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Alan Hayes

Alan Hayes

Last chance for Stones tickets

GOING, going, gone. Stones fans have just hours to get tickets for tomorrow's big match.Read

Sine Nomine sing this weekend

Sine Nomine Singers spring into action this weekend at St Lawrence Church, Eastcote.Read

Young Olympians of the biological games

YOUNG biologists at ACS Hillingdon put in plenty of training for the mental athletics of the British Biology Olympiad. Read

Free prostate cancer screening

Men are being offered a free prostate cancer test by BMI Bishops Wood Hospital in Northwood, to mark prostate cancer awareness month.Read

Have you seen missing Mittens?

THE gloves are off in the search for Vickie Stewart's lost cat.Read

Friday night charity fun at the Water's Edge

FANCY a Friday night with a difference? Then get down to The Water's Edge restaurant in Packet Boat Lane, Cowley on Friday (March 2) for a charity fundraiser - with the emphasis on fun.Read

Man killed by stolen car after police chase

A MAN aged 70 died in a collision involving a stolen car in Hayes last night (Tuesday).Read

At the end of the day it's about extras

EVER wanted to follow in the footsteps of Ricky Gervais and Ashley Jensen and become an extra?Read

All you need to know about apprenticeships - over breakfast

APPRENTICES and how they can benefit local businesses will be the subject of a breakfast meeting on Thursday, February 9.Read

Dogs Trust makes a great trip - just be wary of those sad eyes

Pictures are from last August's Harefield Dogs Trust fete.Read

Hedgehog cruelty case delayed

AN ICKENHAM woman charged with causing unnecessary suffering to her pet hedgehogs has had her case adjourned.Read

Media reports suggest possible RAF Northolt sale

A report in this morning's (Thursday, January 26) Guardian says the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is considering selling RAF Northolt.Read

Bm@il: The 21st century nit nurse gets a head start on the problem

I’VE just been reading the startling news that nit nurses could be making a return to schools. Well, in Denbighshire anyway. Maybe Hillingdon and others will follow suit.Read

Media reports say dead woman from Harmondsworth

REPORTS in the media today (Wednesday) say the woman killed in the stampede at Johannesburg University was from Harmondsworth.Read

Boris: "HS2 fight has only just begun"

BORIS Johnson visited Hillingdon today (Wednesday) on a whistle-stop tour of the borough.Read

A litter left like rubbish

RSPCA Hillingdon, Slough, Windsor, Kingston and District branch has seen a huge number of unwanted puppies lately.Read

I'm resolved to make fewer resolutions, more revelations

I AM fed up making new year resolutions each year that just get broken so this year I’m ditching the ‘give up eating cake’, ‘lose two stone’, ‘visit the gym’ type resolutions and instead I’m going to just try and get out and about a bit more.Read

Upcoming blood donation sessions

ANYONE due to donate blood in January who is looking for a session can try one of the following: St Mary's Church Hall in High Street, Harefield on Wednesday, January 18 from 12:45-3:30pm and 5-7.30pm, or Botwell parish social centre in Botwell Lane, Hayes, from 12.45-3pm and 4.30-7.30pm on January 19.Appointments can be made at www.blood.co.uk.Read

Man due in court in connection with Benbow Waye incident

A MAN will appear in court today (Monday, January 9) following a collision in Cowley High Road on Thursday afternoon last week that left a five-year-old in a critical condition in hospital.Read

'No milk today'. M&S runs out of the white stuff

MARKS and Spencer has apologised for running out of milk.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.