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Part of Hammersmith severely flooded this morning forcing a small number of people to be evacuated from their homes after a water main burst.

Polcie were alerted to the situation on the junction of Stamford brook Road and Goldhawk Road at 4am this morning.

A Chiswick gardener has raised £85,0000 for charity after completing a gruelling trek along the Inca Trail.

Philip Cole,48, took four days to make the tretorous 26-mile journey to Machu Picchu and will be giving the cash he raised to Dogs for the Disabled.

CHISWICK Park will be setting up the first ever Guinness World Record Recycling Relay event as part of a afternoon of recycling initiatives on Friday, September 4.

Office workers will be registering to compete in teams of two to become Guinness World Record holders. Over the course of two hours, teams will complete at recycling the same bag of recyclable items such as plastics, paper and metal.

A Guinness World Record adjudicator will record each team's time taken to recycle the materials and the winner will be presented with their very own Guinness World Record.

In keeping with the recycling-themed event, Chiswick Park Enjoy-Work has also joined up with retailer Tesco as part of its nationwide initiative for recycling coat-hangers. Special collection bins have been introduced across Tesco stores in the UK to encourage customers to recycle them in order that they be re-used to recycled.

To promote this campaign, a giant art installation made entirely of recycled coat-hangers will be on display at Chiswick Park and guests will be helping to build this installation which has been commissioned by an environmental artist.

The day is the latest in Chiswick Park's on-going weekly summer events programme, which aims to encourage team spirit, motivation and enjoyment in the workplace among individuals and companies.

Each event is accompanied by live music and a barbecue to give each activity a carnival atmosphere and round the working week off in style.

The funeral of Chiswick priest Father Edward Houghton is to take place tomorrow.

A ceremony for Fr Edward who was fatally injured in a road accident in North Yorkshire on August 21, will be held at Church of Our Lady of Grace and St Edward in Chiswick at 7pm, followed by Mass at which Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor will be the main celebrant.

OFFICE workers at Chiswick Park enjoyed lunch with a difference on Friday, August 21 forsaking the customary 'sandwich at the desk' for a chance to face their fears and explore their limits.

Guests at Chiswick Park were given an opportunity to tackle their most prevalent phobias including fear of heights, speaking, confined spaces, snakes, and spiders.

A woman who was dramatically rescued from the Thames by Chiswick Lifeboat crew has died.

Last week the Chronicle reported how RNLI crew and ambulance staff managed to give the woman lifesaving CPR after a rower found her body floating in the river near Hammersmith, at 5pm last Monday.

Fergie's godson is currently taking a starring role on the stage of the Tabard Theatre in Chiswick in an award winning play.

Henry Hadden-Paton who attended Eton with Prince William and is Sarah Ferguson's godson, is treading the boards at the Tabard Theatre in Chiswick, playing the role of Maxin in Tom Stoppard's, The Real Thing.

Gordon Ramsey has rebuffed reports that his Chiswick pub The Devonshire is up for sale.

Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH) claims the Devonshire Road restaurant was listed on a property website because of "an administrative error".

A Hard-working Chiswick woman has been honoured with an award by her international employer.

Communications Director, Amanda Snow of Brackley Road, who has worked for Sodexo for 20 years, joined 120 other long service staff members from across the UK and Ireland for the annual Sodexo Star Awards.

A Chiswick chef has been selected as the winner of Fullers' city pubs signature dish challenge.

Sebastian Maciejewski, chef at the Pilot pub on Wellesley Road, Chiswick beat off competition from 25 other chefs from Fullers flagship pubs across London.