Tickets to the Olympic torch party in Walpole Park have sold out.

In a tremendous show of enthusiasm all 8,000 tickets sold out the day they went on sale last Tuesday (8). Many people had registered their interest beforehand on Ealing Council's website.

BRITAIN'S only assassinated yet largely forgotten prime minister is being celebrated with an exhibition and church service to mark the 200th anniversary of his death.

The death mask of Spencer Perceval is among the memorabilia held at All Saints Church, in Elm Grove Road, Ealing Common, which was built in his memory on the site of his former home.

A GENEROUS reader has donated a brand new bingo machine, answering an appeal for help after elderly residents feared they may have called house for the last time.

Clohe Dannell, had been forced to use a 40-year-old machine to pick numbers at Lindsey House in South Road, South Ealing, which was so clapped out it had failed electrical safety tests and was dangerous.

RESIDENTS are urged to apply for free tickets to a party celebrating Ealing playing host to the Olympic flame.

The borough is just one of six in London chosen to be an overnight stop-over during the torch relay towards the end of its 70-day journey across the UK.

A PUB quiz is being held on Wednesday to raise money for a charity which funds research and supports those affected by Motor Neurone Disease.

It is being organised by friends of the Gaskell family. Andrew Gaskell, 36, has motor neurone disease and his wife Allison has already raised thousands of pounds.

CALLOUS thieves stole the takings of a tea and cake sale after distracting the ladies serving, making a dent in their efforts to help refurbish their church.

The event was held on the front lawn of Ealing Green Methodist and United Reformed Church. The criminals struck at about 2pm on Saturday, making off with about £300.

PLANS for controversial housing development residents feared would be out-of-scale, causing traffic congestion and pressure on services have been rejected.

Neighbours living near Reynard Mills Trading Estate, the former BBC site in Windmill Road, on the Ealing and Brentford border, campaigned to see proposals by Invicta Real Estate for 275 flats scrapped.

Northfields ward councillor David Millican said: "I am obviously very happy about this and the residents are pleased about it too.

"It was far too dense and far too large. I don't know what they (Invista Real Estate) will do next, but if they do come back the plans will have to have changed significantly."

They were rejected by Hounslow planning officers on Tuesday (April 17) citing the density and size of the development would be harmful to the outlook and character of the area.

The LANDLORDS of a pub which has been at the centre of litany of crime and disorder have handed in their licence and walked away rather than face police in a hearing.

Police logged 21 incidents at The Magnat pub in Park Royal from March 23 last year to February 5, 15 of them violent. An application to review the licence was made shortly after.

A TERRIFIED man was forced to the ground and had his valuable watch ripped off his wrist as he was about to walk inside his home.

The 48-year-old was grabbed around the throat before being dragged to the floor and having his head held down in Haven Lane, Ealing.

TALENTED music students are teaming up with the band of the Scots Guards to perform at a concert helping to raise money the charity Help for Heroes.

The concert will be held at St Mary's Church in St Mary's Road, Ealing, on Thursday (29).