TEENAGE pregnancy rates in Brent have dropped to their lowest rate in almost 10 years. Figures provided by the National Teenage Pregnancy Unit show that Brent dropped below the most recent 43.5 London average for teen pregnancies and is now in a lower
IT'S payback time for offenders in Brent. The aptly named Community Payback scheme, launched by the Mayor of Brent, Councillor Harshadbhai B Patel, on Wednesday (July 18) will see offenders working in the borough tackling graffiti, litter and other
REFUSING to pay your council tax could leave you homeless. An unpaid council tax bill for £4,000 has ended up costing a Brent resident £11,000 in backdated tax and costs. After failing to pay the amount, the resident had his house seized and put
A HARROW man has helped save the life of a boy who suffered internal bleeding on the brain. Neil Bizzell, who grew up in Harrow, was part of the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service that saved the life of a 14-year-old schoolboy struck on the head
THE deadline for comments on a council report on day care charges has been put back a week. Harrow Council's Cabinet had been due to consider the issues, contained in the Fair Access to Care Services report this week. Now a special cabinet meeting will
CHAOS hit Wembly at lunchtime today (Friday) when a torrential downpour flooded the High Street. Elsewhere in the districts trains were delayed as some tracks were under water and branches crashed on to the lines near Pinner. Severe weather warnings
GOLFERS from Stanmore were the longest swingers in town after a marathon round of golf for charity. Richard Freeman, Steve Holman, Shabbir Kasmani and James Reynolds chipped, putted, and drove their way down the fairways of Stanmore Golf Club as part
A HARROW record label founder and jazz pioneer has been honoured at this year's BBC Jazz Awards. Gary Crosby has helped develop some of the brightest new talents in jazz since founding Dune Records in 1997. He received the award for Services to Jazz
PLANNING application for the first state-funded Hindu school in the country is being heard on Wednesday (July 25). The I-foundation's plans to build the state-funded Krishna Avanti School on the William Ellis Playing Field, Camrose Avenue, Edgware, were
