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Police seek stabbing witnesses

A police probe is underway after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed in the leg during a violent gang fight on Thursday last week (7). Read

Headless corpse suspect in court

A 45-year-old man has denied murdering an Algerian whose mutilated corpse was discovered without a head. Read

The limo moments after catching fire. Picture by Sarah-Leah Millwood

Car explodes in busy street

Harrow rush-hour descended into chaos on when a stretch limo burst into flames on a grid-locked road. Read

Drugs den closed down

A crackhouse that blighted an area of Kingsbury has been closed down by police.Read

Police tackle protestors at the proposed academy site

Bailiffs evict academy protesters

Heavy-handed bailiffs reclaimed the academy site this morning after heated clashes with protesters. Read

Some of the recovered jewellery

Do you recognise stolen valuables?

Police have recovered a hoard of jewellery and are appealing for the items original owners to come forward.Read

Patrick O'Sullivan

Death witness builder denied payout

A builder who was left mentally scarred by the memory of a workmate's horrific death on the Wembley Stadium construction site has been refused a penny in compensation.Read

Police arrest the 14-year-old suspect

Teenagers arrested in drugs raid

A 14-year-old boy was arrested today after police uncovered a stash of crack cocaine and cannabis under his bed. Read

Muslim girls show sport and religion can mix

A group of young Muslim girls have enrolled in a unique new sports programme that proves religion does not have to get in the way of keeping fit.Read

'I have to bank cash in street'

A severly handicapped woman has blasted the disabled access at a bank after being forced to make a transaction in the street.Read

Emma heads off on an underwater adventure

An adventurous teenager will embark on the journey of a lifetime next week, travelling to the Phillipines to study some of the most beautiful coral reefs in the world.Read

Seven arrests in series of dawn raids in Wembley

Police mounted early morning raids in an attempt to quell the rising levels of crime in north Wembley.Read

CCTV cameras

Council reveals spying figures

Brent Council has used controversial spying laws to monitor more than 300 residents without their knowledge, the Wembley Observer can reveal. Read

PC Simon Underwood with some of the seized DVDs

Dawn raids on DVD gangs

Police have executed a string of early morning raids in an attempt to quell the rising levels of crime in north Wembley. Read

New powers over gangs in Harlesden

Large groups of youths causing trouble on the streets of Harlesden will be broken up by police, after a dispersal zone was introduced in the area. Read

Pedestrian airlifted after hit and run

A pensioner was mown down and left hospitalised in a shocking hit and run smash, on Saturday (26) morning. Read

The protesters' barricade

Protesters back on academy site

Protesters have built a seven foot high blockade outside the Bridge Road Recreation Ground in a last gasp attempt to stop the Wembley Academy. Read

Fresh appeals to find barber shop killers

Police are making fresh appeals for information relating to the murder of a man who was gunned down inside a barber's shop.Read

Drain cover thefts soar as value of scrap metal rises

More than £30,000 worth of metal drain covers have been stolen from the streets of Brent in the last two months, the council has revealed.Read

Family flee house blaze

A mother, father and five children narrowly cheated death after their house went up in flames during the early hours of this morning (Tuesday). Read

Author Profile

Tom Lawrence came to the Observer in February 2007 after completing a journalism course at Lambeth College. As a Brent reporter he has brought readers first-hand accounts of armed police raids and even spent a day as a clown.