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Pinner school hosts spelling competition
A Pinner school hosted a foreign language spelling competition for students from 11 girls’ schools today. Heathfield School for Girls in Beaulieu Drive hosted the regional semi finals of the Girls’ Day School Trust Foreign Language Spelling Bee
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Charity auction held to raise money for anti-gang charity
Harrow Police’s former borough commander attended an auction in aid of an anti-gang charity. Chief Superintendent Dal Babu, who retired on Friday, was a guest at the west London event which was held to raise money for Mothers Against Gangs.
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Insurance broker's clients may be entitled to compensation
An insurance broker in Wembley has been declared in default and consumers may be entitled to compensation if they have lost money after dealing with the firm. Mercantile Financial Consultants Limited, in Lancelot Parade, Lancelot Road, is unable
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Charity calls for more action to be taken on Blue Badge fraud
A charity for the disabled wants more to be done to stop the ongoing problem of blue badge fraud. This comes after eight people suspected of misusing disabled parking badges were caught on Thursday. The alleged offences involved displaying
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Kingsbury student crowned North West London's top young chef
A Kingsbury student has been crowned the winner of a regional cooking competition. Olivia Taiwo, 14, from Kingsbury High School, in Princes Avenue, won the North West London area final of the Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland Young
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Health manager suggests turning Pinner Park Farm into care centre
A health service manager from Pinner has suggested turning a ‘declining’ community asset into a 'care farm' for the elderly. Jenny Stephany, of Waxwell Close, believes Pinner Park Farm in George V Avenue could be extremely useful in providing therapeutic
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Fallen lamppost blocks Honeypot Lane
One lane of Honeypot Lane in Stanmore is blocked by a lamppost. The southbound lane of the A4140 is blocked at Wigton Gardens after a lorry crashed into the street light, knocking it over. Drivers are being warned to avoid the area.
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Stanmore businesses thrive despite recession
A rise in the number of new companies and a fall in the number of closures bodes well for Stanmore, figures suggest The latest Duport Business Confidence Report shows that the number of businesses in Stanmore rose in the third quarter of 2012,
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Slumdog Millionaire star takes part in doodling competition
This sketch of a tree by Harrow-born actor Dev Patel is being used to promote a charity doodling event. Budding artists are invited to draw a doodle and donate a pound to charity as part of National Doodle Day this Friday. The event aims to
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Man found guilty of racially aggravated harassment
A 29-year-old man has been ordered to pay more than £3,000 in fines and costs after being found guilty of racially aggravated harassment. Jonathan O’Shea, of High Street, Rickmansworth, appeared at Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court last week.
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Knife-wielding Harrow man appears at court
A Harrow man is to appear in court again today charged with possession of a blade in public after an incident outside Buckingham Palace on Sunday. Talhat Rehman, 54, of Lindsay Drive, was arrested after being Tasered while holding a kitchen knife
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Candlelit vigil held in memory of Indian gang rape victim
A candlelit vigil and prayers were held at Harrow Civic Centre on Friday in memory of a young woman who was gang raped and murdered in India. The event was attended by the Deputy Mayor for Harrow, Councillor Nana Asante, and by the retiring Borough
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Neighbours: 'Qatada just attracts trouble"
Residents want Abu Qatada to be sent away from their neighbourhood following a protest by a far right group on Saturday because “he just attracts trouble”. The English National Resistance, which has links to the English Defence League, was planning
