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  • World's Largest Coffee Morning raises more than £1,000

    HARROW residents sipped and munched their way through enough coffee and cake to raise more than £1,000 for charity. Macmillan Cancer Support's annual World's Largest Coffee Morning brought the borough together on Friday through a series of

  • Hostage and crisis negotiation talk at Harrow Civic Centre

    POLICE will give a presentation on hostage and crisis negotiation to Harrow residents as the inquest into a barrister shot in London continues. Officers from New Scotland Yard will give a talk at Harrow Police and Community Consultative Group

  • Stones face FA Cup replay

    Wealdstone will host Chesham United in their FA Cup replay tonight after conceding a last-gasp equaliser on Saturday. The Stones appeared to be heading into the third qualifying round but a 97th minute goal earned nine-man Chesham a 2-2 draw. Defender

  • Mourners say prayers for murdered politician

    HUNDREDS of mourners gathered in Pakistan and London yesterday to pray for a politician murdered in Edgware two weeks ago. Yesterday marked the end of ten days of mourning for Dr Imran Farooq, who was beaten and stabbed to death outside his

  • Nepalese community hails courses for Gurkha families

    NEW courses to provide language training for the newly-arrived families of former Gurkha soldiers will “greatly help them” to integrate into society, according to one veteran. Last week Barnet College announced it had won funding, along with

  • Hospitals issue health advice over norovirus

    HOSPITAL staff in Harrow and Brent are already preparing for the onset of the winter vomiting bug. Earlier this year norovirus closed Whipps Cross Hospital, in East London, and shut Dryden Ward in Northwick Park Hospital, in Watford Road.

  • Brent MP praises new Labour leader

    A BRENT MP described the new Labour leader as "incredibly talented and very nice" today. Barry Gardiner, MP for Brent North, praised Ed Miliband after he beat his brother and bookies favourite David Miliband to the top job on Saturday.

  • Council leader is avoiding the halal issue

    It seems that Harrow Council leader Bill Stephenson neither knows or cares about the concerns of Harrow residents. So why are we paying him a wage? He says he was unaware that schools were serving only halal meat and that there is nothing the council

  • Halal meat row: A detrimental step by schools

    The issue of halal meat has been a backward and detrimental step taken by the Harrow schools, which has resulted in a big uproar. This decision by the Harrow schools has been a bombshell for the peaceful diverse communities of Harrow. Even the leader

  • Brent Council gets RSPCA Gold Footprint

    BRENT Council was given the RSPCA's highest award last week. The borough was handed the organisation's Gold Footprint on Tuesday for its work helping stray dogs and stopping pets from becoming stray in the first place. Craig Johnstone

  • Residents must fight for play area

    I agree with Sharon Graham’s letter (‘Team up and fight for play area’) that residents should try to form a user’s group like at Canons Park. Harrow Council encourages any group of residents who want to get involved in improving communities and over the

  • Housing group is indifferent

    The anger of Gilbert Square residents toward PCHA housing association over North Harrow estate tells a depressingly familiar tale of indifference, incompetence and financial mismanagement. The local MP and councillors will bring in the environmental