing on prevention alongside making significant savings and increasing our fees and charges. We are also making a historical investment in the largest coun-cil house building programme in London. Unfortunately, the scale of the financial challenges we are facing means there will be tough decisions to consider in the new year.”Councillor Julian Bell, Leader of Ealing Council, said: “Like all London councils, Ealing is work-ing hard to address the burdens of increased demand and fund-

ing cuts. These latest proposals address two of our biggest pres-sures; social care and homeless-ness. I am proud to announce that we are investing in genuinely af-fordable housing, our main coun-cil priority, and we are also seeing the benefits from our new ways of working with families and vulner-able adults. However, there is no escaping our very challenging fi-nancial situation.“The way that public services are delivered in Ealing is going to change and we are relying on more community-minded people to step forward and do their bit through recycling more, volun-teering or looking out for their neighbours.”Local people can find ideas for how to make a difference in their local area on Ealing Bubble.

DATING 37Friday 7th December, 2018chiswickherald.co.ukPUZZLES36 Friday 7th December, 2018 chiswickherald.co.uk

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Crossword Sudoku Jigsaw InstructionsSudokuFill the grid so 1 to 9 appear once each in every row, column and bold-lined 3x3 square.

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T i M E M A k i n g T H E C H R i S T M A S d i n n E RBrits have admitted the tactics they use to save time making the Christmas dinner.

A poll of 2,000 adults found only five per cent of Christmas chefs now make the most indulgent meal of the year without using pre-prepared ingredients. Mobile devices alone are saving us-

ers around an hour per week in get-ting around, by helping us navigate more efficiently, giving traffic up-dates, and allowing us to check bus and train times.And time spent in the bank has de-creased by 40 minutes per week in the last decade, as mobile and online bank-ing has taken off.Email and social media are also among the top modern time-saving conveni-ences.Mathematician Katie Steckles, working in conjunction with Deichmann Shoes, calculated the amount of time technol-ogy is saving the nation, by analysing how long is spent in today’s world on everyday processes such as shopping, banking and checking-in for a flight.She revealed that with the average adult saving around six-and-a-half hours a week, this means the UK population as a whole could be saving a staggering 459 million hours a week or nearly 24 billion hours a year

Email and social media are also among the top modern time-saving conveniences.

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Frozen Yorkshire puddings, frozen roast potatoes, and cranberry sauce top the list of most popular Christmas dinner time-savers for Brits, allowing cooks to cut 30 extra minutes from their time in the kitchen.One in six go for pre-prepared roast po-tatoes to save them the trouble of peel-ing, parboiling, and basting to create the perfect golden roastie.And more than one in ten also took shortcuts with gravy and stuffing.One in five happily take the credit for

their pre-made purchases, claiming they’ve made it all from scratch, and a third even accept compliments on it, knowing it’s not homemade.Mark Hodge marketing director at Mc-Cain, which commissioned the study, said: “For many, Christmas time isn’t about spending hours slaving away in the kitchen; it’s about spending those free hours with loved ones.”Four in 10 respondents use pre-pre-pared food as a timesaver on Christmas morning, whilst nearly one in five also

T E C H n o L o g y S A V E S T i M E , A p p A R E n T L y !Modern technology is saving Brits the equivalent of two weeks every year – or almost two-and-a-half years of

the average adult lifetime, a study has found.A poll of 2,000 adults found the likes of self-service checkouts, internet shopping or banking and mobile traffic

updates are saving Brits around six-and-a-half hours a week.

Simon Wilson, head of buying at Deichmann, added: “Life has become busier than ever and we are constantly trying to find ways to save time.“We love nothing more than a time-saving hack with people using social media and the internet to find the best ways to boost the spare time they have.“Unfortunately, we all have life admin and tasks which while we might not want to do them, they need to be done, so making sure we do them in the most efficient way is important.The study found the average adult es-timates internet banking saves them around 21 minutes a week, while on-line food shopping frees up another 23 minutes.Ready meals also save around 21 min-utes a week and sat navs give people an extra 19 minutes a week by allowing them to avoid traffic jams.Self-service checkouts, online bus and train timetables and contactless pay-ments also save more than 10 minutes a week each.

The study also found 45 per cent of adults believe they have more time in recent years thanks to modern conveni-ences.Watching TV is the most popular way to spend any free time followed by reading books, listening to music and walking.* Deichmann shoes, which, in addi-tion to an online shop, has 100 stores nationwide, all benefiting from an easy to navigate layout, where all styles and sizes are on display for people to help themselves to; a shopping experience that’s more time efficient than normal shoe shops on average.Simon Wilson added: “Deichmann’s price guarantee, where we match or re-fund the difference if customers find an identical pair branded trainers cheaper in any UK high street or online retailer also saves time, as you don’t have to worry about shopping around before you buy.

Kids are set to enjoy an avalanche of presents this Christmas – with grandparents alone set to spend more than £2 billion on gifts, accord-ing to research.A poll of 1,500 nans and grandads revealed they will splash out an aver-age of £67.62 on each of their beloved grandchildren ahead of December 25.And with the average grandparent having four grandchildren, that adds up to a total of £270.48.With an estimated 8.5 million nan-nas and grandpops set to celebrate Christmas this year, that means they could spend a staggering £2,299,800,000 across the nation on presents.Ian Atkinson, director of marketing at SunLife, which commissioned the research, said: “Grandparent spend-ing looks to have increased from last

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year.“Grandparents are spending around £20 more per grandchild than they did last year, according to our re-search from 12 months ago.“Everyone knows a grandparent loves to spoil little ones at Christmas – but they can also struggle to know what they might want and end up buying presents that are either un-wanted or inappropriate, we have a free grandparent’s gift guide.”The study also found four in 10 grandparents say their favourite thing about the Christmas season is spending time with their grandkids, while almost one in five love to give people presents.But while 80 per cent admit they en-joy spoiling their grandchildren with gifts, one in four have been ‘told off’ by their son or daughter for spend-ing too much on presents.

And more than one in twenty even have times where they worry they’ve not spent enough on gifts.It also emerged that looking back on their own Christmases gone by, elderly Brits remember being most delighted by a bicycle or scooter, or a doll’s house.And those very gifts are still often given to grandchildren today by older relatives who grew up loving them, with one in 10 gifting a bike or scooter last year.But the survey, which also polled 1,500 kids aged 6-15, found Lego, Nerf guns and a Build-a-Bear are among the top gifts youngsters are asking for from their grandparents this Christmas.Smiggle stationery, sweets and choc-olate and a virtual reality headset are also popular requests.And they’re also strict about their

Christmas wish list – with more kids wanting something they’ve expressly asked for rather than getting a sur-prise.Ian Atkinson added: “With over £2 billion being spent, grandchildren today can certainly look forward to more at Christmas than their own grandparents did, and their expec-tations have probably never been higher.“If you’re not sure what to get, cash or gift vouchers are really popular presents for children because it gives them the fun of choosing something for themselves, perhaps in the new year when the excitement of Christ-mas has faded.”To view the presents children want to receive from their sunlife.co.uk/life-cover/over-50-life-insurance/welcome-to-life-after-50/christmas-gifts-for-grandchildren/

say they ease the pressure of the notori-ous festive frenzy.According to the research, the average festive get-together leaves the nomi-nated cook slaving away in the kitchen for an average of four hours.In fact, over two-fifths of Christmas cooks are now resigned to the fact that it takes too long these days to make a wholly-homemade Christmas dinner.And half of chefs despair that cooking responsibilities lead them to missing out on festive fun and spending time

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with friends and family.For the 95 per cent of Brits who don’t cook their Christmas dinner from scratch, one in 10 cooks have told their dinner guests they made the entire feast without any pre-prepared ingredients.And a further tenth have fibbed about doing all the hard work in the kitchen all by themselves with no help.With the time saved by using pre-bought ingredients, 35 per cent spend it with friends or family enjoying the festivities.

And a quarter use the saved time to in-dulge in some classic Christmas telly.One in five Brits have tried at some point to get away with passing off pre-prepared foods as something they’d made from scratch.Two thirds of people admit they don’t think they would be able to tell if they were served pre-prepared foods as part of their Christmas dinner, according to the OnePoll study.

LifestyleDo you know what your blood pressure should be?

Millions of Brits have no idea what their normal blood pressure should be, or even how tall they are, a new study has found.A poll of 2,000 adults also discovered more than half don’t know their blood type, and a further 40 per cent could only guess their weight.Worryingly, 35 per cent of respondents say their lack of body knowledge ‘con-cerns’ them, but just one in four have any plans to do anything about it.It also emerged the average adult doesn’t begin to take their health seri-ously until they hit 37, with one in 20 believing they can’t be unwell as long as they remain fit and active.The study was conducted by Cardio-myopathy UK, whose chief executive Joel Rose said: “Knowing your own body is incredibly important.“If you don’t keep in touch with what is normal for you, then you could end up missing early signs of a serious health problem like cardiomyopathy.“We want people to listen to their body and abandon preconceptions and ste-reotypes of what a patient with a heart condition looks like.“It’s so important to not fall into the trap of thinking that serious heart con-ditions like cardiomyopathy only affect older people with unhealthy lifestyles.“This survey has highlighted how many people don’t know their family health history, ignore symptoms and just bury their head in the sand.

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“With a condition like cardiomyopa-thy, this is a major problem we need to tackle.”It also emerged six in 10 Brits could only estimate whether their current blood pressure is normal and healthy, and more than 70 per cent aren’t certain of their resting heart rate.And 62 per cent haven’t got a clue what their BMI – or Body Mass Index – cur-rently is, according to the research con-ducted through OnePoll.com.Amazingly, only one in three women would be able to accurately date their last period – despite it being a monthly occurrence.More than 15 per cent of respondents have also got no idea about their fam-ily’s medical history, which could con-tain clues about their own future well-being.A further 13 per cent don’t know if they’ve been given the common MMR injection – normally given to children to ward off measles, mumps and ru-bella.The study also found one in seven Brits admit to ‘burying their head in the sand’ when it comes to their health, and 30 per cent will ignore symptoms they don’t think are serious.A quarter of adults also admit to occa-sionally feeling tired for no real reason, but haven’t explored the reasons why.Heart issues can affect people of any age, and yet 23 per cent of adults be-lieve someone with a heart problem is

likely to be older, overweight and look unfit.And six in 10 respondents believe those who are overweight are at more risk of suffering from a heart condition like cardiomyopathy than anyone else.Cardiomyopathy UK’s President Perry Elliot said: “At Barts Hospital, we see over 8,000 people each year with cardi-omyopathy and I’ve lost count of those that thought they were too young and healthy to have a heart condition.“The reality, as this research shows, is people are not aware of the impor-tant signs their bodies are telling them which are putting them at risk.“People of all shapes and sizes can be affected by cardiomyopathy and we need to challenge the stereotypes that exist in our society that older, over-weight men are the typical heart pa-tient.”

CASE STUDYDoctor Chris Marshall, 44, from West Sussex, was a seemingly young, fit and healthy when a devastating diagnosis changed his life forever.He would play sport ‘at any opportu-nity’ and cycled more than 20 miles a day, to and from his job as a consultant anesthetist at Worthing Hospital.However, in May 2016, a blockage to Chris’s heart was discovered by chance.While taking out the recycling, one rainy morning, the father-of-two

slipped and fell down the side of some concrete steps.He landed heavily on his side, breaking five ribs in the process and rupturing a disc.When he lost all feeling in his left foot, he was booked in for emergency back surgery and given an ECG while wait-ing for the operation.He said: “I remember saying to the doctors, ‘I don’t understand why you are doing an ECG on me, I’m fit and healthy.”However, the ECG found a problem with Chris’s heart in the left ventri-cle, one of the muscular chambers that pumps oxygen-rich blood around the body.He was later diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, which had caused left bundle branch block (LBBB), and a year later, had a pacemaker fitted.He said: “On reflection, I’d had some fairly significant symptoms over the past few years, including ‘heart rate dangerously high’ whenever I meas-ured it on the running machine and cramp in my neck muscles whenever I sprinted.“I’d get extreme shortness of breath and found cycling harder and harder, falling asleep straightaway as soon I got home from the hospital.“I put it down to working too hard or needing to get fitter, so I went to the gym regularly, even though I’d get out of breath and drenched in sweat in no

time.“I didn’t feel anything was wrong with me and didn’t believe the signs and symptoms.‘’So being a doctor, I naturally ignored them.”Now Chris is joining a campaign by heart muscle charity Cardiomyopathy UK to show heart conditions are not always the result of an unhealthy life-style.“As a doctor, I’ve seen lots of people with heart disease. Most are much old-er than me; many have smoked, had a poor diet and not exercised – but by no means all.”And despite often being extremely tired and unable to do everything he wants to, Chris still ‘looks’ healthy.“There have been many thoughtless comments with little comprehension of the emotional and physical impact this has had on me and my family,” he reveals.“People make assumptions too - some who think I shouldn’t do anything and others not understanding why I’m not doing what I was trying to do before.“So many people don’t understand what this diagnosis means. Many say things like, ‘Well you’re in your 40s now; Everyone’s tired aren’t they? or ‘But you’ll get better won’t you?’ etc .”

MuST HAVES FoR A dREAM kiTCHEn

The average ‘dream kitchen’ would include a freestanding island, a smart dishwasher – and a flat screen TV to watch while doing the washing up, according to the nation’s home-owners.

One third of the 2,000 houseproud Brits who were polled said they would love a breakfast bar, while sleek pull-out cabinets are a must for 41 per cent.

It also emerged the minimalist look is one which appeals to many, with a further three in 10 wanting a slide and hide oven, and 18 per cent are hankering after a pop-up cooker hood.

One in four would also love a special-ist wine fridge, a third want heated flooring to toast their toes and 49 per cent would just like more natural light.

Mike Lavers, category manager for kitchens at B&Q, which carried out the study, said: “The kitchen is the heart of the home for millions so it makes sense that there is a strong desire to make it the dream space, whether that’s with an ultra-modern look, traditional country style or handcrafted wood effect.

“However, we’ve found people are overestimating the cost and don’t re-alise it is more affordable than they think – especially with everyday low prices, which we consistently offer customers.”

The study also found 40 per cent of respondents would make sure their dream kitchen had a double sink, and stylish granite worktops are the material of choice for most people.

However, 75 per cent admitted they don’t currently have their ‘dream kitchen’, with more people day-dreaming about the perfect kitchen than the perfect bedroom.

Twice as many people want a mod-

ern kitchen than a traditional, ‘coun-try’ style space.

The average Brit’s perfect kitchen would also have white walls, be the same size as the adjoining dining room, and have stylish tiles covering the floor.

Half of homeowners agreed the kitchen is the heart of their home, and one in three have plans to do some kitchen upgrades in the near future.

And when it comes to kitchen inspi-ration, three in 10 get their inspira-tion from the internet, a quarter from home improvement TV shows, and 29 per cent from walking around kitchen shops.

And when it comes to making big decisions two thirds of Brits have a good idea of how they’d want their new space to look.

One in four people (27 per cent) say it has been over ten years since their kitchen has been updated, suggesting there are many kitchens waiting for some love.

In fact, 28 per cent of respondents admit going into their current drab kitchen actively makes them feel ‘sad,’ according to the research con-ducted through OnePoll.com.

Mike Lavers, Category Manager for Kitchens at B&Q, added: “We want people to know the dream kitchen really is achievable and they can ‘do it’ by getting their ideal kitchen fea-tures at the best value for money.”

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1. A freestanding island2. Pull out cabinets3. A double sink4. Under-cabinet lighting5. View of the countryside out of the ‘washing up window’6. Smart dishwasher7. Smart washing machine8. Built-in fridge9. Patio doors opening out onto the

back garden10. Breakfast bar11. Heated flooring12. Tap that dispenses boiling water instantly13. Granite worktops14. Sleek ‘slide and hide’ oven15. Fancy coffee machine16. Flat screen TV on the wall17. Wine fridge18. Smart oven19. Smart washing machine20. Plate-warming drawer

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Someone upsetting you? Here’s what to do about it - Part 1

In this article we will look at getting upset with other people, how we can usefully think about what is happening and what are some of the options avail-able to stop this from happening.Before getting into the main part of the article it is really important to ac-knowledge the times when relationship problems are serious and have serious consequences for the health and safety of ourselves and/or others. Some peo-ple find almost everyone else difficult and they can find therapy really useful in understanding how their own expec-

tations are causing conflict and find new ways to improve their relation-ships. And some people are in abusive relationships and they need to get out of them. If you think you might be in an abusive relationship, and abuse can take physical, sexual and emotional forms, there is lots of really helpful information available. For example this page of the NHS website https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/getting-help-for-domestic-violence/. If you are in either of these terrible situ-ations there is a lot of help out there and whilst it might feel hard to take the first step to get help you will be glad

By Nicholas Rose you did. Finally, particular in close re-lationships patterns of destructive and painful behaviour can really put a rela-tionship under strain and often people can find couples therapy helpful. In all these situations the important thing is not to suffer in silence.Now back to the main part of this ar-ticle. Most people have difficult rela-tionships with others at some point or another. Sometimes it is something a partner, family member, colleague or friend does that annoys on a regular basis or it might be something that has happened that you are really shocked or stunned by and can’t find a way to

deal with it. Step One - RelaxRelax - this is something that happens to everyone. And it is not all bad - it means your psychological defences, designed to keep you safe, are func-tioning.Step Two - Look at this objectivelySounds easy and it is likely that your hurt feelings will not want you to do this but being able to be objective will enable you to find a way through. Think of an area of your life where you are strongest at being objective - for some people its work, others with their children, for others with authority

- identify yours.Step Three - Own your feelingsIn the spirit of being objective it is valuable to remember this fact. Other people do not make us feel bad, we feel bad as a reaction to others - we make ourselves feel bad! Step Four - Review the factsRecall exactly what happened and write it down. Then edit what you have written to remove all interpretation and subjective wording.

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Macleod salvages point for BeesOn Monday evening, Brentford travelled to the Hawthorns to face an in-form West Bromwich Albion side that started the even-ing perched in the highest play-off position, on the other hand , the Bees were hoping to bounce back from a run of three straight defeats. The visitors got off to a tough start and were let off the hook early on when Rodriguez was able to latch onto a cross which set him up in front of an empty net and all he needed to do was poke it into the back of the net, however, the forward some-how managed to fire over the crossbar.The Baggies continued to create countless golden opportunities, but were unable to turn any into the back of the net. Ironically, the closest they came to scoring in the first half was just before

QPR Youngster Kakay Signs Two-Year Contract ExtensionQueens Park Rangers have managed to extend Osman Kakay’s time at Loftus Road by two years earlier this week when the youngster signed a two-year contract extension. His original contract was supposed to expire at the end of this season, however, this extension means that he will stay with the Championship club until 2021. The full-back is an academy player who joined the club when he was just eight-years old and he has made six first team ap-pearances so far this season. “I see QPR as my home so I delighted to extend my stay,” Kakay told the club website. He continued; “I have played six games this season and am very hungry to play more for the club. I have seen what it takes to play at first-team lev-el and I hope there are more opportunities to come.”

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the break, when Phillips fired a rocketing strike from long range and Bentley did extremely well to palm it onto the bar. Nonetheless, they finally got their deserved breakthrough in the 77th minute when Barnes was found inside the Brentford box. Although his first attempt was blocked, the ball fell straight back to him and he im-mediately struck a wonderful half volley into the top corner, giving his side the lead.The game took an unexpected twist in the dying embers of the match when Marcondes swung in an inviting cross towards the back post, where Macleod was waiting to pounce. The midfielder leaped highest and directed his powerful header into the bottom corner, giving Brentford, who had seemed like an already-beaten team, an equaliser against the

run of play.The ref blew for full-time at 1-1 minutes later meaning the two sides shared the points and some-how Brentford had something to take back to West London. Bees boss Thomas Frank was delight-ed at his sides ability to grind out a result; “We talked before the game about needing to leave everything out there. The boys did well in that aspect, everyone could see in the first half we were hanging in there.”

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QPR Beaten By Struggling Hull In Five-Goal ThrillerLouis YamaniSports Editor

A struggling Hull City side, who started the day in the relegation zone and were winless in their pre-vious three fixtures, travelled to Loftus Road to face Queens Park Ranger in the Championship. The Hoops on the other hand have been in fine form having been undefeat-ed in their previous three fixtures, meaning the West London based club were definitely the favourites going into this fixture. However, the opening to the game did not get off to the start that the home fans had expected or were hoping for. Hull City were able to open the scoring after just six min-utes when Campbell was able to

hold up the ball and flick it into the path of Bowen on the edge of the box. The forward the cut in with his quick feet and drilled a fine finish into the bottom corner giving Lum-ley no chance and giving his side an early lead. The hosts’ start to the game got even worse when just after twenty minutes, Hull were able to double their lead. Bowen swung in a dan-gerous corner into the centre of the box, and it was Henriksen who leaped highest and latched onto the cross. The captain did well to direct his powerful header across the face of goal and into the bottom corner, meaning once again Lumley had absolutely no chance of bailing his side out with a save.McClaren’s side came back with the exact response he would’ve been desperate for as they were able to pull a goal back just two minutes

later. Angel Rangel fed the ball in behind the Hull defence from the right wing to put Wszolek face-to-face with opposition keeper Mar-shall. The Polish forward was ex-tremely calm and collected, and simply slid a low finish around the oncoming keeper. Once the hosts pulled one goal back, the momentum was with them, they continued to dominate chances within the first half and for the majority of the second whilst Hull had to sit deep and soak up the constant onslaught of QPR at-tacks. However, in the 69th minute, the visitors were able to break rap-idly through Bowen who used his tricky footwork to beat multiple op-position players. Eventually he fed the ball to Grosicki, and the Polish international completed the give-and-go with a perfectly weighted through ball that saw Bowen be

played through on goal. Although Lumley did extremely well to deny Bowen’s first attempt, the forward was still able to score his second of the night and sixth of the season by simply reacting quickly and pok-ing the rebound into the back of an empty net. The visitors had multiple chances to extend their lead even further but were unable to take any of them, yet it didn’t seem to matter as the three goals they had scored seemed to be enough to see them earn all three points, despite QPR being able to find a late consolation goal. Free-man was able to scramble the ball across the line following a good save from Marshall and the R’s knew this would merely be a consolation goal as the ref blew for full-time at 3-2 just moments later.Hoops boss McClaren was not only unhappy with the result, but also

the manner of his sides perfor-mances in recent matches; “When you gamble - and we had to gamble - you can be on the wrong end of it. I still felt at half-time that we’d win, but we were always susceptible to that third goal. That’s what hap-pens when you throw caution to the wind, which we had to do. It didn’t pay off today.” He continued; “That was our second defeat in 10 games. Over that 10-game spell we’ve been very good defensively and have kept clean sheets. Now we’re not keep-ing clean sheets and we need to get back to that. We dust ourselves down and go again.” The manager emphasised that; “We’ve kind of fallen off the wave and we need to get back on another wave. We need to get back to the basics, get back on the training ground, and get the simple things right, because we cer-tainly look like we can score goals.”

Ranieri Denied First Fulham Win By Former ClubCraven Cottage hosted the Premier League fixture between Fulham and Leicester City on Wednesday even-ing, and new manager Ranieri was hoping to make his first game in charge at the Cottage a memorable one. It seemed as if it was going to be memorable for the right reasons as minutes before half time, Kamara was able to give the hosts the lead when he beat Schmeichel at his near post with a venomous strike through the keepers legs. Kamara’s first Premier League goal seemed as if it would be the goal to lift the Cot-tagers off the bottom of the table, until the 74th minute. Maddison, who arrived at Leicester from Norwich in the summer, scored his fifth goal of the season after he clinically swept in from Okazaki’s

inch-perfect cross from the right wing. Despite both sides having opportunities to find a winner, nei-ther were able to take them and the game ended in a draw, which was a fair result. Fulham boss Ranieri also believes the same thing; “I think a draw was right. It was just that they had two great chances at the begin-ning and they had another two after they scored.” He continued; “In our best moment we conceded a goal and we then had the last chance to win the game. A draw is OK. We have to fight and sooner or later we will win. Everybody is working hard to do their best and in the second half we had the match in our hands. But that’s football.”

LouiS yAMAniSports Editor

In the summer, full-back An-gel Rangel arrived at Loftus Road following his release from Swansea City and as he was struggling to find a new club during pre-season. Due to the fact that he was 35 years of age, he was of-fered a trial period to see if he was able to continue performing at a Champion-ship level, which he proved immediately. Rangel then signed a six-month deal with the West London based club meaning his contract is set to expire in January, but the experienced defender insists that an agreement which will extend his stay at Loftus Road will be com-pleted extremely soon. This will be great news for Hoops fans as he has per-formed excellently since ar-riving at the club and has proved exactly how valu-able he can be, particularly recently against Stoke when he scored both goals in a 2-2 draw. They will be especial-ly grateful since other clubs having been interested in

the defender, with him hav-ing been heavily linked with a move to Nottingham For-est.Rangel stated; “I probably over-performed with the ex-pectations they had at my age and I’ve been impressed or surprised at myself that I can still run the match but I think that was the first thought that they thought I couldn’t do a whole sea-son.” He continued; “Things change quickly when you’re playing and I’ve been in-formed that they want me to stay already so we’re just in talks at the moment so it should be sorted soon.” R’s fans will be most happy to hear that he said; “I’ve had interest from other clubs but I have to be thank-ful and grateful for the team that they gave that opportu-nity so I don’t think it would be the right move to move to another club and leave QPR behind.”

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