ONE of the many victims of Sameer Tateri's Post Office scam has come forward to tell their story.

Peter Sibley, 60, of Mill Road, West Drayton, was one of many readers shocked to discover the former Station Road postmaster had been sent to jail for fraud last week.

He was convicted of stealing hundreds of pounds at a time from elderly customers, including one case where he took £20,000 from a blind 81 year-old.

WEST Drayton residents will be voting for a different MP this election, after new boundary changes were introduced.

The majority of West Drayton is now part of the Hayes and Harlington constituency, meaning if the status quo was selected, then MP John McDonnell (Lab) would become the area's parliamentary representative, rather than John Randall (Con).

A WARRANT has been issued for the arrest of a man charged with several thefts who failed to attend court.

Louie Buckingham, 19, of Primrose Drive, West Drayton, was due to appear at Uxbridge Magistrate's on both Monday and Tuesday.

He is charged with stealing guitars from ProMusic International, in Swakeleys Road, Ickenham, worth an estimated £3,680 last October.

OVER 200 residents keen to know the future of their doctors surgery crammed into a hall to grill health chiefs.

Anger at leaked plans to possibly close a busy doctors surgery at The Green, West Drayton, led to the meeting being called, even though Hillingdon PCT ruled out the possibility yesterday.

There was barely even a place to stand in the WI building this afternoon (Wednesday) as residents piled in to express their displeasure that the option had been put forward.

A POSTMASTER has been sent to prison for conning elderly customers out of their life savings.

Sameer Tateri, 36, was found guilty of abusing his position of trust at the Sub Post Office in Station Road, West Drayton, and in one case stole £20,000 from an 81 year old customer.

Mr Tateri, of Savay Close, Denham, was found to have targeted the elderly in a series of thefts, dating back to 2004, often stealing hundreds of pounds at a time.

OVER £400,000 is to be spent giving the town centres of Yiewsley and West Drayton a much-needed facelift.

A more spacious High Street with better access for vehicles and pedestrians is aimed at making the place better for shoppers.

The project will span two years, and the budget for the first phase has just been signed off.

HILLINGDON PCT have announced they 'will not pursue' plans to move a doctor's surgery from one side of West Drayton to another.

Patients expressed outrage at the proposals to close The Green doctor's surgery, relocating it to a new development in Porter's Way, West Drayton.

A petition was raised against this idea, organised by Sandip Radia of Winchester Pharmacy, in Swan Road, which was backed by MP John Randall.

MP John Randall has spoken of his delight that a pub's bid for a lapdancing license was refused.

The De Burgh Arms, in Station Road, West Drayton, had its application refused yesterday at a licensing committee.

Residents in Yiewsley and West Drayton had been angered at the bid at the venue, which is right next to West Drayton rail station.

John Randall (Con) who represents Uxbridge and South Ruislip, said: "I am very pleased with the result, obviously I was opposed to it.

"I just do not think it is the right location for that sort of establishment, I'm delighted.

"Potentially, this whole thing could save the area, as it shows Yiewsley and West Drayton will not be dragged down."

What are your views on the pub's lapdancing knockback?

A PUB'S bid to be converted to a lapdancing bar has been refused by a licensing committee.

The De Burgh Arms, in Station Approach, High Street, West Drayton, had applied for permission to become a venue for lapdancing at the end of December to boost its trade.

The news however angered local residents and MP John Randall, who described the bid as 'a backwards step' for the towns of Yiewsley and West Drayton.

A deciding factor for the licensing committee in their refusal was that the bar was so close to West Drayton train station and the bus stop, and made the site for such a venue far from ideal.

A BUSY doctor's surgery may be relocated across town under controversial plans from Hillingdon PCT.

Developers of the 775 home former NATS site at Porter's Way, West Drayton, have offered to build a medical centre within the newly proposed housing complex- but there has since been uproar after it emerged it could come at the expense of an existing surgery.

The fate of The Green doctors surgery, in West Drayton, has unexpectedly come under threat, and it may itself be relocated to Porters Way.