News in Brentford

An announcement is set to be made by organisers of Parkrun on the resumption of the weekly 5km runs including those at Gunnersbury and Osterley Park.

The restart of the Parkrun events has been delayed due to issues with landholding permissions.

The future of the gates at the Brentford Dock estate will be discussed by councillors on June 10.

The planning committee will meet to decide whether to progress with a section 4 direction which prohibits the dock from barring people access to its grounds.

Tonight the fourth and final episode in a beautifully-shot documentary series on Kew Gardens will be aired on Channel 5.

The documentary, Kew Gardens: A Year in Bloom, was filmed at Kew Gardens and Wakehurst, Kew's wild botanic garden in Sussex during lockdown in 2020.

Syon House derives its name from Syon Abbey, a medieval monastery of the Bridgettine Order, founded in 1415 on a nearby site by King Henry V.

The abbey moved to the site now occupied by Syon House in 1431. It was one of the wealthiest nunneries in the country and a local legend recites that the monks of Sheen had a tunnel running to the nunnery at Syon.

More 3,000 three local people gave their time and energy to help feed the elderly, shield families and ensure some of our most vulnerable communities were protected.

They are being honoured as part of Volunteers' Week (1-7 June) when Hounslow Council, with partners Ealing and Hounslow CVS, are taking the opportunity to thank all the volunteers for going that extra mile during the pandemic.

The new fish and chip shop in Brentford is to finally reopen after emergency renovation work.

Cod N Rock will reopen tomorrow (Thursday 3 June) at 12pm.

A group of Travellers who arrived at Kew Green last Thursday have decided to move on, the council has said.

Richmond council launched the legal process to move the group last week and the High Court gave the Council powers to evict them.

A new pop-up summer restaurant has opened in Chiswick Gardens.

The Garden Pavilion is a collaboration between Food Show Events and Chiswick House & Gardens Trust.

Bees fans have just two weeks to wait to find out the fixtures for the first season in the top flight since 1946/47.

The schedule for the 2021/22 Premier League season will be announced at 9am on Wednesday 16 June.

The Department for Transport has announced it will contribute up to one third of the costs required to reopen Hammersmith Bridge which closed to all users in August 2020.

The funding will be provided as part of a new joint deal between the Department for Transport (DfT), TfL and London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.