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BBC: "Ealing studios celebrate 80th anniversary"

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"Every film buff will know these titles: 'The Lavender Hill Mob', 'Whisky Galore' and 'Kind Hearts and Coronets'. They are some of the best loved comedies produced by the world famous Ealing studios, which are celebrating their 80th anniversary."

bdonline: "Vision for west London’s Old Oak Common area"

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"Terry Farrell & Partners has unveiled its futuristic vision for the transformation of Park Royal City in west London.

"The area around Old Oak Common is earmarked to become Britain’s first 'high-speed rail super hub', together with 12,000 new homes and a waterside park."

Ealing: 'Queen of the Suburbs'

Evening Standard: "Boris Johnson seeks plastic bag 'scourge' ban"

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"Boris Johnson has called for plastic bags to be banned in London stores, after retailers failed to cut sufficiently the number they give out.

"The Mayor called the bags 'an unnecessary scourge on our environment'."

Croydon Green Party: South London Waste Plan

GREEN PARTY DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION FROM LABOUR FOR FAILING TO ATTEND HEARING

"It has come to light over the week-long public hearing for the 'South London Waste Plan' (SLWP) that not a single councillor (Conservative or Labour) from Croydon attended this crucial event, which will have far-reaching implications on health, future budgets, and the environment.

"It is understood that at the end of the public consultation process, an incinerator will be built on the borders of Croydon.

"Commenting on this revelation, the Green Party's Shasha Khan said,

"Whilst the Green party is concerned that no Tory councillors attended, it is of far greater concern that no Labour councillors were present - in fact it is shameful. They are the elected opposition, and their function is to hold the Council to account. They have failed the people of Croydon.

In the run-up to last year's election, Labour told the electorate that a health bombshell was on the horizon [first leaflet shown below] and warned residents that for miles around house prices will crash [second leaflet]. Now that we are three years away from the next election, they are nowhere to be seen."

"According to their own literature, it is the Labour wards north of the borough that fall in the 'central risk zone'.

Labour have a responsibility to their constituent. They need to explain themselves because it looks like they have simply taken their voters for granted. They have a responsibility to represent their constituents. Labour councillors are not going to be able to stop the incinerator by staying at home."

"The Green Party has been advised that two Tory opposition councillors from Merton attended the public examination of the SLWP. Even though the Green Party was not scheduled to speak at the hearing, members from Croydon and Sutton attended."

West London Waste Authority: "Eight tenderers long-listed for West London waste contract"

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"The West London Waste Authority (WLWA) has long-listed a total of eight bidders for a long term residual waste treatment contract covering the boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, and Richmond upon Thames.

• Cory Environmental Ltd, 
• Covanta Energy Ltd, 
• E.ON Energy from Waste AG, 
• FCC/Waste Recycling Group Ltd, 
• SITA UK Ltd, 
• Veolia ES Aurora Ltd, 
• Viridor Waste Management Ltd, and 
• Wheelabrator Technologies Incorporated 

will now be invited to develop outline solutions, as the next stage in the competitive dialogue process that is being employed.

The contract involves treating up to 300,000 tonnes of residual waste per year, generated by a population of 1.4 million people, and covers all aspects of treatment including any necessary transport, the operation of transfer stations, and contracts for outputs such as compost, refuse-derived fuel, recyclates etc.

Bids were invited from “single entity” companies, consortia, or joint ventures. The WLWA has offered the three waste transfer stations within its direct control as part of the procurement, but also welcomed proposals involving sites within bidders’ control, or which they intend to acquire.

Bidders will now be invited to present whatever proposals they feel are the most economically advantageous technology to meet WLWA’s output specification, but the authority is stipulating that the technology must be proven in operation on a municipal scale.

The next stage of the tender process will narrow bidders to three or four, that will present detailed solutions in the first part of 2012. Two final bidders will submit final tenders in Autumn 2012, and the preferred bidder will be selected in Spring 2013.

To find out more about the procurement process, please contact the Procurement Project Administrator, by emailing procurement@westlondonwaste.gov.uk

Evening Standard: "'Disgust' as park litter experiment backfires"

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"An experiment to get visitors to Hyde Park to take away their litter has left organisers 'disgusted'. Part of the park was left covered in fast-food wrappers, bottles, and even soiled nappies, after staff stopped clearing up at the weekend.

"Keep Britain Tidy spokeswoman Helen Bingham said:

"It was a real mess by this morning - it was disgusting. Lots of people have sat down on the grass and eaten or drunk or changed their baby's nappy, and left it behind. People normally don't see the consequences of littering. But this shows if you don't clear up after yourself, what it looks like. It's revolting."