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World & UK News: Double record for kidney donor

Harrow Observer — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:05:24 GMT

An 83-year-old man has achieved a double by becoming the oldest living kidney donor in the UK and the oldest person in the country to give a kidney to a stranger.

World & UK News: Queen to visit zoo on jubilee tour

Harrow Observer — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:05:16 GMT

The Queen is visiting Chester Zoo as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour to celebrate 60 years on the throne.

World & UK News: Coe relishes 2012 flame touchdown

Harrow Observer — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:05:15 GMT

The touchdown of the Olympic Flame on British soil could trigger the greatest buzz yet about the London 2012 Games, Lord Coe hopes.

World & UK News: Old films bring back the memories

Harrow Observer — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:05:19 GMT

Archive films are being used to help people with dementia and other memory disorders in a new project.

World & UK News: Home-working side-effects revealed

Harrow Observer — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:05:18 GMT

Mothers face unexpected side-effects when they work from home, including higher energy bills and having more washing-up to do, according to a new study.

World & UK News: More growing own food to save cash

Harrow Observer — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:05:18 GMT

One in six adults have started growing their own food in the last four years, with the majority saying they have done so to save money, according to a poll.

World & UK News: Three held after far-right protest

Harrow Observer — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:05:19 GMT

Three people were arrested as far right-groups were accused by police of using diversionary tactics to promote their message.

World & UK News: PM queries single currency survival

Harrow Observer — Thu, 17 May 2012 01:05:16 GMT

The survival of the European single currency is in question, creating "huge risks" for Britain's economy, Prime Minister David Cameron is to say.

World & UK News: Spain 'snubs Queen's jubilee lunch'

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:05:17 GMT

Queen Sofia of Spain will not be attending a lunch to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee amid a row over Gibraltar, it has been reported.

World & UK News: Short apprenticeships 'no benefit'

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:05:17 GMT

Apprenticeships of less than six months provide "no real benefit" to trainees or their employers, a parliamentary report has warned.

Film Reviews: Salmon fishing in The Yemen

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

The Quixotic director Tim Burton sealed his creative marriage to Johnny Depp more 20 years ago with the brilliantly dark and twisted fairytale Edward Scissorhands.

World & UK Sport: SFA panel rejects Rangers' appeal

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 22:45:16 GMT

Rangers have lost their appeal against a £160,000 fine and 12-month transfer embargo.

World & UK Sport: Crewe book Wembley date

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:45:16 GMT

Seventeen-year-old Max Clayton scored the goal which sent Crewe to Wembley for the npower League Two play-off final courtesy of a 3-2 aggregate win over Southend.

World & UK News: Parents attack 'narrow' inquest '

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:05:19 GMT

The grieving parents of a baby boy killed by a falling lamppost have accused a coroner's court of failing to provide answers about their son's death.

World & UK News: Greece caretaker PM takes new role

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:05:19 GMT

A senior judge has been sworn in to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as it lurches through a political crisis that threatens its membership in the 17-nation eurozone.

World & UK Sport: Barton accepts one charge, denies second

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:45:17 GMT

QPR captain Joey Barton has accepted a charge of violent conduct against Manchester City's Sergio Aguero but denied the same charge for his confrontation with Vincent Kompany.

World & UK Sport: Evra proud despite 'difficult' campaign

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:45:17 GMT

Patrice Evra has described this season as the most difficult of his entire career and lifted the lid on the emotions he felt when Luis Suarez snubbed his pre-match handshake at Old Trafford.

World & UK News: Prosecution over runaway train

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:05:17 GMT

London Underground is to be prosecuted by the rail regulator over a runaway engineering train, it has been disclosed.

World & UK News: 2,800 jobs axed as card shops close

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 18:05:16 GMT

Nearly 3,000 jobs are to be axed after the administrators of Clinton Cards announced plans to close 350 stores.

World & UK News: Appeal man bailed in dramatic twist

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:05:23 GMT

A young man who has always pleaded his innocence over a 2004 murder has enjoyed his first taste of freedom in more than seven years after a dramatic twist in his case at the Court of Appeal.

World & UK Sport: BOA set to rubber-stamp rule change

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:19 GMT

The lifetime Olympics ban for British drugs cheats is expected to be formally removed on Thursday.

World & UK Sport: Scotland go Dutch with Visser

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:18 GMT

Holland-born Tim Visser will seek to prove his ability on the Test stage after being selected by Scotland for the summer tour to Australia, Fiji and Samoa.

World & UK Sport: Cavendish fourth as Ferrari takes stage

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:18 GMT

Roberto Ferrari won the longest stage of this year's Giro d'Italia from Assisi to Montecatini as Great Britain's Mark Cavendish finished fourth.

World & UK Sport: QPR to investigate Barton incident

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:17 GMT

QPR will conduct an internal investigation into Joey Barton's dismissal against Manchester City and his subsequent conduct, the club have announced.

World & UK Sport: O'Driscoll named Crawley boss

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:17 GMT

Sean O'Driscoll has been appointed as the new manager of Crawley.

World & UK Sport: Dalglish sacked by Liverpool

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:45:15 GMT

Liverpool have terminated the contract of manager Kenny Dalglish, owners Fenway Sports Group and the club have confirmed.

World & UK News: Cheers as murder appeal man bailed

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:05:20 GMT

A young man who has spent more than seven years behind bars for a murder he has always insisted he did not commit was greeted by emotional scenes as he was freed on bail by the Court of Appeal.

World & UK News: Teenager guilty of conker killing

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:05:19 GMT

A 15-year-old youth is facing a life sentence after being found guilty of stabbing a student to death in a row over conkers.

World & UK News: Cameron and King urge euro action

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:05:18 GMT

Sir Mervyn King and David Cameron have led an attack on a lack of progress in tackling the eurozone crisis as the region's problems threatened to hamper UK growth.

World & UK Sport: Strauss 'not losing taste for captaincy'

Harrow Observer — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:45:17 GMT

Andrew Strauss insists he is "not even close" to thinking he has had enough of the England captaincy, despite his long and vain search for his 20th Test century.