July 2011 Archives

MARYLEBONE: An IT expert will be on hand to talk about any computer problems at Marylebone Information Service, in Marylebone Road.

The drop-in event on August 20 lasts from 10am to midday.

MAIDA VALE: Find out how bees live and the difficulties they are facing in the modern world, with a talk at Maida Vale library in Sutherland Avenue.

A beekeeping student will described the skills needed to look after the insects and there will be the chance to put questions to an experienced keeper.

A long-serving and well-loved classroom assistant has been honoured with a new garden named after her at her Westbourne Green school.

Zeita Holmes has worked at St Mary Magdalene's CofE Primary School in Rowington Close, for the last 32 years.

A former Lisson Grove builder died after years of working with asbestos, an inquest heard.

Kenneth Lam, 71, of Penfold Street, died in May this year after contracting the deadly cancer mesothelioma.

Young people got a chance to try on stab vests and handle truncheons to learn about how police manage major events.

They found out about stop and search techniques used during large-scale festivals such as the Notting Hill Carnival.

PC Ed Anrude said five people had been killed during carnival, the last time being in 2004.

VICTORIA: Due to essential building repairs, there will be limited access to fiction and history reserve stock at Victoria Library, in Buckingham Palace Road, until August 6.

For more information, call the library on 020 7641 1300.

Staff at Warwick Avenue tube station are battling it out in a competition to grow the best and most succulent fruit and vegetables across London's tube network.

As part of this year's annual Underground in Bloom competition, green-fingered employees have been growing produce at the stations in their spare time.

The garden of a Pimlico estate has been recognised as one of the best parks in the country for the fifth year in a row.

Lillington and Longmoore Gardens Estate was awarded the presitigious Green Flag, a sign to visitors that the park is well-maintained and well-managed.

Two brothers and a mother were today sentenced to a total of 51 years' imprisonment for their roles in an horrific arson attack which led to the death of a 19-month old baby girl in Camberwell.

The trio were convicted following a trial at the Old Bailey on 28 June.

A prolific thief who stole around £2,000 worth of property from train passengers has been banned from Paddington station for the next five years.

Anthony Hinton, 43, of no fixed address, targeted passengers as they sat down on trains waiting to leave the station.