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Planning Ealing · 20 Sep 2026, 13:12

220 solar panels installed on a leisure centre roof in Burnt Oak. It’s not Ealing, but it’s exactly the model West London’s swimming pools will be looking to follow

Burnt Oak Leisure Centre has just had 220 solar panels installed on its roof. It sounds like a council announcement we could easily scroll past. There is one reason to stop and read: this is the first community solar installation on a building owned by Barnet Council.

Community Ealing · 20 Sep 2026, 13:10

November is still weeks away, but West London’s fireworks hotspots are already taking shape

The fifth of November falls on a Thursday this year. That is an awkward date for a big park festival, so London will do what it usually does: move the fireworks to the weekend. Most major displays are expected to fall on 7 and 8 November.

Community Ealing · 20 Sep 2026, 13:08

71 new homes beside Ruislip station. Not one will be affordable — yet the council still said yes

71 homes at Ruislip’s former Barn Hotel — and not one affordable home On Tuesday 15 September, Hillingdon’s planning committee did something that is becoming depressingly familiar in West London, although it should still trouble us. It unanimously approved plans to turn the former Barn Hotel site on West End Road in Ruislip into 71 homes.

Community Ealing · 20 Sep 2026, 12:57

Lloyds closes in Harrow on Wednesday. About 1600 people regularly use the branch — and this is not only Harrow's problem

On Wednesday 23 September, Lloyds Bank at 286–288 Station Road in Harrow closes its doors permanently. The address is trivial, the building stands in a place that everyone who did anything in the center of Harrow knows. Local reports give a number that is more impressive than the date itself: about one thousand six hundred people regularly use this branch.

Community Ealing · 20 Sep 2026, 07:32

Trailfinders overturn deficit to beat Bristol Bears 28–24

Trailfinders Women recovered from 19–7 down at half-time to beat Bristol Bears 28–24, with Rosie Inman converting all four tries.

Community Ealing · 20 Sep 2026, 07:32

Ealing Trailfinders open the season with a 43–26 away win

Ealing Trailfinders scored seven tries and beat Chinnor 43–26 at Kingsey Road, opening their 2026/27 league campaign with an away victory.

Community Ealing · 19 Sep 2026, 07:12

Ealing’s new council housing repairs centre: what changes for tenants

Council tenants still report faults through the same online form or phone number, but a new diagnostic centre is intended to identify the problem at first contact and reduce avoidable repeat visits.

Transport Ealing · 18 Sep 2026, 07:26

Greener Ealing reaches two British Parking Awards finals

Greener Ealing's parking enforcement team is a finalist in the Parking in Action and Wellbeing categories at the British Parking Awards. The winners are due to be announced on 18 September.

Community Ealing · 17 Sep 2026, 07:12

LNWH medicines programme delivers more than £5.3m in savings

A medicines management programme run by the trust that includes Ealing Hospital has reached the HSJ Awards final. LNWH says the scheme has delivered more than £5.3m in improvement and efficiency savings since 2023.

Community Ealing · 16 Sep 2026, 07:10

Ealing service charge final accounts: what to check this September

Ealing Council has published a practical guide for leaseholders receiving their September service charge final account. The statement compares estimated and actual costs for the previous financial year and may show a credit, a debit or a zero balance.

Community Ealing · 14 Sep 2026, 17:00

Ealing expands home recycling to toothpaste tubes and plastic plant pots

Ealing Council announced an expanded household recycling list on 14 September. Here are the collection arrangements and options for coffee pods and items that can be used again.

Community Ealing · 13 Sep 2026, 11:28

Looking for an Ealing primary school? New vacancy list available

Ealing Council has released its primary school vacancy list dated 11 September. Here is how to check your child's year group, prepare the documents and apply for a place during the school year.

Community Ealing · 12 Sep 2026, 17:15

Today, harvest bread is broken in Perivale. Not in the center — at the Ealing Central Sports Ground

12 September, 13:00–19:00, Polish Clan Association. Ealing Central Sports Ground, Horsenden Lane South. There are two codes circulating in the announcements: Perivale UB6 8GP and Greenford UB6 7NS — it's the same pitch.

Planning Ealing · 12 Sep 2026, 11:15

There has been a construction hole in West Ealing for three years. The board has finally found a new company

Green Man Lane is located at West Ealing Station. The old blocks were demolished a long time ago and some of the new ones are still standing. The last piece of construction was completed in 2023, because the REAL company went bankrupt.

Community Ealing · 12 Sep 2026, 11:04

They took annual adoption leave. Then the three councils withdrew the child who was already saying "mummy and daddy"

LGSCO described on 9/11 a couple (“Mr and Mrs X”) who, on the advice of the councils, took 12 months of adoption leave, bought a crib, clothes and toys, arranged a family Zoom — and heard that baby “Y” was not coming. Ealing, Hounslow, and Southwark are to blame.

Community Ealing · 12 Sep 2026, 11:02

The Cabinet said 'yes, in principle'. 1,200-seat theatre in Walpole Park to be consulted

On Wednesday, September 9, the Cabinet approved the principle of the temporary Troubadour Theater in Walpole Park. This is not a building permit. Opens consultation, planning proposal and referral to the Mayor of London.

Schools Ealing · 11 Sep 2026, 11:28

What after school? Ealing wants to open the way to work for young people with disabilities

More apprenticeships, supported work placements and employment opportunities - this is the aim of the Ealing SEND Partnership Charter. The partnership was launched on September 7 at the University of West London during the visit of Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh. The most important thing for young people and their families will now be to translate these plans into specific places.

Community Ealing · 11 Sep 2026, 09:38

Have you received a parking ticket in Ealing? Find out how to appeal against PCN and what not to do

A ticket for parking, entering a bus lane or stopping in the wrong place can happen to any driver. In the London Borough of Ealing, such penalties are issued as a Penalty Charge Notice (PCN). However, not every PCN means that the driver must pay immediately.

Polish community Ealing · 11 Sep 2026, 09:32

50 years of the Katyn Monument on Gunnersbury. Polonia will meet on September 19

On Saturday, September 19, 2026, the 50th anniversary of the unveiling of the Katyn Monument will be celebrated at Gunnersbury Cemetery in West London. The ceremony was announced for 11:00. This is an opportunity to remember both the victims of the crime and the efforts of emigrants who fought to commemorate them.

Transport Ealing · 11 Sep 2026, 09:30

Voi remains in Ealing despite no new agreement. The company questions the council's choice

Ealing Council has chosen operators Forest and Lime to work with it, but Voi bikes can still be found in the borough. The company questions the selection procedure and does not intend to withdraw services. The dispute described on September 8 concerns the principles of operation of rental companies and control over bicycles left in public spaces.

Money & Support Ealing · 8 Sep 2026, 11:33

Starting from October 1, electricity excl. VAT. The gas will go on the road anyway. The bill will come out plus 4 percent.

Ofgem confirmed the ceiling for October 1 – December 31, 2026. A typical gas and electricity farm, Direct Debit payment: from £1,663 a year to 1723. An increase of 60 pounds, or 4 percent.

Polish community Ealing · 8 Sep 2026, 11:24

If you are returning to Poland "for a while". After five years, settled status expires on its own.

There is one date circulating in groups: two years. For most Poles, the EU Settlement Scheme is bad. Settled status is lost if you are outside the UK, Ireland and the Crown Dependencies five years in a row.

Polish community Ealing · 8 Sep 2026, 11:21

You're flying to Poland. The status on your phone won't help if your passport is new.

Autumn tickets are already selling. The most common problem in 2026 is not that someone "does not have papers." He has them.

Polish community Ealing · 8 Sep 2026, 11:16

Poles are still leaving the islands. This does not mean that London has become deserted.

In the year to June 2025, approximately 7,000 Polish citizens came to live in the UK permanently. About 25,000 went the other way. Balance: minus 18-19 thousand.

Planning Ealing · 7 Sep 2026, 10:54

School year in Northolt and Greenford. Which roads are open again - and until when.

The children are back. Pipes too. Ruislip Road has lights on from today until December.

Transport Ealing · 7 Sep 2026, 10:44

There is now a quiet cabin behind the gates on Ealing Broadway. Until October 2.

From September 4, just behind the ticket gates, there is an acoustic "calm space". The trial lasts until Friday, October 2. TfL will then decide whether such places should appear at other stations.Ealing Broadway at 8am is not a place for anyone to relax.

Community Ealing · 6 Sep 2026, 09:25

West End enters Walpole Park. On Wednesday, the council will say whether the park is still a park

Walpole Park is familiar to anyone who has ever walked down from Ealing Broadway towards Pitzhanger. A bench, a lawn, a festival in July, a stroller in the afternoon, a dog in the evening. On Wednesday, September 9, the same patch of greenery will be given a different future: a temporary theater with over one thousand two hundred seats.

Community Ealing · 6 Sep 2026, 09:23

Fourteen months without therapy: Ombudsman finds failings by Ealing Council

An Ombudsman case concerns delays to an Education, Health and Care Plan, missing therapies and a late assessment of personal-assistant support.

Community Ealing · 4 Sep 2026, 23:44

422 million at the end of sleeping on the street. Ealing Southall MP asks Prime Minister about people without entitlement to benefits

Deirdre Costigan returned to Parliament and on the first day of the session asked Andy Burnham how the national programme against rough sleeping would reach Southall and whether it would include people with no recourse to public funds. On the first day after the parliamentary holiday, Labour MP from Ealing Southall, Deirdre Costigan, published a recording from the House of Commons and a short communiqué.

Council Ealing · 4 Sep 2026, 11:04

Ombudsman: Ealing family spent 18 months in accommodation the council had found unsuitable

Ealing Council agreed to pay a mother £3,600 after she and her daughter remained in unsuitable temporary accommodation for 18 months.

Schools Ealing · 3 Sep 2026, 11:55

Two schools in Northolt offer free breakfast and 30 minutes of pre-school care

Two schools in Northolt have joined a new wave of the government's free breakfast clubs program. The Viking Primary School and the Alec Reed Academy Primary School on Bengarth Road offer students free breakfast and at least 30 minutes of pre-school care.

Transport Ealing · 3 Sep 2026, 11:51

Pay-per-mile tax for electric cars: what it means for Ealing drivers

The announced eVED charge is due to start in April 2028. For Ealing households, annual mileage will be another part of the cost of running an electric car.

Community Ealing · 3 Sep 2026, 09:19

Officials are drowning in complaints written by AI. So does the Ombudsman. Your case is waiting in the same queue

Once, a complaint to the council was on one page. Now comes the package: Care Act, Housing Act, "sentences", announcement of the complaint to the Ombudsman. Sounds like an office.

Community Ealing · 3 Sep 2026, 08:58

September 15 at Perceval House. The council asks residents what Ealing should look like for 20 years

Tuesday 15 September, 18:00–20:00, Perceval House (14–16 Uxbridge Road, W5 2HL). It is about the board's response to the London Plan draft: housing goals, density, height of blocks, greenery. Record: email BartonS@ealing.gov.uk (Steve Barton).

Community Ealing · 2 Sep 2026, 09:14

The Greenford Beavers did what the council couldn't. The station has not sunk for three years

In Greenford, it was the same for years after a downpour: water flooded the streets, sandbags filled the station, and the Central Line ticket booth could turn into a wading pool. The council counted the costs of a large flood protection investment. Meanwhile, the problem was taken over by an animal that had not been seen in London for about 400 years.

Money & Support Ealing · 2 Sep 2026, 09:14

Ealing Council and residents' money: 6.5 million "written off", fraud in the system and the ombudsman again

The office on Uxbridge Road once again smells not of money, but of the lack of it. This is not a classic embezzlement with a suitcase, but for the taxpayer the effect is similar: millions went into a project that the council is now closing itself, and in addition there are frauds in housing, benefits and care.

Polish community Ealing · 2 Sep 2026, 09:09

We remind you: a fire in Cranford near Southall. 50-year-old Anna Kowalska died. Two men with Polish surnames accused of murder

Not everyone had time to catch it, because the news broke in the second half of August, and after the bank holiday, some people are only now returning to local news. However, it is worth remembering this matter - it concerns west London and resonates strongly in the Polish community. On the night of August 18-19, just after 1:00 a.m., a house fire broke out on Berkeley Avenue in Cranford (Hounslow).

Community Ealing · 31 Aug 2026, 11:05

3.13 million "smart" meters that are not smart. Check your bill before you pay more from October 1

After almost a decade of the smart meter program, millions of British homes are still receiving estimated bills. New government data, Citizens Advice warning and a 4% price cap increase. — what does this mean for Polish families in London and the west of the capital.

Schools Ealing · 31 Aug 2026, 09:21

The bell rings on Wednesday. What else to do in Ealing before going back to school

The bank holiday slowly passes, and in Ealing, Grenford and Northold this familiar rush begins. A satchel, a sweater, shoes that suddenly got too tight over the holidays. In schools run by the council, lessons start on Wednesday, September 2.

Polish community Ealing · 30 Aug 2026, 09:01

Did you know? Ealing has more Polish speakers than any other London borough

Ealing has long been known for its large Polish community, but the scale of it may still surprise many residents. According to the latest full Census data, Ealing has more people who use Polish as their main language than any other London borough, with around 15,000 Polish speakers recorded in the borough.