September 2008 Archives

Free advice for older people on keeping fit, eating well and managing health, housing and financial worries will be available to allcomers at an annual Kensington and Chelsea fair.

Shocked onlookers watched as a manhole collapsed under the weight of a lorry in Holland Park.

A lorry was turning in Holland Park Avenue when its front wheel burst through an electricity manhole cover in the road, at around 11.50am yesterday.

Air conditioned tube trains which will run on the Hammersmith and City Line have been unveiled.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson joined Transport Commissioner Peter Hendy today to unveil the new air conditioned carriages that will serve the Metropolitan line from 2010 and the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines from 2011.

Mighty oaks in Holland Park have been uprooted in a huge operation to ensure their future.

Workers at Kensington's central park helped scoop 13 red oak trees out of the soil by the playing fields. The trees, which were given to the park by a mystery member of the Friends of Holland Park, are being moved to help them grow to full maturity.

They had been planted in a row but had grown too close together.

Looking to get your kids involved during October half term.... Westway Sports Centre has an exciting half-term programme from 27th October - 31st October. A wide range of activities from Climbing, Football, Tennis, Handball Fives to Archery...

So book your sessions now....

A bus garage has been targeted by vandals.

On Saturday night, 11 buses at Westbourne Park Bus Garage in Great Western Road, North Kensington, were sprayed with graffiti.

The haunting prose of the world's best poets has arrived at a Chelsea park.

Cremorne Gardens in Lots Road, Chelsea, has just benefited from a fresh delivery of library books to be read in the garden's 'poetry chair' which lies under an arbor looking out onto the Thames.

Together with Avondale Park in Sirdar Road, Notting Hill, park fans can now enjoy a relaxing read while enjoying the wilds of the Royal Borough.

Bestselling historians are headed for Kensington & Chelsea Central Library tomorrow to share their views on the nation's greatest monarch.

Hospital staff will take part in race to raise money for charity.

This Sunday, workers from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in Fulham Road will run and cycle around Richmond Park to raise cash for the Chelsea and Westminster Health Charity.

Attention style sirens!

London Fashion Weekend is fast approaching and promises to be the biggest and most exciting season to date.

The event, taking place from Wednesday, September 24, until Sunday, September 28, at the Natural History Museum, will see many high profile designers attending such as Lola Rose, Wilbur & Gussie, Alison Van der Lande and Frostfrench and Beatrix Ong, as well as some news names confirmed for this season including Ally Cappelino, Rosemary Twang and Goat, to name a few.