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Final insult: Owner of riot-hit cafe told to pay business rates

A SHOP owner whose livelihood was destroyed in the riots may have to fork out business rates despite not trading for around 18 months.Read

Ealing riots victims to reopen shop in February

A SHOP which was burned to the ground in the Ealing riots is to finally reopen in February.Read

Riot-hit Green Mango misses Xmas reopening

A HARD-working entrepreneur whose dream of running his own cafe was shattered in last year’s riots is planning to reopen next year.Read

Life still tough for Ealing riots shopkeepers

DISTRAUGHT shopkeepers whose store was torched in the riots have faced delay and disappointment ever since the heartbreak of losing their livelihood in August last year.Read

Ealing director makes film based on riots

A DIRECTOR from Ealing has made a new feature film set against the backdrop of last year’s riots.Read

Ealing Riots victim to give away shop stock

A RESILIENT shopkeeper has not lost his generosity despite losing almost everything in last summer’s riots.Read

Ealing riots victim shortlisted for award

MUM and entrepreneur Liz Pilgrim, whose boutique was trashed in last year’s riots, has been shortlisted for an award which celebrates parents who successfully juggle business with family life.Read

Trader to reopen at last 12 months after riots

IN THREE month’s time the nightmare could finally come to an end for a shopkeeper who lost his livelihood during last summer’s riots.Read

Riots study professor supports tough sentences

A UNIVERSITY professor who carried out a study of riots suspects said three quarters had previous convictions.Read

Ealing shopkeeper's forgiveness for rioters

FORGIVENESS can be a difficult thing to find when your livelihood is stripped to nothing in a matter of hours by mindless thugs.Read

Memorial bench for riot victim Mannington Bowes

THE family of Richard Mannington Bowes will help unveil a memorial bench to remember the man who stood up for his community during last summer’s riots.Read

Summer youth events to mark riots anniversary

ALMOST one year on from the Ealing riots, community figureheads have got together to put on an exciting and varied programme of free summer events for young people.Read

Fresh police appeal to catch riot suspects

POLICE are hunting three men in connection with the arson attack that destroyed Ealing Green Local supermarket during the riots on August 8.Read

Ealing council leader recalls horror of the riots

TALES of terror but also of residents' resolve not to be beaten by mobs were told by council leader Julian Bell when he gave a public lecture about the Ealing riots.Read

Victim's sister forgives teenage riots killer jailed for eight years.

THE sister of the pensioner killed during the riots has found it in her heart to forgive the teenager who will be sentenced for the killing today.Read

Council leader nominates riots shopkeeper for Pride award

A RIOT-HIT store owner, who has promised to donate all recovered stolen items to the needy, has been nominated by the leader of Ealing Council.Read

Riots panel points finger at failing schools

A PANEL investigating last summer's riots, led by Ealing's former council chief, has suggested primary schools which fail to teach pupils to read and write should be fined.Read

Cameron's personal pledge to help Ealing riot family

THE PRIME minister has promised to personally help a family still struggling eight months after losing their business in the riots.Read

Reverend asks Ealing to forgive riots killer

A CHURCH leader who helped bring people together in the wake of the riots has appealed to the community to forgive a teenager who admitted killing a pensioner in Ealing.Read

Mother of riots teen killer convicted for covering it up

THE mother of the teenager who admitted killing a pensioner in the Ealing riots has been convicted after destroying her son's clothing. Read