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Uxbridge Gazette reporter James Cracknell

James Cracknell

Hillingdon Mayor opens Eastcote children's centre

PARENTS and tots found plenty to entertain them at the official opening of a new children’s centre in Eastcote.Read

Judge allows riot offender to finish uni

TWO young men who admitted handling stolen goods during the August riots have walked free despite being given jail terms.Read

Last Polish Battle of Britain hero dies, 97

THE last-surviving Polish Battle of Britain pilot, who was twice based at RAF Northolt, has died at the age of 97.Read

Council hopes for Iceland refund

HILLINGDON Council’s leader says ‘almost all’ of the money the authority lost in the Icelandic bank collapse will be recovered.Read

MPs back HS2 despite damning criticism

THE Transport Select Committee (TSC) this week gave the government's £32billion High Speed Two (HS2) project its backing, despite a series of damning criticisms.Read

Council gets a mixed response to boundary review

HILLINGDON Council has given a mixed response to moves by the Boundary Commission to redraw constituency borders in the borough.Read

Hillingdon enjoys safe Bonfire Night

BONFIRE Night in Hillingdon passed without major incident although London Fire Brigade said plenty of emergency calls kept it busy.Read

Met Line service cuts will lead to longer waits

METROPOLITAN line commuters in Hillingdon will wait longer for their rush hour trains after London Underground bosses agreed to cut services on the Uxbridge branch.Read

Looking back on 200 years of Ruislip Lido

In November 1811 a new reservoir to feed the Grand Union Canal neared completion. Two centuries later and the lake now known as Ruislip Lido is famous for a lot more besides. James Cracknell looks at its history.Read

Questions for water company after blaze

VEOLIA Water has been forced to explain why a family home in Ruislip was left burning for so long before fire crews found a usable hydrant to tackle it.Read

Pinner arms dealer begs judge not to extradite him to US

A BUSINESSMAN wanted by the US government on suspicion of smuggling weapons begged a judge ‘don’t tear me away from my family’ during his extradition hearing.Read

Fire guts Ruislip house

A MAJOR fire gutted a house in Ruislip last night (Tuesday), but no one is thought to have been injured.Read

Eastcote residents angry over hockey pitch

EASTCOTE Hockey Club has been unable to quell a torrent of anger from residents over its bid to build a second artificial pitch on Kings College Playing Fields.Read

Family fly in for birthday of Eastcote great great gran

SHE’S the last surviving of 13 siblings and has recently become a great great grandmother.Read

Hillingdon Voluntary Services chief picks up MBE

THE chief executive of Hillingdon Association of Voluntary Services (HAVS) Ted Hill has received his MBE medal from The Princess Royal in a ceremony at Windsor Castle.Read

Flats built in the wrong place will remain

A BLOCK of flats that developers began to build in the wrong place will be allowed to continue, after Hillingdon Council gave its approval.Read

'I'll make a rational decision on HS2' says Greening

NEW government transport boss Justine Greening has given HS2 campaigners hope after she said she would make a "rational" decision on whether the project goes ahead.Read

Southern Cross care homes to get new management

FOUR Hillingdon care homes run by the failed operator Southern Cross PLC will be under new management by November 1.Read

Ruislip sisters become grandparents within 24 hours of each other

TWO sisters from Ruislip celebrated the birth of their grandchildren within 24 hours of each other.Read

Children's authors offer tips at Haydon School

CHILDREN’S authors Kevin Brooks and Colin Burgess had no trouble holding pupils’ attention when they addressed an assembly at Haydon School.Read

Author Profile

James Cracknell joined the Uxbridge Gazette in March 2010 as a senior journalist covering Ruislip and Eastcote, having previously worked on a newspaper in Warwickshire. He has led the Gazette's coverage of HS2, the proposed high-speed railway which has drawn big opposition in Hillingdon.