August 2009 Archives

THE Chimes Shopping Centre are celebrating after winning all three awards out of the three nominations it received at the prestigious International Council of Shopping Centres' (ICSC) Solal Marketing Awards, held in Vienna.

Held each year, the ICSC Solal Awards recognise best practice and outstanding marketing by shopping centres across Europe and are seen as a benchmark of quality throughout the shopping centre industry.

A PUB in the town centre has applied for an additional smoking shelter to keep its customers dry over the upcoming Winter months.
The Fig Tree, in Windsor Street, Uxbridge, have made the application, for a proposed outside smoking shelter, next to the existing building.

WITH record exam scores there is much debate about the difficulty of exams across the country. Are students getting cleverer?

Reporter DAN COOMBS obtained a 1963 O-level maths exam paper and handed it to a star pupil and maths lecturer at Uxbridge College to see what they thought...

PUNDIT or manager, which would you prefer? The future of a retiring footballer can be full of tough choices.

Watching Roy Keane and John Barnes struggling at Ipswich and Tranmere this season makes you wonder why a player would risk ruining their hard-earned reputation for good...

STUDENTS at Uxbridge College are looking to the future after receiving a fantastic set of GCSE results.

Trishna Dharel, 17, of Oxford Avenue, Hayes, got A* is Maths and Chemistry, A grades in Biology and Physics, and a B in English Language.

BOTH boys and girls had a hand in a magnificent set of results for Uxbridge High.

Hard work from students at the school in The Greenway, Uxbridge, contributed to a score of 71 per cent achieving five A* to C grades or more.

AND in breaking news, Millwall fans and West Ham fans have had a mass fight.

In other news, A-levels seem to be getting easier, and Kerry Katona likes a bit of Cocaine. Yes its the most predictable news of 2009...

TAXI drivers and disabled groups are still not happy at the decision to move the taxir ank to the top of Windsor Street.

Last month the taxi rank was moved from its previous site in Bakers Road to the top of Windsor Street, removing vital disabled bays.

THE town centre will turn into a building site this week- but it is all part of a masterplan to improve the High Street.

A facelift will be given to a large section of the town centre, in efforts to regenerate the area between the main entrance to The Pavilions and the pedestrian crossing in Belmont Road.

Rachel Ware, 17, a talented ballet performer from Uxbridge, is about to embark on the next phase of her vocational training in Boston, USA.

CHERYL ANGEAR caught up with Rachel recently and began by asking her about White Lodge (the Royal Ballet lower school in Richmond Park)...