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Anti-caravan park campaigners unable to submit petition

ANTI-caravan park campaigners were denied the opportunity of submitting their petition to councillors in person.Read

Library outsourcing decision delayed due to Labour split

A DECISION whether to outsource the running of Harrow's libraries to a not-for-profit trust has been delayed due to the collapse of the cabinet committee.Read

Councillors 'regrettably' form breakaway Independent Labour group

DISSATISFIED left-wing councillors have "regrettable" split away to form their own faction within Harrow's council chamber.Read

Charity match at Rayners Lane FC in ex-manager's memory

A SON has arranged a charity football match at Rayners Lane FC in memory of his father who used to manage the team.Read

Crimewatch CCTV appeal over hammer attack

A HAMMER attack in Wealdstone that left the victim with a fractured skull was featured on BBC's Crimewatch.Read

Hatch End collision between car and lorry leaves man injured

A CRASH involving a hatchback at a notorious Hatch End crossroads has raised safety concerns.Read

Man, 23, stabbed twice outside Harrow takeaway

A 23-YEAR-OLD man was stabbed in the chest and armpit outside a takeaway on a major Harrow road.Read

Cashless pay-by-phone system at Harrow car parks

DRIVERS will no longer have to carry around loose change because Harrow’s municipal car parks now have a ‘quick and easy’ pay-by-phone service.Read

Willesden screwdriver-wielding kidnapper jailed

A TEENAGE father will miss the birth of his second child after being jailed for four years for kidnap.Read

Harrow pirater used eBay to sell counterfeit CDs

A MUSIC pirater has been handed a suspended jail term for cheating the British music industry out of £40,000 in lost sales.Read

Decision deferred on controversial Vaughan School revamp

OPPONENTS of plans to partially rebuild an oversubscribed primary school have tentatively welcomed a pause designed to encourage a more harmonious alternative.Read

Tesco, gym and college to occupy town centre tower

A PROMINENT but vacant eight storey office building outside Harrow-on-the-Hill Tube station is to become a shop, a gym and a college.Read

Tamil thugs jailed for 'brutal and racist' attack on Sinhalese shopper

TWO Tamil thugs who launched a ‘brutal and racist’ attack on an unassuming shopper with a different ethnicity have been jailed.Read

Three new directors at North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

THREE non-executive directors have joined the body that runs Northwick Park, St Mark’s and Central Middlesex Hospitals and serves half a million patients a year.Read

Blaze destroys newly-built concierge building at Stanmore's RAF Bentley Priory

A RECENTLY-finished concierge building near the main entrance to the former RAF Bentley Priory site in Stanmore has been gutted by fire.Read

Fire damages top floor of Wealdstone house

A FIRE damaged the first floor of a terraced home in Wealdstone today.Read

Former Harrow amateur cook is UK's best chilli chef

A FORMER private hospital worker and keen amateur cook won a hotly-contested TV show competition to find the UK’s Best Chilli recipe.Read

Labour elect new leader - and council leading-in-waiting

HARROW Council’s leader could be ousted from the hot seat by colleagues after just six months in post.Read

Wembley Tube flasher given suspended jail term

A MAN who exposed himself to a fellow passenger in a ‘frightening incident’ on a Tube train has been spared jail.Read

Council plans committee to debate Vaughan Schools on April 17

CONTROVERSIAL plans to rebuild a primary school to allow it to expand are to be considered by councillors.Read

Author Profile

Senior reporter Ian Proctor has worked at the Observer since August last year. His patch covers Greenhill, Harrow on the Hill, West Harrow, Roxeth, Roxbourne and Rayners Lane. Prior to joining the Observer, he plied his trade at the double award-winning Hoddesdon and Broxbourne Mercury series.