https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/Local news, what's on and the information you need across the borough of Hillingdon.en-GBSun, 04 Oct 2026 08:53:10 +0000https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-planning-committee-6-october/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-planning-committee-6-october/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOfficers back all 11 schemes on Tuesday's agenda, including five facing petitions: Hayes flats over a restaurant, Northwood flats and floodlit padel courts.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/uxbridge-halloween/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/uxbridge-halloween/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnHalloween is Saturday 31 October. Free pumpkin trail at Manor Farm, Spooky Squadrons at the Bunker, and pick-your-own pumpkins at Iver from £4 a head.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/uxbridge-remembrance-sunday/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/uxbridge-remembrance-sunday/Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnRemembrance Sunday is 8 November. St John's Hillingdon parades at 10.50am and the Battle of Britain Bunker lays wreaths at 11am, free. Other services TBC.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/uxbridge-roadworks-travel/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/uxbridge-roadworks-travel/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoThe M25 clockwise from Denham (J16) to Maple Cross shuts overnight from 5 to 8 October, and the M4 link onto the M25 at Heathrow closes on 8 October.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/meadow-high-harefield-campus-opens/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/meadow-high-harefield-campus-opens/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMeadow High School's new Northwood Road campus in Harefield opened on 28 September with 90 places for pupils with SEND, in a former football academy block.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-shop-parade-rents-motion-lost/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-shop-parade-rents-motion-lost/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCouncillors voted 30 to 19 against pausing backdated rent rises on council shop parades. The council says backdating is not automatic and rises can be stepped.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/whats-on-uxbridge-this-month/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/whats-on-uxbridge-this-month/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnABBAMANIA at the Beck on 8 October, Dinosaurs Live on the 18th, then a half term with a free Harry Potter day at Manor Farm. 42 dated events, each checked.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/west-drayton-tip-motion-lost/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/west-drayton-tip-motion-lost/Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsCouncillors voted 30 to 19 against pausing the Tavistock Road tip closure. The council says it was a delegated decision that saves over £300,000.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-ombudsman-upheld-complaints/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-ombudsman-upheld-complaints/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHillingdon left a woman's care underfunded for two years, building an £11,500 debt. It is one of seven Ombudsman complaints upheld against the council since June.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-house-prices-july-2026/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-house-prices-july-2026/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe average Hillingdon home sold for £470,875 in July, down 1.3% on the year, the steepest annual fall in two years. Flats fell 4%; only semis rose.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-christmas-bin-collections/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-christmas-bin-collections/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoHillingdon has not set its 2026 Christmas bin days. Last year most rounds moved earlier, with Saturday crews on 20 and 27 December. Garden waste stops 21 Dec.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-school-term-dates/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-school-term-dates/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoHillingdon's October half term is 26 to 30 October and term ends Friday 18 December. Haydon and Bishopshalt take two weeks; Vyners shuts 19 to 23 Nov.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-tip-opening-times/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-tip-opening-times/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoHarefield recycling centre opens 8am to 4pm daily, last entry 3.45pm, roadworks from 5 October. West Drayton shuts 21 December after a council vote.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/uxbridge-christmas-travel/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/uxbridge-christmas-travel/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Local InfoNo Elizabeth line trains at West Drayton or Hayes on 28 and 29 November. Last Christmas the Piccadilly line was shut to Uxbridge; 2026 plans follow in December.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/uxbridge-october-half-term/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/uxbridge-october-half-term/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnHalf term is 26 to 30 October. New: a free Harry Potter day at Manor Farm on the 29th, book a slot. Plus a pumpkin trail, Spooky Squadrons and Lido trains.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/uxbridge-santas-grotto/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/uxbridge-santas-grotto/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnRuislip Lido Railway runs Santa trains on 5, 6, 13 and 19 December at £20 a seat. Manor Farm's grotto is Sunday 22 November, £14 a child with two adults free.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/battle-of-britain-bunker-winter/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/battle-of-britain-bunker-winter/Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnThe Bunker opens daily 10am to 4.30pm, £14 with under-16s free. Keep Calm It's Christmas is 5 December and a festive secret-rooms tour runs on 19 December.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/west-drayton-tip-closure-motion/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/west-drayton-tip-closure-motion/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsA 6,594-name petition and a motion at tonight's Full Council want the Tavistock Road tip kept open past 21 December. Harefield would be the borough's only site.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/brookside-community-centre-hayes/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/brookside-community-centre-hayes/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsBrookside Community Centre in Hayes is still shut, and its charity has spent £164,730 against £22,290 of income in five years. Councillors ask why tonight.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/uxbridge-suntory-community-fund/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/uxbridge-suntory-community-fund/Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSuntory's Together for Good fund has £89,000 left and matches pledges up to £10,000. Only three of the 16 projects it has backed so far are near Uxbridge.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/novotel-harlington-128-rooms-retrospective/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/novotel-harlington-128-rooms-retrospective/Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHillingdon has approved 128 hotel rooms on Bath Road that were already built and, officers said, not lawful. Nobody objected. The council gets £324,898.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-claimant-count-august-2026/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-claimant-count-august-2026/Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000News10,860 Hillingdon residents were claiming unemployment-related benefits in August, the most since June 2025. The rise is all under-25s and over-50s.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-heathrow-policy-statement-response/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-heathrow-policy-statement-response/Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHillingdon says the draft Heathrow rules give no route to a no, and a £3,000 noise insulation cap is under half Gatwick's £6,500. What it wants changed.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/drayton-village-care-centre-m4dradio/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/drayton-village-care-centre-m4dradio/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000Newsm4dRADIO, a free station made for people living with dementia, is now on DAB in South and West London. Residents at Drayton Village in West Drayton tuned in.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/barn-hotel-ruislip-71-homes/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/barn-hotel-ruislip-71-homes/Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHillingdon approved 71 homes at the Grade II listed Barn Hotel on 15 September, with no affordable housing and 22 parking spaces. What the report shows.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-fly-tipping-first-vehicle-crushed/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-fly-tipping-first-vehicle-crushed/Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHillingdon crushed its first fly-tipping vehicle on 3 September. Defra records 9,846 incidents in the borough in 2024/25 and just 26 fly-tipping fines.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-environmental-enforcement-fines/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-environmental-enforcement-fines/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHillingdon issued about 5,886 fixed penalty notices in six months. 3,053 went to taxis and minicabs waiting near Heathrow, and Sipson Road alone took 643.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-house-prices-june-2026/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-house-prices-june-2026/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe average Hillingdon home sold for £474,665 in June, down £2,703 on the year. Flats fell 2.4% while terraces and semis rose. Cheaper than Ealing or Harrow.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-at-60-museum-exhibition/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/hillingdon-at-60-museum-exhibition/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFree at Hillingdon Museum in Uxbridge until 30 September 2027: more than 30 residents' recorded memories, played through replica telephone handsets.https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/west-london-business-awards-2027-entries/https://uxbridgenews.co.uk/west-london-business-awards-2027-entries/Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsHillingdon firms have until midnight on Wednesday 14 October to enter the 2027 awards. Entry costs £30 plus VAT, and nothing at all for under-24s.