An infant school has been the setting today for the latest stage of the campaign against the possible expansion of Heathrow.
Hounslow Council chose it, claiming that lessons there are frequently disrupted because the school lies directly under the flight path.
Martin Stew reports.
Hounslow Council has launched its consultation on aircraft noise from Heathrow.
Consultation is about to begin between Hounslow Council and residents and businesses that will be impacted by planned expansion at Heathrow Airport. Hounslow is the borogh most affected by noise from the airport as it lays directly under both main approach paths.
A man dubbed the Hounslow Slasher has been jailed for 18 years, for knifing two women in the face and neck.
Police say they believe it was "only a matter of time" before 21-year-old Sasha Masamba went on to kill. Jamie Shepherd has the story.
Sasha Masamba, who was sentenced to 18-years in jail today, was described by DCI Hargreaves as 'a danger to women' and said his violence had escalated.
Dubbed the 'Hounslow slasher' police believe if he had not been caught he would have gone on to kill someone.
DCI Amanda Hargreaves has said the two victims who were attacked last August by a man dubbed the 'Hounslow slasher' have permanent scars, both physically and mentally.
Sasha Masamba, 21, described by a judge as 'every woman's nightmare' was jailed for 18-years today.
One of the women to have been attacked by the 'Hounslow slasher' Sasha Masamba said she did not know her neck had been slashed.
She was walking home from work when Masamba attacked her from behind.
He grabbed the victim round the neck, who cried out as she thought he was trying to strangle her, unaware he had a knife to her neck.
When the victim screamed out, Masamba said "I was only joking!"
As the victim was left standing in the street she realised that her neck was painful and was bleeding.
The man described as 'every woman's nightmare' has been jailed for 18 years. Warning: Some may find the images distressing
Read the full storyIn just 7 months a west London regiment has lost five soldiers in Afghanistan.
Today was an opportunity for hundreds to pay their respects to them, and to welcome home to Hounslow their comrades from 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.
Piers Hopkirk was there.
The commanding officer of 1st Battalion The Welsh Guards, Lieutenant Colonel Dino Bossi, said he was pleased to be back at their barracks in Hounslow after an eight-month deployment in Afghanistan.
