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A surgeon to the stars was found dead at his Ealing home, it has been announced today.

Graham Belham, 55, an orthopaedic surgeon whose patients included Heather Mills, was found dead at his home in Hills Mews on Friday March 5.

Four Ealing youngsters have been chosen to join the English Youth Ballet in its next production of Giselle after a high-powered audition.

The girls will be among 100 local dancers, aged eight to 18, who will perform in a new adaptation of the dramatic ballet at New Wimbledon Theatre next month. Mathilde Cacaly, eight and Joanna Mitchell, ten, both go to the Acton Ballet School in East Acton Lane, Acton and Mia Carruthers, 12 and Poppy Hipwell, 13, go to the Joyce Butler School of Dance, Ridley Avenue, West Ealing.

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.

Diners and people living in the flats above a restaurant had a lucky escape after a fire ripped through a three storey building on Sunday evening.

A restaurant and flats in Royal Parade, Hanger Lane, Ealing, caught fire and six fire engines were called at 6:22pm on February 14 to tackle the blaze.

Hundreds of mourners came to pay their last respects to a brave and talented teenager who lost his life trying to save his friend.

Ealing Abbey was filled with friends and family of Timothy Kennelly who drowned off the North-East coast of Brazil after trying to help his 'After Death' band mate who was struggling in the rough waters.

A man who was killed instantly after falling under a train at Ealing Broadway station on Saturday January 30, has been named.

Charles Lanek, 45, of Gladstone Road, in the Chiswick area of the London Borough of Ealing, died after he was struck by the Heathrow to Paddington service at around 12:13pm.

Performers of all ages and abilities are invited to enter the annual competitive Ealing Festival of Music, Dance and speech which will take place in April and May 2010.

The Ealing Festival, which encourages the study and performance of dance, instrumental, pianoforte, vocal, speech, verse and drama, is inviting people to read their syllabus and apply for classes.

Migrant communities who settled in Ealing after the War will have their stories dramatised on radio following a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

'Welcome to Ealing' will tell the stories of people from the South Asian, Somali, West Indian and Middle Eastern communities who came to the borough after WW2.

A nursing home has been recognised for its standard of care at an awards ceremony in London.

Ealing Manor in Grange Park was awarded a gold standard for its end of life care as part of the national standards framework for care homes training programme enabling quality care for people nearing the end of their lives.

A teenager from Ealing who heard his friend scream out for help after getting into difficulty in the sea, drowned trying to save him.

Timothy Kennelly, 18, was one of five members of the heavy metal band 'After Death' who were touring in Brazil.