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So, we're now in Tier 4 as of tomorrow morning. Happy Christmas!

BREAKING: The Government has announced that London is moving to Tier 4 restrictions from tomorrow morning with households no longer permitted to mix for Christmas.These further restrictions are a bitter blow for Londoners who were hoping to spend time with loved ones safely this Christmas, and for businesses who have already suffered so much this year. London faces its toughest Christmas since the war and the whole city will need to pull together to see us through this terrible period. Implementing restrictions is not enough – it is imperative that the Government vastly increase mass testing as a matter of urgency. Providing greater financial support to businesses and the self-employed, currently woefully insufficient, is crucial. The Government needs to put in place a compensation scheme for all lost income for the festive period, as well as a package of full pay for those who are required to self-isolate. Face coverings should be made mandatory in all busy outdoor public places.London and the country are paying the price for the Government’s continued failure to get a handle on the pandemic. This continued chaos and confusion could all have been avoided had the Government not made irresponsible promises to the public and raised expectations about the Christmas period. I urge Londoners to follow the new restrictions very closely, so that we can protect our NHS and prevent more tragic deaths. It would be such a tragedy to lose even more people to this disease when the vaccine is now being rolled out across our city and those lives could be saved.

Jill Merrett ● 2139d40 Comments ● 2138d

council details here to tell them how you feel about the cycle lane!!

Many people have already commented on a separate thread how they agree that this cycle lane is dangerous and a waste of money - we did not need a commuter lane via CHR as commuters can cycle along the A4 and they could have spent money improving that pathway ...  join the onechiswick  facebook group of you want to help and stay informed ... contribute to the legal fund to reverse this horrible scheme and/or write to the relevant people and express your distaste at such a waste of taxpayer money   You can help now by the following:Comment on the Hounslow consultation on the future of Chiswick town centre; sign the petition about Turnham Green Terrace and Fishers Lane; and email your views to the relevant Hounslow cabinet members and officers and Ealing councillors - see the links and email addresses below; one email sent to all is fine.• Hounslow streetspace feedback: https://haveyoursay.hounslow.gov.uk/traffic-and-transport/streetspace-feedback/• Hounslow consultation on the future of Chiswick town centre: https://bit.ly/3mll9nI• Petition about the closure of Turnham Green Terrace and Fishers Lane: https://www.change.org/p/hounslow-and-ealing-councils-petition-against-closure-fishers-lane-and-turnham-green-terrace-in-chiswick-to-cars• Petition about South Chiswick Traffic Measures: https://www.change.org/.../hounslow-council-south...Email addresses• Cllr Hanif Khan, Hounslow cabinet member for transport, traffic and parking: hanif.khan@hounslow.gov.uk• Cllr Guy Lambert, Hounslow cabinet member for highways: guy.lambert@hounslow.gov.uk• Cllr Katherine Dunne, Hounslow cabinet member for communities and climate emergency: katherine.dunne@hounslow.gov.uk• Mark Frost, Hounslow transport officer: mark.frost@hounslow.gov.uk• Cllr Andrew Steed, Lib Dem member for Southfield ward: SteedA@ealing.gov.uk• Cllr Gary Malcolm, Lib Dem member for Southfield ward: MalcolmG@ealing.gov.uk• Cllr Gary Busutill, Lib Dem member for Southfield ward: BusuttilG@ealing.gov.uk• Traffic department (from which you should get a reply): traffic@hounslow.gov.uk; covidtransport@ealing.gov.uk; Please write to COVIDtransport@ealing.gov.uk and TrafficNotices@ealing.gov.uk make sure you include your full address for the complaint to count.• and copy your three ward councillors (Hounslow email format: firstname.lastname@hounslow.gov.uk and Ealing email format: firstname.lastname@ealing.gov.uk)Collect Data: keep travel diaries/logs, fill in the incident log, take and keep video/photo evidence, handout the delivery forms to any harassed delivery drivers. Send to our email.Keep sending emails to both Hounslow and Ealing Council, TfL, DoT, London Assembly copying in the other councillors. Make the messages personal, highlighting your own issues, challenges, ask for data under FOI, ask for how the scheme will be evaluated.Offer to Help - we need volunteers willing to keep journey diaries. Please let us know if you have specific experience/guidance that you think could make a difference. Any ideas on other activities please share. We are likely to need personal stories to post on the website, so get writing. Any budding journalists out there, please let me know.Our email address is onechiswickw4@gmail.comInvite others who object to join this group.Talk to businesses, neighbours share the information, get them to write to the council. If you can co-ordinate your street contacts please let me know,Donate if you can to https://uk.gofundme.com/f/onechiswick-united-against-streetspace-changesEVERY LITTLE HELPSXMA Header ImageStreetspace Feedback - London Borough of Hounslow - Citizen Spacehaveyoursay.hounslow.gov.ukAaXMA Header ImageStreetspace Feedback - London Borough of Hounslow - Citizen Spacehaveyoursay.hounslow.gov.uk

Margie Frew ● 2141d45 Comments ● 2139d