Wikio - Hillingdon

Housing Crisis Worsens but Government Dithers. (Another World Is Possible)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:27:00 GMT

I was in a succession of meetings at Hillingdon Council yesterday accompanying local families to meet housing officers in the hope of persuading them to give the families a council house. The families were living in appalling housing conditions, overcrowded, damp, and subject to the harrassment of their private landlords. This is a weekly event for me, following up cases from my weekly advice...

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Public sector goes Twitter crazy (Simonsays)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:53:28 GMT

There was a flurry of activity on the UK & Ireland E-Democracy mailing list today with a Dave Briggs flagging a number of local authorities embracing Twitter. Dave's list includes St Helens Southend Barnet Hillingdon Stratford-on-Avon It's interesting to see...

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You can't win 'em all (Chasing wheels)

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:44:33 GMT

Last Tuesday's Hillingdon was a race I was never going to win. My lungs were still feeling trashed from the weekend so I mentally prepared myself for just staying in the race and maybe being there at the finish. I rolled in 27th or so but happy not to have blown or worsened my condition. Since then I've been out for the Saturday Park Ride and gone out the back of two groups which suggests that...

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'Buses must find another route' (East Grinstead Courier)

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Two Transport companies responsible for taking children to and from school have come under fire for using a Sevenoaks road as a shortcut. Residents in Hillingdon Avenue claim their quality of life is being affected ...

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Cold, wet and rubbish (Chasing wheels)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:44:24 GMT

Terrible night's riding last night at Hillingdon. And that's without factoring in the torrential downpour that made sure it was an evening for the brave and foolish. Thought I was going to go well and that the smaller field would work in my favour. It didn't. I couldn't get warm and struggled to get going. After chasing down a couple of breaks early on I started to fade and then found myself...

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Children slide into £50k play area (East Grinstead Courier)

Thu, 29 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Children slid into action on Friday as they tried out the new £50,000 play area at Hillingdon Rise. Bobbo the clown was on hand to provide the children with entertainment at the event which chairman of the town council's open spaces ...

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UK Company Fined Over Forgotten Skip (Blogger News Network)

Tue, 27 May 2008 23:57:41 GMT

A company from Hillingdon in the UK has been fined thousands of dollars after a large metal container, known as a “skip”, filled with asbestos waste was discovered by environment officials. The waste transfer company had left the skip full of debris in an area that is only licensed to cater for empty skips, [...]

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History sleuth uncovers tale of a fallen soldier (East Grinstead Courier)

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:55:15 GMT

Historical discoveries in two Sevenoaks charity shops have uncovered the true story of a man who fell in one of the first world war's most famous battles. Daisy Dunphy, of Hillingdon Avenue, bought a page of history ...

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Boris appoints gay deputy Mayor (PinkNews.co.uk)

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:57:47 GMT

The new Mayor of London has announced that veteran London Tory Richard Barnes will serve as his deputy. He is a former leader of the Conservative administration in the London Borough of Hillingdon.

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A good weekend (New(ish) in Town)

Mon, 05 May 2008 20:26:00 GMT

Sunday was a great day - warm and relatively still. I rode the Hillingdon CC 25m TT on the Marlow course and recorded a time of 1:3:42. This is 3 minutes faster than my previous time this season and my fastest since 1981. It's a fast course with a 2 mile 'ski-jump start' (a fast downhill that you don't have to climb to finish) and I used the disc wheel for the first time. Together these might...

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Hillingdon CC 25 mile TT (one more cup of coffee)

Sun, 04 May 2008 21:57:00 GMT

Bike: Trek Distance: 25 miles Time: 59 minutes 11 seconds Average speed: 25.344mph Result: 35th out of 66 Under the hour for only the second time :D Managed to hit 43mph going down the skislope :D Did two 25 mile TTs this weekend in a total time of 2.00.12 :D (was aiming for under 2 hours, but close enough) Also, a very strong Willesden performance, with our top 3 riders times = 2.59.40 Richard Jerome,...

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A little faster (New(ish) in Town)

Fri, 02 May 2008 10:28:00 GMT

I did an hour and twenty minutes solo at Hillingdon yesterday evening. I got caught in a hailstorm, so was not feeling at my best when the hour of group work started. However, these few days of enforced rest seem to have had a 'training effect'. My heart rate, which has been depressed for weeks, edged up towards maximum as we rode some hard through and off. As the group was depleted and the...

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Heathrow Airport transportation (London Logue)

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:57:34 GMT

Heathrow is Britain's biggest and the world's busiest international airport, and is located about 14 miles to the west of central London in the Borough of Hillingdon. Heathrow is still expanding with a new Terminal 5 opening in March 2008 and a third runway and possible sixth terminal under discussion. There are a number of [...]

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Where's the hill at Hillingdon? (Chasing wheels)

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:49:12 GMT

... last bit where I tried to go for a long one on the last lap. It never works. Still, first week of Hillingdon and I actually feel like I might get out of the 4th Cats this year if I can screw my head on right and get over my fear of the bunch sprint.

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National title for Hillingdon champion (Buckinghamshire Advertiser)

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:58:43 GMT

WINTER conditions did not deter Hillingdon Cycling Club champion Graham Weeks from travelling to Hull on Sunday morning (April 6) to compete in the Veterans Time Trialling Association’s National 10 Mile Time Trial Championship. His determination paid off with a...

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The government wants our input - for a change (Computerworld UK's Roundup)

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:57:00 GMT

Steve Palmer - the CIO from Hillingdon Council, and a fellow Socitm Vice-President - and I met with Keith Holder and Alan Cranston from the DCSF (Department for Children, Schools & Families) at their offices in Tothill Street.

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Boris in Ealing (Phil Taylor)

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:46:21 GMT

Boris Johnson was in Greenford this morning at Greenford Conservative Club to launch his campaign in Ealing and Hillingdon. He was introduced by the current assembly member, Richard Barnes (right above) and Cllr Ian Gibb (middle), who is also the prospective parliamentary candidate for the Ealing North constituency, thanked them both for coming to [...]

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No place for a small black cat (The Good Library Blog)

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:44:05 GMT

A multitude of flyers and posters have been pouring through the cat flap about the Library and Information Show I see that Roy Clare and his crew are all alive and well, and Miss Bo Peep.. and they have all been joined by Team Hillingdon.. I hope they all enjoy themselves-- it would be fun to be a mouse in the skirting, just to hear what is said. Perkins was not asked but she probably would...

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Very good results from Hillingdon (The Good Library Blog)

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:45:01 GMT

The Bookseller reports this morning on the figures from Hillingdon Since this campaign for public libraries started in 1998, the message has been simple. Public libraries will be very successful if they are well stocked with books. This wasn't said out of any piety for literacy or desire to reverse the passage of time, it was a simple statement of truth borne out of experience. In the early...

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Plastered at the back (Chasing wheels)

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:09:41 GMT

The Beyond MTB Spring Crits at Hillingdon are the sort of races I have to do - a test of attrition with the 2nd Cat boys hauling along as foolhardy 4th Cats like me try to cling on to the pace. The only way I'm going to get stronger is by getting out of my comfortable "pootling in the 4th Cats" box and pushing my limits in 2/3/4 races. 32 laps of Hillingdon goes by pretty quickly so I'm...

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