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  • Barry Gardiner hits back over expenses critics

    A BRENT MP has hit back at critics over an £11,500 expenses claim, saying he paid the money back. Barry Gardiner (Lab/Brent North) initially billed the taxpayer for the legal costs of buying a property in Talisman Way, Wembley, but said he was entitled

  • School bonus report sparks fresh calls for police probe

    BONUSES at a Wembley school were “unlawful and irrational”, a Brent Council education boss told governors. A report prepared in May detailing more than £600,000 paid to Sir Alan Davies, former headteacher at Copland Community School, on top

  • £11m Barnet FC training ground unveiled in Harrow

    BARNET Football Club's new £11m training ground in Harrow has been officially unveiled by England boss Fabio Capello. The Italian was the star turn at the official opening ceremony for The Hive, which has been built on Prince Edward Playing Fields

  • Wembley man charged over firearm near Tony Blair's house

    A WEMBLEY man has been accused of having a gun in a street near the home of former Prime Minister Tony Blair. Kutjim Nurka, 56, of Danes Court, was charged on Tuesday, December 8, with possession of a firearm after being arrested in Connaught Street,

  • Man stripped naked in Wembley street robbery

    A MAN was put through a “horrific ordeal” by robbers who stripped him naked, bound and gagged him, and threw him in a skip after stealing his money. The 27-year-old was standing at a bus stop opposite the Adelphi Hotel, in Forty Lane, Wembley,

  • MP under fire over £11,500 expense claim

    A BRENT MP who made a £200,000 profit selling a second home charged the taxpayer £11,500 when moving to his Wembley flat. Barry Gardiner (Lab/Brent North) came under fire in May after it emerged he sold his second home in Pimlico, central London

  • House sales could mean 'fantastic progress' for Sudbury park

    PLANS to pump around £1.3m into a Sudbury park through the sale of two houses were approved last night. Leading Brent councillors voted through proposals to flog the buildings, on the edge of Barham Park, in Harrow Road, to homeless charity the Notting

  • England boss to open Barnet FC training ground

    ENGLAND manager Fabio Capello will today officially open Barnet FC's new training ground in Edgware. Mr Capello will be joined by Sir Trevor Brooking at the development on Prince Edward Playing Fields, in Camrose Avenue, for a grand opening