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Police officer injured and 3 arrested after fireworks thrown at Acton Police Station

Fireworks were thrown at police on Halloween

Evening Standard

A temporary and permanent park planned for Acton waterfront

A works approval application has been lodged.

The Canberra Times

After major delays, a new city fire and ambulance station moves closer

The project has not been without its setbacks.

The Canberra Times

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OPINION - I’ve now joined Generation (can’t afford to) Rent

Half my life is squashed into a lock-up garage in Acton. The other fills my small childhood bedroom.

Evening Standard

ACT government to invest $35m in Acton Waterfront development

'Acton Waterfront will become a new lakeside destination.'

The Canberra Times

Acton regeneration row: residents clash with developers and Ealing council over skyscrapers in the suburbs

A building boom is set to change the west London skyline. We speak to residents and would-be homeowners who worry they will be priced out by developers courting wealthy overseas investors

Evening Standard

The find that proved vital in the decision to settle our vibrant city

Imagine the explorers' jubilation when they stumbled on it near present-day Pialligo.

The Canberra Times

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OPINION - I used to be a republican, but here’s why I’m celebrating the Coronation

Next Sunday in Acton I will do something that would have shocked my younger self. I will be enthusiastically putting up bunting and trestle tables and preparing to toast the King for his coronation. But it’s not me that’s changed — it’s the world.

Evening Standard

Acton is where the action was at

In Part 2 of this series on the lost history of Acton Peninsula, we discover the area was the original centre of the emerging capital and home to various movers and shakers

The Canberra Times

If still standing, this forgotten Acton cottage would be submerged in water

The story of our beloved National Museum of Australia's site is, ironically, one you don't hear often.

The Canberra Times

TfL picks Barratt as partner on large new housing development in Acton

Barratt London will work with TfL to bring forward a site by Bollo Lane in Acton where up to 900 new homes are planned

Evening Standard

Acton fatal shooting victim named as Fernando Johnson

Officers were called to an address in Rosebank Way, Acton, at 2.15am on January 26 after Mr Johnson, 23, was shot.

The Independent UK

Acton: Victim of west London shooting named by police

The Met Police has appealed for information following the incident

Evening Standard

Man, 23, 'killed in ambush' was local hero who told kids to stay off streets

Fernando Johnson, who played for QPR when he was younger, was killed close to his home in Acton, London. Police do not yet know if he was stabbed or shot

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Evening Standard

Emergency crews smash through wall of London flat to rescue 50st heart attack victim

Paramedics and firefighters knock down wall to help bring man down from Acton council flat

Daily Mirror

Man weighing nearly 50st rescued after heart attack through hole smashed in flat's wall

A team of 25 firefighters, 18 paramedics and five police officers were part of the rescue mission to save a 47 stone man's life after he suffered from a heart attack in his home in Acton, West London

Daily Mirror

Astonishing pics show firefighters save woman from third floor of blazing building

Around 80 firefighters and 12 fire engines tackled the blaze in Acton, west London, where three women escaped from the third floor and a fourth was rescued from a balcony

Los Angeles Times

Forget honey bees. This LA artist finds meaning chasing California native bees

LOS ANGELES -- Krystle Hickman is the epitome of single-minded. She's polite and friendly with the reporter and photographer trailing her through the sand and rocks of the Acton Wash Wildlife Sanctuary south of Palmdale, but her distraction is apparent. There's clearly something else buzzing in the back of her…

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The Canberra Times

'Illegal immigrant' faces court for alleged assault of anti-China protester

The defendant is accused of assaulting and robbing a woman in Acton.

Evening Standard

London’s millionaire postcodes: new £1 million-plus areas from East London’s Wapping to Acton in the West

Across the capital 41 per cent of all postcodes now have average house prices of more than £1 million, new data reveals

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer: Comments by Rupa Huq were ‘racist and wrong’

Sir Keir Starmer has branded comments made by a Labour MP about the Chancellor being “superficially black” as racist. The Labour leader said Rupa Huq‘s remarks about Kwasi Kwarteng were “wrong”. The Ealing Central and Acton MP was suspended by the party on Tuesday after her comments emerged. Sir Keir…

The Canberra Times

West Basin tender 'poorly designed', poor value for money: audit

The audit found documents "grossly underestimated" the value of procurement which "without doubt" affected the advice provided to government.

Evening Standard

Kamil Malysz murder: Family appeal for information on suspect on the run after Acton killing

The family of a man murdered at his west London home today appealed for information to help bring his killer to justice.

Evening Standard

Elizabeth Line: The five west London Crossrail areas with the lowest house prices

House-hunters wanting to live on the Crossrail route should target their search in these west London hotspots

Daily Mirror

Jamal Edwards' tragic last hours as inquest hears details of devastating drug death

Music mogul Jamal Edwards tragically passed away in his mum's home in Acton after he suffered cardiac arrhythmia after he taking recreational drugs

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