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  • Machines give pupils a voice

    MANY people take the skill of verbal communication for granted. Now, thanks to a local charity, children with special needs from Woodlands School in Harrow Weald have the chance to speak electronically. Children at the special school in Whittlesea

  • From Wembley to the West End stage

    IT might only be short tube ride from Wembley to the West End but for one of the stars of upcoming musical Notes from New York, the journey has been a long and interesting one. Craig Purnell is fast establishing himself as one of the best young actors

  • Bogus police alert

    HARROW police are warning elderly residents to beware of thieves posing as police officers. There has recently been a spate of incidents in Harrow and neighbouring boroughs in which conmen wearing what appear to be police uniforms have got into homes

  • Beware of dishonest salesmen

    THE consumer watchdog Energywatch is warning householders to beware of sales reps from energy companies who try to force people to swap electricity and gas suppliers by cold-calling them and being being rude and aggressive. Some salesmen lie about who

  • Couple angry over council bollards

    A KENTON couple are angry that Harrow council has erected bollards right outside their house. Mr and Mrs Shah have lived on the junction of Kenton Lane with Christchurch Avenue for five years. When they first moved in, they assumed that they would

  • Optician struck off for child porn

    AN optician caught with hundreds of pornographic images of children on his home computer has been struck off. Eric Robert Godfrey, 59, at first told police he had been trying to receive adult porn from the internet, but officers discovered a letter