UP FRONT
Cinema’s action sequel
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Up to 6,000 runners and charity
fundraisers are gearing up for the third
Ealing Half Marathon on Sunday, 28
September. The race will start and finish
in Lammas Park, close to South Ealing
Tube station. The 13.1-mile race will start
at 9am and take in parts of central Ealing,
Montpelier, Pitshanger, West Ealing,
Hanwell and St Stephen’s before returning
to the park, where there will be a ‘race
village’. Visit www.ealinghalfmarathon.com
and, for news on road closures, visit
www.ealing.gov.uk
Artists’ impression of the cinema
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A new sports pavilion, café, tennis
courts, games area and repaired
football pitches have opened
at Scotch Common Fields in Ealing’s
Pitshanger Park. The new pavilion has
changing rooms and a meeting room. It
also provides a base for Pitshanger Football
Club and replaces an old clubhouse that
was demolished after falling into disrepair.
It was funded by Sport England, the LTA
(Lawn Tennis Association) and Will to Win,
as well as the club and council.
The notice of the CPO has been served on owners of the site including
the owners of the former Empire Cinema.
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Under an agreement entered into last September, the council and its
development partner Land Securities have sought to acquire the site,
at market price. Under the terms of the agreement, Land Securities
will then reimburse the council for any costs it has incurred.
Our parks have won the highest
number of Green Flags in the
borough’s history, with 13 of the
prestigious awards being given this year,
almost doubling the previous number.
Green Flags designate cleanliness,
maintenance and how actively involved
the community is.
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Ever wanted to change bus
timetables and wished you could
pass these and other observations
to the operators? Ealing Passenger and
Transport Users Group wants to hear from
you. It collects views from passengers
and will pass them on when local bus
tenders come up for renewal. Go to
www.EPTUG.org.uk
speedread
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around ealing
Autumn 2014
E
aling Council has made a compulsory purchase order (CPO) to
enable the development of a £100million ‘cultural quarter’ in
Ealing Broadway.
It will bring about a long-anticipated mix of cultural attractions,
including an eight-screen, arthouse cinema; performance space; a
café, a bar, restaurants, shops and homes. It will also enable a more
open town centre, linking New Broadway, Bond Street and Walpole
Park. The planned work could be completed by 2018 and create
approximately 350 new jobs.
The CPO follows attempts to reach a negotiated settlement with
all the owners, and it will be submitted to the Secretary of State
for confirmation.
Council leader Julian Bell said: “We have a development partner,
a cinema operator and the necessary planning permission to make
this scheme a reality. While we would have preferred not to have
needed to issue a CPO, the people of Ealing having been waiting
for a cinema for six years now. After all the delays we want to ensure
this comprehensive scheme happens, along with all the benefits it
will bring.”