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Alan Hayes

Alan Hayes

Man cut from vehicle in Uxbridge crash

FIREFIGHTERS had to cut the driver of a car from his vehicle after a crash at the junction of St John's Road and Riverside Way, Uxbridge, this afternoon.Read

'Very good' turnout as referendum nears end

YOU have just hours left to vote in the Heathrow Airport referendum.Read

High winds take toll for second night running

FOR the second night in a row the high wind has caused damage.Read

Wall crashes on to pavement

A section of wall has crashed on to a pavement in a a road used heavily by Brunel University students.Read

'Douay Martyrs' pupil badly hurt in jump on to A40 in Hillingdon

POLICE say a schoolboy has been badly injured after jumping on to the A40 close to Hillingdon station.Read

Fire at Uxbridge College

FIREFIGHTERS battled a blaze at Uxbridge College in Park Road on Tuesday afternoon.Read

Open house at Ruislip Royal British Legion

THE Royal British Legion building will be open to all comers this weekend as part of a 'getting to know you exercise'.Read

Joan's a jeans genius at The Chimes

OUR angels in blue jeans who won the Gazette and Chimes shopping centre Jean Genie competition.Read

Missing Matthew Maskelyne is found

A man who went missing from an Uxbridge treatment centre on Mother’s Day has turned up.Read

Video: Brave pair take to freezing pool to open swimming season

Ron Rider of The Greenway, Uxbridge, and Michael Hawkins of Maple Cross, were joint winners of The Fustin Cup for the first swimmers to complete a length in the new season of Uxbridge Lido.Read

Brave pair take to freezing pool to open swimming season

Ron Rider of The Greenway, Uxbridge, and Michael Hawkins of Maple Cross, were joint winners of The Fustin Cup for the first swimmers to complete a length in the new season of Uxbridge Lido.Read

Pure jean-i-us!

CONGRATULATIONS to Joan Parker of Hayes, who correctly answered our Chimes/Jean Genie competition question and was first out of the hat.Read

Driver unhurt in dramatic Ruislip High Street crash

A WOMAN in her 60s was unhurt in a crash in Ruislip High Street last night at about 5.40pm.Read

Church members build tomb indoors to mark Easter

CHURCHGOERS at Ruislip Manor Methodist Church celebrated Easter with an indoor garden. Read

Ex-Hayes schoolboy Greg Dyke gets top job at FA

Former BBC director general Greg Dyke is set to become the new chairman of the Football Association.Read

Concern grows for man missing from Uxbridge

THE wife of a man who went missing from an Uxbridge treatment centre on Mother's Day is growing increasingly worried.Read

Women! Win a Jean Genie makeover and £100 at The Chimes

JEAN Genie, Billy JEAN, My JEAN-eration they don't write them like that any more.Read

Salon staff raise smiles and cash for Comic Relief

TALK about making a big impression. First Impressions salon in Eastcote went Red Nose Day nutty on Friday last week to raise cash for Comic Relief.Read

M&S Uxbridge to be refurbished again

MARKS and Spencer in Uxbridge is to be refurbished again - the second time in three years.Read

Rabbi worth his weight in gold

THE delight at surprising someone with the news they have been nominated for a Local Heroes award does not diminish year on year.Read

Author Profile

I have been a journalist since 1988, completing my training in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and since 1999 I have lived and worked here in the borough of Hillingdon, with a short stint in Surrey. I have been a sub-editor, production editor and content editor, and now work with the excellent team producing the Uxbridge Gazette and Leader each week from our offices in Bakers Road, Uxbridge. I am a member of Middlesex County Cricket Club.