July 2009 Archives

THE body of a missing man has been found in a West Drayton hotel.

The man is believed to be Chris Davis, 55, from Newbury, Berkshire, who was reported missing in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Metropolitan Police alerted their colleagues in Thames Valley who had been searching for him since he went missing on making the startling discovery earlier today (Tuesday).

The name of the hotel, close to Heathrow has not released and the body has yet to be formally identified.

Mr Davis was last heard from at 2am on Sunday when he e-mailed a colleague.

Police are not reported to be treating the death as suspicious.

THE funeral of a well-known homeless man took place on Friday bringing traffic to a standstill.

Frederick Todd, who died aged just 59, was a regular sight outside Tesco's in Fairfield Road, Yiewsley, and only had one eye.

He passed away from illness in hospital earlier this month, and his family decided to pull out all the stops for his funeral.

A big procession took place from Royal Lane in Hillingdon, to St Martin's Church, in Church Road, West Drayton, where the funeral took place.

Richard Hawks, a christian aid worker who spent time with Freddie, said: "He was well known and had lots of relatives.

"He ended up on the streets because of his drinking, he was very well known in Yiewsley."

A RESIDENT of Church Close has complained to the Gazette about postal problems she has been experiencing.

She says on several occasions her mail has arrived as late as 2.45pm.

The Gazette are currently looking into the issue and have contacted Royal Mail but are interested to know if anybody else has suffered the same problems.

If so leave a message below.

by Dan Coombs

A SIX-YEAR old girl has become the latest to die from swine flu.