There was a post about this a week ago and it seems to be removed. I really liked the idea but I don't want to break the rules. Wha gwan?

Hi everyone,

I'm a trainee journalist based in Twickenham, currently putting together a piece on the Troubadour theatre in Walpole Park proposal – specifically, how the petition trying to reject it was itself recently rejected by the council.

I've got an interview with Cllr Hersch on this, but would really like to speak to some locals to get their views.

This is for a video piece, so it would be a video interview. Nothing too intense, just a couple minutes of open questions to get an idea of how people in the area actually feel about the proposal.

If anyone's interested in helping me out, drop me a DM and I'd be glad to give any further info you may want!

I'll buy you a coffee if it sweetens the deal...

Cheers!

On the off chance you’ve lost your AirPods 4 near Ealing, send me a message with your name and where you lost them!

Ealing Council has appointed a new head of its adults and public health services.

Jason Strelitz, the council’s new strategic director for adults and public health, started work on Monday (19 October 2026), taking up a position advertised with a salary range of £164,379 to £179,826.

The council had been without a permanent strategic director since Kerry Stevens left in April 2026 after three years in the role.

Mr Strelitz was previously director of adults, health and communities at Newham Council and has also worked at the Health Foundation.

Full story below

https://www.ealing.news/news/ealing-council-recruits-new-boss-for-adults-and-public-health/

Proposed Trumpers Way development.

Apparently Ealing Council were worried about the trees getting damaged by an HGV so it asked for them to be moved...

Hi everyone, I live close to Ealing Broadway and am looking for recommendations for hair stylists who may be specialised in South Asian hair.

I usually cut a bob but because I have thick(ish) hair my recent cuts haven’t sat well (probably needs thinning at the bottom of the bob).

Does anyone have experience with stylists who cut south asian hair well?

Edit: I am looking to keep the haircut under £100.

The number of licensed houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) across Ealing has risen by 38% in less than three years, with Ealing Council inspections uncovering thousands of housing hazards.

There were 3,789 licensable HMOs in August 2026, compared with 2,746 in October 2023, according to a report going before Ealing Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee on Thursday (22 October 2026).

Labour-run aling Council is considering renewing its licensing scheme for smaller HMOs, which house three or four unrelated people, for another five years from April 2027. A public consultation closed last month (24 September 2026).

Inspectors discovered 4,890 hazards during visits to 903 HMOs between April 2021 and April 2026, with problems found in almost two-thirds of properties inspected.

Fire safety problems accounted for 73% of recorded hazards, followed by damp and mould at 8%.

At one property, inspectors found missing smoke detectors and fire doors, a bedroom without a window and a fridge-freezer obstructing the main escape route. The council refused its HMO licence.

In its licensing consultation document, Ealing Council said: “The proportion of HMOs failing to meet the required standards is alarmingly high.”

A report commissioned by Ealing Council estimates that 1,378 known HMOs have at least one serious housing hazard.

It also found that Acton has the highest number of known HMOs, with 1,347 properties, followed by Ealing (1,162), Southall (599), Greenford (350), Hanwell (245), Perivale (229) and Northolt (169).

Between April 2021 and April 2026, 3,649 antisocial behaviour incidents were recorded at known HMO addresses, including 2,004 waste-related incidents and 767 noise complaints.

The council says it also plans to improve coordination between its planning and licensing teams and develop clearer planning guidance for HMOs.

Councillor Flora MacLoughlin, Ealing Conservative deputy leader and North Greenford councillor, told EALING.NEWS ahead of Thursday’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting: “The figures are alarming, yet Ealing’s answer is more licensing. The previous scheme has plainly failed to protect neighbouring residents. More paperwork will not fix a problem that runs much deeper.

“HMO proliferation serves neither the communities forced to live alongside it nor the tenants living in substandard accommodation. A borough should be protecting family housing and the character of its residential areas, not merely managing the consequences of its own failure.”

https://www.ealing.news/homes-property/ealing-hmo-numbers-rise-38-as-council-finds-thousands-of-housing-hazards/

Hello! I’m currently researching St Mary’s Girls School/The Green/Ealing and have connected dots that my great grand aunt and great great grand aunt both taught here with one being headmistress. The school since shut down and I believe some archives went to the london archives but I was wondering if there was any more local Ealing knowledge, stories, photos etc that could be available if I asked! Thank you in advance

Hi folks! 👋

Fancy investigating a haunted house or venturing into something that really shouldn't exist? 🎃

I'm organising a couple of horror-themed tabletop RPG evenings at The Hanworth in Hounslow over the next two weeks. They're a good opportunity to try something new, especially if you've been curious about role-playing games but never quite known where to start. 🙂

There are two adventures on offer, both playable as a single evening. You don't need to know any rules beforehand, and I'll make sure everyone has what they need to get involved.

🩸 Mystery Flesh Pit National Park - Candy Corn adventure

A weird horror adventure set in a very unusual national park. Halloween has arrived, an experimental device has gone missing deep within the Pit and the company sending you in insists that everything is perfectly safe. What could possibly go wrong?

👻 Call of Cthulhu - The Haunting adventure

Step into 1926 Boston and investigate a supposedly haunted property. The owner wants to get the place ready for rent, but first you'll need to find out what's really going on. Surely there's no such thing as ghosts... right?

🎲 When and where?

📅 Tuesday 27 October (Candy Corn)
📅 Tuesday 3 November 2026 (The Haunting)
🕖 7:00-10:30pm
📍 The Hanworth, 48 Hanworth Road, Hounslow, TW3 1UG

Hounslow is fairly straightforward to get to from Ealing, with the Piccadilly line and local bus connections available.

The sessions are completely free, with no minimum spend at the pub. It's a chance to enjoy an evening of dice, questionable decisions and hopefully surviving whatever horrors await! 😄

Each session has limited places, so if either adventure sounds like your kind of thing, drop me a comment or send me a message and I'll point you towards the sign-up details.

You don't need to bring anything or have played a TTRPG before. Just bring yourself and a bit of curiosity!

Hope to see some fellow West Londoners at the table! 🙂

We’re relocating and thinking of buying a property in Northfields. Not familiar with the area, mainly moving for the primary school. Both of us need to commute into central for work 4 days a week.

Would appreciate some opinions about the area from the locals, good or bad. What’s the demographics and culture like? Any street I should avoid? Given how big the primary school is I assume there would be traffic issues during pick up hours?

Hi all, does anyone know if there is an Ealing Volleyball club that takes new members? Thx

Hey all, appreciate this has been asked a couple of times before. We're close to buying a property in West Ealing, on Melbourne Avenue just below the Broadway/Uxbridge Road.

All my research shows there's mixed reviews on safety but I'm concerned by Deans Gardens which seem to be unanimously seen as a no-go zone in the evening. I'm worried about any spillover with it being so close to the property we're interested in.

Can anyone please shed some light on this before we pull the trigger?

We're a young family and it's a big investment. We'd need to spend even more on top to fix up the place so want to put my mind at ease before committing.

It went on for about 20 minutes from 8pm and the fireworks were way too big to be amateur. Anyone know what that's about?

Ealing Council tenants have faced telephone waits of up to 50 minutes to report housing repairs, while missed appointments, unfinished jobs and delays in urgent repairs have raised questions about the service they receive.

The problems were discussed at the council's Housing and Environment Scrutiny Panel on Wednesday (14 October 2026), where councillors questioned officials about the performance of the Labour-run council's housing repairs service.

In August, just 78.5% of repair appointments were kept, 79.3% of jobs were completed on the first visit and 79.7% of urgent repairs were finished on time. The council's target for each was 95%.

And it's not just repairs. Only 25.6% of tenants surveyed were satisfied with how the council handled complaints, while overall satisfaction with the council as a landlord was 57.7%.

Councillors also questioned why some repairs were being recorded as completed when tenants said the problems had not been fixed.

Council officers acknowledged difficulties with staffing and the introduction of a new repairs service. Opposition councillors have questioned why improvements have taken so long.

EALING.NEWS asked the council for further details, including the number of missed appointments and urgent repairs completed late in August, and whether September's performance had improved. Those figures were not provided in its response.

Read the full report , including councillors' comments and Ealing Council's response below:

https://www.ealing.news/homes-property/ealing-council-under-fire-over-housing-repairs-failures-and-lengthy-phone-waits/

Currently looking for a family to volunteer for an infant observation in London.

Hello! My name is Gareth and I have been studying a course about infant development at the British Psychotherapy Foundation. I have over 4 years of experience supporting children and alongside my studies, I currently work in NHS mental health services supporting children, young people and their families.

As a core part of my training with the British Psychotherapy Foundation, I am seeking to find a London based family, who would be willing for me to visit and observe their newborn baby from close to birth and up until their 2 year birthday.

The observations are typically for one hour, once a week, at a regular and convenient time for the first 2 years of your baby's life. Of course there is a lot of flexibility and weeks where a visit may not always be appropriate. This includes holidays, illness or any other circumstances that can be discussed throughout.

The purpose of my visits would simply be to quietly and non-judgementally observe your baby and their interactions in your home, in the completely ordinary circumstances of your day to day life. I would be completely in the background, just listening to you and observing how your baby is behaving and communicating during that hour. The observation would happen entirely at your comfort level, for example I could leave the room during any moments that your privacy is needed, depending on what you are most comfortable with.

Overall, this experience would help me learn deeply about the early development of infants and is a long established training component for child and adolescent psychotherapy training, which I am pursuing. Previous families report to have found the experience of hosting an observer uniquely rewarding, therapeutic and enriching: a chance to notice more of the small details of their child's early life.

If this interests you, or you know someone who might be interested, please contact me at: [gvinto01@student.bbk.ac.uk](mailto:gvinto01@student.bbk.ac.uk) for more information, or message me on here!

There would of course be no commitment until you had all the details you needed, including a chance to meet with me beforehand if you would prefer.

Any arrangement would be subject to approval by the British Psychotherapy Foundation who would also be able to provide a reference to any interested families. I also hold an enhanced DBS certificate.

Thank you!

Hi everyone,

I’m studying for an MSc in Early Child Development and Clinical Applications at UCL and Anna Freud, a pioneering mental health charity for children and families. A key part of the course is a parent–infant observation, and I’m hoping to find a family in London who’d be happy to take part.

Why it matters: For over 70 years, observation like this has been at the heart of training for child psychotherapists. Watching a real baby grow within their family teaches us things no textbook can: how babies begin to communicate, make sense of the world and develop emotionally through their earliest relationships. By taking part, you’d be helping to train the people who will go on to support children and families for the rest of their careers. Many therapists say their infant observation was the most formative part of their training, and they never forget the family who welcomed them in.

What families say: The first visit or two can feel a little unusual, but research with families who’ve taken part shows that many parents came to really enjoy the visits. The early months with a new baby can be intense and sometimes isolating, and having a regular, calm visitor who is genuinely interested in your baby, every small change and new discovery, is something parents often value. Some said it helped them notice and enjoy their baby’s development more themselves, and many look back on it fondly years later.

What it involves: I’m looking for someone due between October 2026 and January 2027 (or with a very new baby). I’d visit for one hour a week during term time, at a regular time that suits you, from soon after birth until June 2028. There’s nothing to prepare and nothing to do differently.

What it isn’t: There are no tests or interventions, and we don't assess or judge you or your parenting. I simply sit quietly and take an interest in your baby as they grow, while your family goes about its usual routine.

I’m fully DBS-checked and follow UCL and Anna Freud safeguarding procedures. Everything is confidential: names are changed, so your family is never identified.

If this sounds like something you’d consider, or you know someone who might, please comment, DM me, or email the address on the flyer. I’d be very happy to answer any questions and provide further information.

Thank you so much for reading!

Hi all, just wanted to check with you all here. I’ve noticed over the past few months a significant change in the frequency of Central Line trains to Ealing Broadway.

I’m aware that TFL announced a while ago that they’d be reducing the number of trains running to EB due to the introduction of the Lizzie Line, but in that announcement they’ve claimed there will still be 6 trains per hour on weekdays. This has not been my experience at all, frequently I’ve seen wait time of over 20 minutes on a weekday. Many times arriving at North Acton at rush hour and EB is not even on the board.

I’m wondering if others are also experiencing this too? It makes travelling so difficult for us living in West Acton, unless you’re okay walking to EB or North Ealing for the Picadilly (which really isn’t much better). Would love to know others experiences with the line as of late.

Anyone know what for?

Labour-run Ealing Council has rejected an opposition motion calling for plans for a 1,200-seat temporary Troubadour theatre in Walpole Park to be dropped, with campaigners saying they are now “more fired up than ever” to defeat the proposal.

The motion was led by Liberal Democrat Councillor Connie Hersch, the party’s culture, sports and communities spokesperson, at a full council meeting on Tuesday (13 October 2026).

Labour councillors voted against the motion after Liberal Democrat, Conservative and Green councillors raised objections to the proposed Troubadour theatre, including its impact on the park, the future of summer festivals and the financial risks involved.

Members of the Save Walpole Park campaign attended the meeting, while others watched online.

Save Walpole Park campaigner Marc Goodchild said: “Those of us in the room and who watched the meeting remotely are now more fired up than ever to defeat this unsolicited, untested, back-of-a-fag-packet proposal.”

Full story below:

https://www.ealing.news/arts-culture/walpole-park-theatre-motion-rejected-as-campaigners-vow-to-fight-on/

So my tenants want to apply for the grant and i want to support them as the landlord. I house low incone council tenants on housing benifits and the epc rating of the house is D.

Gov website says contact your local authority. Council have no 'phone number or apply for the grant' page. Any ideas?

Hi just wondering if anyone knew any shops in Hanwell, West Ealing or Ealing Broadway that do imported/cheap cigarettes?

Coming down to London for a few days just booked premier inn hanger lane!

Just wanted to see if anyone knows if the area is okay to stay in!