February 2009 Archives

A COMMUNITY information day will be held in Dormers Wells in Southall on March 3.

The free event will give people the chance to find out about complimentary services in their area and a Job Centre Plus personal advisor will also be on hand.

A man caught hiding a loaded gun in his Southall bedroom has been given five years in prison.

Aaron Kelly, 27, of Beaconsfield Road, received the sentence after police raided his home, initially looking for drugs.

A Somali man was beaten and stripped naked by two men before being left in a Southall street, Isleworth Crown Court heard last Friday.

Mohamed Hassan, 23, of Tudor Road, Hayes, and Kashif Sayed, 22, of Harrow Road, Wembley, admitted a charge of common assault on the unknown man on May 29 last year.

A PRE-SCHOOL learning group is holding an open day on Thursday, February 26, from 9.30am at the Golf Links Community Centre on the Golf Links Estate off Greenford Road, Southall.

The event invites all parents to find out about free funding and to discuss the benefits of their children learning through play before they go in to mainstream school or large nurseries.

For further details call 0208 574 2262.

Parking misery in Southall could be eased under a new scheme being piloted by Ealing Council.

Fifty car parking spaces will be available at Southall Conservative Club shortly, for £1 an hour or £5 a day.

The new police inspector for Southall said he wants to enlist the community and young people in fighting crime in the area.

Insp Rob Bryan, who has been on the force since 1989, asked to be posted in the area as he had patrolled the streets of Ealing as a PC in the mid 1990s.