Police hunt for suspect after string of sexual assaults in Eastcote

Met Police have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to in connection with several sexual assaults in Eastcote, Hillingdon.

Women aged between 47 and 74 have reported what is believed to be the same man. Police say he carried out physical and verbal sexual abuse, as well as harassment and stalking.

The suspect is alleged to have followed women while they walked outside, shouting inappropriate remarks before blocking their path and sexually assaulting them.

He is described as Black, approximately 5ft 8” tall, slim build, very well spoken, and thought to be aged between 15 and 21. He has been seen carrying a black rucksack during three incidents and often wears dark coloured clothing.

The assaults happened between Friday, 24 January and Sunday, 15 June in the Eastcote area. All of the incidents took place during the daytime.

The investigation team are appealing for anyone who may have seen the man, or knows who he is, to come forward. You can view the footage here.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 101, quoting investigation reference 01/7092055/25.

Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner Service at Mount Vernon Hospital

The Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner Service at Mount Vernon Hospital will be reconfigured and consolidated into the Urgent Treatment Centre at Hillingdon Hospital.  The last patients will be seen at the Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner Service on Friday 26 September. Patients should not attend after 4pm.

The reconfiguration will help strengthen service at the Urgent Treatment Centre at Hillingdon Hospital and ensure that local communities continue to receive the best care possible.  All other services at Mount Vernon Hospital remain open as usual and closest alternative services are listed below:

  • Watford General Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre, Vicarage Road WD18 0HB. This is open from 8am until 2pm every day (5 miles)
  • Northwick Park Urgent Treatment Centre, Watford Road, Harrow HA1 3UJ. This is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week (7 miles)
  • Hillingdon Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre, Pield Heath Road, UB8 3NN. This is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week (7.5 miles).

If you need urgent medical assistance and your condition isn’t life-threatening, you should always call 111 or (for those aged five and over) visit 111.nhs.uk and they will advise you what to do. This service is available 24 hours a day.

You can read more about why we will be relocating this service in this document.

Annual Electoral Register Update

London Borough of Hillingdon (The Council)  has sent to some residents their annual electoral register update by email.
These update requests are issued every year to residents on the Electoral roll and ask the householder to update the Council on all persons living in the property who are eligible vote in local and general elections.

Residents who did not tick a ” contact me by email ” box will still receive a hard copy by post.

ERA has heard that some people are concerned to receive this email and are worried that it might be a scam.  We wish to assure residents who have received this email from Mike Liddiard at the London Borough of Hillingdon that this message is genuine.  The link takes you to the Electoral roll website, insert your postcode, and confirm the eligible residents.
The whole process take two minutes.

Update from Citizens Advice Hillingdon

We are writing to formally update you on upcoming changes at Citizens Advice Hillingdon.  Following a recent tender exercise, we will no longer receive core or mental health funding from Hillingdon Council. The new contract for Information, Advice, Guidance, and Well-being support has been awarded to the Hillingdon Advice Partnership, led by Age UK Hillingdon.

We are working closely with the new provider to ensure a smooth transition, making sure no client is left without essential support. These changes will take effect from 2nd June 2025.

As you know, Citizens Advice Hillingdon has proudly served the borough for many years, providing impartial, confidential advice to thousands of residents. From 2nd June, we will continue to deliver our specialist advice projects in key areas, including:

  • Employment Advice Services
  • Macmillan Cancer Support Services
  • Outreach services at Hillingdon Food Bank
  • The Workwell Programme

Council to roll out new parking technology to clamp down on irresponsible parking

Hillingdon Council is set to modernise its parking enforcement by purchasing a vehicle fitted with Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) to help clamp down on unauthorised parking. 

The council’s Cabinet gave the green light for the vehicle to be purchased.  

The decision follows a successful 26-day trial of the technology in July 2024, which saw a vehicle deployed across three of the borough’s wards (Heathrow Villages, Uxbridge and Northwood Hills) to detect vehicles parking in the council’s parking management schemes without the correct permits or exemptions. During the trial, 602 different streets were visited, more than 7,500 checks were made and 62 PCNs issued. 

The new technology allows Civil Enforcement Officers (CEOs) to carry out more checks across a wider area in less time. The ANPR cameras, linked to the council’s parking permit database, highlight potential parking contraventions to the CEOs, who can then follow up with a manual verification and check for valid parking approvals, such as visitor permits and blue badges. Not all alerts result in a Penalty Charge Notice. 

The technology will also provide additional benefits by allowing CEOs to help with the enforcement of the council’s Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to stop taxis and private hire vehicles waiting in residential streets near Heathrow Airport (unless they are collecting or dropping off passengers in those streets or are based or live there) which came into force in February. 

As a result of the effectiveness of this technology and to create a more sustainable parking enforcement service by reducing fixed camera maintenance costs, the council’s Cabinet also agreed for some fixed School Keep Clear (SKC) cameras to be decommissioned. Instead, the ANPR cars will be deployed to monitor adherence at school sites across the borough and maintain road safety around schools and surrounding streets, with SKC cameras maintained in the 10 locations with the highest levels of detected non-compliance. 

Cllr Eddie Lavery, Hillingdon Council’s Cabinet Member for Community and Environment, said: “We’re committed to being a digital-enabled, modern council, which delivers value for money for residents.  

“We’re always looking for ways to reshape services, and following the ANPR trial last summer it clearly showed that this technology can be a more effective and efficient way to carry out parking enforcement activity, including SKC areas and our new PSPO.    

“The rollout will support our CEOs to cover larger areas and provide greater flexibility in their deployment to busy areas, ensuring parking remains accessible, fair and our roads are safe for all users.” 

For more information about parking in Hillingdon, visit www.hillingdon.gov.uk/parking.

Hillingdon Community Resilience

ERA attended a Community Resilience Workshop held in March this year hosted by LB Hillingdon, in partnership with H4All and the Hillingdon Federation of Community Associations. Presentations were made by the London Fire Brigade and the Environment Agency.

The aim is to develop a Community Resilience Directory to support the local authority and emergency responders in identifying community assets and individuals who can assist during emergencies. If you or an organisation you are involved in have resources, for example storage space, useful equipment , space to house/feed displaced persons, please complete the Community Resilience Mapping Survey using the link:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ebasqoHD-0izIPnVge6Uj6_UVAyBaYxOg_UYYpLTEdxURjFaOFNRUlBWOVFCWDFVQkhBWjVIR1JMVC4u

Whilst the survey is open until the 30th September 2025 it would be helpful if you would complete it sooner rather than later. Please pass this information onto as many other organisations that you think may be able to help as you can.

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