The Cathnor Park Area Action Group will hold a meeting to discuss a number of developments planned around Goldhawk Road.

The public are invited to the meeting on December 2 to discuss the £20 million academy to be built at Melina Road, on the site of the former Stamford House Young Offenders institute, as well as the the controversial redevelopment of the Allied Carpets site.

Plans for the Goldhawk industrial estate will also be raised.

A police officer became entangled in a violent attack after giving chase to a lawless driver.

PC Adam Leak was pushed in the chest and struggled to restrain the 35-year-old man who was reaching for the officer's baton.

The bobby was forced to chase the fleeing man who ran off towards Macfarlane Road, Shepherd's Bush, despite fearing the man was armed.

Westfield bosses face a revolt from retailers over higher than expected service charges.

Shop chains have been told they will have to pay £14 per square foot to cover costs such as cleaning and marketing - 75 per cent higher than the £8 originally indicated.

A Westfield spokesman said the centre's high status justified the charges.

Emergency parking measures have been imposed in Shepherd's Bush because of the huge amount of traffic generated by Westfield.

The current Saturday controls will also be imposed on Sundays in controlled parking zone G, which includes streets surrounding the White City shopping centre.

It means that at weekends between 2pm and 4pm and from 6.30pm to 8pm, only residents and business permit holders and their visitors will be able to park.

A man was robbed and forced to the floor at gunpoint while two thugs stole his sports car on Sunday morning.

The 35-year-old from Shepherd's Bush was walking towards his Audi TT convertible on the forecourt of Texaco petrol station, Scrubs Lane, before one of the man produced the handgun.

The pair stole the grey Audi TT, registration SRO3TTT, at 6:30am and drove off from the Willesden garage in the direction of the A40.

Wealth homebuyers are being drawn to Shepherd's Bush by the Westfield shopping centre.

Estate agents are reporting an influx of house hunters attracted by the new public transport infrastructure and high-end stores.

Demand for rental properties has also increased and there are fears that supply may dry up in the coming months.

Online instructions to contractors working at the new White City shopping centre about how to park in nearby streets were quickly removed following objections from residents.

Developers Westfield posted advice about using residential controlled parking zones near the mall until its car park is up and running, but removed the notice within 24 hours after angry complaints.

One Shepherd's Bush resident branded the posting "utterly irresponsible and beyond ridiculous."

Campaigners who have fought relentlessly to improve the safety of a crossing at the Westway, say their efforts have finally paid off.

Contractors have made final improvements to the precarious crossing where at least three people have been killed trying to dash across the high speed, six-lane A-road in Shepherd's Bush.

The Gazette and surrounding residents, teamed up three years ago to lobby Transport for London to make drastic improvements.

A bus strike is planned for tomorrow across west London.

Three bus operators - First, Metroline and Metrobus - have been in talks with the trade union Unite over a pay settlement.

Friday's strike could affect 207 bus routes, or up to 30 per cent, of London's bus network.

Shepherd's Bush Tube station is now open following a controversial eight-month closure.

It is the second of several major transport developments to open to the public ahead of the Westfield shopping centre.

The station, constructed in glass, steel and granite, with boosted security opened at midday last Sunday with the finishing touches still not complete.