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  • Couple reveal secrets to long-lasting love

      With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, a couple with a combined age of 200 have shared their secrets to long lasting love. Harold and Renée Gaze, aged 101 and 99 respectively, say that they’ve almost never had an argument in all their years

  • Apprentice hopefuls to battle it out

     More than 40 student groups from schools across the capital will meet in a battle of business acumen. The students, including pupils from Canons High School, will have their entrepreneurial campaigns judged by Jordan Poulton and Jason Leech, who

  • Harrow's 'most wanted burglar' arrested

    A prolific burglar was arrested by undercover police officers this morning. Officers from Harrow Crime Squad raided an address in Hide Road, Harrow early this morning and arrested a man dubbed their ‘most wanted burglar’. The man is wanted

  • School celebrates its second borough champions

    A school has broken out in celebration after a second basketball team won a borough-wide tournament. Year 7 pupils from Harrow High School’s basketball team have been crowned borough champions after winning all five of their games – in a similar

  • Great opportunity for young people

    Are you aged between 13 and 18, a resident in the borough of Harrow, or a student at a school in Harrow? Harrow Volunteer Police Cadets meet on a Tuesday and Thursday night, between 6.45pm to 9.30pm at Harrow High School. Our meetings regularly

  • Waste charge is a stealth tax

    We residents of Harrow were aware the Labour-run Harrow Borough Council was proposing to introduce an ‘introductory’ £75 charge for collecting garden waste. Your report “We don’t want this garden tax”, (Harrow Times, January 22), quotes Councillor

  • Appeal brings new year cheer

    Squire’s Garden Centre in Stanmore presented a cheque totalling £1,180 to Michael Sobell Hospice — the garden centre’s chosen charity of the year. Michael Sobell Hospice provides care, comfort and support for local people facing life-limiting illnesses

  • Where’s update from council?

    In Harrow Labour group’s 2014 manifesto, it promised to: “Appoint a member from the voluntary sector, as a non-executive member of the cabinet and other major council committees, to make sure the voluntary sector is at the heart of all decision-making

  • ‘Promises’ made on the doorstep

    Last week, I was out canvassing in West Harrow for the Labour Party. Residents were happy that we had dropped by and discussed their concerns — whether it be Northwick Park or issues with local pavements. However, we were told by some residents

  • Protecting our town’s heritage

    At the first meeting of the Local Development Framework panel (LDF) since the council election last year, my Conservative colleagues and I were astonished to learn that West Drive and West Drive Gardens may be removed from the West Drive conservation

  • Schoolgirl makes the cut for charity

    An eight-year-old schoolgirl came up with a hair-raising plan to help two charities. Theatre fan Sadie Weir, who attends the Rosh Pinah School in Edgware, loved her long locks – but decided to make a change and donated nine inches of her hair to

  • Thousands of homes living in fuel poverty

    More than 10,000 households in the Harrow area are living in fuel poverty, according to a campaign group. Energy Bill Revolution – a group calling for warm homes and low bills - is asking MPs to show their support for homeowners during this week