Tens of thousands of illegal cigarettes were seized from four Shepherd's Bush businesses in a joint raid by police and customs officers.

The teams seized 7,600 packets of cigarettes, 25 kilos of tobacco, 14.5 kilos of tobacco seeds and 36 bottles of vodka operation on which no duty had been paid following the operation on Tuesday afternoon (2).

Gangs drawn to late night shisha cafés in Uxbridge Road are responsible for a spate of violence which saw five people stabbed over the Christmas period, according to the prospective Tory MP for Shepherd's Bush.

One 24-year-old man was hit over the head and stabbed twice in the back after being set upon by a group of six men just before midnight on Christmas Day, on the corner of Warbeck Road.

Gritters were working through the night and early this morning (6) to prepare the streets of Hammersmith of Fulham for the expected deluge of snow, although heavy blizzards are yet to hit west London.

Only one school - St John's Walham Green Church of England Primary in Fulham - was closed due to staff shortages caused by the winter weather.

Do you have any snow stories or pictures from the borough? Leave your comments below or email your pictures to danhodges@trinitysouth.co.uk

Tonight's question and answer session with Tory leader David Cameron will be held at St Paul's Church in Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith.

The 'Cameron Direct' event, in which around 150 residents will be able to quiz the prospective Prime Minister, has been brought forward an hour to 6pm.

The contentious plans for a new housing development in Goldhawk Road, Shepherd's Bush, is likely to be high on the agenda.

Those wishing to attend must have booked places in advance.

Tory leader David Cameron will take questions from voters at an event in Hammersmith tomorrow night (5).

Opponents of a contentious housing scheme in Shepherd's Bush are planning to attend to voice their anger over Hammersmith and Fulham Council's approach to development, as the Conservative authority is widely seen as a flagship for Cameron's potential government.

A campaign is being waged by Hammersmith and Fulham Council to try to disrupt plans for a giant 'super-sewer' that would stop billions of litres of raw sewage being pumped into the Thames.

The authority believes the £2.2 billion Tideway Tunnel project - which has the backing of Government, the Mayor of London and anti-pollution campaigners - will prove too damaging to the lives of residents in the borough and will not bring enough improvements to justify the cost.

Shoppers attempting late Christmas shopping at Westfield were trapped for hours in gridlocked streets last night as heavy traffic crawled its way through ice and snow.

Customers reported queues of up to two hours to get out of the car park of the shopping centre, with congestion backed up all the way from Shepherd's Bush to Hammersmith Broadway and down Fulham Palace Road.

One 29-year-old shopper, from Putney, said: "I waited for 40 minutes for a bus which didn't turn up, and a taxi refused to take me because the traffic was completely gridlocked. It was a nightmare."

Have you been trapped in the gridlocked Christmas rush? Leave your comments below.

Moviegoers visiting the new cinema at Westfield will be offered booze in the aisles - but ushers wearing night vision goggles will be on hand to make sure everyone in the audience behaves.

Multiplex chain Vue is planning to sell beer and wine from trays and trolleys in each of its 14 screens when the new 24-hour venue opens in the Shepherd's Bush shopping centre early next year, where live music, karaoke, film singalongs, dance events and plays will be offered alongside traditional movies.

A bitterly contested development on the site of a former care home in Shepherd's Bush was given the green light last night despite angry protests at Hammersmith Town Hall.

Around 70 residents opposed to plans for 66 new homes in Goldhawk Road brought placards and banners to the planning meeting and heckled councillors throughout the four-hour debate.

A historic church in the centre of Hammersmith has been revealed for the first time in nearly four years following a massive refurbishment project.

The restoration of St Paul's in Queen Caroline Street cost £1.75m and was paid for entirely by selling advertising space on the outside - next to the busy Hammersmith flyover - while stonemasons carried out extensive repairs to the roof, walls and bell tower.