September 2008 Archives

Residents will be able to feel safer as funds have been designated to improve park security in the area.

The need for new fencing around Drayton Hall Park was described as a high priority issue by councillors at an
Environmental Improvements Panel, at the Civic Centre, Uxbridge on Thursday.

They also added that the project at the park in Station Road, Yiewsley, should comfortably be completed by the end of March.

£16,000 has been provided for the project by the Chrysalis Fund, and residents associations are applying to the Hillingdon Community Trust for further improvements to the park.

The West Drayton and Yiewsley Action Group have been campaigning for these improvements for several months.

A FORMER cancer patient is rallying football fans to raise money for charity at a game this month.

Stephen Ostrowski overcame his battle with cancer two years ago and since then he has helped create a partnership between Hayes and Yeading United Football Club and The Community Cancer Centre in Fairfield Road, Yiewsley.

The event will be held on Saturday, September 20 when Hayes and Yeading United play AFC Wimbledon at Church Road, Hayes, kick off 3pm, in the Blue Square Conference South.

Volunteers from the charity will be going round with fundraising buckets to encourage people to donnate money.

Mr Ostrowski said: "When I was diagnosed with tongue and neck cancer in 2003 I went through an awful time, I couldn't eat for eight months and had to be fed through a tube. I wasn't able to work for two years either and The Community Cancer Centre really helped me get back on my feet psychologically and I just want to help them now in return.

"One of the volunteers who will be raising money on the day is heading the mens prostate cancer group and it's something we want to help raise the awareness of because not many men go to see the doctor even if they suspect something is wrong, so it's really to encourage them to get checked."
He added the money raised on the day will go towards paying for the lease of the charity.

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A TEENAGER is heartbroken after her pet dog went missing in Hayes Town when it was left outside Iceland food store.

The much loved Yorkshire Terrier named Scrappy disappeared on Monday, September 8 at about 5.30pm and the family have put posters in the town centre and in West Drayton and Yiewsley to urge people who may have seen it to contact them.

Scrappy's owner Laura Gerred, 16 said: "I am just really upset and hoping someone gets in touch, Scrappy means a lot to me and I have had him ever since I was young, he's just a little dog and gets scared easily."

She described the pet as a cross between a Yorkshire terrier and a Jack Russell. It is a strawberry blonde in colour and also has warts on its back and is tagged with a chip.

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