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£1.4m fund opens to help improve Ealing’s high streets
Ealing Council is offering local businesses grants of up to £20,000 to pay for improvements to shopfronts, public spaces and shopping areas across the borough. The grants are part of the council’s £1.4 million Thriving Towns Fund, with applications now open to businesses in Ealing’s seven town...
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Shared ownership homes go on sale at Ealing’s Twyford Park
The redevelopment of Ealing’s historic Twyford Abbey site is bringing 68 new shared ownership apartments to Twyford Park, with the first properties now on sale. The one and two-bedroom apartments are being sold by Latimer, part of housing association giant Clarion, with prices starting at £105,00...
Ealing Council recruits new boss for adults and public health
Ealing Council has appointed a new head of its adults and public health services. Jason Strelitz, the council’s new strategic director for adults and public health, started work on Monday (19 October 2026), taking up a position advertised with a salary range of £164,379 to £179,826. The council ...
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West London Orbital gains backing from over 180 businesses and organisations
Large employers including Sky, Octopus Energy and SEGRO have joined Ealing Council and the University of West London among 186 businesses and organisations to back plans for the West London Orbital railway and are calling for government investment to help deliver the project. In a joint letter to Ch...
Forthcoming Transport Disruption in Ealing
Local tube and train services hit by engineering works and strikes
HS2 Launches Consultation on Old Oak Common Lane Closure
Road will need to be shut for four years to enable station building
Ealing Book Festival Announces 2027 Dates
Organisers prepare for the biggest edition yet
Opinion: Why is Ealing Council extending a £150m contract without open competition?
Ealing Green Party councillor Husam Alharahsheh, who represents South Acton, questions Labour-run Ealing Council’s decision to extend its contract with Greener Ealing Limited until 2035, five years before the existing agreement expires. “On Thursday (22 October 2026), the Overview and Scruti...
Businesses and Sports Organisations Rally Behind West London Orbital
Strong show of support in joint letter to the Chancellor
Gifford Primary Prepares to Open its New Farm
Northolt school will host goats, alpacas for hands on learning
Ealing Council report reveals rise in children entering justice system for first time
An Ealing Council report has warned that more children in the borough are entering the youth justice system for the first time, with some appearing in court charged with increasingly serious offences despite having no previous criminal record. The rate of first-time entrants rose from 135 to 147 per...
Ealing Hospital upgraded to Good following CQC inspection
Ealing Hospital has been upgraded from Requires Improvement to Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after inspectors found improvements to emergency care and patient safety, although ambulance handover delays remain a concern. The hospital, run by London North West University Healthcare NHS Tru...
Science Quality Mark for Notting Hill and Ealing
School praised for the way it develops scientific skills
Donate Your Winter Coats at the Broadway Shopping Centre
Contributions will be redistributed to those in need
Man Admits to Murder in The Green Quarter
Christopher Donnelly had exploited his victim before killing him
Winter coat collection returns to Ealing Broadway shopping centre
An appeal to donate unwanted winter coats has been launched at Ealing Broadway shopping centre, following a collection last year that saw coats distributed through Ealing Soup Kitchen and local youth clubs to people in need. The shopping centre has partnered with charity Calling London for the fifth...
Southall man admits murdering vulnerable pensioner and hiding his body for weeks
A Southall man has admitted murdering a vulnerable 66-year-old in his own home and hiding his body for weeks while continuing to spend his money on gambling, sex workers and drugs. Christopher Donnelly, 54, of Samara Drive, Southall, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court on Monday (19 October 2026...
Ealing HMO numbers rise 38% as council finds thousands of housing hazards
The number of licensed houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) across Ealing has risen by 38% in less than three years, with Ealing Council inspections uncovering thousands of housing hazards. There were 3,789 licensable HMOs in August 2026, compared with 2,746 in October 2023, according to a report go...
Ealing girls’ school receives national science teaching award
Notting Hill & Ealing High Junior School has received a national award recognising the quality of its science teaching. The school has achieved the Primary Science Quality Mark (PSQM), which recognises standards in science leadership, teaching and learning. Assessors praised the way pupils devel...
Dr Lisa Pine Considers the Nazi Vision of a National Community
Local history society talk looks at the Third Reich’s social and cultural policies