By Gabriela Wyszynska, Local Community Reporter The Ealing Charity Christmas Card Shop (ECCCS) has opened its doors again this year for its 37th Christmas. The all-volunteer shop is located at the Church of Christ the Saviour and sells cards…
Category: Culture
Circus Extreme starts its world tour on Ealing Common
By Adele Paiardini, Lifestyle and Culture Reporter Ealing Common Park is hosting the world-famous Circus Extreme. Returning to the UK as part of its world tour after the pandemic turned off its lights, Circus Extreme will be showing daily until the…
Queen cancels visit on medical advice
Embed from Getty Images By Amal Hubsey, News reporter The Queen has cancelled a visit to Northern Ireland on health grounds. Buckingham Palace says she has ‘reluctantly’ followed her doctors advice and will be resting over the next few…
Buckingham Palace gardens opens up for summer visitors
By Adele Paiardini, Reporter Buckingham Palace’s traditional summer opening is cancelled because of COVID restrictions. Visitors will be able to have a picnic on one of the seeping lawns from July to September. They will be allowed to explore…
North-West London fish and chips take away awarded among the best in the UK
By Mireia CuevasCrespo, Civic Reporter Every Fish Bar, a fish and chips restaurant in Harrow features in the list of the top 50 best fish and chips in the UK. This was by the leading publication for the fish and…
Muslim women ‘blocked from seeking office by male Labour councillors’
Rhea Dehaney, Political Reporter A leading women’s charity Muslim Women’s Network UK (MWNUK) has written a letter to Jeremy Corbyn to complain about “systematic misogyny” which saw female Muslims being blocked from seeking office by male Labour councillors. MWNUK called…
Campaign to stop closure of police front counter in West London
Rhea Dehaney, Civic Reporter North Kensington residents are calling for a permanent Met Police base in the area amid concerns that a small front counter may close. A petition calling on the Mayor of London to extend the lease…
Woman’s Night Safety Charter make women’s safety a priority in London
By Adele Paiardini, Local Community Reporter
The debate around Sarah Everard murder made many people realise that women’s safety is an urgent matter. In order to make women feel safe in the city, the Mayor of London has decided to create a Woman’s Night Safety Charter, which is part of the Mayor’s Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy and London’s commitment to the UN Women Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces global initiative.