News in Brentford

Brentford's new fish and chip shop opened this week and Brentford Nub News sampled its offering.

Cod N Rock at 9 London Road was doing a brisk trade when we visited on Thursday night.

The minke whale calf stranded in the Thames hadn't eaten for days and was malnourished at the time of its death, the first results from a post-mortem by scientists at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).

The post-mortem is still in progress and samples collected during the examination are due to be tested, which could reveal why the whale swam up the Thames to the Lock.

The Last Stop is celebrating Middlesex Day on Sunday with live music while people enjoy food and drink.

There will be a live appearance of Fiona Paige who will be playing music during the event at the venue in Dock Road, Brentford that has already proved hugely popular with local people since it opened several weeks ago.

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The Six Bells is at 148 Brentford High Street and and was rebuilt in 1904.

It is locally listed In Grand Union Canal & Boston Manor Conservation Area; Thames Policy Area.

Grants up to £300k are being made available to voluntary and community groups up for grabs as Hounslow Council launches its second year of the Thriving Communities Fund.

Last year £1,154,008 in total was invested in organisations who helped countless people - and now the Council is hoping the same will be achieved this year.

A new gardening centre is set to open in Chiswick High Road.

Dobbies is to move into the former premises of Carluccio's at number 344.

Hounslow Council has launched a new British Sign Language (BSL) service to make accessing council services easier for residents who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Working with SignLive, the Council will pilot an online BSL interpretation service that residents can use to contact the council via telephone, attend meetings via video conferencing platforms such as Zoom or communicate face-to-face when Covid restrictions allow.

After the tragic ending to the story of the minke whale trapped in the Thames, the RNLI reflect on the whale's story.

Here Paul Stallard, Teddington RNLI Lifeboat Press Officer and Crew, tells the story from the perspective of the rescue crews who spent (in total) 36 hours trying to assist the whale:

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