The Hanger Hill ward forum meeting will take place at the Brentham Club starting 7:30pm tonight (Monday 15).

An update will be given by the Safer Neighbourhood team and envirocrime officer before discussion surrounding parking restrictions on Mount Avenue, 20MPH zones, Montpelier Park and parking on Brunswick Road will begin.

Leaseholders claim they will be hit with excessive costs and inaccurate bills if Ealing's housing stock is contracted out to 'private providers'.

Currently, around 18,000 properties are being managed by Ealing Homes, a not-for-profit Arms Length Management Organisation (ALMO) but the contract will be terminated in 2011 after the provider was downgraded from two stars to one and following a number of complaints with repair works.

Pitshanger Pictures will be screening their next family film this Saturday at St Barnabas Millennium Hall.

Families are invited to watch 'Howl's Moving Castle' about a young girl transformed into an old woman by a jealous witch.

Pirates, Cinderellas and sleeping beauties took to the stage on Friday to mark national book week.

More than 600 pupils of Montpelier Primary School, Montpelier Road, Ealing, dressed up as their favourite book characters before showing off their costumes during a parade at assembly.

Parents in Ealing were left frustrated after being unable to access a website informing them whether their children had been offered a place at their preferred school in the borough.

The eAdmissions website crashed on Tuesday due to 'an overarching network issue' which left many parents in the dark for up to seven hours as to which schools, if any, had accepted their children to study.

A new advocacy worker is joining Meadow House Hospice to boost help and advice for patients and families.

Manager Jackie Grove said: "We have a carers' support group, but this dedicated worker can help with anything from advice on benefits to liaising with social services. We want people to give us feedback on what they need." To contact Meadow House with suggestions ring: 020 8242 5921 or log on to: meadowhousehospice.org.uk.

A plucky 25-year-old ,who has been deaf since birth and her mum, were among more than 200 volunteers who received awards in recognition of their sterling work.

All the volunteers had completed 100 hours of volunteering in the local community - a remarkable 20,000 hours altogether.A high point of the ceremony at the Ramada Jarvis Hotel, Ealing Common last Friday was the awards to mother and daughter, Mussarrat and Nida Hanid, who have been volunteering together at SNIPS, a toddlers' playgroup in West Ealing.

It's become an institution in its own right and frequented by many curry lovers in Ealing, but Monty's Tandoori restaurant has closed its doors to make way for Poundland.

The curry house, located by the Post Office in High Street, Ealing Broadway, closed at the end of last month and now the unit will be kitted out as a discount price retailer creating 30 new jobs when it is due to open this month.

Budding entrepreneurs are being given the chance to win six month's rent-free trading space in a market.

As part of the second annual 'make your mark in the markets competition' providing low-risk opportunities to start or grow a business.

The Borough's Afghan women are set to speak out at an event next week to coincide with International Women's Day on Monday March 8.

West Acton based group, the Society of Afghan Residents (SAR) will be hosting an event to celebrate the contribution of Afghani women in society and encourage them to play a greater role in shaping their communities.