Babybox gift will help many Hillingdon parents-to-be

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        August 28, 2026

Babybox gift will help many Hillingdon parents-to-be

Good Morning West London — 2026-08-28

ELIGIBLE families are being helped take their first steps into parenthood with vital items for their new baby supplied by Hillingdon Council.
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Babybox gift will help many Hillingdon parents-to-be
• ELIGIBLE families are being helped take their first steps into parenthood with vital items for their new baby supplied by Hillingdon Council.
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Ealing Council started child protection plan after wrongly saying child had an STI
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• 27 August 2026 Each year, the council runs its month-long Sustainable September campaign to raise awareness of climate change, the environmental issues affecting our borough, and to share practical advice which can help everyone make a positive difference.
• The impacts of climate change cannot be ignored, with over half of England and the entirety of Wales experiencing drought in August, following four record-breaking heatwaves.
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West London council put mum and baby in foster care with 'no hot water and heating'
• Ealing Council upheld all four of the woman's complaints but denied her the right to escalate them
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Experts gather for 600th birthday of village's Great Barn
• THIS year marks the 600th anniversary of the Great Barn at Harmondsworth, the largest surviving medieval timber-framed barn in England.
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The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race first ran its famous Putney-to-Mortlake Championship Course on 17 March 1845, when Cambridge won by ten lengths.
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