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Thu, 08 May 2025 13:55:39 +0100
Lessons 'already being learned after Hayes substation fire' - report
THE cause of a fire at North Hyde, Hayes, which led to the shutdown of Heathrow Airport, remains unknown, according to an interim report.
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Thu, 08 May 2025 09:54:24 +0100
Hungry Brits being treated to sizzling new nationwide deal this month
Hungry burger fans are being treated to a sizzling new deal across the nation this month.
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Tue, 06 May 2025 14:29:16 +0100
Outstanding Ofsted for Uxbridge SEND college
ORCHARD Hill College, which has one of its nine centres in Park Road, Uxbridge, is celebrating its latest Outstanding Ofsted report.
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Tue, 06 May 2025 15:30:12 +0100
Whopping 90% of kids to tune into Eurovision after Sam Ryder effect
A whopping 90 per cent of UK children will be tuning into Eurovision this year - thanks to the so-called 'Sam Ryder effect' sweeping through schools.
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Tue, 06 May 2025 10:34:35 +0100
Mental health stigma stopping one in three Brits from seeking help
More than one in three Brits feel stigma prevents them from accessing mental health support, new research reveals.
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Fri, 02 May 2025 11:17:26 +0100
Hayes school celebrates after two performance awards
BARNHILL Community High School in Hayes has been honoured by the Schools, Students and Teachers Network in this year’s Educational Outcomes Awards.
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Fri, 02 May 2025 10:50:37 +0100
Screen time killing family dinner chat, new research reveals
The great British family dinner – once the heart of household conversation – is now in sharp decline, according to new research.
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Fri, 02 May 2025 10:22:46 +0100
Happy birthday sucker! Dyson gets cheeky birthday gift from his rivals
What do you get the man who is the self-styled king of vacuum cleaners for his birthday?
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Thu, 01 May 2025 16:15:10 +0100
Back-to-work scheme launches for West London boroughs
A FREE voluntary service, which links work and health to helps with health issues find or stay in work, launched today (1).
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Thu, 01 May 2025 15:23:16 +0100
Former Nestle business site in Hayes now fully occupied
SEGRO Park, the industrial estate on the former Nestle site in Nestles Avenue, Hayes, is now fully occupied.
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Thu, 01 May 2025 10:52:09 +0100
Millions of Brits still facing pension shortfall, new report finds
A significant number of people in the UK are heading towards retirement without adequate pension savings, despite over a decade of pension reform, a new report has revealed.
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Thu, 01 May 2025 09:35:13 +0100
Mum warns parents never to let their tots wear sunglasses after horror injury
A mum is warning parents never to let their tots wear sunglasses - after her son's sliced his head open.
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Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:34:24 +0100
Permission to land: nature centre among Heathrow's flights
A BIRD-watching hideaway in the heart of one of Heathrow’s 13 nature conservation sites was unveiled this week. The one-of-a-kind bird hide, designed to resemble the airport’s control tower, is free to visit as part of a bookable tour of the area. It serves as a camouflaged look-out, allowing visitors to watch a range of bird species ‘coming into land’, along with other wildlife. The Nature Traffic Control Tower is designed to raise awareness of Heathrow’s Nature Positive Plan, detailing how the airport will better understand and, where possible, reduce its environmental impacts. The new bird-watching experience follows an upsurge in the hobby, with #birdwatching generating more than two billion views on TikTok in recent years. Celebrity plan spotter Jerry Dyer (Big Jet TV) was invited to test out the Nature Traffic Control Tower and streamed his experience to followers on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94L-44J4aY8. The tower is at the Causeway Nature Reserve at Cranford, where visitors can book a free bird-watching session and guided nature tour with one of Heathrow’s expert ecologists. The tour around the biodiversity site will take nature enthusiasts through diverse habitats, including freshwater lakes, reedbeds, grasslands and woodlands. The River Crane, which flows alongside the reserve, is home to fish species such as the European eel and boasts some of the borough’s oldest woodland along its banks. Nearby, the Princes Lakes biodiversity site is also home to the rare Nathusius Pipistrelle bat, hundreds of moth species, 90 species of bee and serves as a winter hub for the diving smew Jerry Dyer (aka Big Jet TV), said: “It’s an ingenious idea that brings together two of my favourite Heathrow’s Nature Traffic Control Tower is now open for free bookings via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/heathrow-nature-tour-tickets-1341655781559
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Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:22:20 +0100
Uxbridge firm's volunteers help prepare nature centre for Spring
A GROUP of 70 volunteers from General Mills, the Uxbridge-based food company behind Häagen-Dazs, Old El Paso and Green Giant, decended on Iver Environment Centre this week to help it prepare for the spring season.
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Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:18:51 +0100
Uxbridge restaurant fined over lack of allergy warnings
AN Indian restaurant and takeaway in Uxbridge was ordered to pay £43,816 after a Hillingdon Council investigation.
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Wed, 30 Apr 2025 10:16:55 +0100
Karate student who blamed soreness on classes had deadly disease
Gemma stayed in hospital for five days where she was put on IV fluid and had a catheter fitted
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Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:31:07 +0100
New Age UK campaign urges midlifers to be more active to prepare for later life
New Age UK campaign ‘Act Now Age Better’ highlights how becoming more physically active in midlife can ensure a happier, heathier more independent later life
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Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:19:24 +0100
Half of Brits lose two days a year troubleshooting ‘tech-mares’ at home
Half of Brits lose up to two days a year to ‘tech-mares’, time spent troubleshooting tech at home, leading one in three to consider paying someone to manage tech troubles. To help ease this tech stress, TalkTalk announces Broadband Proactive Alerts – a free service that detects and alerts customers* to nearby network issues, often before they even notice, in time for Stress Awareness Month. The tool helps people reclaim valuable time and alleviate tech-related frustrations.
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Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:47:43 +0100
Ruislip group brings classic cricket comedy to Compass Theatre
FOR its next production, Ruislip Dramatic Society returns to the Compass Theatre with a comedy set around a village cricket team and the antics both on and off the pitch.
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Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:40:23 +0100
TfL commits to clean-up of vandalised Central Line trains
A SURGE in graffiti attacks on the Central Line has prompted a call for urgent action to protect the quality of London’s public transport.
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Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:13:19 +0100
Children spending a whopping 45 hours a week indoors, research reveals
Children are spending an average of 45 hours a week indoors – with more than a third of that time glued to screens, new research reveals.
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Mon, 28 Apr 2025 09:39:19 +0100
Holidaymaker insists his weekend in New York cost the same as a day out in London
A thrifty holidaymaker insists his wild weekend in New York cost the same as a day out in London
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Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:26:05 +0100
Donkey and friends lift spirits at Hillingdon care home
RESIDENTS, staff, family and friends of a care home in Hillingdon enjoyed a visit by animals from a pet centre, to mark National Pet Day.
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Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:22:11 +0100
Harefield centre appeals for dog fosterers to come forward
DOGS Trust Harefield is appealing for more pet lovers to volunteer as foster carers.
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Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:22:37 +0100
Little Trooper from South Ruislip visits Chelsea Pensioners
A GIRL from South Ruislip whose parent serves in the Royal Air Force was invited to meet the Chelsea Pensioners, to mark April being designated the Month of the Military Child.
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Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:19:15 +0100
New Uxbridge Library opens after move to Civic Centre
THE new Uxbridge Library reopened in the Civic Centre today (24).
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Sun, 27 Apr 2025 11:25:13 +0100
Biscuit-based portraits depicting likes of Dame Judi Dench have been unveiled
A series of incredible biscuit-based portraits depicting David Bowie, Sir Trevor McDonald, and Dame Judi Dench have been unveiled to mark the 100th anniversary of McVitie’s Chocolate Digestives.
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Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:00:32 +0100
Battle of Britain centre at heart of Hillingdon VE Day events
THE Battle of Britain Bunker Centre in Uxbridge is hosting a series of events from May 3-5, to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE (Victory in Europe) Day.
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Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:57:41 +0100
Operator named for new West Drayton leisure centre
THE new Platinum Jubilee Leisure Centre in West Drayton will be managed for Hillingdon Council by Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL).
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Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:43:28 +0100
Inspectors praise Hillingdon adult learning service
AN Ofsted report has rated the borough’s adult education service, Learn Hillingdon, ‘good’ in all areas and praised it for helping residents achieve qualifications and progressing their careers. 
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Wed, 23 Apr 2025 15:38:57 +0100
Hands-on boost for Hillingdon students with digital firms
YEAR 13 engineering students at UTC Heathrow, the specialist engineering and IT school and sixth form based at Northwood, are gaining hands-on industry with digital infrastructure giants Vertiv and Digital Realty.
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Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:33:06 +0100
Free dementia advice sessions planned for Uxbridge
FREE face-to-face dementia clinics are returning to Nationwide’s Uxbridge branch.
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Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:30:11 +0100
F1 racing e-sports rig acquired for Hillingdon school
A HILLINGDON independent school has signed an exclusive agreement to pair with Williams Esports, a division of the Williams F1 Racing team.
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Tue, 22 Apr 2025 11:10:49 +0100
Three-quarters of doctors, nurses and police officers admit to having sex on the job
Three-quarters of doctors, nurses and police officers admit to having sex on the job - as a psychologist claims 'workplace stress' can make people horny. An eyebrow-raising (77%) of doctors, nurses and health workers and the same number (77%) of cops admit to doing it in the workplace. Completing the trio of emergency services, two-thirds of firefighters (67%) admit to having had sex at work too. Leading psychologist Dennis Relojo-Howell said that working closely with people can contribute to attraction - with arousal from workplace stress playing a role too.
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Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:43:41 +0100
Hillingdon tops list in West London for primary places
HILLINGDON was the top West London borough on this year's National Offer Day (16) with 91.51% of parents being awarded their first-choice primary school place. 
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Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:13:45 +0100
Hillingdon's community heroes honoured by borough
FOURTEEN remarkable residents and organisations were celebrated by Hillingdon Council last night (16) for their contributions at the 2025 Hillingdon Community Awards. 
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Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:59:35 +0100
Brits make deceptive chocolate revelation this Easter
Three-quarters of Brits would hide their chocolate if it ‘kept mysteriously disappearing’, according to new research.
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Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:31:00 +0100
Daunting excess of Easter packaging revealed - 'Environment need not pay price'
Brits are expected to get through 123 million eggs this Easter which has prompted fears of excess waste.
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Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:32:12 +0100
Superstar! Asda worker finds little boy's lost toy on CCTV
A YOUNG boy, crying because he'd lost his favourite Lego figure, prompted swift action from a member of staff  at  Asda, South Ruislip.
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Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:22:55 +0100
Uxbridge Golf course to re-open after new operator found
A NEW operator has been appointed to run the council-owned Haste Hill and Uxbridge golf courses.
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Mon, 14 Apr 2025 11:42:46 +0100
Landlords fined for illegally converting Yiewsley house into flats
A HUSBAND and wife were ordered to pay more than £270,000 after they were found to have illegally sub-divided a house in Yiewsley into four cramped flats and constructed an outbuilding for rent without planning consent.  
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Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:45:34 +0100
Orchard pub in Ruislip added to Hillingdon's historic buildings list
THE former Orchard pub in Ruislip has been added to Hillingdon’s list of buildings of architectural and historical importance.  
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Fri, 11 Apr 2025 12:29:19 +0100
New action agreed by Hillingdon to create greener borough
A REVISED action plan, setting out Hillingdon’s commitment to tackling the climate emergency, has been agreed by the council.  
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Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:56:47 +0100
New DIY wine tasting device after TikTok takes social media by storm
Aldi has released a prototype for a cutting-edge DIY portable wine tasting device after a TikTok video featuring its legendary Baron St Jean wine took social media by storm.
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Fri, 11 Apr 2025 10:42:35 +0100
Teddy Swims fan slams OVO Arena Wembley's 'nightmare' disabled seating
A Teddy Swims fan was unable to even see the star at the OVO Wembley Arena - as her 'nightmare' disabled seat had a metal barrier blocking her view of the stage.
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Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:54:49 +0100
Hillingdon company return with West End hit Witches
Compass Theatre, Glebe Avenue, Ickenham 
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Thu, 10 Apr 2025 10:35:28 +0100
Birmingham declared the noisiest UK city according to new poll
Birmingham has been revealed as the noisiest city in the UK, according to a new poll.
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Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:48:35 +0100
Holidaymaker rushed to hospital after plummeting 15ft down an uncovered drain
Danna Smith says she was on a late-night walk in Luxembourg when she walked over a drain supposed to be covered by three metal panels.
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Thu, 10 Apr 2025 09:30:53 +0100
The science of how coffee helps with productivity in the UK
A leading neurologist shares the science of how the ritual of ordering a coffee can make us happier and more motivated before even taking the first sip.
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Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:28:34 +0100
Uxbridge business owner carries torch for women in 'man's world'
AN Uxbridge entrepreneur, who is a leading champion for women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and construction, features in the new annual report of the Federation of Small Businesses, published today (9).
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