January 2010 Archives

The achievements of disadvantaged Westminster people were celebrated at an awards ceremony.

Vital Regeneration charity gave certificates to people who have taken part in its projects to either improve the community or to further their own lives.

Two contact lens pioneers will be remembered for their efforts in bringing sight to thousands of people.

A plaque will be put up in honour of ophthalmologist Josef Dallos, at 18 Cavendish Square, Marylebone, the site of the first practice in the UK to deal only with contact lens fittings.

As millions of viewers tuned in to see Coronation Street's Sally Webster reveal she had breast cancer, this Paddington nurse was busy checking the facts were all straight.

When planning the emotive Christmas Day storyline, researchers from the popular ITV soap opera turned to real life breast cancer clinical nurse specialist Vickki Harmer, who works at St Mary's Hospital, in Praed Street.

Switching off lights, computers and electrical equipment could become second nature to Pimlico pupils after an energy meter was installed at their school.

Pimlico Academy, in Lupus Street, was the first to sign up for a free school energy display meter which gives real-time information about how much electricity is being used.

Concern is growing for this missing 11-year-old boy, who was last seen in Paddington.

Ibraheem Shah was last spotted walking towards the Bakerloo line at Paddington station, at around 5.30pm yesterday (27).

A wheelchair-bound North Paddington mother died after falling and hitting her head, an inquest heard.

Mother-of-two and widow Gloria Duncan, 77, of Shirland Road, had several medical conditions - including high blood pressure, heart disease and kidney disease - which meant she had to spend most of her time sitting in a wheeled commode.

An exhibition celebrating the life of Victorian dental pioneer Sir John Tomes is on display at the British Dental Association Museum, in Wimpole Street, until March 4.

The display features a number of Sir John's inventions including his patients' chair and hand instruments including forceps.

A Paddington surgeon has flown to Haiti to help provide urgent medical care to the thousands of people injured in the devastating earthquake.

Consultant trauma surgeon David Nott, who works at St Mary's Hospital, in Praed Street, has been deployed to an inflatable hospital in the capital Port-au-Prince, which has been set up by humanitarian medical aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).

A top cop has declared Westminster a safe place to live, despite a rise in crime last year.

The total number of offences in the borough in 2009 was 63,889, up from 63,320 in 2008.

A great-grandmother who worked tirelessly to improve housing conditions in Queen's Park has died at the age of 90.

Muriel Agnew, who lived on the Mozart Estate, in Third Avenue, for more than 35 years, died at St Mary's Hospital, in Paddington, on January 4.