AN 11-year-old girl is in critical condition after being mowed down by a hit-and-run driver.

The girl was on a pedestrian crossing in Yeading Lane, Hayes, with her bicycle just after 6.30pm yesterday (March 18) when she was hit. It is still unclear whether the bike was being ridden or pushed.

The car, described as small and dark-coloured, drove on following the incident.

An ambulance crew arrived at the scene shortly afterwards and took the girl to Hillingdon Hospital as a matter of priority.

She was then transferred to a hospital in Central London, where her condition is said to be critical.

Officers from Alperton's Collision Investigation Unit (CIU) are investigating, and Police are appealing for witnesses of the crash and for any information that may lead to the driver.

Anyone who can assist police should call Alperton CIU on 020 8998 5319. You can also call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

WORK on a new £715,000 club house at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit got underway last week.

The club house, in Minet Country Park, Hayes, is due to be completed in May, in time for a scheduled National Youth Series bike meet at the track.

The project will pave the way for the creation of a major school use programme, will provide changing rooms and coaching space for the youngsters who use the track and who currently have to make the long walk to the facilities at the Goals Soccer Centre, in Springfield Road. Older members are to continue using these facilities.

A PRIZEWINNING racing pigeon taken in a ruthless raid on the coop of an world-renowned breeder has escaped the clutches of his captors and found his way home.

Charville Dan, winner of the prestigious Barcelona marathon race in 2007, was one of 120 prizewinning pigeons, said to be worth in the region of £200,000, taken in the burglary on a Hayes loft in the early hours of February 7.

The valued birds were bred and trained by Ken Hine, 77, of Charville Lane, who in the aftermath of the robbery said that he was "on the floor", also stating that the birds, his livelihood for over 50 years, were "irreplaceable".

A HAYES vicar has spoken of his ordeal after being involved in a street robbery following mass.

Father Peter Homewood, parish priest at St Mary's Church, was robbed by two teenage yobs last Tuesday (March 9) evening as he made his way down Church Road, Hayes, towards Dr Tripletts School, in Hemmen Lane, where he was attending a governor's meeting.

He was wearing his Cassock, the traditional clerical dress, when he was approached and asked for the time by the two youths. When he refused to give the pair cigarettes, he was pushed to the ground and forcefully subdued.

THE Government has announced plans for a High Speed Rail London to Birmingham route, which will run through Ruislip.

The plans - which aim to revolutionise rail in the UK - were unveiled on Thursday by Transport Secretary Lord Adonis.

A 250mph rail route aims to reduce journey times between London and Birmingham to just 46 minutes.

The London base would be at London Euston station, with a Crossrail Interchange planned for Old Oak Station in Paddington.

Arthur Dark, 77, has lived in Breakspear Road, Ruislip, for more than 40 years. It is a street that will be intersected by the High Speed Rail line should the current proposals get the go ahead.

Mr Dark branded the plans " a monstrous waste of money", and was scathing in his criticism of the new service which he says will cause massive unrest with residents in the immediate area and beyond for years to come.

He said: "The implications of these plans are massive, especially when you consider the time it will take to build. The long-term congestion and chaos its construction will cause will just be horrendous.

A PREDATORY rapist who was found guilty of attacking an 18-year old girl in Hayes last year has been jailed.

Jagdeep Chahal, 23, of Barnhill Road, Hayes, was sentenced to nine years imprisonment at Isleworth Crown Court today (March 12) for the rape, after being found guilty last September following a two-week trial.

THREE addresses in Hayes Town that were the site of "persistent antisocial behaviour and disorder" have been ordered to shut up shop following numerous complaints from nearby residents.

The addresses, in East Avenue, were served closure notices in a joint operation by the Police and Hillingdon Council on March 1, and these were granted two days later at Uxbridge Magistrates Court, who ruled that the three sites were linked to neighbourhood disturbances.

The orders forbid entry to the premises for three months, and a breach of the orders will result in a maximum fine of £5000, imprisonment for 51 weeks, or both.

A HAYES ALLOTMENT that has long been a target for vandals has been covered in graffiti paying tribute to young motorcyclist Chad Stickley, much to the dismay of plotholders at the site.

Debbie Clare, 44, of Albion Road, visits the Wood End Green Allotment, in Wood End Lane, regularly with her 64 year-old mother Patricia Biggs, to tend to their plot of vegetables, and upon arriving at the allotment last week, they discovered the vandalism.

A ROAD in Hayes was cordoned off over the weekend after police discovered a dead body at an address.