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  • Battling Stones beaten by the clock

    A NEVER less than entertaining game saw Wealdstone once again beaten, this time by high-flying Merthyr, at Chestnut Avenue on Saturday. The old clich "a game of two halves" was made for a game featuring such contrasting action as this. Such was the

  • Threat of more bus strikes

    BUS drivers in Harrow Weald have vowed to keep striking until their pay demands have been met. More than 40 drivers picketted their garage in High Road yesterday (Monday) during their second strike in a week, a marked increase following the poor turnout

  • Boogie woogie wonder girls

    TWO local girls have won through to the national finals of the UK Boogie Woogie Championship. Dhrisha Hirani, eight, of Harrow, and Karishma Raichada, also eight, of Wembley were among only six dancers to progress beyond the competition's regional final

  • Man raped friends' daughter

    FRANTIC text messages between schoolfriends helped convict a 45-year-old Pinner man of sexually molesting and raping the teenage daughter of family friends. A jury at Isleworth Crown Court took just two hours to bring in five guilty verdicts on Dinesh

  • Fears for Oriental City businesses

    WORRIED tenants of Oriental City have met the company behind the planned £200 million redevelopment of the Kingsbur shopping centre over concerns for the future of their businesses, writes JANAKI MAHADEVAN. The redevelopment plan includes a new Oriental

  • Harrow E Tories choose Blackman

    BOB BLACKMAN, the borough's representative on the London Assembly, has been chosen as the prospective Conservative parliamentary candidate for Harrow East. Cllr Blackman, who is also deputy leader of Brent Council, was elected last night (Monday) at