Crime

A total of 13 burglaries were reported in just two weeks within the Ealing Common ward.

Burglars made their way through patio and kitchen doors, smashing windows on the ground floor and bedroom windows in Lillian Avenue, Hamilton Road, Florence Road, Grange Road, Tring Avenue and Tudor Way from February 5 to February 18.

A father of two who risked his life to help another man from being stabbed to death has been nominated for the Pride In Our People awards 2010.

Amine Elkhoury, of Bloomsbury Place, Ealing, accompanied a debt-collector and a solicitor to a neighbour's home who was due to be evicted.

A church is facing thousands of pounds in costs to replace lead roofing after thieves have struck on five separate occasions in as many months.

St Barnabas Church in Pitshanger Lane has been targeted by thieves every month since October 2009, and the church council are now urgently appealing to people to help raise the £30,000 to cover the cost of replacing the lead tiles.

Bogus charity leaflets are doing the rounds in Ealing and neighbourhood watch teams and the police are advising people not to get duped by the scams.

The most recent flyer posted through letterboxes, and laden with spelling mistakes, is from the 'breast cancer prevention programme' asking people to donate clothing, curtains, towels, handbags, toys and shoes, with a minimum £1,500 per month donated to the charity.

Thieves have stolen vital camera equipment from a celebrity photographer whose book, The Hero Inside, is raising funds for servicemen and women wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Gill Shaw, from Ealing, is touring the countryside interviewing and recording the experiences of wounded troops to raise money for the charity, Help for Heroes. Last Thursday her car was broken into and her camera bag with Fuji S5 camera, lens and Metz flash unit were stolen. Gill is willing to offer a reward for her equipment so if anyone can help they should contact her on: 07973 252 017.

Police will be out in force this weekend combating night-time violence with patrols of crime hotspots and targeting uninsured cars and unlicensed drivers during the day.

The Ealing Specials, as part of 'Operation Spring Hope', will be out on the streets of Ealing, equipped with an automatic number plate reader and uninsured drivers could be handed a £200 fine, six points on their licence or have their car taken away.

A recluse who stabbed a pensioner in the throat and slit his face with a kitchen knife has been jailed for two years.

Alan Giles, of Bloomsbury Close, Ealing, lashed out at a debt-collector, slashing his face and neck before pinning Derek Davis to the floor as blood drained from his wounds.

A teenager was arrested on suspicion of a public order offence and possessing an offensive weapon after an incident on an Ealing bus on Monday evening.

Commuters choked and coughed in the ticket hall of a busy station last Friday morning as a police officer tried to restrain a man.

Stunned passengers at Ealing Broadway station watched as a single officer tackled the man who was resisting arrest for a public order offence at around 8:30am.

An inquest into a man shot dead after firing at undercover armed police recorded a verdict of lawful killing today.

Jurors asked to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Terry Nicholas in Park Royal found that he died of multiple gun shot wounds after being confronted at the back of Paolo's Restaurant in Hanger Green.