July 2011 Archives

By Paddy Cooper

A SCIENTIST from Pinner who lost his wife and sister to cancer and is himself a sufferer is now starring in a national TV ad campaign for Cancer Research UK

Dr Tony Selman, 70, of Uxbridge Road, a biophysicist who was at one time technical director at Guys Hospital, is featured with his daughter Louise in the new campaign, which shows real people discussing how they have coped with cancer in their families.

THE mayor's two chosen charities appealed for more volunteers to keep their organisations alive over the summer.

Harrow Association of Disabled People and Harrow Mencap met with the mayor this morning to discuss plans for the coming year and ways to involve more people in volunteering.

AFTER years of hard work from the Pinner Association Pinner Memorial Park has been awarded Green Flag status.

The park joins three other parks in Harrow which have passed eight criteria to become a high-quality and well managed green space.

THE successful Pinner cafe Daisy's in the Park is branching out to provide a cafe and bistro service for Harrow Arts Centre.

Manager Matt Sims confirmed that the opening would be on September 22 this year and the business was very excited about the new venture: "It's a terrific place and the quality of the productions they produce is great. We are very grateful for the opportunity."

GOVERNMENT minister Vince Cable championed the work of local candidates at the Harrow Liberal Democrat's annual BBQ in Pinner last Saturday (16).

The business secretary said of Stanmore Park candidate, Sylvia Warshaw: "We have to keep flying the flag everywhere, no matter what the majority. I am very impressed with the work of the candidates in this area."

POLICE are investigating how a 41-year-old came to suffer a head wound outside Harrow and Wealdstone station in The Bridge at 11.35am today.
Paramedics called to Headstone Drive took the victim to a north London hospital.
Officers are making enquiries and no-one has been arrested so far.

WORLD snooker sensation Martin Gould's former club has closed after 25 years in North Harrow.

The club is reported to be closing its doors to over 1000 members who can play snooker, poker and darts on the premises after a termination of the lease by the leaseholder.

PINNER synagogue will be ignited by musical sermons and instrumental inspiration with the appointment of new Rabbi Danny Bergson.

He charmed over 400 members of the community during a rigorous interview procedure with his enthusiastic style and imaginative delivery in a post-Shabbat vote over the weekend of June 25, ending a six-month selection process.

A BUSINESSMAN wanted by the US for smuggling weapons has ditched his lawyer after two bids for legal aid were rejected.

Guy Savage, who lives in a detached home on the plush Pinner street of Daymer Gardens, told City of Westminster Magistrates Court on Friday (8) that his life had become "a daily struggle" since he was arrested in a dramatic police raid five months ago.

A TEENAGER will be sentenced for killing his friend after he admitted causing death by careless driving.

Jack Guinchard, 18, of Cuckoo Hill Drive, Pinner,was at the wheel of a Ford Fiesta in Cuckoo Hill last year when he lost control and was in a head-on collision that killed passenger James Whybrow (pictured), from Pinner Green.