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  • Wheelchair rugby like chess with violence

    WHEN Mike Hipwell broke his neck playing rugby he was left wheelchair-bound and thought he would never play the sport he loved again. Now, four years on, his team are champions of Europe. For Mike, of Tintern Road, West Harrow, holding aloft the

  • Cricket season underway this weekend

    HARROW cricket clubs will have to hit early form this year if they have cup ambitions, as the first round of two competitions kick off this weekend. The Middlesex Federation Cup sees holders Wembley face a testing start to their defence as they host

  • Petanque club signs up new members

    HARROW Petanque club had a boul' when they welcomed new players to their ranks at two open days last week. The club, who play at the Old Lyonians Sports and Social Club in Pinner View, North Harrow, have 50 members who enjoy the traditional French

  • Setback for Stones' hopes for a stadium of their own

    THERE week as work on the club's new stadium came to a halt after a funding setback. The Bank of Scotland, which was providing most of the finance for the project at the Prince Edward Playing Fields in Canons Park, withdrew its support for reassessment

  • Harrow stabbing

    A MAN in his twenties is fighting for his life after being stabbed a number of times in Station Road in Harrow in the early hours of Friday morning. Police were called to the scene at 1.39am as a large group of people were fighting. The man was taken

  • Harrow and Wealdstone named London rail station of the year

    HARROW and Wealdstone station has been named Rail Station of the Year in the London Transport Awards. The Silverlink-operated station beat competition from Heron Quays on the Docklands Light Railway and Brentford station to take the title. A £4.5

  • Family home aid station for war-torn country

    A HARROW Weald family have filled their home with educational equipment for war-torn Afghanistan. Sayed Fatimi, 37, runs the Afghan Reconstruction and Development Organisation (ARDO) from his house in Athelstone Road and after a recent appeal, each

  • School may be base for community policing team

    ROOKS Heath High School in South Harrow is being considered as a base for a community policing team. Under the "reassurance policing" initiative, which was launched in Wealdstone last week, each ward in the borough is to get its own six-strong team