Ealing local news

Community Southall · 22 Sep 2026, 09:37

Police seek footage after fatal collision on South Road in Southall

The Metropolitan Police are appealing for witnesses after a single-car collision on South Road in Southall. A 17-year-old passenger died, another passenger was seriously injured, and investigators want CCTV, doorbell, mobile-phone and dashcam footage.

Community Ealing · 22 Sep 2026, 07:23

Winter energy bills: where Ealing residents can get free help

Ahead of the October change to the energy price cap, Ealing Council is reminding residents about its free Healthy Homes Ealing helpline. Households can get advice, check what support may be available and, in some cases, arrange a home visit from an energy adviser.

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.

Community Acton · 19 Sep 2026, 07:12

North Acton Square becomes the UK’s first Living Wage Zone

Every business operating at North Acton Square is now an accredited Living Wage Employer. The zone also covers people employed through contractors and is designed to guarantee pay linked to the real cost of living.

Community Southall · 18 Sep 2026, 07:26

Southall Stories: eight artworks form a new local trail

Southall Stories is bringing eight artworks to seven locations across streets, bridges and the Dominion Centre. The trail explores local history, migration and community life, with three installations still due to be completed.

Community Hanwell · 17 Sep 2026, 07:12

First Marché Malraux draws hundreds of visitors in Hanwell

The André Malraux school playground in Hanwell became a local market for crafts and food. Organisers say hundreds attended, and a festive edition is planned for 6 December.

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 Northolt · 16 Sep 2026, 07:07

Viking and Downe Manor: council considers consultation on schools’ future

Ealing Council is due to decide whether to launch an autumn consultation on the future of two Northolt primary schools. One option would close Viking Primary and merge it with Downe Manor from September 2027, but no decision on either school has yet been made.

Community Perivale · 15 Sep 2026, 07:17

Chopin and medieval Perivale: concert and guided walk today

On Tuesday 15 September, St Mary’s in Perivale will host an afternoon combining a piano recital by Michał Szymanowski with a churchyard visit and a short guided walk.

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 Southall · 13 Sep 2026, 11:19

Southall launches counterfeiting taskforce: help for shoppers

Ealing Council announced a Southall counterfeiting taskforce on 11 September. Local Trading Standards leads Operation Linchpin, funded by National Trading Standards. During inspections at Grand Union Enterprise Park on 3 September, officers seized 18.5 tonnes of goods, including toys, cosmetics and vapes.

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.

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.

Community Northolt · 10 Sep 2026, 07:52

Northala Fields: Northolt’s unusual park built from old Wembley rubble

Northala Fields in Northolt is a 27.5-hectare park whose four distinctive cone-shaped hills were formed from rubble and earth from the old Wembley Stadium and White City works. Opened in 2008 beside the A40, it offers lakes, playgrounds, meadows and wide views across London. Many local residents still overlook this free green space with its unusual history.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Community Ealing · 30 Aug 2026, 08:16

Free family activities continue at Ealing Broadway over Bank Holiday weekend

Families in Ealing can make the most of the final days of the school summer holidays with free activities, family dining offers and back-to-school shopping at Ealing Broadway. The centre’s summer Sportropolis programme is drawing to a close, but one of its main attractions, Sportropolis Beach in Town Square, remains open until Friday 4 September.

Community Ealing · 29 Aug 2026, 13:27

A neglected garden and a mess in a social home can end up in eviction. UK reform promises tough rules

An overgrown lawn, tall weeds, a full dumpster and a neglected backyard at the council house may mean the loss of an apartment in the future. Such a change was announced by Reform UK. Nigel Farage's party announced that if he came to power, social housing tenants would have to keep their home and garden to a “reasonable standard.”

Community Ealing · 29 Aug 2026, 12:56

Ealing Council seeks residents’ views on the new London Plan

Ealing Council is inviting residents to a workshop on Tuesday 15 September to help shape the borough’s response to the draft London Plan, the Mayor of London’s strategy for how the capital will grow over the next 20 years. The session will run from 6pm to 8pm at Perceval House, the council’s headquarters on Uxbridge Road.

Community Ealing · 29 Aug 2026, 10:50

Asda Express in West Ealing rated 0. Inspectors: 'immediate improvement needed'

The Asda Express store at 96 Uxbridge Road in West Ealing was given the lowest possible food hygiene rating. After the inspection on July 13, 2026, Ealing Council inspectors recorded 0 - "urgent improvement necessary" in all three areas examined.

Money & Support Ealing · 28 Aug 2026, 07:29

Energy price cap to rise by 4% from October 2026, affecting Ealing households

Ofgem says the energy price cap will rise by 4% from 1 October 2026, taking the typical annual dual-fuel bill from £1,663 to £1,723 for customers paying by direct debit. Households struggling with bills are being urged to contact their supplier, while fixed tariffs may be available below the new cap.