A FORMER Cowley primary schoolteacher has been tragically found dead at his home.

Owain Richards, who began his teaching career at Cowley St Laurence Primary School in Worcester Road, Uxbridge, was discovered dead at his home in Ipswich this weekend.

He had been a headteacher at Cliff Lane Primary School in Ipswich, and leaves behind two children, a daughter aged 12 and a son aged seven.

TWO thugs have been jailed for a combined 18 year for stabbing an associate viciously in the back.

Theo Maddix, 22, from Cowley, and Ian O'Leary, 26, from Uxbridge, were sent to jail after a personal dispute got out of hand, and they sought to settle the dispute with a knife.

Both men had pleaded not guilty to GBH with intent, but a jury at Isleworth Crown Court found them guilty after a five day trial.

BASE Bar is to have its drinks license temporarily suspended and entry restricted to over 23s.

Groups of over five men over have also been restricted from entering.

A meeting was held last Monday to discuss the future of the bar in Uxbridge High Street after police requested a review, claiming trouble emanating from the nightclub was a drain on their resources.

The bar is to have its license suspended for 14 days in two weeks time, unless they decide to appeal the decision.

A HAVE-A-GO hero aged 64 was thrown down an escalator after he tried to stop an elderly lady being mugged of her purse in Uxbridge.

The horrific incident took place in front of stunned shoppers in WHSmith's in Uxbridge High Street yesterday afternoon (Thursday) at 11.15am.

A girl is believed to have followed an 81 year old woman from Abbey National in the High Street into WHSmith's when she attempted to grab her purse while on the escalators, up to the Post Office.

COMMUTERS journeys have been seriously affected today (Friday) after the Metropolitan Line was part suspended.

The line has been suspended between Hillingdon and Uxbridge for over an hour between 8am and 9am.

Transport for London blamed the problems on a signal failure at Uxbridge tube station.

Trains have not been running in either directions, and travellers are being urged to seek other methods of transport.

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CADBURY headquarters in Uxbridge were visited by the boss of the chocolate firm's new owners Kraft.

Irene Rosenfeld, Kraft chief executive, visited the offices in Sanderson Road, Uxbridge on Tuesday (2) to speak to her new employees.

Making a speech to workers, she pledged to create a new business plan and senior-management line up within 45 days.

Only after this time, will any possible redundancies be realised. City analysts have predicted up to 150 jobs could go at the Uxbridge offices.

A WOMAN from Uxbridge is aiming to complete a daring skydive to raise money for Sport Relief.

Leila Dukes, 25, who works for Promote PR, is hoping to raise £10,000 along with five of her work colleagues.

She is joined by Jo Whitaker (28) from Reading, Siobhan Monaghan (20) from Marlow, Lisa Warden (25) from Wallingford and Jo Sutton (25) from Wokingham, and Sue Anstiss (44) from Windsor.

POLICE officers paid a visit to Uxbridge College this week- to try to recruit students as volunteer officers

There are currently over 60 Special Constables in Hillingdon, and the police set up a stall at a careers fair at the College campus in Park Road, Uxbridge today to try to tempt students to consider the option.

THE recession has bitten hard at the Civic Centre with a pay freeze ordered and possible job cuts on the way- to meet a £19 million savings target.

Hillingdon Council, who is one of the borough's largest employers, is aiming to make £50 million worth of savings within the next four years.

Staff were told of the news in a circulated e-mail sent by Hugh Dunnachie, chief executive, who earns £185,000 a year.

NOT since Lazarus, has a man made such a remarkable comeback as Nani.

Committing the equivalent of sticking your head into a red hot oven, he made the cardinal sin of slagging off Sir Alex back in November.

Against Arsenal he tore them to shreds, in a performance which can only be described as Ronaldo-esque.

The question is, can this turn around in fortunes be applied to John Terry.