July 2008 Archives
Police and benefit officials launched a dramatic raid on an Isleworth couple's home last week amid allegations of major benefits fraud.
The married grandparents, 53 and 55, are accused of wrongly claiming thousands of pounds in income support and housing benefits since 2003.
A former doctor from West Middlesex Hospital has been voted one of the most influential people in the history of the National Health Service.
Marjory Warren, considered by many experts to be the mother of modern geriatrics, came 18th in a survey compiled by the Health Service Journal to mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS.
Did you work with Marjory Warren? Or did she treat you? Post your comments below or in the Isleworth forum
Excited children from The Blue School CE Primary School showed their competitive spirit in the annual sports day.
On July 21 parents made their way down to the school on North Street, Isleworth, to watch their children take part in many fun sporting activities.
Gigs
Monday, July 21
■ Coach and Horses, 183 London Road. Live jazz with host Trevor Tompkins. Free. 8.30pm. Call 020 8560 1447.
Girls from an Isleworth school took on the 1950s Broadway production of West Side Story for their yearly show.
Pupils and staff from Gumley School in St John's Road spent 12 weeks rehearsing for the stunning production that is showing over four nights from July 14- 19.
Double Olympic gold medallist Daley Thompson visited a sports club in Chiswick in a bid to encourage youngsters to get active.
Pupils from St Mary's Primary School in Isleworth were put through their paces at the Riverside Club as they joined the decathlon legend in a series of activities including swimming and martial arts.
A martial arts fanatic from Isleworth has won £16,000 on hit TV show Deal or No Deal.
Carol Scarrott, 48, from Worton Road, gathered with family and friends to watch herself beat the banker after taking 24 days off from her job as manager of the West Middlesex Hospital's sexual health clinic to take part.
An 85-year-old Isleworth woman has fallen victim to a distraction burglar who convinced her to sit watching her kitchen taps as he ransacked drawers and cupboards upstairs.
The heartless thief gained access to her home by posing as a water board employee who needed to check her pipes.
The man, described as white, 5ft 9ins, aged 32, with short, dark brown hair and a slim build, made off with jewellery and £625 cash following the burglary in Bridge Road, at 5.45pm, on July 10.
Gigs
Monday, July 14
■ Coach and Horses, 183 London Road. Live jazz with host Trevor Tompkins. Free. 8.30pm. Call 020 8560 1447.
Officers from Osterley & Spring Grove Safer Neighbourhoods Team spent the afternoon with children from the Ladybird Lane Day Nursery on July 30.
The children, aged between 2 and 5 years, had just finished reading about "Burglar Bill" when the police arrived.
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