A CLASSICAL concert is taking place this weekend in memory of Dr Oliver Smith and to raise money for bowel cancer. Dr Smith, who was known as "Ollie", of Sudbury Hill, Harrow-on-the-Hill, worked at Northwick Hospital and died of the disease in March
A HARROW pensioner was made to pay £440 for a five-minute stay in a pub car park. The 66-year-old man from Harrow, who was left shaken by the experience and did not want to be named, parked in the car park of the Weald Stone Inn on Thursday, November
A HARROW pensioner was made to pay £440 for a five-minute stay in a pub car park. The 66-year-old man from Harrow, who was left shaken by the experience and did not want to be named, parked in the car park of the Weald Stone Inn on Thursday, November
AN overwhelming number of Harrow Times readers want to see a change to Harrow's war memorial. Following an online poll, more than 85 per cent said they wanted the names of residents who died in World War Two inscribed on the memorial outside Harrow Civic
A CLAMPING company was fined £1,000 after trying to charge a driver a tow release fee for a car which had not been towed. Hexagon Parking Control Ltd pleaded guilty to giving a misleading price indication and to two charges of not giving correct company
A HARROW woman has described a clamping operation as "legal robbery" after her car was immobilised at a petrol station. Alison McKelvey had gone to Esso's Belmont Circle service station to fill up her car, but arrived to find all the pumps in use. A
INCIDENTS of robbery have halved in Harrow since this time last year. Figures released by Harrow Police this week show there were 227 robberies in the borough this year, compared with 497 last year. This is a 54 per cent reduction in robbery, and the
How dare they? All during the festival of remembrance, fireworks were going off on Saturday evening. If people don't wish to remember those who have fought, and still are fighting, to make this country a peaceful nation for all nations, then that is their
A MAN'S phone and jewellery were stolen as he walked along a road in Wealdstone. The 30-year-old was at the junction of Montrose Road and Locket Road at 4.30pm on Sunday, November 11, when a man snatched a plastic carrier bag from his hand, containing
HARROW'S leading Labour councillor is set to challenge for a seat on the London Assembly. Councillor Navin Shah, leader of the Labour group on Harrow Council, has been selected to fight for the Harrow and Brent seat against Tory incumbent Bob Blackman
Saturday: A salesman knocked on my door last night. According to his records, I was on the wrong tariff and paying too much for my gas. He then asked to look at my bill to correct it. An interesting sales pitch, alarmist with a touch of confident helpfulness
A SOUTH Harrow optician is offering free eye examinations to taxi drivers. Specsavers, in Northolt Road, South Harrow, will be offering the service until November, 30, to help taxi drivers cope with working long hours. Rachel Curcher, director of the
A 15-acre development rejected by the council but allowed on appeal by a minister will clash with the local community, according to a councillor. The council rejected an application by Berkeley Homes to build 56 houses and 760 flats in the Canon's Park
