January 2009 Archives

Space Invaders, electric guitars and juggling - these were just some of the ways pupils and staff at Cranford Community College tried to prove numbers can be fun.

Hundreds of students, parents and teachers packed into the school hall on January 22 for its annual maths evening.

Bird-lovers breathed a collective sigh of relief this week as aviation chiefs said they had no plans to cull thousands of geese around Heathrow.

Experts claim the growing population of Canada geese near the airport is putting planes at increasing risk of potentially deadly bird strikes, like the one which brought down a jet in Hudson Bay earlier this month.

Sikhs have been living in the borough for over 35 years and the gleaming towers of the Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha are now a well-known part of the skyline of Hounslow.

On Thursday 5th February there is a chance to hear about the history, principles and every day practices of Sikhism at the Gurdwara in Alice Way, Hounslow TW3 3UA.

Twin brothers from Cranford Community College are celebrating after winning places at Oxford and Cambridge.

Bhavin Bhatt is off to Cambridge to read law, while his brother Bhavik will head for Oxford in September to study physics.

Elderly residents at Cloisters Care Home in Bath Road, Hounslow, donned grass skirts and sipped cocktails last week in a bid to shake off the winter blues.

Fun-loving pensioners also sported floral garlands and danced to Hawaiian music at last Wednesday's tropical party.

Scrapping the Cranford agreement will condemn potentially thousands of children to a second class education, the head teacher of Cranford Infant & Nursery School has warned.

Meena Walia claimed the extra noise would make it almost impossible for pupils to play and learn outdoors - a key part of the Government's Every Child Matters dossier.

The nightmare tale of a Heathrow worker trapped in a house of horrors, Mum & Dad, has been described as Hounslow's answer to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

The film is set around the corner from Heathrow, near where director Steven Sheil grew up.

Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson and impressionist Alistair McGowan have helped buy a field north of Heathrow in an audacious bid to stop a third runway being built.

The celebrities teamed up with a group of eco-campaigners to buy the site, which has been earmarked for the new landing strip, last week.

Climate campaigners are set to invade Heathrow on Monday dressed in Edwardian costume.
Members of eco group Climate Rush will storm Terminal 1 at 7pm to protest against plans for a third runway.

A heavy metal band called Windhale has triumphed in a talent contest organised by pupils at Cranford Community College.

The group beat two other unsigned acts, Drop Out Luke and Ultraviolet, at the battle of the band event Blastbeat.