ROAD safety measures will be installed on the road where young mum Lisa Clubb died last year.

Lisa, whose daughter Demi is three years old, was in collision with a car while crossing Hillingdon Hill, Hillingdon, on August 25. The driver was arrested and bailed pending further enquiries.

A PUBLIC inquiry will be held at the end of the month to determine the future of a footpath which has been closed for more than two years.

Residents, many of them elderly, argue that opening the footpath will make their lives easier, cutting their walk to shops by 15 minutes.

The cut-through runs between Floriston Avenue, Hillingdon, and Ryefield Avenue.

The footpath was closed two years ago by a neighbour whose property adjoined it.

The public inquiry will be held on January 30 at 10am at Hillingdon Civic Centre and is expected to last one day.

It was scheduled to take place twice last year but was adjourned twice.

On each occasion more than 30 residents turned up to support the re-opening of the footpath.

AS THE fervour over the HS2 announcement calms down, local campaigners are taking stock and deciding how to move forward.

In Ruislip, residents are still assessing how the newly proposed 2.75-mile tunnel will affect their community, while in neighbouring Ickenham there are growing fears about the noise from 200mph trains shooting out of it.

And in Harefield, it is 'as-you-were', with the looming spectre of the Colne Valley viaduct.

Lottie Jones, chairwoman of Ruislip Against HS2, has barely had time to sleep in the last two weeks. She told the Gazette: "If we can push the Hybrid Bill into the next parliament, by the time the MPs vote on it they might have woken up.

A HORSE rider who was in an accident involving a car is asking drivers for more awareness and courtesy.

Maria Callinan, of Greenford, said the incident in Ryefield Avenue, Hillingdon, late last year left both her and the horse with lasting psychological effects.

Police are investigating and have taken a statement from witnesses and the driver of a car.

A CHARITY got a much-needed makeover thanks to a donation of paint and the goodwill of a decorator.

The relaxation room at the Lynda Jackson Macmillan Centre (LJMC), Rickmansworth Road, Northwood, was re-painted by Dave Wiggins, who runs a painting and decorating firm.

Materials were supplied by Hillingdon's Dulux Decorator Centre.

CO-OPERATIVE Travel in Ickenham is one of two branches in the borough which could close next year.

The travel agent, in Swakeleys Road and another branch in Clive Parade, Northwood, are among 200 stores earmarked for closure by parent company Thomas Cook.

The holiday firm merged with the Co-operative's travel arm earlier this year.

Three staff work at the Ickenham branch and four at Northwood.

NEW timetables introduced for the Uxbridge branch of the Metropolitan line this week have 16 per cent fewer weekday trains and 25 per cent fewer weekend services.

The Gazette's analysis of the timetables contradict claims made by Transport for London (TfL) last month that a reduction in peak time services would be counteracted by an increase in off-peak trains.

SHOPS stayed open late as thousands went to see Ickenham's giant Christmas tree lit up.

The Vyners Swing Band performed in Long Lane and Hillingdon Music Service sung carols in Swakeleys Road during Ickenham Festive Night on Friday.

Premier Inn will be the hotel alongside a new Tesco supermarket at Hillingdon Circus - if plans are approved by the council.

The budget hotel has signed up to join the supermarket in a development on the former Master Brewer site.

The 84-bedroom hotel would create about 30 jobs, in addition to the 200 at Tesco.

FATHER Christmas will be touring the streets of Hillingdon and Ickenham, courtesy of The Rotary Club of Elthorne Hillingdon, between 6.15pm and 9pm, in the next fortnight. Here's where he will be:

Thursday, December 15 - Ickenham: Gibson Road, Campden Road, Charlbury Road, Enstone Road, Malcolm Road, Nettleton Road, Woodstock Drive, Halford Road, Swakeleys Drive, Thornhill Road.

Friday, December 16 - Ickenham:
Lawrence Drive, Crosier Road, Glebe Avenue, St. Giles Avenue, Austins Lane, Sussex Road, Tavistock Road, Burnham Avenue, Milverton Drive, Edinburgh Drive, Long Lane, The Paddock.

Monday, December 19 - Ickenham: Greenacres Ave, St Georges Drive, Copthall Road West, Derwent Avenue, Swakeleys Road, Wallasey Crescent, Hoylake Crescent, Woodland Close, Copthall Road East, Eleanor Grove, Rectory Way, Vinlake Avenue.

Tuesday, December 20 - Hillingon: Snowden Avenue, Oakdene Road, Brampton Road, The Larches, The Dingle, Weald Road, Gresham Road, Harvey Road, Misbourne Road, Glisson Road.

Thursday, December 22 - Hillingdon: Granville Road, Windsor Avenue, Richmond Avenue, Merton Avenue, Ryefield Avenue, Sedgewick Avenue, Denecroft Crescent, Burleigh Road, Regent Avenue.

Friday, December 23 - Hillingdon
Berkeley Road, Floriston Avenue, Lynhurst Road, Oakleigh Road, Lyndhurst Crescent, Leybourne Road, Hazeldene Gardens, Cowdray Road, Petworth Gardens, Sutton Court Road, Woodcroft Crescent, Midhurst Gardens.