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24 March 2019ISSUE 4 The mood of community and residents’ groups in Ealing varies from gloomy to angry. Disenchantment with over-development, planning decisions, and planning competence has been well documented by Ealing Matters and on a number of online forums....

Part of the next round of cuts the Council plans to make include asking community organisations to run seven of its libraries. This would save just over £1million in the next four years. One of these libraries is West Ealing Library in Melbourne Avenue. If no...

Last night (Wednesday 20th February) Ealing Council's planning committee approved plans by local housing association A2Dominion to demolish the old Woolworth's building with its art deco facade. This facade is probably the most recognisable building in West Ealing and...

Celebrating Ealing's Cultural Heritage This year sees the 7th annual Ealing Music and Film Fastival take place at venues across Ealing including the University of West London, St Barnabas Church, The Brentham Club, St Mary's Church and the MetFilm School. The Festival...

It would be easy to walk past the shop front at 99 The Broadway and dismiss it as just another vacant store, but open the door and inside you’ll find a crucial facility that has been quietly providing a vital lifeline in the borough for the last nine years. The...

The West Ealing branch of Spanish owned Santander will close on 9th May. It follows on from the recent closure of the NatWest bank and just leaves Barclays and Nationwide as the two main high street outlets left in West Ealing. The closure is one of 140 branches being...

A West Ealing charity’s hoping to raise funds to develop more cookery clubs in London for people with additional needs. Certitude, (www.certitude.org.uk)  based on the Uxbridge Road provides personalised support to those with learning disabilities, autism and mental...

A planning application for the redevelopment of a rundown and disused area of West Ealing has raised concerns due to the size of the proposed properties. View in to Chignell Place Bedsits and studio apartments have always been available in London but with an ever...

Hidden Gems of West Ealing Alfred Winiecki Designs Tucked away on Broomfield Road is an unassuming little shop which would be very easy to miss. However, if you take a minute out of your day, step inside and you will discover an Aladdin’s cave of beautiful jewellery,...

Tucked alongside its more colourful neighbours, Bagel and Shake and Cherry Pye, it’s easy to ignore, but The Aspire Academy and Tuition Centre on Drayton Bridge Road is quietly transforming lives. Founder, Hamzah Muhammad, a former artist, has spent more than twenty...

The building work continues but the mosque in Singapore Rd is back in use as a place of worship. Phases 1 with construction of the concrete frame is complete. Phase 2 has begun and this will see the outer frame, glazing, domed atrium and first floor prayer room...

    Innovative plans are underway to create a vibrant, environmentally friendly ‘wellbeing cultural community quarter’ in West Ealing. The area is seeing a huge amount of building development yet shops on The Broadway are left empty and others continue to close down....

After over a century, St James Church in West Ealing is closing its doors – this time for good. It was closed down for a period some years ago. I can remember it boarded up and with broken windows. This time though it looks like its closing for good. Services stop...

It closed down a few weeks ago and the old NatWest building is now for sale for £1,050,000. It's one of West Ealing's few stand out buildings and is on a key site on one corner of the Lido Junction which is seen by many as the start of West Ealing. Will a new owner...