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Plans to replace Silverlands Care Home

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:46:00 GMT

A HOUSING association wants to replace a Hatch End nursing home that closed last year.

'Transexual countess' waits on benefit fraud trial verdict

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A TRANSEXUAL community worker who allegedly swindled hundreds of thousands of pounds in benefits using two identities is awaiting a verdict in her trial.

Brent has four of worst bus routes

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

FOUR of the capitals' 10 worst bus routes run through Brent, according to the Mayor of London.

Call to suspend service after rail death sparks safety alert

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

TRANSPORT union leaders have called for Tube trains to be suspended on the overground section of the Bakerloo line in the wake of a death at Kenton station.

Brent civic centre promises to be a glass above other buildings

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE £100-million project to build the borough's new civic centre has been given the go-ahead.

Fears for children forced to work in cannabis factories

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

CHILDREN'S services in Harrow have become increasingly concerned about the trafficking of Vietnamese children to work in cannabis factories, after a crackdown on drug dens in the last 12 months.

High speed rail link boosts prospects for urban regeneration

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE government has unveiled plans for a 225mph high speed rail network which would run through Kensal Green.

'Lesbian lover gave me cash' court told

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

AN IRANIAN national who allegedly stole money left to a grieving widow and her children claims the cash was given to her while they were having a lesbian affair.

Transport chiefs' Oyster card u-turn

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

TRANSPORT bosses have been forced to alter the policy of their free Oyster cards after hundreds of teens were losing their passes when they were accidentally defaced.

Triumph as Chris finally gets full disability benefit

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A DISABLED man run over by a train in his youth has said only the intervention of the Observer won him the benefits he was entitled to.

Crackdown nabs blue badge cheats

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

FRAUD investigators caught 10 people misusing parking badges for the disabled during an operation last week - one of whom said she was using her mum's blue badge while she went to buy a bra.

Skate park to get makeover

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A FAMOUS skate park that was once destined to be bulldozed to make way for a sports centre will get improvements instead.

The man who bought a pint and ended up with a Savile Row suit...

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

POPPING out for a pint proved lucky for one visitor to a Harrow on the Hill pub when he scooped a quintessential London day out in a prize draw.

Former Brent mayor to stand for Tories

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:03:00 GMT

A FORMER mayor of Brent has been chosen to be the Tory candidate for Brent North.

Green light for Mill Farm Estate

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:49:00 GMT

WORK on a multi-million pound housing project in Pinner can finally begin after it was given the green light by Harrow Council last week.

Fierce criticism for Boris Johnson's new town centre plans

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:30:00 GMT

THE mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is facing fierce criticism after he approved plans to build a new town centre on the border of Brent.

200 more hotel rooms for Harrow

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:58:00 GMT

TWO hundred hotel rooms can be built in Harrow town centre, councillors have agreed.

Death of woman struck by train 'not suspicious'

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:26:00 GMT

POLICE investigating the death of a woman hit by a train at Kenton station this morning say it was not suspicious.

Bank teller jailed for 'raids' on wealthy customers' accounts

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A CROOKED bank cashier from Stanmore has been jailed for five years for his part in a scam targeting rich customers.

Criminal slept after car break-in

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A POLITICIAN chased and caught a criminal after he found the man asleep in his car.