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  • MP's letter to judge outrages defence lawyers

    A LEFT wing MP caused a stir during a sentencing hearing at Isleworth Crown Court by writing a letter to the judge apparently trying to influence both the conviction and the sentencing of a North Wembley woman and her sister. The letter from John McDonnell

  • New top officers for the Met named

    The Metropolitan Police Authority has provisionally chosen four applicants for the rank of deputy assistant commissioner. They are: Chris Allison, commander in the City of Westminster; Cressida Dick, commander, of the specialist crime directorate;

  • Derek bikes for the border

    STANMORE pensioner Derek Heasman has reached the half-way mark of his epic 1,000 cycle ride to raise money for the Prince's Trust. Derek, 74, a former headmaster of Morley Crescent, is cycling between all the Royal palaces in England and Scotland and

  • Open house at some of area's most interesting buildings

    TEN of Harrow's most historic amd interesting buildings are taking part in Open House, the annual celebration of London's architecture. This weekend, the doors to many of London's most intriguing private buildings are opened freely and to everyone.

  • Defeat for Edgware FC as plans for housing on ground approved

    EDGWARE Town Football Club's future hangs in the balance after developers were given the go-ahead to build flats on its White Lion ground. The club faces eviction from the grounds on the Harrow side of High Street, Edgware, and it has no idea where it

  • Families see hope of new homes die

    FAMILIES living in a run-down estate have had their hopes of new homes crushed by Harrow Council's development control committee. Plans for 256 new homes at the Strongbridge estate in Rayners Lane, which was ravaged by fire just before Christmas in 2002

  • Battle of Britain dance helps kids' charity

    BANK staff turned into RAF officers for the night to commemorate the Battle of Britain and raise some cash. The team from Barclays hosted the charity dinner and dance at the Battle of Britain Club last weekend to raise the money for Karers 4 Kidz, a

  • Harrow Borough (0) 0, Enfield (1) 1

    Ryman League Westview Cup, Round 2, Tuesday, September 12. THE ISTHMIAN League Cup, in its various guises over the years, is a competition in which Borough's record could not remotely be described as a successful one. The club's best showing was a

  • New clues in hunt for policewoman's killer

    POLICE have found the missing kitchen knife that killed special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri, complete with DNA of the killer on it. Mrs Patel-Nasri, 29, was alone, in her night dress and carrying a torch when she was stabbed to death outside her North

  • Harrow's teenage girls in baby boom

    HARROW has seen a massive increase in the number of teenage pregnancies in the last year. There has been 24 per cent rise in the number of girls aged under 18 in the borough who have become pregnant, according to figures for 2006 released on Tuesday.

  • Football fans plan club crawl for cancer charity

    FIVE football fans, including four vice-presidents of Harrow Borough FC, will embark on a marathon charity fundraiser later this month in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and the club. The Borough supporters are Keith Loddy, Nigel Blake, Nick Ringham

  • Farm dropped as site for Hindu school

    THE charity behind plans for the country's first state-funded Hindu school has dropped Pinner Park Farm as a possible site. The move was revealed on Tuesday after strong public opposition to building of greenfield land off George V Avenue. A consultation