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  • Couple fined £10,000 for planning law breach

    A DIVORCED couple who converted their Harrow home into four cramped flats to rent them out at inflated prices have been hit with a £10,000 fine. Shahid Bawa and Aysha Wahab divided the house in Courtfield Crescent into flats without permission

  • Live music and roller disco at Respect festival

    BRENT is gearing up for its big summer festival which will see live dance and music, an 80s roller disco and mounted cavalry. The line up for Respect, held in Roundwood Park, Harlesden, will feature reggae group The Ruff Cut, formed in 1980

  • Crime remains low in Harrow

    Residents may have read that at a recent meeting of the Harrow Police and Community Consultative Group, Borough Commander Dal Babu announced the “best set of crime figures ever in the history of Harrow.” These figures covered the period between April

  • Prosperity was built on debt

    In reply to RJ Barnes (“Labour didn’t deserve to lose”, June 10) can I suggest he swaps his rose-tinted glasses for reading glasses? Prosperity built on debt and an artificially induced housing boom is as real as the pot of gold at the end of the

  • Greenhill plots have long been cared for

    In his letter, (“Will excellent work continue?”, June 10) Mr Mudhar states that “professional Conservative councillors” listened to local residents and got things done. He goes on to claim that as a result of listening to local people, the Greenhill

  • Schmid fires Parkfield to points

    Parkfield and Headstone secured an 88-run victory over Hatch End in Division Five on Saturday. The hosts batted first and vice captain Ian Schmid top scored with 73. He was ably assisted by Andrew Ward (37). Sunil Tiwari (45) and Prashant Nagarajan (

  • EDL remains tight-lipped over Wembley protest

    ENGLISH nationalist campaigners have remained silent over their reasons for staging a protest against a Muslim peace conference at Wembley next weekend. The English Defence League (EDL) is gather supporters via the Internet for a mass protest outside

  • Hospital welcomes rebuild funding confirmation

    THE boss of a specialist hospital in Stanmore has welcomed the confirmation of £81m of funding from government for a long-overdue rebuilding project. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander MP yesterday confirmed the Royal National Orrthopaedic