What happened in Chiswick during September 2004

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Route of 'Acton by-pass' revealed
Chiswick diversion for traffic in TfL's revised tram plans

Farce ensues over 'stealth' road works
Even Council weren't told about Chiswick High Road closure plans

Tamzin two-faced in Chiswick
Local business park is location for new TV drama series

Finding Private Browning
Solving one of the mysteries of the Chiswick V2

Tram consultation ending soon
'Shambolic' exercise drawing to a close on 6th October

Investigation launched into unfair parking tickets
Boroughs to be prevented from using motorists as cash cows

Low ranking for Hounslow Council web site
Study reports high number of errors and poor accessibility

Tram to divert traffic from Uxbridge Road to A4
New TfL plans to route 20,000 cars down Askew Road and through Chiswick

Campaigners aim to save local hospital
Petition organised to stop closure of Chiswick Lodge

Chiswick tennis courts work starting soon
Construction to begin in October for completion next year

Chiswick Post newspaper folds
Owners say lack of support from local businesses caused closure

Chiswick hosts sought for youth volunteers
Families asked to provide room to help VSO project

Industrial action hits West London trams
John Grigg on the 1909 London United Tramways strike

Hounslow worst London Borough for traffic noise
Mapping project shows decibel level for every London home

Innovative service introduced for new Chiswick parents
Pixies of Fauconberg Road launch 'Baby Talk' advisory service

Voluntary groups raise concern about parks strategy
Friends of Dukes Meadows and Havard Hill say priorities wrong

Call for rate rebates for tram affected businesses
Local Tories claim local traders totally opposed to scheme

Mayor breaks promise on public transport fares
Above inflation increases in bus and tube fares to be announced

Green-Works Goes West
Scheme for recycling office furniture comes to this area

Mayor blasted as 'propaganda' bill balloons
Shunned by advertisers, cost of 'The Londoner' soars to £3.5 million

Crowds flock to the Great River Race and Swim
Chiswick Pier packed to watch annual Thames event

Local man takes on Mount Everest
Cameron Jackson takes up challenge for Whizz-Kidz charity

Large crowd attends unveiling of V2 memorial
Jim Lawes revisits Staveley Road sixty years after the attack

Chiswick pub makes Michelin guide
The Bollo recognised as one of top gastro-pubs in the UK

Chiswick identified as pollution hot spot
High Road in the capital's top twenty for worst air quality

Noel Gallagher laments friendless days in Chiswick
Oasis star preferred the company of strangers in Camden

Council likely to reject Tesco superstore plan
Future of Hammersmith UCG cinema site remains uncertain

Valuable works of art stolen from Devonshire Terrace
Restoration business's local storage facility raided

Public Enquiry into Gunnersbury Tower Block plans
Proposal to be considered starting on 14th September

Gary Malcolm to be Lib Dem candidate
Local councillor selected to contest Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush

Attention all E Class Merc Owners!
Local gang suspected of stealing 29 cars in 5 weeks

Chiswick's watercolour experts feature in new book
Royal Watercolour Society marks 200 years with some of their finest artists

Acid attack on man in South Acton
Witnesses sought to incident in alley near Barrington Court

Ealing Police issue bogus caller warning
Elderly and vulnerable targeted by tricksters

Meads fail to convince
Greenland Cup - Old Meadonians 3 Old Harrovians 1

Death and destruction on Staveley Road
First V2 rocket attack on the UK to be commemorated 60 years on

Claire Goose talks Chiswick
Local actress on plans for the future and what she loves about W4

New Head Teacher for Cavendish School
Anne - Marie Inwood joins Chiswick's "Best Kept Secret"

ArtsEd old girl becomes pole dancer
Jemma Walker to be Albert Square's latest tart with a heart

Local mail service delivering improved performance
Bright spot in disastrous national numbers for the Royal Mail

Local lady to climb Kilimanjaro
Every penny raised going to UNICEF's Darfur relief fund

Complacent Meads come a cropper
Greenland Cup - Old Meadonians 0 Nottsborough 6

Who's that knocking at my door?
Ealing Police provide advice to protect you from bogus callers

Abandoned cars to be cleared within 72 hours
Ealing Council trial new scheme this month

Meads progressing nicely
Greenland Cup - Old Hamptonians 0 Old Meadonians 3

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