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  • Cemetery campaign supported by council

    A campaign against the removal of personal items at graves in a cemetery has been given the support of councillors this evening. Members of Harrow Borough Council were presented with a petition of more than 2,200 signatures stated by mourners with

  • Supermarket installs life-saving equipment

    A supermarket has installed a life-saving defibrillator in one of its stores as part of national roll out. Asda’s South Harrow branch will have the equipment in store as part of a partnership with heart health charity the British Heart Foundation

  • Hat-trick of titles for Harrow Lawn Tennis Club

    Harrow Lawn Tennis Club completed the year’s hat-trick of titles with victories in the Division Three men’s doubles and Division Two ladies doubles at the Middlesex Cup finals. The team managed a 5-2 win over Winchmore Hill. The final saw pairing

  • Detailed plans for new ‘all-through’ school revealed

    Plans to expand of a primary school and create a new secondary have been submitted to planners. The application for the Whitefriars Community School in Wealdstone, has been submitted to Harrow Borough Council planning department. The development

  • Then & Now: Station Road

    Station Road Can you help with toy story? I am trying to find out about Harrow and the history of its high street during the 1980s — particularly around 342-350 Station Road. The current retailer Maplins owns/rent this space and I am hoping

  • Don't deprive us of this lovely piece of countryside

    The footpath from Wakehams Hill to Letchford Close across Pinner Park Farm is a lovely piece of countryside. It crosses George V Avenue, past the farm buildings and over an interesting railway bridge. I used to walk this route with my husband

  • Last vestiges of rural Pinner will be lost for ever

    As a lifelong resident of Pinner, a member of the Pinner Local History Society and one who often walks or cycles through Pinner Park Farm, I protest most strongly about Harrow Borough Council’s proposal to evict the farmer and convert the farm into

  • Listening to the issues faced by unpaid carers in Harrow

    I write in response to Derek Baker’s letter regarding carer champions (“Listening is at heart of change”, Your Views, July 17). As a former carer myself, I am fully supportive of any initiative which aims to support carers and/or the people they

  • Look again at traffic study

    At last week’s Harrow Borough Council meeting, I asked Councillor Keith Ferry, Labour’s portfolio holder for planning and development, if he would consider all the evidence on the impact of the Anmer Lodge development, including the views of local

  • Pupils create mosaic for charity care village

    Creative schoolchildren have donated a mosaic for a charity's residential village following weeks of work. The year four pupils from Sinai School in Kenton donated the piece of art to charity Norwood's Ravenswood village. The work will take

  • Pub site plans submitted

    Plans have been submitted to tear down a high street pub to make way for flats and shops. Owners of The Crazy Horse public house, now called Crazy London, in Church Road, Stanmore have submitted the plans to Harrow Borough Council. Documents

  • Giant charity exercise class on this weekend

    People are being invited to take part in a mass exercise class to help the fight against blood cancer. More than 1,000 people from across Harrow, Brent, Ealing and Watford are expected to take part in the event at Harrow Leisure Centre in aid of

  • Cemetery petition due to be presented this evening

    A petition with more than 2,200 signatures calling for a halt to changes at a cemetery will be discussed this evening. For the past month mourners with loved ones buried in the Harrow plots at Carpenders Park Cemetery have been collecting the signatures