May 2009 Archives

Two pensioners who bussed their way for free from Lands End to John O'Groats are back at home but missing the celebrity status they built up along the way.

60-year-old Jacki Dixon and 70-year-old Pat Gorrigne became the first women to complete the challenge on their freedom passes and were amazed at the reception they received on their trip.

Pupils at Bedfont Junior and Infant schools will be giving parents road safety lessons as part of an event at the schools on Friday.

Police officers and their team of Junior Road Safety officers at the schools will be talking to parents about the dangers of parking across driveways, speeding and using mobile phones when they drop their children off at school.

BUDGENS supermarket has been ordered to shut down a car wash operating illegally in the car park of its Staines Road store.

Neighbours of the Bedfont supermarket have been plagued by noise for years, despite Hounslow Council shutting down the car wash in April 2005.