The Latest Breaking News from Acton

Meet the Londoners giving their local areas a DIY makeover through art, gardening and cinema

These local heroes are making a mark in their communities — through bringing green spaces back to life, creating a cultural hub in the shape of a cinema and turning a home into an artwork

Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2024

'Not fit for human habitation' — the families still languishing in Acton's unsafe shipping container estate

Temporary accommodation made from shipping containers has proved a dangerous place to house London’s most vulnerable — yet despite the pledges of Ealing Council to move residents out of the rotting estate, many people, including families, still remain...

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2024

OPINION - The Standard View: Delays and old tech take the shine off the Elizabeth line's success

It is every Londoner’s nightmare. Thousands were trapped on Elizabeth line, Heathrow Express and Great Western Railway trains last night, many for as long as four hours, after a rail operator hit overhead powerlines in west London that are managed by Network Rail. Passengers on one train between Acton and…

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2023

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 · Apr 25, 2023

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 · Apr 3, 2023

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 · Feb 4, 2023

Acton: Victim of west London shooting named by police

The Met Police has appealed for information following the incident

Evening Standard · Feb 4, 2023

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

Daily Mirror · Jan 26, 2023

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

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2023

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 · Jan 17, 2023