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Recommendation for a chimney sweep

We need to get our single chimney swept after using it a fair bit last winter. Can anyone recommend someone?

Andrew Tierney ● 5455d3 Comments ● 5454d

Immigration is definitely not under control.

Official figures state that 259,000 people came into our country last year.This is how they worked it out!600,000 came in-less 350,000 UK residents who have migrated to other countries that leaves the 250,000 approximated migrants. We were promised so much more, this cannot be allowed to continue we are barely keeping our heads above water we do not have adequate social housing,jobs,schools,hospital beds or Doctors for us at the moment how are we expected to absorb this yearly deluge.The government should ignore the dictates of the EU and start to carry out the promises made to us take back our powers then do what is best for the UK that is halting migration to our lands. We are after all only an Island which cannot afford to keep our borders wide open any longer.  

Dawn Hardy ● 5455d5 Comments ● 5454d

Hounslow recycling, Wednesday

The Council tells me they expect to do Wednesday's collections as usual, though they may not be at the regular time.

Susan Kelly ● 5454d0 Comments ● 5454d

Chris Huhne to give 1 Billion Pounds to African Countries to Aid the fight of  Climate Change

This guy shrugs his shoulder's when asked about our Electric and Gas Bills going up by 18% this year, says he is sorry but there is nothing he can do. Well actually yes there is put this 1 Billion to good use in our own environment. South Africa for instance is the most economically advanced country in Africa also has a better economy than we do,last year their economy grew by 2.8% whilst ours grew by just 1.8%.This money is supposedly to improve access to low carbon energy in 7000 rural households also allow 1.2 Million small farmers to use climate-resilient agriculture practices, no disrespect intended but the poor people in these countries are still living in brick-mud houses they do not know what running water and electricity is they have never had the luxury. This is worse than Gordon Brown giving Vietnam 15 Million Pounds for toilets, once again the politicos will get richer and those poor people will continue to die. We already distribute 12.5 Billion in aid to countries all around the world. Do the people who are in really dire straits receive it,shamefully they do not!Incidentally our Carbon Emission is running below 2% and yet each household contributes at least £750.00 per year toward climate change, nature will do it's job much better if countries such as China,India,USA also Russia would be more in control of their emission programmes.

Dawn Hardy ● 5455d0 Comments ● 5455d

Charity should begin at home, so why are we paying 18.5 Billion Pounds to Europe yearly!

What is going on in our Political Sphere I thought that David Cameron would hold good to his Election promises alas I am greatly disappointed the coalition is not working why! because Nick Clegg has already booked his seat on the European Council, in 2 interviews since Sunday last I have heard from Mr.Alexander who stated Lib Dems had come to a conclusion on how he would be doing his job and then this morning Mr.Clegg stated on the proposed 1 Billion for youth employment plans that he and his team had made this "Good Deed" possible he did not mention as a Government they had made this decision. Coalition in my book means that you work together not work for yourselves toward the next election.However I digress what do we actually get out of Europe nothing as far as I am concerned and why on earth has Mr.Cameron just signed away another 2% Budget Increase for the European Commision next year, here we are fighting to eat well on a daily basis and our hard earned money is being continually taken by Europe who if they had their way would corral us into actually giving up our sovereignty.Start showing us that you are really looking out for us or by golly you will definately lose the next General Election, I can see UKIP having a really good return.

Dawn Hardy ● 5457d6 Comments ● 5455d

Thanksgiving Day - a Happy one to our American forum members!

We have been made honorary Americans for the day by an American friend and given a cardboard cut out Turkey to decorate with stickers.  Hope you all have a lovely day!:-)

Sarah Felstead ● 5458d3 Comments ● 5457d

St Paul's Christmas fayre (Sat 26th Nov)

There is a Fayre down at st Paul's School I've just been informed.Will be open between 12-4PM. Various stalls including bespoke European Breads and lots of cup cakes as well as nearly new sale and hand made gifts.

Steve Allum ● 5457d0 Comments ● 5457d

Like you I am awaiting the collapse of the EU- Merkcozy said it would if Italy reached 7% on Bonds

Well it obviously is not going to happen today and the Italian 2 year Government Bonds rises above 8%.Also the Italian 5 year Bond Yield has hit a Euro Era High of 7.859% the actual World Wide Markets have become bored with doom and gloom projection from Ms.Merkel and Mr.Sarkozy the wonderous dynamic duo, did they not show it by not buying Germany's bonds the other day when the \Commerzbank had step in and buy 39% of the stock.Oh Dear are we losing jst a little bit of respect from those who count.

Dawn Hardy ● 5457d1 Comments ● 5457d

US President George W Bush and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair guilty of committing crimes

The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal found the former heads of state guilty after a four-day hearing. A seven-member panel chaired by former Malaysian Federal Court judge Abdul Kadir Sulaiman presided over the trial. The five panel tribunal unanimously decided that the former US and British leaders had committed crimes against peace and humanity, and also violated international law when they ordered the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. The prosecutors at the hearing ruled that the invasion of Iraq was a flagrant abuse of law, and act of aggression which amounted to a mass murder of the Iraqi people. “Bush and Blair are found guilty under the same law that applied to the Nazis after the end of the World War II. So, they are international (war) criminals guilty of Nuremberg crimes against peace; and they should be prosecuted by any state in the world that gets a hold of them. We will continue our efforts to bring Bush and Blair to justice and put them in jail,” Francis Boyle, an international law expert and prosecutor, told Press TV. The judges in the verdict said that that the United States, under the leadership of Bush, forged documents to claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Bush and Blair were tried in absentia by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal at the end of the hearing. The participants also demanded that the findings of the tribunal be made available to members of the Rome Statute and that the names of the two former officials be entered in the register of war criminals. “There is also a recommendation that this (the findings) be circulated to the states because all states have universal jurisdiction. Therefore, whenever Bush or Blair appear within their shores there is an obligation on the international law to commit these international war criminals through the justice system,” Gurdial Singh Nijar, a prosecutor, told Press TV. Lawyers and human rights activists in Malaysia have described the verdict issued by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal against Bush and Blair as “a landmark decision.” They say that they would lobby the International Criminal Court to charge the pair for war crimes. The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal is scheduled to hold a separate hearing next year on charges of torture linked to the Iraq war against former US officials including ex-Vice President Dick Cheney, former Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld and ex-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

Philip Walsh ● 5458d13 Comments ● 5457d

Food Waste Roadshow

Go on do tell - which of your Councillors are brave enough to enter Ready Steady Cook?

Philippa Bond ● 5459d3 Comments ● 5457d

Sing along

Is the Brewery Tap in Brentford the last pub in Londonwith a Piano and sing along on a Saturday night or are thereany others ?

Richard Nash ● 5462d6 Comments ● 5458d

Calling all wannabe actors, singers and dancers!

We are putting on a play in March 2012 for the Isleworth (and surrounding areas) community. We are aiming to get a cast of up to 100 people to join in and become part of an exciting event to express and celebrate the community. Interested? Come along next Saturday 10-12. More details here: isleworthplay.tumblr.comThe play is called Beautiful Dreamer, with an original score and vibrant script, it is about the childhood of a lifelong Isleworth resident. Set in the 1930's, it is a time as remarkable for its economic challenges as for its technical innovations.With many characters of all ages and genders, the story is told through dramatic scores, songs and dance. Rehersals will be in St Johns Community Centre, St Johns Road, Isleworth.We would love you to come along and join in. You can take a role as part of the cast, backstage, making the set or costumes, helping us to get publicity and more. No prior experience needed - just the willingness to join in and commit to a number of rehersals from January to March.We need YOU! Find out more at isleworthplay.tumblr.com

Helen Trim ● 5463d2 Comments ● 5459d

KEELE RESEARCHERS HIT INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES

Research by a team from the School of Pharmacy, the Department of Psychiatry and the Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences, commissioned by the Government's Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to investigate trends in schizophrenia, has been widely reported in the national and international media.  The ACMD wanted to ascertain whether the rate of schizophrenia in the UK had changed in recent years, possibly due to cannabis use. A recent systematic review concluded that cannabis use increases risk of psychotic outcomes independently of confounding and transient intoxication effects. Furthermore, a model of the association between cannabis use and schizophrenia indicated that the incidence and prevalence of schizophrenia would increase from 1990 onwards.The Keele paper investigates whether this has occurred in the UK by examining trends in the annual prevalence and incidence of schizophrenia and psychoses, as measured by diagnosed cases from 1996 to 2005. The study cohort comprised almost 600,000 patients each year, representing approximately 2.3% of the UK population, aged 16 to 44. Between 1996 and 2005 the incidence and prevalence of schizophrenia and psychoses were either stable or declining. Explanations other than a genuine stability or decline were considered, but appeared less plausible. In conclusion, the study, by Dr Martin Frisher, Professor Ilana Crome, Orsolina Martino and Professor Peter Croft, did not find any evidence of increasing schizophrenia or psychoses in the general population from 1996 to 2005.Gee does this mean all those reports in the Daily Mail, The Standard And telegraph are false or at least overstated YES IT DOES!!!

Philip Walsh ● 5459d0 Comments ● 5459d

Volunteers Needed for Christmas Market

It's the Italian Market and Christmas Lights event in Market Place next Friday and Saturday.  This event is going to be fantastic with live music, Santa's Grotto, Food and Drink, Various Stalls, Fire Dancers etc, etc.  We are looking for some volunteers to help set up on Friday morning, steward the event and take down on Saturday evening.  Please come and help if you have some time to spare. Julia Quilliam 020 8847 4737

Julia Quilliam ● 5471d9 Comments ● 5460d

FREE - Sony Super Trinitron 26" TV

Sony Super Trinitron 26" TVPM me - it just needs collecting (don't want to dump it)

Ian Silver ● 5462d2 Comments ● 5460d

Financial Transaction Tax alias the "Tobin Tax" to be implemented by the Dynamic Duo?

In 1984 Sweden introduced a version of the Tobin Tax whereby tax of 0.5% was levied on the buying and selling of shares,the impact on Market Trading was dramatic the volume of Bond Trading fell by 85% in 1991 Sweden scrapped the tax.We are still the best market in the world and imposing this tax will mean that traders will go elsewhere obviously Nicolas Sarkozy hopes that it will remove to France, the big question that should be asked is where if this tax is implemented will the money end up not in our treasury of course.Compared to Europe we are in good shape, yes we are having a bad time however our bond yield is the lowest running at 2.16% compared to the rest of Europe, we still maintain the best bet for markets.What is frightening is that Angela Merkel & Nicolas Sarkozy want to introduce within the next year Legal Powers over Countries National Budgets, we cannot permit others to dictate to us and David Cameron has to show strength when he sees Mrs Merkel later this week.

Dawn Hardy ● 5466d9 Comments ● 5461d

Strange Machine on the River Bed

I was at the Waterman's on Friday afternoon; it was low tide and there was a machine out on the river bed, which appeared to be shifting mud back and forth.Anyone any idea what it was doing?

Susan Kelly ● 5463d3 Comments ● 5462d

Angela Merkel's plans to stop a vote on any new treaty!!

Leaked German documents obtained by the Daily Telegraph telling a frightening story, it would appear that Angela Merkel will today tell David Cameron that Britain does not need a Referendum on Treaty changes!!! The leaked memo written by the German Foreign Office, discloses radical plans for an intrusive new European body that will be able to take over the economies of beleaguered euro zone countries!It also discloses Germany preparing for other European countries,which are too large to be bailed out,to default on their debts-effectively bankrupting them. Then Germany will come galloping to the rescue the price that countries SOVERIGNTY at the end of the day Mrs Merkel wishes to rule Europe as a "Super State"with it's own Tax and Spending plans coming from Brussels directed by Ms.Merkel of course.I thought that the last World War was fought for freedom and the right to choose, they wanted to initially rule Europe by might they lost and now they appear to be succeeding with finance, what you cannot conquer with arms you can buy!

Dawn Hardy ● 5464d1 Comments ● 5464d

For the 17th Year running the European Court of Auditors have refused to sign off the EU Accounts!!!

Apparently the wonderful EU is so inefficient with our money that this last fiscal year 3.7% of the 101 Billion Annual Budget was "affected by error" in our language misappropriated, these errors represent approx a quarter of the money that we the UK people have to send to Brussels on a yearly basis:-Just a few gaffs:-Money was spent wrongly through the Common Agricultural Policy.2.5 Billion on Cohesion Funds apparently this covers spending on Energy & Transport.Another 96 Million wasted in erroneous spending on aid.107 Million spent on "Research"31 Million on Administrative errors.No wonder Europe is in such bad shape,I think that it has gotten way too big for it's boots.

Dawn Hardy ● 5471d10 Comments ● 5464d

The Boston Cafe celebrates 70 years.

Never empty, but quick service, munchy rolls and sandwiches and still going strong after all this time.Located on Boston Manor Road..just over the Station bridge..it's been a handy place to park... pop in for a quick snack..and drive on.Another Brentford success story?  Hasn't Ron and his family done well.

Jim Lawes ● 5473d4 Comments ● 5464d