Schools/colleges

A RUN-DOWN playground in Fulham in desperate need of a makeover is counting on your votes to win a share of £100,000 to help fund its revival project.

Pineapple Playscape, in William Parnell Park, has been entered into the Bovril Great Outdoors Revival, where areas in despair are put forward for the chance to be spruced up.

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

A new website offering opinions on all Hammersmith and Fulham's public services has been slammed as a waste of time and money by town hall chiefs despite painting a rosy picture of life in the borough.

The Oneplace service unveiled today (9) was created to give people an independent overview of how their council, police and health service are performing on issues such as crime, levels of affordable housing and general quality of life.

School dinners are to be delivered by members of the public using their own cars in Shepherd's Bush after Hammersmith and Fulham Council handed control of catering over to a private firm.

Adverts appealing for 'owner drivers' of estate cars and vans have placed in print and online, raising concerns about how closely people recruited to transport children's food will be monitored.

Parents are reminded that Friday (25) is the last day to hand in consent forms at school allowing their daughters to be vaccinated against a virus which can cause cervical cancer.

NHS Hammersmith and Fulham is urging all parents of girls aged 12 to 16 to sign the forms so they can take part in the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme.

Controversial plans to redevelop a Shepherd's Bush industrial estate that is home to Innocent Drinks could be given the green light next week.

Developers London and Newcastle want pull down 11 industrial units on the Goldhawk Industrial Estate to build 57 homes and new commercial space, but residents claim the area will suffer on several fronts if the scheme is approved.

Environmental projects are set to start up this month to give young people around Shepherd's Bush the chance to earn back free travel cards which have been taken away for bad behaviour.

The National Young Volunteers Service is launching the scheme in the middle of September, and will arrange for the borough's youth to sign up for one day's conservation work on projects around the capital.

Yesterday was not all about A-levels, as young people studying alternative courses also arrived at college to learn their fate.

Among them was 20-year-old Daniel Dryland, who was ecstatic after learning he had been awarded three distinctions for a BTEC National Diploma in music practice at the Hammersmith branch of Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College.

Nervous pupils ripped open brown envelopes to reveal their A-level results yesterday morning as it proved to be another bumper year for top grades in the borough.

Hundreds of teenagers who have been waiting anxiously through the summer holidays trooped back through the school gates, and the majority were left elated after reading their print-outs.

Talented pupils involved in a community group set up to improve the prospects of local young people will show off their skills at an event this week.

Shepherd's Bush and White City organisation Keeping Youth Active will host its own KYA's Got Talent show at Phoenix High School on Wednesday afternoon (19).