December 2008 Archives

A Chelsea footballer visited children in hospital over Christmas.

Midfielder Joe Cole met cystic fibrosis sufferer Luke Phair and other young people at the Royal Brompton Hospital, in Sydney Street, Chelsea.

More than 50 flats in North Kensington were evacuated at 9pm on Sunday after a gas leak.

Occupants of Block B on the Peabody Trust Estate in Dalgarno Way spent two-a-half hours in their community centre while National Grid workers capped a leaking pipe outside their homes.

A carol concert organised by the mayor of Kensington and Chelsea raised around £20,000 for the MS Trust.

The event, held in the Carmelite church in Kensington Church Street on Monday, December 15, attracted a host of celebrity faces - including MP Malcolm Rifkind and designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen - and hundreds of Royal Borough residents.

There will be a public meeting on January 7 about a proposed development of flats and offices on the Goldhawk Industrial Estate in Hammersmith.

People living near the site at the north end of Brackenbury Road are worried about the appearance of the new buildings and the impact on parking and congestion.

A buddy scheme in Notting Hill for youngsters learning to work with disabled people has been branded a success.

Kensington and Chelsea Council announced yesterday they are making the 'buddy' scheme at the Lancaster Youth Centre, Lancaster Road, a permanent fixture.

Alcohol-fuelled injuries in Kensington and Chelsea have rocketed by more 20 per cent in just three years.

Ambulance staff dealt with 61,624 alcohol-related incidents across London up to March 2008, a rise of 11 per cent on the previous year.

A choral concert with singers from Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in West Kensington will take place on Wednesday night.

The concert will begin at 7.30pm and take place at St James's Church in Spanish Place, West End.

A 46-year-old man has been arrested and bailed following allegations of indecent exposure made to police last Friday.

The incident is suspected to have happened on World's End Estate, King's Road, Chelsea, and the man was questioned in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Changes to the proposed designs for the Chelsea Barracks site will be revealed at two public exhibitions.

Developer Project Blue will put on two displays of the proposals at the State Apartments of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, in Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea - one on Wednesday, December 10 from 6pm-9pm; the second on Saturday, December 13 from 9.30am-12.30pm.