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Jury out in slavery case
THE jury has been sent out in the case of a Harrow pensioner accused of slavery. Saeeda Khan, 68, has been accused of leaving Mwanahanisi Mruke to sleep in the cold on a thin mattress, keeping her prisoner in her house and depriving her of
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Fire wrecks vehicle and damages shop
A VEHICLE was destroyed and a shop damaged after a fire at an underground car park in Burnt Oak yesterday morning. Firefighters were called to the premises in Watling Avenue at 6am to tackle the blaze, the cause of which is under investigation
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Tougher system for reporting lost phones
REPORTING lost phones to Harrow police has been made more difficult in an effort to crack down on fraud. Officers believe they receive hundreds of false claims about missing mobiles each month from people who may have simply given their handsets
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Multicultural dinner to celebrate charity trustee's work
A DINNER to raise funds for patients with serious long-term illnesses will celebrate the work of a charity trustee next week. Trustee Karen Tighe will mark her last year at St Luke’s Hospice by organising a multicultural dinner dance in Harrow
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March Update
This month saw all of the Harrow-on-the-Hill Safer Neighbourhoods team abseil down the side of Northwick Park Hospital in aid of St Luke’s Hospice. Well done to PCSO Emma Radford for leading the boys down first and raising £300 for this worthwhile
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School's football pitch opens in the shadow of Wembley Stadium
A SCHOOL'S new £600,000 artificial grass football pitch was opened by the new chairman of the FA today. Pupils trained on the hi-tech synthetic field at Ark Academy, in Bridge Road, as David Bernstein, head of the Football Association, watched
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Young computer whizz kids pass GCSE exam
TWO young computer whizz kids from Pinner are celebrating passing their ICT exam at the tender age of seven. Zayn Baig and Tashane Akarawita received the news they had passed a GCSE in ICT at the weekend. Zayn, who attends Reddiford
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Dogs could be kept on leads in some Brent green space
DOG walkers could be forced to keep their pets on leads in certain areas of green space in Brent. Dogs will not be allowed off their leads in three smaller parks, Brondesbury Villas, Kimberley Road and Villiers Road, or in the bedding areas
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Health meeting to be held next week
THE future of health and social care in Harrow will be discussed at a meeting next week. A new group, called the Older People's Assembly, will hold the meeting with guest speaker, Thirza Sawtell, the borough director for NHS Harrow.
