THE much anticipated decision about the route of Phase 2 of HS2 came early on Monday morning, and as well as early reaction on the website, we have delved a little deeper in the Gazette. Good for some – for now – bad for so many others, HS2 continues to cast a giant shadow across the borough.

Another project in limbo is the one to build a new school at Lake Farm Country Park in Hayes. Boris has waded in this week and Hillingdon Council might have to answer some tricky questions about its green belt policy.

Was Neo cat napped? We may never know, but the precious puss, beloved of the Beecroft girls - Jessica, Abigail and Isabel - went missing from his Ruislip Manor home. Enter the pet detectives of Animal Search ...

Maybe they can trace Sonny, the pet of Damien Redfern and his daughter, Betty, who appears to have been dognapped from outside a shop in Eastcote. The whole thing was apparently caught on CCTV.

Also on CCTV is a man police want to talk to in connection with approaches made to youngsters in the Cowley area. If you know him, please call the number under the picture.

With the London Marathon looming, more of you are getting in touch with your fundraising quests, not to mention a few pictures of you in some fetching lycra. Keep them coming!

And there are tributes to PCSO Jackie Blade, two Second World War veterans, plus the hunt for a war hero - via our ever-lively letters pages - of a very different kind.