By Ben Jamieson Embed from Getty Images According to reports, children aged five and up could soon be added to the UK’s COVID vaccine strategy. While such measures would be taken to lower future infection rates in the coming years,…
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Man Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges in Ealing Magistrates Court
By Ben Jamieson, Court Reporter Embed from Getty Images On Wednesday, a man pleaded guilty in Ealing Magistrates Court to Class A drug possession charges, with 6.6 grams of Cocaine and 10.1 grams of Diamorphine. In evidence given in the…
What is Ealing’s Climate Action Hub ‘ActForEaling’?
By Nuria El Khalifi Embed from Getty Images ‘ActForEaling’ is a central hub offering assistance to all community members interested in protecting the environment. It was established in summer 2020 by a local community group, who realised the urgency of…
C40 Cities Chair-elect Sadiq Khan outlines plans to expand air quality programmes worldwide
By Ben Jamieson, Online and Social Editor Embed from Getty Images London Mayor and chair-elect Sadiq Khan attended the recent ‘Our Last, Big Chance’ environmental conference hosted by C40 Cities, a network of majors from the world’s 100 largest cities.…
Budget 2021: Green Finance Initiatives
By Ben Jamieson, Democracy Reporter Embed from Getty Images Green Finance played a part in many of the initiatives mentioned by chancellor Rishi Sunak in today’s Budget, including a new investment relief to encourage companies to adopt green technologies. Among…
Cressida Dick pays tribute to families of female murder victims at London Assembly
atchBy Ben Jamieson, Local Democracy Reporter Embed from Getty Images Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick has paid tribute to the families of female murder victims. Speaking to the London Assembly’s Police and Crime Committee she outlined the Metropolitan Police’s response…
Keir Starmer questions Boris Johnson on proposed online safety bill at PMQ’s
ATBy Ben Jamieson, Local Democracy Reporter Embed from Getty Images Today’s PMQ’s began in a “collegiate” sprit, focusing on the issue of MP safety and harmful online material after the murder of conservative Sir David Amess, in what is being…
Transport Committee Discuss Loss in Trust of Contactless Payments, Fare Dodging, and Station Safety
By Ben Jamieson, London Assembly Reporter The London Assembly’s Transport Committee met to answer questions from the public, and to discuss issues concerning Transport for London and National Rail. The Assembly highlighted issues such as unequal fares for similar journeys,…
Ealing Council’s plan to reduce traffic in residential areas has raised controversy
By Ben Jamieson, Reporter Ealing residents continue to be affected by the Low Traffic Neighbourhood scheme, implemented last year. Residential road closures, the use of cameras and road blocks are some of the measures that have been affecting the Ealing neighbourhood.…
MPs block proposal to protect tenants from fire safety work bills
By Ben Jamieson, Local Community Reporter Embed from Getty Images MPs have blocked a proposal to grant leaseholders and tenants protection from being billed with fire safety work on their buildings.