January 2009 Archives

Age Concern Feltham, Hanworth & Bedfont are hoping to see plenty of new faces at their 'Beat The January Blues' event tomorrow.

The volunteering open day is aimed at people who are feeling a little down and would like to try volunteering as a New Year 'pick-me-up'.

A pair of holidaymakers from Feltham who were involved in a tragic crash during a jeep excursion in Turkey are launching legal action against their tour company.

Gagandeep and Jasmail Singh, from Feltham, were travelling in Ortaca, Turkey, on August 18, when a sudden swerve led to several passengers being thrown from the vehicle.

A stay-at-home dad from Hanworth, who goes by the stage name Shadokane and scored a top ten hit a decade ago, plans to kick start his musical comeback with a new single.

Mark Kennedy, 30, has just released his new single 'Back to 99', as a reference to his previous success.

Centenarian Edith Chipping proves she is still a party girl at heart as she celebrates turning 102 today.

The great grandmother's big day is today, but she has already started the festivities, with a huge party at St Giles Hotel, in Feltham, on Saturday night.

Chilly Feltham criminals have shown they are no match for the cold weather, choosing to stay at home rather than cause trouble according to police.

Local cops have been enjoying an unusually slow period over the festive season and believe it is probably a result of the freezing temperatures.

Fiery redhead and much-loved former mayor Millie Brister has passed away at her Feltham home, just three weeks before her 95th birthday.

The passionate Labour supporter and founding member of the Feltham Community Association was well-known in the town for her long history of community work and time as the borough's first citizen. She died on January 2.

A furious Hanworth mum has lashed out at private clinic staff based at West Middlesex Hospital after her poorly four-year-old daughter was left sitting in her own vomit for an hour.

Hayleigh Cowell rushed daughter Megane to the Harmoni Clinic, operated out of West Middlesex Hospital, after she started displaying meningitis-like symptoms, including sensitive eyes and nausea.

A knife-wielding dog owner set his pet on a 15-year-old during an attempted robbery in Hanworth in Hounslow.

The teenager was attacked on Tuesday night as he walked through the recreation ground, on Bear Road, at 10.50pm, and needed hospital treatment for bites to his inner thigh and slash wounds to his forearm.

A Hanworth man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after his wife was stabbed in the back.

Mark John Weston, 56, appeared at West London Magistrates Court, in Hammersmith, on January 1 accused of attacking the 51-year-old woman.

Hounslow councillors are demanding BAA addresses major environmental issues before pushing ahead with plans to use the former Feltham marshalling yard as a depot for the Airtrack link to Heathrow.

Airport chiefs have earmarked the site, on the boundary between Feltham and Hanworth, as their favoured location for a new train depot, servicing their controversial new 'Airtrack' scheme.