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Plans set out to get homes sites moving again

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More than 300 genuinely affordable homes could move a step closer under proposals being considered by Ealing Council soon. A report published ahead of an...
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Plans set out to get homes sites moving again

Plans set out to get homes sites moving again

• More than 300 genuinely affordable homes could move a step closer under proposals being considered by Ealing Council soon.
• A report published ahead of an upcoming decision considers plans for the future of 6 stalled housing sites around the borough.

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County Hall redevelopment subject to new monitoring report application
Surrey Comet — News (Newsquest) · Local news · yesterday

County Hall redevelopment subject to new monitoring report application

• Kingston Council validates County Hall planning application 26/01908/CLC, covering post-construction monitoring for its redevelopment in Kingston upon Thames.

'A London council is sending my son to tribunal to avoid paying support despite knowing we'll win'
MyLondon — Ealing area (Reach) · Local news · yesterday

'A London council is sending my son to tribunal to avoid paying support despite knowing we'll win'

• Georgina believes this is a council tactic used to avoid paying for SEN support

Council left family with pregnant mum and child in B&B for 11 months - limit is six weeks
MyLondon — Ealing area (Reach) · Local news · yesterday

Council left family with pregnant mum and child in B&B for 11 months - limit is six weeks

• The family described the shared facilities as 'inconvenient and unhygienic'

Ealing's big business show to be sponsored by digital bank
Ealing Times — News (Newsquest) · Local news · yesterday

Ealing's big business show to be sponsored by digital bank

• DIGITAL bank iFAST Global is to part-sponsor the Ealing Festival of Business 2026.

Richmond student’s ceramic sculpture selected for national art exhibition
Richmond & Twickenham Times — News (Newsquest) · Local news · yesterday

Richmond student’s ceramic sculpture selected for national art exhibition

• Richmond upon Thames College student Tyra D’Souza has been selected for the UAL Origins Creatives Exhibition at London’s Mall Galleries with ceramic artwork.

Dead animals found in canal where children row
BBC News — London region · Local news · yesterday

Dead animals found in canal where children row

• Residents in Brentford raise concerns about sewage flowing into the local canal network.

Kingston’s E-Waste Race winners!
Kingston Council news RSS feed · Government and records · 2 days ago

Kingston’s E-Waste Race winners!

• Kingston’s E-Waste Race winners!
• 29 September 2026 Climate change The pioneering project, coordinated by Kingston Council in partnership with Race Against Waste, Solutions for the Planet, and local businesses Relove Technology and Limetrack, saw ten local primary schools compete to collect, and recycle unused or broken electronic devices.

Major upgrade underway on Ealing's leisure centres
Ealing Times — News (Newsquest) · Local news · 3 days ago

Major upgrade underway on Ealing's leisure centres

• PEOPLE across Ealing borough are benefiting from a major programme of leisure investment, with new gyms, specialist studios and upgraded fitness areas.

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10 OctKCAH - Big Sleep Out 2026 — 10 October 20269 OctKingston Open Studios — 09 October 20265 Oct · All Saints ChurchPeople's Emergency Briefing at All Saints Church — 05 October 202610 OctShine Bright Uk Annual Community Event — 10 October 202611 Oct · All Saints ChurchSki Sunday, in Surbiton — 11 October 20263 OctUpcycle Fashion Community Workshop — 03 October 20263 OctWorld on a Plate - Chicken Paprikash with Nokedli — 03 October 20263 & 10 Oct at 20:00 · The AlexandraAcoustic Live Lounge at The Alexandra — 3 Oct 20262 & 9 Oct at 10:00; 3 & 10 Oct at 09:30 · YMCA WimbledonBroadway Boogie at YMCA Wimbledon — 2 Oct 20263, 4, 10 & 11 Oct at 21:00 · The Old FrizzleLive Music at The Old Frizzle — 3 Oct 20263 & 10 Oct at 21:00Live Music at the Prince of Wales — 3 Oct 20263–4 Oct at 08:00Love Wimbledon Local Market on The Piazza — 3 Oct 20263, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13 & 14 OctMandarin Classes for Adults — 3 Oct 20264 Oct at 08:00The Dinosaur That Pooped — 4 Oct 20262, 5, 6, 9, 12 & 13 Oct at 19:00Capoeira Classes13 Oct–18 Oct at 08:00Lord of the Dance: 30th Anniversary8 OctMerton Best Business Awards Gala 202614 Oct at 08:30Networking Breakfast At Queens Court Care Home7 Oct at 18:00One Piece and Yu-Gi-Oh Games at Bebeto3, 4, 10 & 11 Oct at 08:00Puppy Yoga Club6 & 13 Oct at 19:00Quiz Night in Bertie’s Bar1–14 OctSEEDL FREE Live and On-Demand Training10 OctBook your next dance class! — 10 October 20267 OctLunchtime Concert featuring The Jeremy Monteiro International Sextet — 7 October 20268 OctMake It Ealing Business Community Evening — 8 October 202611 OctPresent Your Joy: Candle Making Workshops, Open Ealing — 11 October 20263 OctBarnum - Touch Tour — 3 Oct 20263 OctBarnum14 Oct · New Wimbledon Theatre WedCreate Drama Youth Theatre presents Punk Rock — 14 Oct 202611 OctFastlove - A Tribute to George Michael — 11 Oct 20269 OctThe Royal Family Dance Crew — 9 Oct 202612 OctI'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue - BBC Recording — 12 Oct 20263 Oct · New Wimbledon Theatre Until SatSouthside Players Presents Much Ado About Nothing — 3 Oct 202611 OctImpressions: From Debussy to Coltrane — 11 October 202610 OctSaturday Seminar: a small and quiet light — 10 October 20264 OctSunday Morning Coffee Concert — 4 October 202612 OctT.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral — 12 October 20269 OctStorytime and Twirling Toddlers with Little Supernovas - The Hairy Toe — 9 Oct 20263 OctThe Brown Suite10 OctThe Haunting of Hill House — 10 Oct 202610 OctSeason (6 Shows) — 10 Oct 2026
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Bishops Park is a park in Fulham, West London. The park was opened by the London County Council in 1893, on land given by the Church Commissioners.
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Artist William Hogarth used a house in Chiswick as his country retreat from 1749 until his death in 1764; the Grade I listed Hogarth's House is now a free museum.

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