A UKIP chairman who suggested on Twitter that London was being 'ethnically cleansed' of white people said the backlash proved 'freedom of speech was dead'. Jeremy Zeid from the party's Harrow branch denied being racist and later closed his Twitter account, saying: "It is too much a pain in the arse."
May was the month it was announced the A&E unit at Hammersmith Hospital would close. Health bosses said it was part of a programme to improve services in north west London. Not everyone agreed!
Tests were carried out at Feltham Green pond following the unexplained death of a number of fish . It was fenced off while samples were taken by Hounslow Council.
Staying with Feltham - tributes were paid to Jamil Palmer , the 18-year-old was fatally stabbed in Crane Park. Georgia McConnachie, who knew him, said: "He was the kinda boy who would always be there for you no matter what."
There was also tragedy for Heide Jordan in Harefield, whose four-year-old son died in a swimming pool while on a holiday in Devon . From the tragedy came the Keenan Walsh Brighter Future Fund raising money for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Following council elections, the Labour group in Hillingdon sprung a surprise when it dumped its leader Peter Curling despite its best election results for 10 years, and replaced him with Mo Khursheed.
And there was a welcome first at Hounslow Urban Farm, when it held its inaugural pet show. Among the weird and wonderful animals brought in were a corn snake, pygmy hedgehog, and white’s tree frog.
