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The High Street

Don't know if you have seen this program on changing High Streets but it begins in Acton The Six Bells features in the opening shots They suggest Business Rates are the problem. What do you think?. https://youtu.be/GPJti1ASGcc?si=mFb-R-mkn21H2GsB

Maire Lowe ● 1069d2 Comments ● 1059d

Acton Post Office

Hello all,If you live in or near Acton remember that the Post Office are monitoring footfall to the Banking Hub in The Oaks.I think that the footfall on the High Street has changed since the Cinema surely attract new customers as does the Banking Hub itself. Please do  visit the Post Office in the next week to help reduce the chance of them closing it.Thanks,Gary

Gary Malcolm ● 1066d2 Comments ● 1066d

Acton Reduce and Recycle Hub - Christmas Edition

Are you going to come and join us on Saturday 2nd December for our Christmas Reduce and Recycle hub??  We will be at the Market from 10am to 3pm.There will be free workshops to help youMake your own draft excluderUpcycle an old jumper or plain jumper into the Christmas jumperRecycle clothes, books and small electrical items for recyclingTo learn more about recycling and reducing your use of plasticTo drop off and pick up books at our book swap.Plus lots more along side of shopping with our regular traders and hot food served by our superb food vendors.

Zahra Shah ● 1066d0 Comments ● 1066d

Mosques repeatedly targeted!

https://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/23909853.vandal-sprays-acton-mosque-paint-third-attack/Also Muslim owned businesses and it’s known that members of the Muslim community are being targeted too, and frightened now too.

AbdulMaalik Tailor ● 1080d18 Comments ● 1067d

More trains at Acton Main Line

Very quietly TfL have added two extra morning trains towards Paddington. Nothing in the opposite direction.There is now an 8.04 and 8.34, coming in from Reading so no suitcases. I've not had a chance to catch one yet.Is good to know TfL saw the crush Lang that has been going on at peak hour and taken action.

Allan Kelly ● 1071d4 Comments ● 1068d

TV SET UP

I've just bought a new TV and need  someone to come and set it up.  No wall mounting or anything like that.  I just don't know where the cables go.  I would, of course, pay for your time.

Danielle Fox ● 1068d0 Comments ● 1068d

LOCAL ELECTRICIAN NEEDED

I need an electrician to fit an outside security light - can anyone recommend such a person who can do this?  Many thanks in advance.

Natalie McDermott ● 1069d0 Comments ● 1069d

FED AND WATERED GONE!

Owner just posted on Instagram. Shutters down, ovens off. Gutted. Unfortunately this is what happens when locals don’t support a business. Real shame as the food was incredible, but was more of a special occasion restaurant. Churchfield road will suffer losing this place.

Lee Harding ● 1166d10 Comments ● 1071d

Twelve Storey "Dark Kitchen" Tower for North Acton.

See story on opening page under "Property"Do these "Dark Kitchens" present particular problems? Increased vermin due to excessive kitchen waste, strong cooking smells, noisy lorry deliveries at all hours of the night, etc?Anyone know? I have no idea.It's gotta be hell actually living in this area now I'd have thought, not least because crime has gone up considerably.August 10, 2023 - Plans have been drawn up for a 12-storey building in North Acton which would contain 260 ‘dark kitchens’.These are commercial kitchens used to facilitate orders from online delivery apps such as Deliveroo and Just Eat.

Rosco White ● 1081d3 Comments ● 1072d

Imam targeted

An Acton mosque imam’s car tyres slashed and car damaged. The community is still awaiting to hear back  from Ealing police for an emergency public meeting since Wednesday.

AbdulMaalik Tailor ● 1079d5 Comments ● 1075d

Serious Halloween disorder outside Morrisons

My wife walked by The Mount and saw gangs of youths charging around and fireworks being randomly fired in public spaces. If you were wondering why the police helicopter was in action, that appears to be the reason.

Alan Fairchild ● 1088d6 Comments ● 1079d

Is Acton a big winner from the HS2 Debacle?

If you want to be glass half full you could look at what has happened as the government spending billions on linking our area with Birmingham.The travel time to Old Oak Common will be 42 minutes, less if you board at the airport stop so large swathes of Warwickshire countryside will be within commuting distance of London.Given that lots of jobs don't require you to work a full 5 days in the office, living in Birmingham and working in London just became very doable. Relative property prices means that your standard of living will probably be higher even allowing for rail fares.This must surely deliver a very substantial boost to west London as suddenly a huge new pool of Labour becomes available.Looking in the opposite direction, Birmingham airport suddenly become easier to get from here than Gatwick, Luton and Stansted.

Alan Fairchild ● 1115d9 Comments ● 1086d

Data Protection Law.

Can anyone please help with a possible legal conundrum. If I have a window cleaning round, as I understand it each and every customer would have to give signed written permission for me to keep a record of their  address. However, if I had say 70 customers on the fictitious road Abercwmbucket Street would I be breaking Data Protection Law if I just kept a record of door numbers without recording the name of the street?I.E. 1-5-8-34- etc.

Neil Milkins ● 1087d2 Comments ● 1086d

Drug addicts

What is happening in Acton? There is an overwhelming number of drug addicts everywhere. They are all new faces asking for money and harassing in an aggressive manner in front of shops. Springfield Gardens any time of the day drug addicts in bushes, by the playground on benches getting high.  What is going on? There is absolutely no police patrols visible! It’s the first time that I feel really threatened in Acton and I have lived here for more than 20 years!Yesterday a black male in his 30 drug addict was trying to enter our home! Refused to leave the front garden while taking drugs. Police were called but as I waited to get through he fled.It’s absolutely awful and scary !

Ewa lysakowska ● 1088d2 Comments ● 1087d

New Free The Wellbeing Course with a December 6 Taster

https://bit.ly/thewellbeingcourse2024Hi,The Wellbeing Course has a Taster Session coming up 6 December 2023, 7.30-9.00pm, come along and see what you think and sign up for the course in January if you like it. Venue: St Alban's Church, South Parade, Chiswick W4 5LG (by the garage and Duke of Sussex).Free In-Person The Wellbeing Course - starts 3 Jan 2024 on Wednesday evenings, 7.30-9.00pm. https://bit.ly/thewellbeingcourse2024 to sign up.Free, Fun, In Person.The WELLBEING COURSE is a free 6 week course Wednesday evenings, 7.30-9.00pm in Chiswick.*Hi, my name’s Katy. I work as a GP and as a positive psychology coach, and have run several wellbeing courses with great feedback**. I’ve designed a wellbeing course to look at practical things that increase health and happiness:RELAX • effective steps to switch off the stress response and switch on relaxationEAT • healthy tips to help you get to where you want to with your eatingMOVE • incorporate moving more into your daySLEEP • improve your wellbeing and immune system through better sleepCONNECT • with yourself, and outside self: with others, nature and purposeFormat: relaxed, fun and informal, with a mix of video, discussion and reflection Will it make a difference?: Previous course participants say yes!**Interested? Ask questions: thewellbeingcourse@gmail.comSign up: Eventbrite, https://bit.ly/thewellbeingcourse2024 No sign up needed for the taster session on 6th December 7.30pm, just for the course.Katy*venue: St Alban’s Church, South Parade, London W4 5LG. **Feedback from previous courses:”An amazing course, very enjoyable.”   “Inspiring, thought-provoking” “gave me some smart small steps to take”  “v useful and effective” “changed my mindset to positive”

Katy Willis ● 1087d0 Comments ● 1087d

INVITE - join us to protest against car engine idling at Acton Central - tomorrow (Tues) from 3.20pm

The spookiest night of the year is nearly here, but it's a time to scare your friends, not the planet!Please join us on Tuesday October 31 from 3.20-5pm as three community groups (Friends of the Earth, CCA and Friends of Friars Gardens) hold an anti-idling demo at Acton Central level crossing. We'll be displaying signs to ask drivers to switch off their engines and handing out Friends of the Earth leaflets about the hazards of idling on young lungs. The demo is timed to coincide with the end of the primary school day as many parents and their children are subjected to pollution as they wait at the crossing. We'd like to invite kids and parents (even in costume before heading off to trick or treat) to help give out leaflets. Even half an hour of your time would be most helpful! After the demo, adults (not trick or treating) will repair to the nearby Rocket pub for a well-earned drink. In the event of rain (unless very light rain) the demo will be rescheduled, but we think the forecast is not predicting rain (40% chance) until 6pm.Remember that an idling engine spews emissions, filling 150 balloons in a single minute, and those particles are harming the young lungs of children passing nearby, as well as the driver/ passengers in the vehicle. An idling engine is much more potent in its emissions than a travelling one.  We hope to see you there!

Juliet McDonald ● 1089d0 Comments ● 1089d

Al- Hiwar TV Acton

Al-Hiwar TV is an Ofcom-regulated satellite news and current affairs channel with headquarters in London that broadcasts 24/7 to Arab communities in the UK and the Middle East. It is popular with younger audiences, with 4.2 million followers on Facebook and 1.2 million subscribers on YouTube.The Sunday Times says the station is in Acton.

Maire Lowe ● 1091d3 Comments ● 1090d

Did you enjoy the Hamas rocket attack in Israel?

David Wright ● 1110d18 Comments ● 1090d

South Acton Family Last Hold Outs in Condemned Block.

I applaud this Man and his Family! It is good that He is taking a stand.  This is happening to too many People who are being priced out of the area they live.  I hope The council offer him a similar affordable property on the Estate.  Why should He have to move?

Margaret Noel ● 1688d25 Comments ● 1090d

Cost of Living Payments

Probably doesn't apply to many on this forum, but if you are due the £300 CoL payment this autumn then it'll be paid automatically. If you get a text or email asking you to apply, then it's a SCAM.

Susan Kelly ● 1092d0 Comments ● 1092d