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  • Boy, 14, on trial for gang rape of 13-year-old girl

    THREE people, including a 14-year-old boy, went on trial accused of gang raping a 13-year-old girl in a Burnt Oak park. Today Wood Green Crown Court heard how all three raped the girl after she was led to a secluded patch of Watling Park on the evening

  • Air ambulance sent after motorbike and car crash

    A PATIENT has been airlifted to hospital after a crash between a car and a motorbike in Stanmore. The black Kawasaki and an orange Dodge Caliber SXT collided in Brockley Hill, near the junction with Wood Lane, at around 9.50am. An air

  • Road closed after crash

    A MAIN Stanmore road has been closed because of an accident. Brockley Hill is closed at Wood Lane following a crash earlier today. Emergency services are on the scene. More later.

  • Harrow Council is facing 'worst and best of times'

    HARROW is facing “the worst of times and the best of times”, the new council was told yesterday (Thursday). The new Labour leader of the council misquoted Dickens as he set out the tough job facing his administration, formed after the party

  • Borthwick returns for Premiership final

    Saracens have been handed an unexpected boost with Steve Borthwick fit to return for the Guinness Premiership final against Leicester Tigers tomorrow. The England lock has been missing since March after suffering tendinitis in his knee but

  • Seats gained don’t reflect the votes

    The desperate need for a fair voting system is once again highlighted by the bizarre result of the local elections in Brent on May 6. In terms of percentage of the votes cast compared with percentage of council seats won, Labour received 42 per cent

  • Prepare for more Labour spending

    A bizarre result occurred in the local elections and the award-winning Harrow Council has passed to Labour. The same Labour group that last time gave us a 21 per cent tax rise, a £9 million black hole in the finances and prompted the creation of the

  • Here’s to the next five years

    The West Harrow Tory councillors have lost their seats from not paying enough attention to people’s views on the CPZ and the double yellow lines, especially the excessive length of the lines around the corners. The local Labour councillors agreed with

  • Parking zone: Solution needed for everyone

    With reference to C Kendall’s response (‘Parking was no political matter’, Your Views, May 20) to my earlier letter I wish to clarify two points Firstly, CPZ may suit you but does it suit your elderly neighbour a few doors down or the mother with three

  • Brent ceremony for Dai Davies

    BRENT will come together in memory of a long serving stalwart of local politics today. Politicians will remember the life of Dai Davies and his contribution to education policy in the borough during a ceremony at Brent Town Hall, in Forty Lane, at 7.30pm

  • Parking charges decreased in Wembley car park

    CHARGES at a Brent car park have been reduced in an effort to help local businesses. Tenterden Car Park, off Preston Road, now charges 20p for half an hour or £2.80 for the whole day and Brent Council says the move is designed to encourage