WINTER15/16
EDITORIAL
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T
he nights have closed
in; the festive lights are
appearing; text messages
are typed with numbed fingers;
journeys home seem to take that
little bit longer. It must be winter.
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Inevitably, therefore, we have some information
for you on Christmas events in our town centres
(p12) and handy tips around this time of year,
from recycling (p14-17) to keeping warm (p11).
Contents
4 UP FRONT: Round-up,
including sports facilities
27 DON’T SKIP RULES:
Licences for building
5 LEADER’S NOTES:
Julian Bell’s thoughts
28 MANOR ON MENU:
Restaurant and training
6 UP FRONT:
Horticulture with a conscience
30 VERY HANDY:
Handyperson service
7 UP FRONT:
Litter and spitting fines
34 GLOBAL GRUB:
Ealing’s food world
8 UP FRONT: Police cadets
and outhouse video
37 SCHOOL PLACES:
Expanding high schools
11 KEEP COSIE:
Warmth in the winter
38 KEEPING STANDARDS:
School results improve
12 TINSEL TOWNS:
Christmas events
40 PRIMARY SCHOOLS:
Time to apply
14 FESTIVE THOUGHTS:
Food and plastic
43 FRAUD BUSTERS:
Call the hotline
18 TREES ARE TOPS:
Community orchard projects
45 NEW HOMES:
Council housing schemes
20 EARN AND LEARN:
Café leads the way
46 COUNCILLORS AND
WARD FORUMS
22 TWENTY IS PLENTY:
Why new speed limit?
50 LOCAL HISTORY:
Our early aviator
24 FOSTER PARENTS:
Extra special caring
53 WHAT’S ON: Council-run
activities and events
Happy Christmas, or Chanukah, to you all – and
I hope you all have a good 2016.
Richard Nadal
EDITOR
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Winter 2015/16
Christmas coming
to town:
Events in town
centres p12
Pledging for
a living wage:
Council leads
campaign p33
Recycling and
refuse:
Collection dates
Back cover
Cinema
and cultural
quarter
p5
around ealing
Winter 2015/16
FRONT COVER: New cinema will be built in Ealing by 2018.
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Yet there is so much more – from improved school
results (p38) to road safety (p22); and from a new
restaurant training initiative (p28) to community
orchards (p18). There are also interesting pieces
on how the council’s handyperson service can
use small jobs to make a big difference (p30) –
and on the global nature of the food industry in
our borough (p34). There is plenty more, too –
not least the young man whose life was changed
through an apprenticeship (p20).
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