May 2009 Archives

An experiment to try to create a designer charity shop will run in the Village area of Westfield next month.

Only the most desirable donations will be accepted at the Living and Giving shop, which retail expert Mary Portas and Grazia magazine hope will help revolutionise charity stores around the country.

At least 160 people have already signed up to shop at a new community market set up to promote healthier living in White City and Shepherd's Bush.

Organisers now hope to attract more residents to the White City Food Co-op project, which runs from 10am to 2pm every Friday at the Phoenix Farm and Learning Centre in Bloemfontein Road.

Parking problems around Westfield will be addressed in a new consultation by Hammersmith and Fulham Council.

People living in controlled parking zones G and J will be sent letters in June asking about possible changes to restricted hours, and residents in zone CC will be asked whether Sunday restrictions should be kept.

Pupils at a Hammersmith school will soon be able to take part in lessons from home through a cutting-edge new computer system.

Staff at Sacred Heart High School hope the project will help stop children falling behind in their work if they are absent through illness or family commitments.

Dance, aerobics and coaching sessions with staff from QPR will feature at a open day to promote healthy living in White City next week.(27)

Wednesday's Well London event will run from 2pm to 8pm at the White City Community Centre in India Way, and is open to everyone to join in.

Tiny gardens designed by a Turner prize-winning artist have gone on show at a newly opened store at Westfield.

The 'city gardens', created for the luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton by 2004 prizewinner Jeremy Deller, will be on show for two weeks before being donated to Hammersmith Community Gardens Association, which creates interesting green areas in small urban spaces.

Advice about making the most out of kitchen and garden waste will be offered in a series of public workshops around the borough.

Trained 'composting advisors' will be at Avonmore Primary School in Avonmore Road, West Kensington, from 7pm to 8.30pm on Monday (18) to teach people how to use the home kits handed out by Hammersmith and Fulham Council after it stopped collecting garden refuse.

Proud gardeners have just a few weeks left to register for this year's Borough in Bloom contest.

Entries in each of the 10 categories, which range from best window box to finest community garden, must be submitted by Friday, June 12.

A car crash survivor from Shepherd's Bush has launched a bid to become the country's first wheelchair-using Euro-MP.

Max Burt, who was left with multiple disabilities following the smash ten years ago, will represent Libertas in the elections for London MEPs on June 4.

Gun shots rang out in Shepherd's Bush early this morning (1) following a disturbance at a home in Goldhawk Road.

Police firearms experts were called to the address at 4am and discovered bullet damage to one of the windows.