Campaigners have moved into the village which would be destroyed to make way for a third runway at Heathrow to teach residents to defend their homes.

About half a dozen activists from Plane Stupid have taken up residence in Sipson, where they held their first training session for members of the community on Sunday.

A Christmas market is being held at Holy Angels Church, in Cranford High Street, on Saturday.

Shoppers will be able to pick up gifts, while enjoying refreshments including mulled wine, from 2-5pm.

Civic Centre chiefs have announced plans to freeze council tax for the fourth year running, but critics claim the move will come at a cost.

Parking charges will rise five per cent and subsidies on school uniforms for the poorest familes are set to be ended to finance the zero per cent rise. Subsidies for community groups using school facilities will also be slashed, under the proposals, leading to higher charges.

Police have been granted new powers to move on potential troublemakers in a bid to crack down on antisocial behaviour in Cranford.

From Tuesday, cops can ask anyone whose behaviour is likely to be threatening to passers-by to leave the area for at least 24 hours. If they return within that period they can be arrested.

Musicians from places of worship in Hounslow will be taking part in an exciting and unusual concert on Saturday 21 November. The groups, from St Michael and St Martin's Church, the Laxmi Narayan Hindu Temple in Neville Close and the Sikh Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha in Alice Way are presenting music as heard in worship in 'Music from the Faiths'. Other contributions will include Anglican and Russian Orthodox Church Choirs, Jewish music, plus the Muslim call to prayer and Quaker silence.

Tributes have been paid to a Cranford man who died in a car crash.

Craig Buckley, of Bath Road, was killed last month when the car he was in rolled over several times after the driver lost control near Egham.

Music lovers can cash in their old phones for cut-price tickets to a festival in Cranford next month.

Anyone handing in a working mobile, which is less than five years old, will get £4 off entry to the Blastbeat Music Festival at Cranford Community College on Saturday, July 4.

There will be a chance to visit four places of worship in Hounslow on Sunday 21st June by joining the annual Walk of Peace and Friendship organised by Hounslow Friends of Faith. This year the event focuses on Hounslow West, a compact area with a rich variety of places of worship.

The British National Party received nearly 2,700 votes in Hounslow in the European elections.

The far right extremists polled more than five per cent of the total votes cast in the borough.

On Thursday 4th June there will be a chance to hear from the Hindu community in Hounslow about the basic philosophy and every day practices of Hinduism today. Hindus believe that God exists in everything in the universe and there is a responsibility to care for the earth in everything we do. Hinduism is the oldest of the world major religions and the third largest.