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The Arts Desk
theartsdesk Q&A: Musician Gary Numan
The Arts Desk
Electronic music icon Gary Numan talks highs, lows, love, booze, Jessie Jackson, Carole Caplin, and much more. by Thomas H GreenSaturday, 19 May 2012 Gary Numan (born Gary Webb, 1958) was born in Hammersmith and raised in the western outskirts of ...

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ADAM POINTS A ROCK DIRECTION
Daily Star
And Adam, who performs with Queen at London's hmv Hammersmith Apollo this summer, has some tracks he thinks would fit the bill. The 30-year-old, heading for No 1 in the US album charts with Trespassing, told me: “There's a lot of songs that didn't make ...
Queen and Adam Lambert Add London Tour Dates After Sonisphere Cancellationmxdwn.com

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Super sewer WILL be built in Fulham as Thames Water snubs residents
Fulham Chronicle
Hammersmith & Fulham Council last week wrote to Boris Johnson to welcome his pledge to call for a review of the scheme and said it was 'ludicrous' of Thames Water to persevere with the project, which has attracted concern over cost to water customers.

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Rail Link to Heathrow Gets Further Boost
BrentfordTW8.com
Hounslow Council, along with Hammersmith and Fulham Council have add their backing to the plan put forward by Wandsworth Council, and known as Airtrack-Lite. The original plans were amended after it was decided that routing extra trains through level ...

ChiswickW4.com
Chiswick Rail Link to Heathrow Gets Further Boost
ChiswickW4.com
Hounslow Council, along with Hammersmith and Fulham Council have add their backing to the plan put forward by Wandsworth Council, and known as Airtrack-Lite. The original plans were amended after it was decided that routing extra trains through level ...

Son of Fulham chiropodist embarking on mammoth cycle
Fulham Chronicle
“It does seem massively daunting but I'm sure as I get the miles under my belt it'll get better. “My family think it's a great idea. We want something positive to come out of a tragic event.” Around 290 people in Hammersmith and Fulham have a stroke ...

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The Business Desk
Ocean Outdoor sold to the private equity arm of Lloyds bank for £35m
The Guardian
The company operates 28 sites across the UK, although London is the company's main market, and specialises in eye-catching digital advertising sites including Eat Street at Westfield shopping centre and Two Towers West on the Hammersmith flyover.
LDC backs £35m buyout of advertising groupThe Business Desk (registration)

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BBC News
The London social housing squeeze
The Guardian (blog)
At Red Brick, Tony Clements on Hammersmith and Fulham accepting applications to their social housing list only from households earning less than £40000 a year: This won't make any practical difference. The shortage of social housing means only those in ...
Social housing allocation changes in sight for LondonBBC News
Council houses are homes for the poor, not assets for the richEvening Standard
Future council housing in Hammersmith & Fulham only for those earning less ...Conservative Home (blog)
Peterborough Evening Telegraph
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ITV News
Hammersmith tunnel 'solution to crumbling flyover'
BBC News
The Hammersmith Flyover has been under repair works since December and is scheduled to reopen fully on 30 May. Hammersmith and Fulham Council said: "We must continue to push for an alternative solution, and that is a tunnel." Transport for London (TfL) ...
Hammersmith flyover repairs nearly completeITV News

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Ibis Fulham to be borough's biggest hotel after council grants expansion
Fulham Chronicle
It will bring the total number of beds to 774 and will overtake the Novotel in Hammersmith as the borough's biggest. In addition, a new health club, restaurant and shops will be built. They will be added to a new six storey block which will be ...

ITV News
Hammersmith flyover repairs nearly complete
ITV News
When engineers found evidence of serious corrosion on the Hammersmith Flyover at the end of last year, it was shut completely, however with the Olympics now in sight, so is a completion of repair work. Transport for London has announced that repairs to ...

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Disability charity commissions Media Trust to extend its reach
Civil Society Media
Hammersmith and Fulham Action on Disability (Hafad) has commissioned communications charity Media Trust to carry out a market research project designed to increase its scope in west London. The six-month scheme revolves around identifying new ...

Hammersmith Flyover to fully reopen to traffic on 30 May
Materials Handling World Magazine
Vital repair work to the Hammersmith Flyover will be completed on 30 May, allowing the structure to be fully reopened to all traffic well ahead of the London 2012 Games. The works, which began in January, have seen around 200m of the central ...
Hammersmith Flyover to fully re-open at the end of MayFulham Chronicle
Council calls on TfL to plan Hammersmith tunnelTransport Briefing

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The Guardian
Chair, Lyric Hammersmith Studio, London
Financial Times
By Sarah Hemming The third in Edward Bond's recent trilogy, The Chair Plays, this bleak one-act drama extrapolates from the present to imagine a dystopian future in which human interaction is severely restricted. It is 2077 and people are operating in ...
Chair – reviewThe Guardian

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Hammersmith's biblical effort to re-tell story of Babel
Fulham Chronicle
Hammersmith residents join a cast of 500 for a modern re-telling of the Biblical story of Babel. The mythical story of the great tower of Babel is being told in a new production of biblical proportions with hundreds of amateur actors taking part.

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Hammersmith Flyover to Fully Re-Open This Month
LBC 97.3
The Hammersmith Flyover will fully re-open to traffic at the end of this month according to Transport for London. TfL claims strengthening works - which began in January - will be completed by the end of the month, including 22 kilometres of new ...

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Biography: Hammersmith and Fulham Council leader-in-waiting Nick Botterill
Fulham Chronicle
By Adam Courtney Hammersmith and Fulham Council leader Stephen Greenhalgh steps down from the role on May 30 and last week announced he was leaving the borough altogether to become deputy mayor for policing under Boris Johnson.

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BBC News
Social housing allocation changes in sight for London
BBC News
Hammersmith and Fulham Council said it plans to give priority to people in work or training, ex-service personnel and foster carers. It promised its new system would be "fairer and prioritise people making positive contributions to society".
The London social housing squeezeThe Guardian (blog)
Council houses are homes for the poor, not assets for the richEvening Standard
Future council housing in Hammersmith & Fulham only for those earning less ...Conservative Home (blog)
Peterborough Evening Telegraph
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South West Londoner
South West Londoners advised to submit Jubilee street party applications
South West Londoner
The other boroughs have slightly less approved street party applications: Kensington and Chelsea 28, Hammersmith and Fulham 30, Kingston 36 and Merton with 62. The deadlines for the boroughs that are still open are set to close this week, ...

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Muywai And The Riversongz To Play Hammersmith Apollo
Entertainment Focus
UK Gospel stars Muywai & The Riversongz will be playing live at HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London on 23rd June 2012. The concert, titled All Around The World will feature Muwai & The Riversongz performing alongside a number of special guests, ...