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Aurelia Chinese restaurant

This place on Wandsworth Bridge Road must have been there since God was a boy and it provided my first ever experience of Chinese food which became my favourite ever since. I must admit to not having been for a long while having got out of the habit of eating out so much over Covid but where now is the best place for Chinese food in the Fulham area?

Ellen Kearney ● 996d0 Comments ● 996d

INFORMATION WANTED

HI CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT WHO OWNED MY BIKE FROM 1974 TO 2005. SUZUKI RV125 IN YELLOW REG IS XMF 399N. WAS IT YOU A FAMILY MEMBER OR A WORK COLLEAGUE. PHONE ALAN ON 07958 401111. 

ALAN FRANCIS DRAGHI ● 1019d0 Comments ● 1019d

River access to FFC

A lot of heated and emotional talk has gone on regarding the possibility of a passenger pier being added to the football stand development. The first issue is one of nature. The river on this reach rises and falls by about 6m and, due to the bend in the river, the foreshore in front of the new stand is exposed at the bottom of the tide. At spring low tides one will need to be in excess of 70m from the new stand to reach a depth of water of 1.5m. This does provide an opportunity to install a brow (ramp) that would be DDA compliant with a gradient of 1:12.  This would be a significant improvement on the accessibility of the existing Putney Pier. However I am sure that the owners of the vessels who might want to use the pier would think twice about mooring in a spot where they might run aground. The only way of reducing the distance out into the river would be to have the brow at an angle to the bank and to undertake significant and regular dredging operations.  This is might not be impossible but it would require detailed and lengthy hydrological modelling to see what the effects of such changes to the river bed might be.  One only has to go up to Hammersmith bridge at low tide to see the knock on effect and un-intended consequences of altering the river bank. The St Pauls School slipway, installed in the 1960's has led to a build up of silt on either side of it.  During the construction of the new stand, there have been barges and working platforms in the river. At low tide most of these sat on the foreshore. As part of the works it was considered necessary to employ the services of a guard boat. This was to provide safety cover for both river users and those working on the barges. The scheme might be acceptable to some of the traditional river users if the club offered to provide 24 — 7 safety cover.  Mention is made of the effects on the boat race, which only has two crews. Three weeks ago in the school's head of the river, there was one stage in the race where, due to differing speeds, five crews ended up side by side as they passed the football club. A obstruction such as pier extending out from the bank would form a significant hazard  and a risk  assessment could come to the conclusion that the head races could not safely take place.  A sailing boat, when travelling with the wind, can go in a straight line. However to progress against the wind they must tack. this will be restricted by any pier. Assuming that a pier was installed, there is then the issue of the river traffic. Rowing takes place from well before first light to well after sunset. Those who watched the BBC coverage of the Boat Race will have noted the hours that the athletes put into their training. Many Club athletes try to put in similar hours of training whilst holding down full time professional jobs. Training in the dark is a necessity and currently, with the River busses termination at Putney Pier there is no conflict. The oarsmen do not train below Putney whist the commercial vessels are operating.  At weekends, there are no services above Battersea and consequently, at the bottom of the tide rowing does take place below Putney.  Many of the recreational rowers confine their practice times to the very time when football matches might take place, a Saturday afternoon. The swell set up by the Uber boats when they slow down and speed up is enough to damage an eight and tip a single sculler into the river.

Richard Philips ● 1135d3 Comments ● 1037d

Fulham child killer.

Are all the links between Abertillery and Fulham double child killer Harold Jones and other unsolved murders just coincidences?


Here are the facts.


(1) Just before Jones was released from prison he repeatedly informed the prison authorities that he did not want to lose the desire to kill. That was the same desire that he admitted that he had in 1921 as a 15 year-old boy.


(2) The governor of Maidstone prison from where Jones was eventually released stated in a report: "He is callous but would be the last to admit it. Sad as it may seem I can see no hopeful prospect for Jones in the future." The prison chaplain also reported that he felt Jones was a "no-hoper."


Professor Mike Berry, (Consultant Clinical Forensic Psychologist.) visited Abertillery and a number of London locations during the filming of Dark Son - The Hunt for a Serial Killer over a 12 month period. His conclusion was that Harold Jones was the Hammersmith killer. (8 unsolved London murders that were the largest unsolved murders in British criminal history.) He stated that he believed after reviewing all the evidence that Jones after leaving prison had killed again and again,


(3) Jones had lived 2 streets away from 3 of the 8 women murder victims in Fulham and Hammersmith as well as 50-100 yards away from murder victim Ignac Ulycz in Putney. The police in the 1960's were not aware of Jones' past and he was never a suspect in any of the murders until after 2008.


(4) Jones' own daughter has stated that her father would leave her and her mother at home at the times of the killings and book into Rowton House, a  doss-house in Hammersmith whenever her parents would have a row. The daughter stated that she now believes her father would do this in fear that he may kill his wife in temper. Jones' own son-in-law stated that "There's no smoke without fire is there?"


(5) One woman prostitute told the police that she had got into a punter's car with a man who showed her a London Metropolitan Police warrant card. She panicked and quickly exited the car. The man offered her some cash. Was the man Harold Jones using his father-in-laws police warrant card. (His father-in-law John Widdows was a retired London Metropolitan police officer.) The woman some time later became the 7th of the 8 murdered women.


(6) Harold Jones stored the bodies of Abertillery murder victims Freda Burnell and Florence Little in Abertillery until it was convenient to dispose of their bodies. At least 4 of the Hammersmith victims were stored before being dumped at various London locations.


(7) All Hammersmith victims were demure and childlike in stature.


(8) Harold Jones had an oral fixation at the time of the Abertillery child murders. It is recorded by his then 13 year-old girlfriend Selina Mortimer that Jones had asked her to spit in his mouth. The Hammersmith killer also had an oral fixation by removing the teeth or dentures of his victims.


(9) At least 4 of the Hammersmith victims had been stored (in an electricity sub-station on the Heron Trading Estate Acton) before being dumped at various London locations. Jones' daughter has stated that her father had worked as a sheet metal worker in Acton but wasn't aware of where in Acton. This is something only the police would be able to ascertain.


(10) After Harold Jones was jailed for the murder of Florence Little he bragged about his ability to outfox the police during the earlier inquiry into the murder of Freda Burnell. He said: "The arrival of the men from Scotland Yard fascinated me. I had only read of Scotland Yard men before. Now I saw them in the flesh - and I beat them." I am convinced that Harold Jones went to his grave in 1971 knowing that he had beaten them again.


I am in contact with adult children of 5 of the 8 Hammersmith murder victims. Learning of the deaths of their mother's has had an incredibly negative impact on them. They all feel cheated that it seems as though the police have no appetite for reviewing the case.


I am also in contact with the families of 2 men that have been wrongly named as the killer. (Mungo Ireland and former world light-heavyweight boxer Freddie Mills.) They are also distraught that their fathers' good reputation has not been restored. Freddie Mills' daughter Amanda told me that owing to the stigma regarding her father that she hasn't told her teenage son that his father was a famous world champion boxer.


THE SHOW MUST GO ON.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6BnF5FEmvQ

https://www.jarossi.com/the-hunt-for-the-60s-ripper/hunt-for-the-60s-ripper-on-youtube/?fbclid=IwAR0KLDA0Gs8jaaIHQM0MZcbMaZcu1RlMNswmJyiHLZXfp9wP1CwUQZAm_DY

Neil Milkins ● 1051d0 Comments ● 1051d

Planned extension of Sands End Traffic scheme

I've been told that the council have already drawn up plans for an extension of the Sands End traffic scheme in the direction of Wandsworth Bridge Road. Does anybody have more details of what is planned and when this might be implemented?

Ellen Kearney ● 1387d1 Comments ● 1064d

Utterly pointless redesign of this site

The new look is absolutely atrocious.   Have they ever heard this before?: “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it.”   Utterly pointless, retrograde and less user friendly.   Why?
PS: I used to be able to click a link to any story on the site and generate an email to send it on....where is that now? 

Edward Lawrence ● 1135d0 Comments ● 1135d

Walham Green Farmers Market - open today!

Forgot it was Mothers Day? No worries, pop down to your lical farmers market at St John's Walham Green Primary School on Munster Road we have some delicious artizan fudge, amazing chocolates or maybe she'd prefer some Spring flowers?We're open until 3pm every Sunday!

Fiona Campbell ● 1144d0 Comments ● 1144d

Are you missing Bishop’s Park Farmers Market?

Well we've relocated to St John's Walham Green Primary School on the Munster Road. We are open today (and every Sunday!) from 10am -3pm so pop down for a delicious coffee, a bite of lunch, great meat straight from the farm or stock up on all fresh fruit & veg. 

Fiona Campbell ● 1165d0 Comments ● 1165d

Local nursery photography London

Contemporary nursery photography in London and Surrey. Affordable packages and fast turnaround for all SW nurseries in Clapham, Fulham, Wimbledon, Battersea, Parsons Green and Richmond. Also available for bookings by new mums and mums to be for that special newborn photography London or Maternity Photography session in the comfort of your home.

Marta Sto ● 1180d0 Comments ● 1180d

Requirements for writing or how to buy legal brief

The first question facing the student is the choice of the legal brief topic. The list of topics is always in the manual. If a student wants to to buy legal brief https://advanced-writer.com/buy-a-case-brief or conduct research on a topic that is not on the list, he needs to coordinate it with his supervisor. In addition, having received methodological recommendations in your hands, it is important to find sections concerning the volume, structure, content, design. The work must fully comply with them.

Charles Pfeifer ● 1297d0 Comments ● 1297d

Cracks in Putney Bridge

H&F Council obviously does not want to deal with yet another historic bridge in need of refurbishment or possibly urgent structural attention.
We all look at increased weight and vibration from traffic on the bridges. I would raise a different issue.
For the last 200 years the bed of the Thames has been increasingly constrained. Bazelgette built the Victoria Embankment and Fulham FC added its new Riverside Stand in 2020. These structures all narrow the bed of the river and increase the speed and force of the current on ALL existing structures in the Thames. The tidal Thames in Central London is now a tidal torrent. Maybe the bed of the river is moving around the base of bridges' piers too. We need hydrology studies to determine whether the bridges will be standing in another 100 years.

Una-Jane Winfield ● 1331d0 Comments ● 1331d

Under cover of Covid "Biggest Data grab in NHS history" - upload of all GP records to NHS Digital

UNLESS you opt out by deadline 23rd June using this link: https://www.civicmc.nhs.uk/files/2021/05/Opt-out-Form.pdf  all GP medical records in England (?& Wales) will be uploaded on 1st July to NHS Digital's database.https://www.theregister.com/2021/05/13/nhs_data_grab/:" 'Biggest data grab' in NHS history stuffs GP records into a central store for 'research' – and the time to opt out is now.The 55 million citizens of England will need to opt out of the involuntary scheme before it is introduced to prevent the entire history of their GP visits being slurped, campaigners told us. Opt-out forms are here [.docx]. We understand you will need to give this form to your GP practice before 23 June or your data held by your GP joins the central repository."

Una-Jane Winfield ● 1443d2 Comments ● 1373d

Change of leader of Conservative Councillors in H&F

Andrew Brown, the outgoing leader, said that another highlight was “working with the Health Secretary Matt Hancock” to stop the closure of Charing Cross Hospital, which was part of the Government’s controversial Shaping a Healthier Future reforms.This is extraordinary! The Conservatives SUPPORTED the closure of Charing Cross Hospital almost as soon as the dreadful plan - laughingly called "Shaping a Healthier Future" - was published!To turn around and claim that they had some influence in stopping the plan is just invention. What actually happened is that the penny dropped that losing 530 beds would be a huge loss of hospital beds and would cause a huge rise in elective surgery waiting, to say nothing of the loss of the A&E department at Charing Cross.Just as well that Charing Cross was saved in March 2019.... by March 2020 it was desperately needed for Covid patients!Well done the Labour Administration in H&F and "Save Our Hospitals" (as the campaign group was then called) for doing everything to keep Charing Cross AND SUCCEEDING!

Una-Jane Winfield ● 1457d0 Comments ● 1457d

George and Eileen Crowe.

Bit of along shot. Does anyone know any relatives of George and Eileen Crowe who lived at 29 Hestercombe Avenue Fulham in the 1940/50's?

Neil Milkins ● 1464d0 Comments ● 1464d

5G Coming to Fulham, Problems

I was initially excited to hear we were getting 5G, until I heard from a friend of mine in the states about worrying health implications of this new technology. Apparently a US senator has asked the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) to prove it is save before it is rolled out, Due to the many emerging health implications being highlighted by concerned groups all over the US and some in the UK. Having had cancer myself we need to make sure this is safe before having this technology forced upon us!Join me in asking your MP about it.

Carla Sante ● 2350d3 Comments ● 1471d

Look After My Bills Nightmare.

To save people the agony of having to deal with a future nightmare  with Look After My Bills and Utility Point please read their horrendous reviews on Trustpilot.                                  This is an email I received from Trustpilot this week.                                                People are reading your review!Hi Neil Milkins,You recently wrote a review on Trustpilot and it looks like people find it helpful.117 people have already read your review.                                                                                                       LOOK AFTER MY BILLS SHAMBLES.It is now 12 weeks since Look After My Bills without my knowledge or permission changed my energy provider from S.S.E. to Utility Point. Jacqueline Loughman promised me 9 weeks ago that they would resolve the matter within 14 days. A week ago their senior complaints manager Daniel promised me he would phone me on (29-12-20) and have the matter resolved. No phone call and no answer to my emails to him. In the meantime I am going to have a sky high electric and gas bill when this matter is resolved. It is near impossible to get a reply from them once you have emailed and phoned them and it is totally impossible to phone Utility Point as ALL their phone lines have been cut off. I have been on the phone and emailing 19 hours in total trying to sort this mess out. Anyone thinking of going with Look After My Bills or Utility Point please check their horrendous reviews on Trustpilot.

Neil Milkins ● 1593d9 Comments ● 1520d

FINAL WARNING

FINAL WARNING.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     If anyone is thinking of joining energy switching company Look After My Bills or energy supply company, Utility Point, please look at their reviews on Look After My Bills Problem Reporting Page and Utility Point Owes Me a Refund on Facebook Groups page. There are thousands of people nationwide that have had nightmare experiences with these companies. Both companies will sign you up within seconds on dedicated signing up landlines but when problems arise it is virtually impossible to contact them. Telephone calls are not connected and emails to them don't get answered. There are many warnings on Trustpilot about these two companies as well. Shockingly Utility Point are under investigation by Trustpilot for offering incentives to people to post positive reviews. Look After My Bills are now also under investigation for doing the same.

Neil Milkins ● 1544d0 Comments ● 1544d

FINAL WARNING

FINAL WARNING.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     If anyone is thinking of joining energy switching company Look After My Bills or energy supply company, Utility Point, please look at their reviews on Look After My Bills Problem Reporting Page and Utility Point Owes Me a Refund on Facebook Groups page. There are thousands of people nationwide that have had nightmare experiences with these companies. Both companies will sign you up within seconds on dedicated signing up landlines but when problems arise it is virtually impossible to contact them. Telephone calls are not connected and emails to them don't get answered. There are many warnings on Trustpilot about these two companies as well. Shockingly Utility Point are under investigation by Trustpilot for offering incentives to people to post positive reviews. Look After My Bills are now also under investigation for doing the same.

Neil Milkins ● 1544d0 Comments ● 1544d

A funny and serious note to local policing team

Just a funny email to our Community Policing team that highlights some very important issues.  Thank you Constable for your call yesterday and effective resolution.  I am impressed that you managed to do what every single officer over the last 16 years has failed to do though allbeit under a little duress from myself and reluctance from yourself, I am genuinely thankful and hope this will be the end of the matter, in your case at least, AND, that this will free up your time to be able to focus on the most important task of our "Community Policing".  I would have to rate your performance as a Two out of Five BUT, as I'm aware of the Complicated, Complex, Confusing, Capitulative, Combatant, Corrupt and Deceptive System of BULLSHIT that you have to go through each day just to be able to do your job, and that I have researched a little,  I would like to give you a 3.5 out of 5 review with just a few "Developmental Points" as below that you may like to think about OR discuss with your Superior.Responding in a Timely & Appropriate Manner - As the call took 6 days to resolve this seems to be a area for improvement.  As it was a VERY VERY simple call and the most basic function of the Policing system IS to prevent any breech of the peace I would have expected that this matter could have been dealt with far more simply and in a timely manner by just employing a little bit of Common Sense and our Common Law, at your Discretion..  This would have prevented such resources being thrown at such a simple call and prevented taking up your valuable time in having to travel all the way to Hammersmith to View CCTV Cameras which is not an effective use of your time.  I would urge you to trust yourself Constable and use your discretion as a stitch in time saves Nine. It may also preserve life and it could also prevent any future possible Civil actions being taken out against you Personally by members of Our Community who are also unhappy with the service that is currently being implemented by Our Policing Service. WIN/WINPrioritizing and Efficiency - As this was a simple call that "In Reality" COULD have been dealt with immediately but was not a serious offence such as the Murder on the ward that you informed me of I would draw your attention to the Franklin Covey Time Management system. It is a simple goal orientated style of Time Management that could help you to decide about how best you prioritise your "IMPORTANT" work..  As a Community Officer I believe that your role is to "Prevent Crime" so paying attention to the more minor issues is indeed just as important as paying attention to the Major issues such as the Murder that you mentioned and I do wonder (A LOT) if indeed these Major Crimes that we are witnessing are due to a lack of Preventative Policing or as I like to call it FAILURE TO UPHOLD COMMON LAW, ACCIDENTALLY AND ON PURPOSE WITH A VIEW TO CAUSING MORAL DECLINE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. Acting with Integrity - You did acknowledge and apologize for the delay in getting back to me, after I had to raise this delay with Sargent Noon via your complaints process and I thank you for that.  However you went on to say that this was due to the Murder that happened on the Ward the previous night, after your shift had finished?  This makes absolutely no sense and I was left feeling very perplexed.  I realize that you really do have a difficult job but would urge you please to be a little more truthful in your dealings as this will raise your sense of wellbeing.Acting like a Human Being - In informing me of this Murder that has happened on the Ward I must say that you sounded pleased to inform me?? Truly and Genuinely I did actually find this quite sinister.  We mourn deeply the deaths of Our Children that are currently being killed on our Streets and our thoughts are with the Families of both the Victim and the Murderer.  And I am very saddened that whatever training that you seem to have had prevents you from recognizing this loss in its true capacity and I genuinely do hope that you at lease make as much opportunity as possible outside of work to engage in Empathy building activities.Obviously Constable I am completely joking with you in an attempt to highlight very serious issues and If I do get a win from the cases that I shall be taking out against the officers that ignored my initial call I shall let you know as I shall be asking that they each give £100 to a Fund for the Victims of the Rotherham Abuse Scandal that was facilitated by our Police. As the Victims of this crime have been let down by our National Health Service AND Government and they have to pay privately for treatment which they cannot afford as they are left traumatised with no means to be able to pay for the treatment that they need.  You may want to match this as an act of generosity.

Miss Caroline Kelly ● 1550d0 Comments ● 1550d

Concern Raised for Future of Borough Archives

I echo the concerns of Annabelle May about the confusion re Hammersmith and Fulham Archives. I use them for research. If there is a problem, would the Council please discuss with Mrs May and other users what it is and let us all decide what is best? Please?

Una-Jane Winfield ● 1555d0 Comments ● 1555d

World Economic Forum, One World Government - The Great Reset

I would like to draw people's attention to "The Great Reset" that is being implemented by our Government. It is part of the World Economic Forum, One World Government that 197 Governments have signed up for.  Details of this can be found on the World Economic Forum website and I would urge people to do some research on this subject.  From what I have seen "The Plan" is to remove Sovereignty and all Property rights- Their slogan is "You will own nothing and you will be happy" however in doing so they also remove our right to privacy and freedom and is in effect the Chinese Model of Communism.  Our Government has already signed up for this Model and have been slowly introducing some of the Policies via our Councils and other Government Agencies. I would also urge people to read the Document that has gone out to all Police Inspectors in England and Northern Ireland detailing this Crime that our Government have been engaged in removing our Sovereignty without our Consent. You can find the Document at www.we-the-people.co.uk.

Miss Caroline Kelly ● 1564d4 Comments ● 1563d

London Ambulance Helicopter - Fulham Palace

Hi All,I saw the London Ambulance helicopter landing at Fulham Palace on Thursday (7/Jan), does anyone know what was going on?Thanks

Cinara Cicero Cassilhas ● 1585d0 Comments ● 1585d

Local Tory Leader Says Government Bridge Bill Too High

None of the parties involved - TfL, the Gov, Hammersmith Council and Richmond Council - wants to commit to a particular sum for a very good reason: the cost of repairs has only been estimated, not measured. The estimate is based on work commissioned and paid by H&F:(1) a very precise engineering model of the bridge and (2) samples of areas with cracked cast iron. We will only know the full extent of the cracking and repairs needed when the parts are fully exposed. But by then the payer is "on the hook to pay".What we really need is a "sugar daddy" with deep pockets!Hammersmith Council is right to point to the Government's record of paying for national infrastructure: "... between 77 and 94 per cent of bridge upgrades in areas such as Northumberland, Cleveland, Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Dudley this year."  I wonder which party is in power in those County Councils?!

Una-Jane Winfield ● 1597d0 Comments ● 1597d

Watchdog Raises Concerns About TfL's Plan To Go Cashless

I would add my voice in agreement. There are unseen dangers to removing cash from general use. Positive Money and many other groups concerned with economics in a wider sense want to retain the general availability to pay small sums using cash.  SAVE OUR CASH PAYMENTS!

Una-Jane Winfield ● 1614d0 Comments ● 1614d

Covid Admissions at Local Hospitals No Longer Rising

(I seem to be one of the most frequent posters here!)"44 patients at the three sites are Covid-positive, taking up 16 per cent of all the Trust’s beds":  No. This can't be right. Imperial NHS Trust have well over 1000 acute beds in St Mary's, Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospital, not just 275 beds,

Una-Jane Winfield ● 1628d0 Comments ● 1628d

Alloways: Proposal Made To Build on Fulham Timber Yard

I am sorry to see Alloways close for business. Local timber merchants are much, much more than just for wood. I love pottering around and picking up things I need: they have an excellent selection of tools, fillers, cement and sand, etc. etc. USE them or LOOSE them. we don't want to loose them, do we?

Una-Jane Winfield ● 1656d0 Comments ● 1656d

Napier Aero Engines, Heron Trading Estate, Acton.

If you Google Napier Aero Engines Roll of Honour, you will find an A-Z of former employees of the company. Do you have a relative living or now deceased that worked for Napier? Does anyone know if a company based next door to Napier's by the name of Shaw and Kilburn (engineers and coachbuilders) also have a Roll of Honour of former employees? There is no such list on the Internet. I can be contacted via this forum or at n.milkin@sky.com

Neil Milkins ● 1730d0 Comments ● 1730d

B.B.C. Documentary.

I have been informed tonight by one of the actors in Dark Son-The Hunt For A Serial Killer that the 90 minute documentary about Abertillery-born killer Harold Jones and suspected killer of 8 women in the Hammersmith district of London between 1959 and 1965 is again available to watch on I.Player. Copy and paste link.https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0c062xj….

Neil Milkins ● 1739d0 Comments ● 1739d

'Monster Mast' Proposed for North End Road

This application at Hammersmith Council's Wandon Estate was published starting on 30th July. The consultation on an application for a different G5 mast on the Fulham Palace Road ended recently.Both of these applications are on small patches of underutilised, "derelict" land at a bend on a major road. Both pieces of land are owned by Hammersmith Council. The operator wants easy access at ground level for installation of supporting electrical equipment, so-called "cabinets".See this good explanation by Vodaphone: https://newscentre.vodafone.co.uk/features/mobile-phone-masts-everything-you-need-to-know/I would prefer the masts to be sited at the top of buildings, with supporting electrical equipment either in the building or buried. But that would cost the operator more.The "cabinets" are as unsightly as the masts and together they occupy land which should be public realm and well-maintained. They should not be an eyesore for pedestrians and residents.The derelict land on which masts and cabinets are sited will attract fly-tipping and drug-dealers, i.e. illegal activities unless they are well fenced off and the grass is cut regularly. I would want to see the terms of the operator's contract with Hammersmith Council.

Una-Jane Winfield ● 1740d0 Comments ● 1740d

Small rise in Covid-19 infection in H&F

Dr Nim Pathy gives a welcome simple explanation of why Covid-19 infections are much more widespread than the official figures for positive tests suggest. In addition:"In April, the British Medical Journal published a study which suggested 78 per cent of COVID-19 carriers do not experience symptoms, although studies have varied."This implies that 22% have experienced symptoms, perhaps serious enough to get tested. Assuming that this is the case, and looking at the current number of infections in England and Wales which is 300,000 (https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/#category=utlas&map=rate) this means that at least 1.36 million people in England and Wales have been infected at some time, out of a population of approx 57 millions.

Una-Jane Winfield ● 1754d0 Comments ● 1754d

Defiance of government credited with low care home death rate in H&F

"On April 2, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) issued guidance stating that “negative tests were ‘not required prior to transfers/admissions into the care home’, as at this time the national policy was for testing capacity to be limited to symptomatic patients.”This borders on criminal negligence by DHSC. They must have known what they were saying.It is only common sense that old people discharged from hospitals needed to be tested before "seeding" care homes. It is only common sense that the carers in these homes had to be tested to prevent spread from one care home to another. Well done Hammersmith and Fulham Council!  The Council should be awarded a "Humanane Society" medal, or something similar for not rolling over and allowing themselves to be crushed by DHSC and NHS "edicts". Thank you!

Una-Jane Winfield ● 1754d0 Comments ● 1754d

New plan submitted for Summerskill House, Clem Attlee Estate, Fulham

See the May 2020 appraisal by the Fulham Society which gives useful background details: http://www.fulhamsociety.org/2020/05/watermeadow-and-edith-summerskill-house/

Una-Jane Winfield ● 1754d0 Comments ● 1754d

Krystals 24 hour alcohol licence appliction

If you live nearby Krystals on Fulham Road you may want to know they are applying for a licence to serve alcohol 24/7.https://public-access.lbhf.gov.uk/online-applications/licencingApplicationDetails.do?activeTab=makeComment&keyVal=QCBN40BI1AO00

Ellen Kearney ● 1785d0 Comments ● 1785d

Black holdall found...

..presumably stolen..on the towpath near Hammersmith Bridge (16/06). Do you know the owner?

Jane Suthering ● 1792d0 Comments ● 1792d

NHS Urgent Care Walk-in Centres to Remain Closed

Owen Sheppard and the editor are right to draw attention to the stasis (no change) at Charing Cross Hospital Urgent Care Centre, Hammersmith Hospital UCC and Parsons Green UCC. The budgets for these UCCs have been taken over by London Region NHS and redirected "temporarily" to Covid-19. But Covid-19 is now dying out. We are witnessing yet more unannounced closures and centralisation of power. On 29th April, near the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Sir David Sloman, Director of NHS London Region, wrote to the heads of all London's Integrated Care Systems (as yet not legally recognised as NHS bodies) demanding their plans to permanently adopt many of the changes which they had temporarily made to meet the Covid-19 challenge. That is the way that the NHS and Govs force through change: they "seize the moment".

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Non NHS approved "Hammersmith Clinic Offering Free Covid-19 Tests to NHS Staff"

Beware! Hammersmith Council and the NHS have warned that this test is NOT approved by the NHS: https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/articles/news/2020/05/public-health-advisory-private-antibody-testing-centre

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The Turpin family

HelloI am trying to contact any member of the Turpin family or anyone who knew them formerly of Querrin Street.My email address is govens97@gmail.comThank youGreg Ovens

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Dental health

Hello everyone, To our dear local residents, due to the unprecedented circumstances at the moment we have decided to temporarily close the clinic for a few weeks.  This has been a very difficult decision but the welfare of our community and patients is our absolute priority. ALL dental practices are closed according to national guidelines. The local authorities are rolling out a few clinics around London specifically for the most severe dental problems. We are currently operating an advice and emergency service and are available by telephone (02030801000) and email (mail@cfdentist), soon to also provide video consultations. If you are undergoing treatment with us, do be in touch and we can advise on your next steps. Rest assured, we’ll get there! We look forward to seeing you soon- stay safe, stay home.Kind regards,Dr Imran and The TeamChelsea and Fulham Dentist841a Fulham RoadFulhamLondonSW6 5HQhttps://www.chelseaandfulhamdentist.co.uk

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Fulham Farmers Market Opening SAT 11th April St Johns Church

Fulham Farmers Market Opening Sat 11th April at St Johns Church, North End Rd, Fulham, SW6 1PB.As people need other options to shop for food, we have decided to open the farmers' market with a selection of core traders.  Starting next Saturday from 9am for the elderly and vulnerable, everyone else can start coming from 10am but please try to space it out and come throughout the day, we will be open till 1:00pm.There will be lots of fresh produce available direct from the farmer/producer, we'll have about 10 traders.  For further info please email us on info@brookgreenmarket.co.ukPlease follow us on social media for regular updates:Facebook - Fulham Farmers' MarketInstagram/twitter - @ffmsw6Many Thanks FFM

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