Local Harrow news, West London

Women, 70, killed by train at Northwick Park station

A WOMEN died after being hit by a train at Northwick Park station yesterday evening. Read

Pinner man wins car for updating tax disc

ONE lucky Pinner resident drove home a brand new car worth nearly £10,000 last week after spending a mere four minutes updating his tax disc. Read

Harrow smuggler jailed

A Harrow company director has been jailed for five years for masterminding a plot to smuggle almost 12 million cigarettes into the country. Read

Harrow MP wades into college 'no money' decision

MP GARETH Thomas has demanded a meeting with the minister for further education over the failure to find cash for Harrow College. Read

UFO photographed over Edgware

A UFO has been caught on camera in broad daylight flying over Edgware. Read

Choker robbers guilty of attacks on women

TWO brothers have been convicted of a string of "strangulation" thefts on women - but one was cleared of robbing designer Nicole Farhi. Read

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Man stabbed in South Harrow in middle of afternoon

A MAN in his twenties was stabbed once yesterday in South Harrow. Read

Rejected: Dandara's high rise towers in town centre

DANDARA has been blocked from building three towers in the centre of Harrow by councillors because of the views it would spoil. Read

Anger over Stanmore postie sacking

A POPULAR postman believes he was unfairly sacked from his Stanmore delivery round after almost a quarter of a century because Royal Mail bosses cruelly ignored his clinical depression. Read

The golden eggs which appeared at Kenmore Park First School

Golden eggs appear in Kenton school playground

A GIANT nest containing golden eggs appeared mysteriously in a Kenton school playground – setting tongues wagging among the captivated pupils. Read

Harrow Borough Commander Chief Superintendent Dal Babu

New Harrow Borough Commander explains his aims

HARROW'S new borough commander has vowed to draw on his wide policing experience and extensive contacts to bring down the number of offences committed on his patch. Read

South Harrow primary pupils had swine flu

TWO children at Earlsmead First and Middle School have caught mild swine flu. Read

Bogus builders' con that cost 83-year-old £135k

A PAIR of dodgy builders await sentencing next month after changing their pleas to guilty, having conned an elderly woman out of more than £135,000. Read

Cannabis worth £40,000 found in Kenton house

POLICE have busted a Kenton cannabis factory and discovered £40,000 worth of plants. Read

Chapel or Rayners for Orange mast

AN EMERGENCY meeting was held in Pinner this week to help find an appropriate site for a phone mast, granted because of a council blunder. Read

Dear Mr Darling, save our Priory

HARROW Council has sent out an SOS to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the latest attempt to keep alive plans for a museum at Bentley Priory. Read

Harrow man jailed

A HARROW conman has been jailed for five years for carrying out distraction burglaries in Hertfordshire and north east England. Read

Lack of cash 'is no excuse' in tube station lifts rumpus

LACKING the cash to make Harrow-on-the-Hill Tube station comply with disability equality legislation is not a valid excuse for not installing new lifts, according to an architect from Edgware. Read

Landlord fined for dumping evicted tenants' belongings

A LANDLORD controlling a multi-million pound housing empire evicted an Edgware family on-the-spot and dumped their belongings seven miles away in Pinner a court heard. Read

Post Office rescue bid has collapsed

A PROSPECTIVE deal to reopen the closed post office at Harrow on the Hill has collapsed, although Harrow School is still holding out hope of saving the business. Read

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