December 2008 Archives

An animal-themed nativity was put on at Heathrow Special Needs Farm last week.

About 150 people turned up at the showpiece event in Longford Village, which featured real animals alongside the child actors.

Street-savvy youths from Spelthorne signed a petition pledging not to carry knives and presented it to Spelthorne MP, David Wilshire, at the House of Commons last week.

More than 5,000 young people signed the petition, 'Knives Wreck Lives' - organised by the Spelthorne Youth Council - which launched on October 27 and presented their pledges to their local MP on Tuesday, December 9.

Spelthorne Council is set to spend £100,000 on valuation and condition surveys of all the land and buildings it owns.

Approximately £70,000-80,000 has been earmarked by council officers for the condition survey to help decide what work needs doing and between £20,000-30,000 has been set aside to ascertain the rental value of council properties.

Firefighters put out a shed fire in Hannibal Road, Stanwell, on Saturday (6) at about 3.20pm.

The blaze is not being treated as suspicious.

A neighbourhood watch has been set up on the Northlands Estate in Stanwell to help tackle crime.

The residents association committee's 15 members started the group last week and anyone who lives in the more than 400 properties on the estate is welcome to join.

Anyone interested should contact chairman Spencer Taylor on northlandsra@yahoo.co.uk or 07930 642008.

A mother who left Stanwell to 'escape the rat race' has been stabbed more than 50 times and died in her Lincolnshire home.

Horse riding enthusiast Carol Cannom, 46, who left Stanwell in 1999, was knifed in the chest, stomach and arms with a rounded cutlery knife.

Campaigners say the Government is having second thoughts on whether to build a third runway at Heathrow and has delayed the decision as a result.

A verdict on the controversial proposal was expected before Christmas but Transport Secretary Geof Hoon announced on Thursday that it would not be given until January as there were 'strong views' that needed to be considered.

He reiterated the Government's support for a third runway but opponents seized on the indecision, hoping for a reprieve.