Local Authority

LIBRARYGOERS will be able to use free wi-fi internet and modern computers as part of proposed investment in Harrow's cultural facilities.

Other changes include reviewing branch opening times, relocating Hatch End Library a short distance from its current building into Harrow Arts Centre in Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, and seeing if a new premises can be found for Rayners Lane Library in Imperial Drive.

CAR PARK users in Pinner are being charged for using the free service on a Sunday in Love Lane.

Peter Thatcher, 75, is outraged that the council machines issue tickets on a Sunday in the Marks & Spencer car park in Pinner.

THE report released by NHS Harrow which stated that the Pinn Medical Centre was coping well with demand has received criticism from patients and the council.

It was reviewed at a health and social care scrutiny sub-committee on October 24 but was not considered to be detailed enough by some members.

RELIEVED community groups across the borough have restarted classes and clubs after a council U-turn over rent.

In July this year Harrow council informed tenant's and resident's associations, which cover council estates, that they would no longer be able to use the community halls for free and would be charged rent.

The owners of Ash News convenience store in Long Elmes, Harrow Weald - the former Martin McColl newsagents - have lodged a new premises licence application with Harrow Council to serve alcohol to customers between 7am and 11pm Monday to Saturday and from 7am to 3pm on Sundays.

NINE new CCTV cameras could be installed at Hatch End railway station in Uxbridge Road if Harrow Council approves London Overground's plans.
Listed building consent is being sought for four cameras in the ticket hall, five external cameras, new light fittings, new speakers, changes to signage and a customer information system.

VACANT Sam Maguire's pub in High Street, Wealdstone, can be torn down and replaced by a 78-room hotel, Harrow Council's planning committee agreed on June 15.
The applicants, nursing home firm McNeil, won planning permission for a restaurant on the ground floor of the proposed part three-, part four- and part five-storey building.

EXASPERATED neighbours in Wealdstone are fed-up and frustrated by haphazard doorstep waste collections they have branded a "ridiculous" public service.
Troy Armour, 37, said Harrow Council has failed to collect one of the three types of wheelie bin from outside his home and other residential properties in Belmont Road six separate times in the last year.

RESIDENTS in Pinner have objected to plans for a three-storey block of flats sited opposite the West House museum and art gallery.

The proposals being considered by Harrow Council for the site of the former day nursery at 69 West End Lane include nine flats of one, two and three bedrooms, plus an underground car park and roof-top solar panels.

HATCH End Library in Uxbridge Road will be closed between August 24 and 31 to enable Harrow Council to install self-service machines for checking items in and out.