October 2011 Archives

A CAR salesman broke his leg after he was run over on his own forecourt.

The bizarre incident happened at Citygate Volkswagen in Victoria Road, South Ruislip, on Saturday (29) afternoon.

A Vauxhall Corsa hit the 26-year-old sales executive and smashed the front window of the dealership at about 4.30pm.

A RUISLIP band were the winners in a national music competition for a project originally launched by a Ruislip MP.

Bishop Ramsey School's Find Me Next Fall triumphed in the Blastbeat 2011 UK Finals at Indig02 in North Greenwich on Tuesday (25).

A BLOCK of flats that developers began to build in the wrong place will be allowed to continue, after Hillingdon Council gave its approval.

Councillors at last night's (Tuesday) north planning committee were told that any legal challenge against the scheme, approved in 2007 with incorrect drawings, was likely to fail.

A BUSINESSMAN wanted by the US government for smuggling weapons must wait another month to hear his fate.

Eastcote arms dealer Guy Savage appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday, October 24, for a much-delayed extradition hearing that will decide whether the father-of-two is prosecuted in the US or not.

TWO sisters from Ruislip celebrated the birth of their grandchildren within 24 hours of each other.

Angela Fuge, 51, and Gill Kent, 56, were chatting together in the same hospital while their sons became fathers for the first time.

It was a double celebration as first Isla Darcey Fuge was born on 9 October at Hillingdon Hospital, followed swiftly by Albert Arthur William Kent at 7am the next day.

EASTCOTE Hockey Club (EHC) has been unable to quell a torrent of anger from residents over its bid to build a second artificial pitch on Kings College Playing Fields.

A public meeting at Winston Churchill Hall last night (20), hosted by Ruislip Residents' Association, pitted the hockey club's president and chairman against the Friends of Pinn Meadows (FOPM).

THE proposed closure of a day centre for disabled residents in South Ruislip has angered carers who rely on it.

The ruling Conservative cabinet at Hillingdon Council voted last month to close three of the borough's six activity centres for the disabled, including Phoenix Day Centre in Bourne Court, which has 29 registered users.

LORRIES illegally driving through Northwood, Eastcote and South Ruislip at night are going unpunished, according to a residents' association.

A petition has been launched in a bid to stop the worsening noises and vibrations from heavy good vehicles waking residents up in the early hours of the morning.

A NAME has been chosen for an Eastcote pub after brewers Greene King asked local residents to help them decide.

The Manor public house in Field End Road will now be called The Ascott when it reopens on November 9, following a refurbishment to turn it into a family-friendly pub-restaurant.

Brewery giants and owners Greene King had invited the local community to submit name suggestions after deciding The Manor was unsuitable. The new name reflects Eastcote's medieval history as a village, when it was known as Ascot or Ascott.

AN APPEAL against the five-year jail term given to a young Ruislip man for killing his friend in a car crash has been dismissed.

Alex Jaggs, 20, of Eastcote Road, was jailed for causing the death of Pinner teenager Jack King (pictured) in May 2010, after his car collided with a tree in Elm Avenue, Eastcote.