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New
councillor
elected
John Riley has been
elected as a Conservative
ward councillor for West
Ruislip. He was elected
with 52.4 per cent of the
vote, a total of 1,351 votes.
inbrief
Benefits fraudster
sent to prison
A woman from Hayes
was sent to prison
for fraudulently
claiming £26,000 of
housing benefit.
Firdous Jalil, of
Woolacombe Way,
Hayes, was caught
committing benefit
fraud through the data
matching National
Fraud Initiative, which
revealed she had failed
to declare she was
living with her partner
while claiming housing
and council tax benefit.
The fraud led to her
receiving overpayment of
benefits over four years.
If you have any
information about benefit
fraud, please contact
the council’s hotline on
0800 389 8313.
Libraries upgrades
As part of the
modernisation
programme across the
borough, Harefield
and West Drayton
libraries are closed for
refurbishment.
Alternative
arrangements have
been made, please visit
www.hillingdon.gov.uk
for more information.
Hillingdon is blooming marvellous
The borough has won a
Silver Gilt award in the
large city category in the
London in Bloom
Awards ceremony.
Organised by the Royal
Horticultural Society,
London in Bloom is one
of eighteen regions across
England, Scotland, Wales
and Northern Ireland that
make up Britain in Bloom.
The contest is aimed at
promoting both
floriculture and
horticulture for the benefit
of the public as well as
to encourage displays of
flowers, shrubs, trees and
landscapes in places
visible to the public.
Have your
say on west
London
waste
A meeting into the future
of waste services is being
held at the Civic Centre
on Monday 1 December.
Six west London
boroughs, including
Hillingdon, have joined
together to plan how to
change the way we
manage waste in the
future. The West London
Waste Plan will identify
sites to manage all of the
area’s waste until 2025.
It will prioritise waste
reduction and recycling.
The meeting will start at
6.30pm with refreshments
available. Registration
will start from 6pm. For
more information visit
www.wlwp.net and to
register your interest in the
consultation please email
info@wlwp.net, telephone
01895 558341, or write to
West London Waste Plan,
Policy and Environmental
Planning, London
Borough of Hillingdon,
Civic Centre, High Street,
Uxbridge UB8 1UW.
Blooming winners announced
The best gardens in the
borough have been
recognised in the
borough’s annual
horticulture contest,
Hillingdon in Bloom.
The competition gives
recognition to local people
putting forward their
gardening achievements
through the imaginative
use of flowers, trees,
shrubs and landscaping.
There were 55 entries
this year’s contest and
the winners included:
• Woodbridge House
• Thelma White
Following a consultation
earlier this year,
improvements are being
made to the town
centre in Northwood.
This work follows the
successful completion
of work in Harefield
and Ruislip. More
than £500,000 is
being spent, with
£413,000 from the
council and the
remainder from
Transport for
London.
We would like to
thank all residents
who took part in the
consultation and told us
their likes and dislikes
about the Green Lane
area of Northwood.
Many of these
suggestions are included
in the works that began
in October. Other
suggestions that take
longer to arrange are still
being looked into, such as
a farmers’ market, safer
pedestrian crossings and a
20 mph zone.
Cllr Keith Burrows,
Cabinet Member for
• The Brookhouse, Hayes
• Sanctuary Close,
Harefield
• Pamela Percy
• William Constable and
• 8 Sanctuary Close,
Harefield
To see more of the
winners visit the news
section of the council
website at
www.hillingdon.gov.uk. If
you are interested in
becoming a judge or in
entering the competition
please contact Kerry
Fellows on 01895 250655
by 30 April 2009.
Northwood town centre
improvements underway
Planning and
Transportation, said:
“These works will make a
big difference to the lives
of the residents and the
suggestions were made
by them. I would like to
thank them for their
input, and also thank the
ward councillors for their
hard work on this
programme.”
If you would like more
information, please
contact Jonathan Westell
on 01895 250035 or email
jwestell@hillingdon.gov.uk
6 November/December 2008
hillingdon people magazine