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London food company imported potentially toxic spices from Pakistan that can cause liver cancer

Southall-based company failed to do required checks on spices which can contain dangerous aflatoxins

Evening Standard

I got zero tolerance for my O for 0 typo at the car park

I proved I had paid on the app, but Ealing council insists I pay a fine or go to court

The Guardian - UK

Massive surge in parking fines 'due to better tech', says London council

Figures from Ealing Council show that revenue from parking fines has more than doubled in a year

Evening Standard

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Grenfell building firm criticised by inquiry handed contracts worth millions after fire

Rydon, lead contractor on the tower’s refurbishment, won deals from councils and the NHS despite pressure to ban it from bids

The Guardian - UK

Inside 'dumping ground' Travelodge that is home to some of London's most vulnerable

Some people are placed in the hotel for months at a time but regularly have to change rooms, causing further instability

Evening Standard

Southall raid uncovers illicit cigarettes, painkillers and erectile dysfunction drugs at west London shop

Ealing Council raid found illicit cigarettes and tablets in van outside Bally’s Express in Southall

Evening Standard

Ealing Council branded 'incompetent' as £65k of office equipment reported 'stolen or missing'

Leaked emails reveal that loss of equipment ‘leading to frustration and complaints from staff’

Evening Standard

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Ealing Council to close golf course and turn it into park for the community

A golf course in Ealing is to be closed and converted into a park as part of the council’s commitment to create 10 new parks in the borough.

Evening Standard

'Not fit for human habitation' — the families still languishing in Acton's unsafe shipping container estate

Temporary accommodation made from shipping containers has proved a dangerous place to house London’s most vulnerable — yet despite the pledges of Ealing Council to move residents out of the rotting estate, many people, including families, still remain...

Evening Standard

Overseas homeowner fined £1.2m for converting Ealing property into flats without planning permission

Ali Bahbahani continually broke planning rules and then refused to demolish unauthorised extensions at the property

Evening Standard

West London library closes after bedbugs found in returned books

It is the second library in the area to be shut due to bedbugs

Evening Standard

Library in west London shuts after staff spot bedbugs

Ealing Central Library was closed on Monday afternoon as is expected to reopen on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Bedbug outbreak spreads to London library as parents and children forced to leave immediately

Library-goers evacuated from building after insects were spotted

The Independent UK

Mother and son ‘living in squalid B&B for six months after seeking help escaping domestic violence

A mother who says she and her son have been left living in a “squalid” mice-infested B&B with no running hot water after a six-month housing ordeal is taking legal action against a London council.

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Mother’s terror as fire sparked by solar panels destroys council home

Tracey Adams was on the phone to her 13-year-old son Leo when smoke started to pour into their family home

Evening Standard

John Lewis under fire over affordable homes promise in mega Ealing development

The retailer said it would not make its 35% affordable homes target without additional funding

Wales Online

Boy, 5, taken to A&E 26 times in his life due to 'air pollution'

Max's mum Rosa Appleby Alis says a trip to Wales saw his breathing improve immeasurably

Evening Standard

Outer London’s worst asthma hotspots revealed as mother tells of impact on 5-year-old son

6 of the top 10 GP surgeries with the highest asthma rates were near polluted roads, according to Asthma + Lung UK

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Acton regeneration row: residents clash with developers and Ealing council over skyscrapers in the suburbs

A building boom is set to change the west London skyline. We speak to residents and would-be homeowners who worry they will be priced out by developers courting wealthy overseas investors

Evening Standard

Ealing Council scraps plans 26-storey tower at council HQ which would have created 477 homes

Council scraps approved plans for towers at council HQ over rising cost of building materials

Evening Standard

Outcry at Ealing Council plans to build on London skylark breeding ground

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has been urged to put a stop to the proposed development

The Independent UK

Mother and daughter ‘left homeless’ for more than ten years after council ‘fail to repair uninhabitable flat’

Exclusive: Council argue the flat is now habitable after ceiling was patched up and electrics repaired

Evening Standard

New homes near Tube stations: TfL is building 20,000 homes in London — here are five developments coming soon

Transport for London plans to build 20,000 homes on land it owns near major travel hubs over the next decade — find out where you could live to slash your journey times around the capital

Daily Record

Woman says town is now so posh she can't go to Sainsbury's in pyjamas anymore

Andzelika Lus says she hardly recognises South Acton as people sneer at anyone in a tracksuit.

The Independent UK

Ukrainians in UK forced to choose between homelessness and returning to war

Ukrainians living in the UK to escape Vladimir Putin’s war face a postcode lottery of support

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