Crime

Partygoers are being urged to use licenced cabs and night buses in a London-wide crackdown against illegal taxi-touts.

The Police are urging elderly women to stay alert after a spate of robberies in the Elthorne Ward.

Borough Commander, Sultan Taylor is advising women to avoid using bank machines after dark and also placing large sums of money in bags and instead zipped up in pockets and on their person.

This warning comes after a number of elderly women were robbed by a black male, in his early 20s with short black hair and wearing a navy blue boxed-quilted type coat.

For further information, call 020 7161 9175 or 0208 721 2951.

The trial of a former Special Constable charged with 10 counts of indecent assault on girls under 16 has been adjourned until next year.

Kevin McLean, 29, a former Metropolitan Police staff worker based at Ealing appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday 15 October to face a total of 22 charges.

They include 11 allegations of making indecent images of children younger than 13 years and one of misconduct up to seven years ago.

The trial is set to take place on Friday February 15 2008 at Southwark Crown Court.

EALING is in the top ten band for the number of people who have had major or fatal accidents at work.

During 2006/07, 107 people suffered from workplace accidents, rating Ealing as the sixth highest borough in London.

A second-hand furniture seller has been fined £800 for illegal street trading following action by Ealing Council's envirocrime prevention team.