Merry Christmas

Steve's Official Christmas Card 2008, designed by Hobbayne School's Charys Bestley - the finalists' designs are all available to view at Tesco, Greenford Broadway over Christmas

I’m wishing everyone a peaceful and prosperous New Year with fervour than usual as 2009 will be an anxious time for many of us.

On the international stage I profoundly hope that the Presidency of Barack Obama lives up to its Kennedy like promise.

Locally I know that the shadow of recession darkens many of the Christmas lights but I know that we are a strong and resilient community and that maybe life without some of the excesses of consumerism will not be so unbearable.

My very best wishes go to all those who make Ealing North such a great place to live in and I really do wish you the happiest of New Years.