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Bingo! Ealing Tells the Truth About Southall
What happens to Southall when the Ealing Council’s Head of Community Safety intervenes in planning applications?
Recording what happens to Southall — and who is responsible.
Local people. Local questions.
Digging the dirt, unearthing the truth.
As read by Ealing Council’s Press Office
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We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
Or we could build a civic record that belongs to the people who made it.
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Feeling the Heat
Ealing Council has repeatedly failed to address climate-related inequalities and air pollution in Southall.
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The Drugs Don't Work
Not when the answer to inequality is simply to move it somewhere safer politically.
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The Smell of Success
Peter Mason has been shortlisted for Labour Councillor of the Year. Southall Stories investigates his credentials.
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This Is Our Home. It's a Tip.
Ealing’s fly-tipping crisis is out of control and Labour’s numbers don’t add up.
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On the Bins Again
After two articles on Ealing’s fly-tipping crisis — “Bangarang” and “Boomerang” — a commenter challenged the central argument: if fortnightly bin …
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What Happened to Southall?
A new report by Community Powered Reporting critically examines Ealing Council’s shortcomings in addressing issues in Southall, highlighting various …
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Boomerang! Ten Years Sorting Out Fly-tipping
Fly-tipping in Ealing has doubled since the council changed waste collection to biweekly in 2016, leading to increased cleanup costs and ongoing community …
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The Broken Manifesto Promises that show how Labour is Failing Ealing
Peter Mason adeptly maintains Ealing Labour’s façade of progress while consistently failing to deliver on housing promises and other key issues.
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Section 106 money: where did Southall’s “developer tax” go?
Over five years, Southall generated more than £13m in developer contributions but received less than £5m in local S106 spending.
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The EA Files: What Regulators Knew About Fire Risks at Southall Recycling Site
An incendiary paper trail of inspections, warnings and half-measures that makes the “unfortunate accident” claim about Southall’s recycling fire …
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The Council Investigation That Found Nothing
A year-long investigation by the council into complaints about harmful practices at the Johnson Street recycling site that burned last week ultimately …
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A Fire We Were Warned About
Within hours of publishing an update on Southall’s Toxic Town scandal, the recycling site behind our home burned - an event long predicted by residents and …
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Toxic Town - Have You Been Affected?
After years unable to analyse the contamination data, AI has finally revealed what authorities denied - now I’m reaching out to reconnect with those who …
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Ealing For Sale
Ealing Council’s 2023 strategy document officially confirms what began in 2007 with the Dominion Centre template: a systematic 18-year asset disposal …
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Response to Ealing's Air Quality Strategy and Action Plan
Ealing Council’s draft air quality strategy promises to protect residents from pollution while simultaneously allowing the very developments and practices …
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The Property Lobby: the Hidden Reality behind the Housing Crisis in Ealing
How property developers paid Ealing councillors to holiday in Cannes while planning 14,800 new homes in Southall that local people can’t afford and don’t …
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Ealing Monopoly
An exclusive group of wealthy, mostly white men conspired to profit from Ealing’s public assets during a financial crisis while not being elected for such …
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Questions for Cabinet Leads
Concerns have been raised regarding the impact of air pollution from the Southall Gasworks site on local communities, highlighting issues of health …
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Look at these Bricks!
The text discusses the progress and promises regarding the construction of genuinely affordable homes in Ealing, highlighting various statistics and dates.
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PHE cover-up, continued
This forensic analysis exposes a sophisticated data manipulation operation where Public Health England and Atkins systematically concealed escalating toxic …
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Naphthalene Poisoning Risk in People of African and Asian Heritage
Research indicates that people of Asian and African descent are more vulnerable to naphthalene poisoning through inhalation, contrary to claims that the …
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Berkeley's School Governors Board Member
Concerns have been raised about air pollution from the Berkeley Group’s construction affecting students’ health at Blair Peach Primary School.
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Visit to Southall Waterside (aka The Green Quarter)
Concerns are raised over the safety and environmental impact of the Southall Waterside development and its associated companies.