UP FRONT
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It is now possible to get evening and weekend appointments with your doctor . Extended opening hours mean appointments with GPs and practice nurses can be made from 6.30-8pm Mondays to Fridays ; and 8am-8pm on Saturdays and Sundays . You can book these appointments by calling your GP practice as normal , or by calling NHS 111 when your practice is closed .
2Ealing could be in the running to be awarded the title London Borough of Culture – and you can help to make it happen . To find out more , and to fill in a survey , keep an eye on ealingnewsextra . co . uk – and / or follow the links there to register for free email updates from EalingNewsExtra .
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The management of Gunnersbury Park is to be taken over by a nonprofit , community interest company ( CIC ) early next year . The park is owned jointly by Ealing and Hounslow councils but the CIC will run over the day-today operations . Some other changes have been put forward to keep the park sustainable , including to its licensing . Read more at ealingnewsextra . co . uk / features / GunnersburyCIC
4Referendums on a proposed Central Ealing Neighbourhood Plan are taking place on 12 October . If voting favours the plan , it would be formally adopted by the council and influence future planning applications for the area . Visit www . ealing . gov . uk / elections
5Living Wage Week takes place nationally 5-11 November . If local businesses become Living Wage accredited , they can still benefit from the council ’ s scheme to claim back the equivalent of two years ’ worth of accreditation fees . Visit www . ealing . gov . uk / livingwage speedread
Be drawn to the park
An artist will be leading some family fun in Walpole Park this month , encouraging you to ‘ draw ’ inspiration from the beautiful surroundings to create some art . The Big Draw is to take place at the park , off Mattock Lane in Ealing , on Saturday , 28 October – at the end of the autumn half term holiday .
Starting at around 2pm , the afternoon ’ s artistic activities will be themed around ‘ animation ’. The event will culminate in a ‘ bat walk ’ at 5.30pm . You will be taken to visit the known bat ‘ hang outs ’ around the park , learn some facts about these nocturnal creatures and see if you can see and hear them using special bat detectors as evening settles in . For more information , visit ealingnewsextra . co . uk / features / big-draw
Sweeping up leaves
Street sweeping teams will be taking to the streets over the coming weeks to tackle the increase in fallen autumn leaves . Teams will be prioritising the clear-up of leaves on the basis of making key public places safer , starting with areas outside schools , hospitals and day centres before moving on to shopping areas and public transport stations . They will also be clearing steep hills and streets identified as having the heaviest leaf fall and anywhere that leaves are thought to pose a risk of causing roads to flood . Extra temporary road cleaners are being deployed to help the crews working across the borough during the heaviest leaf fall period , which can last between five and eight weeks across October and November , depending on the weather .
4 around ealing October 2017