What's On

Advice on a range of issues will be given out at drop-in sessions to be held next week.

The Advice Plus events offer information on topics such as housing, financial support, finding work, immigration, problem neighbours, pensions and health questions.

Police officers are holding two chats about safety issues in Bayswater.

The Queensway town centre team will be available at Costa coffee shop, on the ground floor of Whiteleys shopping centre, Queensway, on January 6 and 13.

The surgery sessions run from 3pm to 5pm, and anyone is welcome to drop-in to meet the team.

A prize is on offer for the 1,000th person to talk part in a series of guided walks around Paddington.

Walking tours of the Paddington area have been taking place throughout the year, organised by Paddington Waterside Partnership and Paddington BID.

Girl power has come to Queen's Park with the launch of a new women-only social group.

Henna Ladies, a revolutionary initiative to encourage Muslim women to integrate into the wider community, had its first meeting at St Jude's church hall, in Ilbert Street, on Wednesday last week.

Artist Eva Roth is displaying her pictures at a North Paddington gallery.

Entitled Market Values - London:Palermo, the collection brings together sketches of both cities, which will be on show at the Maida Hill Cafe Gallery, at the corner of Harrow Road and Fernhead Road, until December 20.

Two Christmas parties will be held for the under fives at Maida Vale Library, in Sutherland Avenue.

Christmas songs and rhymes will be sung at the parties, and Father Christmas will present a gift to each child.

Christmas lights will be switched on in North Paddington at the weekend.

On Saturday, the festive entertainment starts at the Maida Hill Market, at the junction of Harrow Road and Fernhead Road, at 2pm.

A series of Christmas card-making workshops will be held at Maida Vale library.

Paper artist Danila Nargisi will host the sessions from 5pm-6pm at the library in Sutherland Avenue, on November 24, December 1 and December 9.

For more information or to book a place, call the library on 020 7641 1300.

Prince Charles' birthday will be marked with a gun salute in Hyde Park on Saturday.

The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery will fire the salute at noon to celebrate the 61st birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales, close to the Dorchester Hotel in Park Lane.

A Maida Hill market trader is set to take part in a TV cooking competition on Thursday.

Natalie Ergatides, who works at healthy eating stall Precious Bite, teamed up with her mum Androulla, to take part in Restaurant In Our Living Room, in which culinary couples go head to head to create the ultimate dining experience in their own homes.