March was the month the Harrow Times reported on Harrow Borough Council using spy plane technology to find beds in sheds.

The surveillance cost £20,000, with the plane flying high above Harrow to take thermal images of the whole borough to find illegal structures, built without proper insulation - and also cannabis farms.

Before the operation, council officers estimated there were 75 cases of illegal beds in sheds, but after receiving the images the council believed it had identified 319 potential sites across the borough.

Concerns were raised about the exercise by civil liberties groups, who said it could be seen as the council snooping on people.

March was also the month when plans were finally submitted to Harrow Council to redevelop Anmer Lodge, in Stanmore.

Housing association Notting Hill Housing applied to build more than 100 new homes and a mini-supermarket on the site of the former day care centre.

People living near the site feared the new development would bring traffic to a standstill.

But Notting Hill Housing said it had carried out many traffic surveys and would take steps to make sure the development did not have a detrimental effect on the area.

The Harrow Times also reported on the family of a terminally ill man who flew bomber missions in the Second World War fighting to have his war service recognised.

Gordon Mansbridge, 90, from Rayners Lane, flew 33 missions as a navigator on Wellington Bombers.

But as he was part of the Central Mediterranean Forces, which carried out raids against German forces from bases in Italy and North Africa, he did not receive a medal alongside others from Bomber Command.