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Christine Henry

Call girl banned from phone booths

A nuisance prostitute has been banned from nearly every phone box in north west London after soliciting on the streets of Brent. Read

Matthew Miekus

Police hunt knife men

Police are hunting for four dangerous criminals who failed to appear in court after being charged with knife-related offences.Read

Janusz Krason

Youth charged with Pole's murder

A teenager has been charged with the murder of a homeless man who was killed after a late night brawl. Read

Winston Antinio White

Rapist jailed indeterminately

A crack addicted rapist has been sentenced to a minimum of six and a half years in prison after he was found guilty of forcing himself on two women.Read

Janusz Krason

Dead Pole 'had been in gang fight'

Police have named the Polish man who was found dead in his make-shift home, on Saturday (31).Read

Police arrest a women during a brothel raid

Police raid busy brothel

An illegal brothel was shut down and three people arrested during a police sting in the early hours of Tuesday (03) morning.Read

Nithya Rasamani and her family, background (l-r) Sayanthan, Rasamani, Gunawathy

Schoolgirl expelled for visiting dying grandfather

A Wembley primary school is under fire after it threw out a seven-year-old pupil for visiting her dying grandfather in Sri Lanka. Read

Nisha Patel-Nasri

Murdered constable's brother speaks

The brother of murdered special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri has spoken of his relief after three men were found guilty of her murder. Read

Compensation for still-grieving family is halved

Law Lords are reviewing a controversial court finding that criticised police for failing to protect a man who was gunned down by a bitter employee.Read

Children denied places at their favoured school

Nearly 200 Brent pupils will be starting the new September term at a school they did not want to go to.Read

Help young people get off the streets

A senior police officer hoping to set up a youth club in Wembley is calling for volunteers to help run the project.Read

Northwick Park Hospital

Hospital ranked among worst in country

A patient survey has rated Northwick Park Hospital as having the eighth worst healthcare standards in the country.Read

Council lacks a coherent plan, say inspectors

Brent Council is being forced to rewrite its strategy for the next 10 years after Government officials said part of it was not up to scratch.Read

Jury Out For Nisha Patel-Nasri Case

Jurors sitting on the high-profile murder case of special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri went out to consider their verdict at 3.20pm on Monday (19).Read

A group of oak processionary caterpillars

Caterpillar catastrophe heads for Brent

Hundreds of poisonous insects are expected to invade Brent this summer.Read

Victory for Shah in GLA elections

An elated Navin Shah was inducted into the Greater London Assembly on Friday last week after one of the closest-run constituency battles of the London elections.Read

Plan to increase schools' intakes

FOUR of the borough's schools are set to be expanded or rebuilt in an attempt to satisfy the rising demand for pupil places.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.