February 2012 Archives

PINNER Memorial Park has been given a top award by the Mayor of London.

Boris Johnson announced the winners of his 2012 Safer Parks awards and Harrow Recreation Ground, Kenton Recreation Ground and Pinner Memorial Park were all given a gold award.

PERSISTENT objectors in Pinner have succeeded in securing a refusal for plans in picturesque West End Lane.

Many people on the street disagreed with the block of flats which was recommended for approval at number 69 on the site of an old nursery.

A LOCAL accountant will stand trial for a second time over his involvement in a £4.5m fraud this September.

After a marathon 10-week trial which ended in January, jurors were unable to agree on a verdict for Barnhill resident Roy Faichney, 53.

PINNER MP Nick Hurd and his wife are expecting their first child together.

Mr Hurd married Lady Clare Kerr, daughter of Conservative politician Michael Ancram, in 2010.

The male driver of a Vauxhall Corsa was arrested on suspicion of drink driving after the vehicle collided with railings outside Morrisons in Uxbridge Road at 2.30pm on Tuesday .
The female passenger was taken to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, north-west London, with neck pain. The police did not need to close the road but there was a traffic jam.

HARROW: A businesswoman and mother is helping others back to work after maternity leave.

Louissa Grange, a mother-of-one from Northwood Hills, is running classes at Harrow Arts Centre under her new business venture called Mums Back to Work.

A CADET has been convicted of stabbing a teenager in the head in Harrow.

The 17-year-old admitted charges of inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent and possession of an offensive weapon at Brent Youth Court on Tuesday, February 21.

A GIFTED student will jet off to China after beating other Mandarin speakers in a tough competition.

Krupa Ravi, 14, a pupil at Heathfield School in Beaulieu Drive, Pinner, impressed judges in a contest at the British Museum on February 10.

A VOLUNTEER who was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list has collected her medal from the Queen.

Daphne Hamblin has been working at Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre for more than 21 years and said she was 'very excited' at the investiture ceremony on Thursday, February 16.

A TIRELESS widower from Harrow has pushed the council into discussing dementia care at a full cabinet meeting.

Neville Hughes, whose wife Nina died two years ago, collected an impressive 3,000 signatures from supporters of Admiral Nurses, a service which supports people with dementia and their families, which was axed last year.