September 2009 Archives

A CAKE shop is hosting a coffee morning tomorrow (Friday) in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

Iced 'n' Sliced, in Glebe Avenue, Ickenham (the parade of shops by the tube station) will demonstrate how to make sugar flowers and create a wedding cake entirely from flowers.

There will also be a reflexologist and foot therapist to offer a little pampering, as well as tea, coffee and cakes.

The event takes place from 10am-noon with all proceeds going to the charity.

For more information, call Ann White on 01895 624 246.

A ROAD is to be closed off for two months to carry out gas main replacement works.

Court Road, in Ickenham, will close from next Monday (September 28) for up to two months.

A SCHOOL reunion was held to raise money for two former pupils who died separately but equally as tragically over the past year.

Sarah Snelling attended Bishopshalt School, in Royal Lane, Hillingdon, leaving in 1989, but died from cancer aged 35 last July.

THE Ickenham nominee at the prestigious GG2 Leadership and Diversity Awards held last night (Tuesday) scooped a top prize.

Surinder Arora, 50, from Ickenham, who started off running a bed and breakfast in 1993 and now owns a chain of international hotels was named 'Entrepreneur of the Year'.

AN ENGINEERING apprentice and a retail manager were two of 200 airport based graduates to join the Heathrow class of 2009.

The Heathrow Retail Academy is backed by the Learning and Skills Council and provides a number of significant qualifications from degrees to NVQs to staff working in the airport's shops and restaurants.

A BIKE convoy will start in Ickenham to guide Hillingdon's cyclists to the Mayor of London's Skyride event on Sunday. (20/9)

The event will see tens of thousands of cyclists enjoying a 15km traffic-free swatche of central London, taking in views of some of the world's most famous landmarks along the way.

PROTESTORS who campaigned for renovations to their golf club to be refused are celebrating after the plans were withdrawn.

The plans for Uxbridge Golf Club, in Harvil Road, Ickenham, caused uproar among members, and the communities of Ickenham and Harefield, at both ends of the road.

NEW waiting restrictions are to be installed at the request of residents who petitioned for them.

Councillors agreed to approve the proposals to introduce new parking rules in The Grove, Ickenham.

A PROPOSED Indian restaurant which stirred up controversy because residents said there were too many food outlets in the area has been approved.

A licensing committee heard concerns about Punjab Cuisine, on High Road, Ickenham, but decided there were no valid reasons to reject the alcohol license to the business.

A BUSINESSMAN who started off owning a Bed and Breakfast and now owns a £300 million property empire has been nominated for a prestigious award.

Surinder Arora, 50, from Ickenham, owns the Arora hotel chain, including the Arora hotel at nearby Heathrow on Old Bath Road, Colnbrook.