Neighbours baffled by triad red paint attack on Ealing house Two walls were also daubed in blue paint with the message “House number=brothel” on Drayton Green Road Please read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

Red paints attacks as suspected Triad wars return to Ealing House with multiple flats and several video cameras in Drayton Green Road sprayed with red paint following a spate of similar incidents around London last year theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

The View from W5 Podcast: Bombs, data centres and smog We range from Ealing Council and Walpole Park to Israel-Palestine and Russia-Ukraine with a sprinkling of poetry and memories of the Revolutionary Communist Party theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

New 240-studio development proposed for Ealing Broadway Developers are seeking public input on their proposal to develop an underused corner of Haven Green into a 12-storey co-living space Please read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

New unreported hyperscale data centre underway in Ealing Ark Data Centres has started work on a new hyperscale data centre on Western Avenue despite its planning application slipping everyone’s notice Read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

Microsoft has not considered impact of heat from its data centre on local communities Microsoft has almost finished building but Park Royal residents don’t know how life will be when it starts operating and neither does Microsoft or Ealing Council theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

Hear about the reality of living next to data centres,... what links Hitler to Gunnersbury Park, how the Ealing bomb was the last Irish republican attack on civilians and why Ealing will not be flooded with students theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

Has Ealing’s student housing boom peaked before it started? Ealing was on the verge of being overwhelmed by a deluge of student and single person housing theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

Hear all about Ealing’s latest scandal, the provenance of Troubadour’s tent and checking your drugs in Southall Our third podcast touches on the biggest local stories and asks why Ealing has derelict building sites instead of homes theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

Russia opens criminal investigation into Ealing councillor Ksenia Maximova, the Liberal Democrat councillor for Walpole ward, is being sanctioned for her support for a Russian pro-democracy group Please read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

Ealing gives up hope on 109 homes left unfinished by collapse of Henry Construction The homes at five sites deemed “not viable for retention” while the council is still conducting tests on the 125 homes at Southall Market Car Park theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

Ealing to fund recreational drug testing for users The council will pay the Loop public health charity £165,874 to provide the service to protect young people from synthetic opioids for two years Read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

The View From W5 Podcast Number 2 Hear about the news from W5 and beyond amd meet Ealing’s richest resident Just in time for the morning commute, run, walk or workout Listen and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

The Chiswick company that’s planning to revolutionise nuclear energy Core Power plan to sidestep onerous regulation on land by making reactors for barges and transform shipping by creating a nuclear-powered US cargo fleet theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

Troubadour Theatre’s temporary studio cut by 10 years The theatre company, which hopes to take over part of Walpole Park, has had its lease cut from 12 years to two by Enfield Council after disappointing performance theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

The View from W5: The Podcast Digging deeper into plans for private companies to take over public spaces like Gunnersbury and Walpole Parks @izakaminska Please listen to the podcast and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

Data centres: Inside the ‘dark satanic mills’ of the 21st century Many people have an irrational dislike for data centres but few have taken a look inside. CyrusOne, which will soon build a hyperscale facility in Southall, opened its doors theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

Ealing proposes closure of primary school amid 20 percent drop in new pupils Council has launched a consultation on the future of Viking and Downe Manor primary schools in Northolt Read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

Council proceeds with Walpole theatre plan as residents threaten civil disobedience Ealing’s cabinet agreed in principal for a three-year temporary theatre as one local resident said: “We’ll be chaining ourselves to park benches” theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…

Brentford Project developer warns of terrible London housing crisis as building peters out Ballymore chief executive warns rents and house prices will rise from 2027 as new build completions dwindle Please read more and subscribe to the View from W5 theviewfromw5.substack.com/p…