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Huge Price rise in Residential Parking Permits

I have recently had my renewal email for my car (154gm/km pollution) which I park outside my W5 4BL Carlyle Road home.Shocked to see it has risen by approximately 26%, from last years (2024/5) £110 to the required £139 for 2025/6.In the couple of years before that it was £97 from 2023/4, and £90 from 2022/3, so increases have been (approximately) 8%, 13% and now 26% - that's 47% rise in three years, an average of approximately 16% per annum.I don't think that's at all fairI also don't see any way to question this. Residents Parking was introduced some years ago and we now appear to have no influence whatsoever over what we are charged.Is there any way to oppose these huge cost increases?

Michael Southworth ● 135d135 Comments ● 31m

Grooming Gangs decades long cover up.

Totally, utterly and completely down to PC Lefty Liberal Woke - Outstanding!Maybe the PCLLWs will now stop using the embarrasingly urine poor and weak "Racist!" accusation as their All In One General Purpose Accusation For All Situations?Somehow I doubt it.I also doubt the PCLLWs are ashamed of themselves.

Rosco White ● 16h0 Comments ● 16h

Lawless West Ealing

What is going on in West Ealing over the last few months?Street drinkers and drug users/ dealers 24/7 in endsleigh/ Felix roads ! Constant fly tipping and even a dumped prison uniform. It’s beyond a joke, this is our neighbourhood and should be respected by all, if it was in W5 it would not be tolerated.

John Colgan ● 1d6 Comments ● 1d

Maxim's Chinese restaurant

I was wondering if anyone had experience of this restaurant in Northfields and if it's any good.

Susan Kelly ● 78d21 Comments ● 1d

The Sub Standard has become a joke

Given its demise as a free sheet, the online website leaves a lot to be desired. After Crystal Palace's FA Cup win, the site didn't carry any news/pictures of the victory parade in SE London. Hardly surprising as it's football coverage includes both Liverpool and Man Utd, both not exactly near London I'd suggest!Their coverage of the fare dodging expose by Mr Jenrick was also nowhere near the front of their offering given it's relevance to many of this sites readers. His obviously planned tell and shame of tfl's failure to stop what is a crime deserved better and tfl's comments that he should have told them and asked for permission so they could attempt a cover up needs relaying to more of London.

Peter King ● 19d31 Comments ● 3d

Boston Road cycle lane

Apparently & finally, installation is starting in March.

David Greane ● 153d70 Comments ● 4d

So many Council properties with mould issues.

I can't be the only one thinking "Well, open a window, VENTILATE, and stop expecting the Council to fix for free something you created."Obviously there are genuine cases but my statement is not unreasonable.MIGHT explain why the Council appears to be so slow fixing mould problems, if tenants don't exercise a degree of responsibility?

Rosco White ● 23d9 Comments ● 4d

Flytipping

It’s all very well announcing increased fines for flytipping, but would Peter Mason care to explain how closing the Stirling Road recycling centre in South Acton 4 years ago has  helped reduce flytipping. And why the site has been derelict ever since, when a re-use, repair and craft centre was promised. He’s a liar and a fraud. Much like his mentor, Julian Bell. Labour = Liebour.

Peter Millman ● 5d4 Comments ● 4d

Ealing Regional Park

This really does read like a vanity project. The open spaces involved do not fit together - they are far from being a contiguous whole. There seem to be no plans for a change of land ownership or land management. (We could have been saddled with a quango/CIC/charity somewhat like the governance of the entertainment space called Gunnersbury Park).Ealing Council will still be the organisation which funds and organises open space maintenance and development. This may not be much of a blessing - have a look at the rundown nature of Haven Green for example!It could be argued that the cost of proving links between the major open spaces is a waste of money. One wonders just how many residents will walk/cycle the 8 kilometres.Is this all about Council bosses being able to upgrade their CVs with '...created the Ealing Regional Park'.

Eric Alan Leach ● 91d32 Comments ● 7d

Santa may miss the CPZ response deadline this Wednesday.

Don't miss out.  Many Controlled Parking Zones are being "consulted" on the proposal to increase zone hours six-fold from 2hrs to 12hrs. Here in zone JJ they are at present one hour am and one hour pm. The consequences of such massive changes are probably increased costs, certainly reduced viability of businesses/shops in our high streets and increased isolation of the elderly. Is that why ward councillors keep very quiet on this subject? Areas in Greenford and Acton (thanks go to Vlod for raising this initially) are also under consultation. The deadline for responses is the 11th Dec. Please don't ignore it or you may feel imprisonned. Respond to www.ealing.gov.uk/consultation-extended-cpz

Arthur Breens ● 191d44 Comments ● 7d

Application for 6-story blocks of flats in Lamas Park

https://pam.ealing.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=SQRK2RJMH5N00I thought I'd seen everything...

Anna Henderson ● 129d83 Comments ● 9d

'Intentionally homeless'

A mother of 3 is going to make herself homeless unless the council gives her a home where she wants to be. Where is the father or fathers of those children - shouldn't they be sorting out her housing problems?

Jane M Kelly ● 20d12 Comments ● 12d

Local woman translated Hitler's will

I know that journalism is not what it was, but I do think the person writing this piece with that heading, might have at least given us a small hint as to what was in the will!

Jane M Kelly ● 19d1 Comments ● 12d

THIS JULY @ Questors: "The Gin Chronicles: A Scottish Adventure"

The Misfits of London are coming to EALING with our multiple ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐-reviewed show “The Gin Chronicles: A Scottish Adventure” on Sunday 27th July (Matinee and Evening). It’s vintage, radio-style comedy that is unique and we'd love you to come along and enjoy the warmth and charm our adventures are famous for. Before you BOOK TICKETS - https://www.interrupttheroutine.co.uk/gin - why not check out the below: 1) For an idea of the SHOW TRAILER click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awXt7HXhlfU2) To watch GILLIAN ANDERSON, JOANNA LUMLEY, TIM VINE, GYLES BRANDRETH AND ADAM HILLS say amazing things about us in our CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uduo5tOmkjM3) For proof people everywhere want to come and see us in our AUDIENCE RESPONSE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=of7DLREuQ1A

Robert Reece ● 12d0 Comments ● 12d

Low Traffic Neighbourhood Unlawful - High Court

It seems that councils only listening to minority interest groups isn’t legal. Let’s hope Ealing take note!Judgment today in a legal challenge to the West Dulwich LTN in Lambeth.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg4178plvdo

Simon Hayes ● 39d41 Comments ● 12d

closure of a beloved local business

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IMPORTANT NOTE: This post is inaccurate. North China remains in business on the Uxbridge Road, as it has done for the last 48 years.
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It's always disheartening to see a local business close, especially one that has been a staple in the community. North China was a favourite for many, and its absence will certainly be felt. I hope the space doesn't remain vacant for long and that a new establishment can bring some vibrancy back to the area.

Amina Begum ● 19d16 Comments ● 12d

North China rest.( 305 Uxbridge Rd) Alive & well !!

its thriving and still family run ( for the past 40yrs) so ignore the thread about closure! https://www.northchina.co.uk/The best in Ealing!!

Nick Robinson ● 14d2 Comments ● 13d

Waitrose site should kick start the building of housing in West Ealing

With the news that the Waitrose/John Lewis development has been approved, the council should also start or continue building the approved projects.If you've approved them, build them.I'm sure John Lewis won't be hanging around with their development; however, Mayor Khan and Ealing council are now showing how poor they are at building housing, even when this is considered a priority by the government, which has paid the mayor over £4.8 billion to build houses.(Yes, £4.8 billion) Yet we are seeing no evidence of this in West EalingThe Orion Park development - work was intended to start at the beginning of May - no actionDean's Gardens flat - demolish or continue building.Ealing Broadway Schemes - stalledGurnell Site - approved but no funding ( £4.8 billion of money for house building)The local council's record on housing is less than flattering.If you've approved it, build it - "don't leave our area with half-built projects and overgrown bombsites"

Bill Trenchard ● 21d12 Comments ● 18d

One to disappoint the anti Ealing/London moaners on here

London ranked second best city in the world by the Oxford Economics Global Cities Index "London may fit the definition of a “Global City” more than anywhere else in the world. The city has established itself as a perpetually relevant locale for business, science and technology, education, and the arts. This global economic powerhouse scores eighth in our Economics category, thanks to the size of the city’s economy (the fourth-largest in the world). But London really stands out as the world’s leading city for Human Capital, due to its numerous world leading universities, diverse labour force, and large pool of international headquarters."https://www.oxfordeconomics.com/global-cities-index/?#top-cities

Paul James ● 18d6 Comments ● 18d