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Possible damage to cars parked in Annandale Road

I've just seen a group of children in hoodies in Annandale Road jumping on the bonnets of cars parked by the block of flats.Not sure if they were dented but they were filming it.Tried to contact the Met but their online form isn't working and I haven't got time to hang on the telephone.

Charlotte Kasner ● 1468d0 Comments ● 1468d

Telegraph-Project-fear-right-all-along

Great reading for Brexit fans, Jeremy Warner of the Telegraph, hardly a remain supporter, writes as follows,https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/10/15/project-fear-right-along/

Craig David Mcdowell ● 1470d10 Comments ● 1468d

If you want to lift your spirits, listen to this song on YouTube!!

Master KG - Jerusalema {Feat.Nomcebo} Official Music VideoIt's not new. It has 159K likes and no dislikes!You will be dancing around your living room and feeling so happy for hours! There's a 1 hour and 10 hour version!I know I sound a bit mad, but I've just done the 1 hour version and I feel exhilarated!! And wanted to share it! And no, I'm not pissed!I'd love to get your feedback.

Jill Merrett ● 1469d2 Comments ● 1469d

Jeremy Hunt is a cycle campaigner

And he isn't phased by angry drivers bleating about cycle lanes.https://www.bordonherald.com/news/politics/jeremy-hunt-is-cycling-one-answer-to-pollution-problem-194976"The other big change has been the gradual introduction of cycle lanes giving to cyclists their own safe space. This is usually cursed loudly by taxi drivers – and indeed all drivers. I drive occasionally in London and completely understand the frustration.But if cycle lanes persuade more people to abandon their cars, as well as being good for the environment, it also eases congestion. Boris signed off on a lot of new cycle lanes just before he stepped down as London mayor – we are just seeing the results come to fruition and as a result it has become a positive pleasure to cycle along the Embankment, seeing London’s great sights.Initially, few of us used the new cycle lanes but then they started to get busier, used by as many as 6,000 cyclists a day. Imagine the pollution from 6,000 cars instead.The lesson is that although it took time to change habits, it has started to happen, making London cleaner, greener and much more pleasant."

Paul Campbell ● 1470d26 Comments ● 1469d

The perils of entrenchment

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001cxsr?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile A Point of View by Sarah Wheeler on Radio 4 this morning. Her topic is "A plea for nuance". Many forum regulars should listen and then pause before they post. 

Bruce Hammal ● 1469d0 Comments ● 1469d

Serious accident corner Chiswick lane Chr

Air ambulance landingBicycle under arctic

Julian Pavey ● 1474d30 Comments ● 1469d

Red and black check duvet cover

Someone bought a double duvet cover at the Age Concern Chiswick jumble sale today.  Unfortunately we neglected to put out the matching sheet and 4 pillowcases.  Do pop in or email us if you would like them - no extra charge! ageconcernchiswick@outlook.com

Age Concern Chiswick ● 1470d0 Comments ● 1470d

Roadworks

CHR BETWEEN TGT And Chiswick lane, two new dig up the road sites, anybody know what they are up to this time ?

John Southey ● 1471d7 Comments ● 1470d

Electric heater?

The days have gone when I could whack on the central heating cos I felt a little chilly. Ive been checking out low watt electric heaters to heat a single room at a time. I'd be grateful if anyone has a view on this. In Dyas Ive seen1000W fan heater1200W halogen heater1000W finned oil filled electric rads (Could these be a bit slow to heat up?)Which might do the job best?

Stephen Gould ● 1473d28 Comments ● 1470d

No right turn onto the westbound A4 from the southbound Sutton Court Road...

Notice on the lamp posts say this is already the case but it looks like it is not being enacted at the moment. Maybe it will apply on certain dates and times depending on the needs of roadworks...

F Coyle ● 1472d5 Comments ● 1470d

quazy quatang

Rumours he's a gonner today

Julian Pavey ● 1471d26 Comments ● 1470d

Covid Booster

Has anyone aged over 60 but under 65 been offered a covid booster yet? I've not received any notification from my local surgery or the NHS. A work colleague in his 20's has just been offered a flu jab and booster by his local GP surgery!!

Pete Johnson ● 1473d21 Comments ● 1471d

Masonic Hospital Site

Excellent news on the front page regarding this site.Every time I pass by I think why hasn't someone got cracking an repurposed the buildings.Let's hope progress isn't mired by grinding bureaucracy.

Adrian Irving ● 1476d9 Comments ● 1471d

Congratulations to the Hounslow Animal Warden Team

Great work, especially by Andy Newnham.Let's help them rest on their laurels:Obey the law by keeping your dog on a lead on the road and if you don't have reliable recall. Make sure that you have a legally-compliant tag on at all times when your dog is out and keep the microchip database up to date.Buy a dog with your head not your heart.Check the provenance. Puppy farmers know all the tricks. Getting an imported dog? Make sure that it has been imported legally under the Balai Directive - it is not legal to import dogs for sale /rehoming just using a Pet Passport.Make sure that you are not being Petfished:https://getyourpetsafely.campaign.gov.uk

Charlotte Kasner ● 1471d0 Comments ● 1471d

Jumble sale at Age Concern Chiswick- open to all

Age Concern Chiswick is hosting a jumble sale... do pls come!Saturday 15th October 2022from 10.30 am to 1.30 pm The Friendship Club, Oxford Road North, Chiswick W4 4DNFind Clothes * Books  * Linen * Jewellery * Shoes * Household goods * Toys * Pictures  -  and lots more!Everyone is welcome. Entry 50p

Age Concern Chiswick ● 1488d6 Comments ● 1471d

Gary Stevenson

I wonder if anyone on the forum has come across this guy.He's an ex city trader and knows a thing or two imho.https://youtube.com/shorts/J8ixRoCF0fw?feature=share

Ben Gemmingen ● 1471d5 Comments ● 1471d

TRAFFIC ON ACTON LANE

A letter I have just sent to Deirdre Costigan regarding the appalling traffic we've been experiencing in Acton lane for a great deal of time. I have written to her many times on this issue as she spearheaded the closure of Fishers Lane:Re the traffic - I’m not actually angry about it at all. I am instead just astonished and dismayed by how our counsellors demonstrate at high volume (via their total radio silence) how little they actually care. Well, why would Deirdre care, like we’ve said before, she doesn’t live here, she never sees and feels the affects of her botch jobs.No reply. No comments. No attempt to appease. No attempt to empathise. No attempt to ease the situation when in fact they do have the ability and means to do it. Zero exchange.What else can we conclude that you don’t give a stuff Deirdre. And I say this as I write at 1435 on a Saturday afternoon (and since I got up this morning) the traffic has been sitting and inching along …. all day so far, like every other day.Do you know why many people have given up on Chiswick Deirdre? Well not those who seem happy to sit in these silly queues to plough through our area, but the people who used to see Chiswick as a destination. I have many friends who moved further afield because property prices became so high here. They still love Chiswick, they came back regularly but since you people have got your hands on it they literally refuse to come back. They can’t even get here on a bus because your measures have so badly impacted us. I went to visit one such friend yesterday who lives in Isleworth. A distance of 3.5 miles and it took me 1 hour and 25 minutes to get there on the bus. 1 hour and 25 minutes - now I understand why my friend has said she won’t come here any more.What is your intention exactly? It seems to me you want to cripple the capital rather than make it a more user friend place. And you say nothing to the contrary. You only seem to be loud and vocal when you’re welding your axe and trying to get more roads closed.

Anthony Letterese ● 1484d158 Comments ● 1472d

can we trust the statistics in the media (lecture)

can we trust the statistics in the media (lecture)Join Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE, online or in person, for the 2022 Peter Lindsay Lecture.We have limited in-person spaces available so please ensure you register in advance.Abstract The current pandemic has emphasised the key role that statistics play in understanding what is going on in the world.  But how do we decide whether to trust the numbers that get put in front of us?  Are they being used to inform or persuade us? Using a wide range of examples, I will look at the way that statistics can be used to try and persuade audiences to think or act in a certain way, contrast this with efforts to make communication ‘trustworthy’, and list the questions that you should ask whenever you are presented with claims based on numbers. BiographyProfessor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE is Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication in the Centre for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge. The Centre aims to improve the way that statistical evidence is used by health professionals, patients, lawyers and judges, media and policy-makers.  He has been very busy over the COVID crisis.  He presented the BBC4 documentaries “Tails you Win: the Science of Chance”, the award-winning “Climate Change by Numbers”, and in 2011 came 7th in an episode of BBC1’s Winter Wipeout.  His bestselling book, The Art of Statistics, was published in March 2019, and Covid by Numbers came out in September 2021.   He was knighted in 2014 for services to medical statistics, was President of the Royal Statistical Society (2017-2018), and became a Non-Executive Director of the UK Statistics Authority in 2020.   He is @d_spiegel on Twitter, and his home page is http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~david/Imperial College LondonWednesday, 26 October 2022    • Time: 17.30 - 18.30     • Location: Lecture Theatre 200, City and Guilds Building     • Campus: South Kensington Campus       Open to all    • Contact: Wieslawa Hsissen

Bernard Allen ● 1475d6 Comments ● 1473d

Fishers Lane

The intransigent and arbitrary decision to keep Fishers Lane closed to traffic is driven by “dogma and greed”. I would certainly agree 100% withthat. . I would also add “ignorance”. The councillors Mason and Costigan, and Hounslow Council who are responsible for forcing all this traffic away from a non-residential road (FL) onto residential roads such as South Parade don’t live in Chiswick, don’t know the area, and couldn’t care less about it or what residents want.

Sarah Potter ● 1476d42 Comments ● 1473d

Local computer expert?

Can anyone recommend a local computer expert/technician who can come to our house to deal with laptop & desk top issues?

Robin Knight ● 1474d5 Comments ● 1473d