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  • Homes evacuated and schools closed following fire

    ABOUT 100 people were moved out of their homes in ealing when fire broke out in the early hours today (Friday). Two schools have been closed for the day - Little Ealing Primary School and Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Primary School. The blaze started

  • Residents warned of 'charity' collection scam

    FAKE charity operators are targeting west London by dropping leaflets through letterboxes asking for clothes, shoes and electrical items to sell. Ealing Council trading standards service said it knew of a number of people working in the borough who were

  • Pickpockets rob man of his pension money

    A PENSIONER had his pocket picked while returning home from the shops on an E3 Bus, writes Sara Black. Harry Bonnie, 81, from Hanwell, was targeted by four men, possibly eastern Europeans, who stole his pension money, around £140. He had boarded the

  • Grief-striken grandmother died under train

    A YOUNG mother killed herself and her two children by jumping into the path of a train, an inquest has found. Navjeet Sidhu, 27, jumped in front of the 100mph Heathrow Express at Southall station on August 30, 2005, clutching her children in her arms