October 2012 Archives

THE Beethoven Centre has asked the Chronicle to make readers aware of a number of events taking place during this half term week.

Tonight, Tuesday October 30 from 6-8pm there will be a Women's Pampering Evening, where you can come along and relax at this event in connection with Breast Cancer Awareness month. There will be oga, massage, manicures, threading, henna and free women's health information. £5 entry.

THE proposed closure of a club for the elderly in St John's Wood has been branded 'cruel'.

Westminster Council is set to turn the Village Club on the Barrow Hill estate into an office, leaving its 32 members, many of whom are frail and disabled, without an activities centre in the immediate area.

ZOOKEEPERS are battling to contain an outbreak of avian malaria after six penguins died from the disease in the summer, writes Rupert Basham.

Muggy weather led to a rise in mosquitos around London Zoo and because penguins normally live in a much colder environment they are more vulnerable as they have not built up resistance to it, unlike native birds.

DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses after a violent robbery in King's Road.

A 42-year-old man had £300 in cash, an iPhone 5 and his watch taken on Sunday at 11.30pm, while walking home after using a cashpoint in the same road.

A MYSTERIOUS and thought-provoking memorial to the police officers shot in Manchester last month has appeared near Portobello Green, writes Camilla Horrox.

The eye-catching piece opposite the Pop Up Cinema, theatre and market at Portobello Green is signed by well-known graffiti artist Paul Don Smith, who has been a part of the graffiti scene since the 1980s.

He has been commissioned by the likes of Ruby Wax, Ian Brown, Jason Flemyng and Roots Manuva and has been given United Artist status by one of graffiti's pioneers, Duster from New York. East London is the usual stomping ground for Don Smith, who grew up in Borneo.

DRINKERS over 55 in Westminster who may be at risk of developing problems with alcohol are to get their own dedicated help service.

Westminster Council has asked Foundation66, a London-based charity, to work with older residents who may be drinking too much.

DETECTIVES have stepped up their investigation into an attack on a retired general in the Indian army who was stabbed in the neck last month.

The 78-year-old suffered a wound to the neck by either a knife or another sharp implement when he was with his wife near Marble Arch last month.

A WOMAN was taken to hospital after being found on fire in a Marylebone car park.
Six fire engines and 30 firefighters were called to a car blaze in the NCP car park, in Marylebone Road, at 4.10pm on Wednesday evening.
Around 150 people were evacuated from nearby buildings and the women was taken to hospital suffering from burns.

DRINKERS over 55 in Westminster who may be at risk of developing problems with alcohol are to get their own dedicated help service.

Westminster Council has asked Foundation66, a London-based charity, to work with older residents who may be drinking too much.

PIMLICO teacher Gareth Morris has just entered the final stage of his mammoth cycle across Africa.

He set off from London in August last year with five friends, all on their way to Cape Town to raise awareness of street children in Africa.