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A FLOOD warning was issued for the River Pinn and Woodridings Stream in the village last night.

The Environment Agency increased the alert level for the river but it is believed that the water levels will reach their peak by Tuesday (May 1) afternoon.

The Pinner Association is offering a large print copy of The Villager magazine.

A number of copies have been printed to gauge the scale of demand for a version of the village round-up for people who have difficulty reading the A5-sized magazine.

Despite a gloomy front page on this week's Pinner Observer (see Red tape threatens famous Pinner wheelbarrow race) most of the festivities will go ahead as usual.

High Street will be closed off to traffic for most of the day and at 1pm the Mayor of Harrow, councillor Mrinal Choudhury, will arrive in the mayoral car and head a procession of Scouts and Police Cadets up the street.

Fun lovers should head to a 1960s-themed fundraising night being held to raise money for Harrow Association of Disabled People.
The party, on Thursday April 5, from 7pm to 10pm, at The Wealdstone Centre in High Street, will feature a live band called Final Reminder.
The £5 tickets can be bought from the venue's Red Brick Cafe or by calling 020 8861 9920.

Bosses at art material manufacturer ColArt Group requested from Harrow Council on Tuesday details of what they need to cover in an environmental impact assessment accompanying any future planning application to redevelop its redundant former factory in Whitefriars Avenue.
The firm plans include building 198 houses and flats.

TRAFFIC in Stanmore was disrupted during rush hour this morning due to a burst water pipe.

The A409 Brookshill is closed in both directions between Harrow Weald and the Clamp Hill junction after the incident was reported to police shortly after 8am this morning.

Officers are assisting with traffic diversions and council workers have fixed the problem, which happened just outside Harrow Weald College, but the road remains closed.
Police are hoping to re-open the road before midday today.

Do you have any update? Ring Hannah Bewley 07909532453.

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.

MOTORISTS are experiencing delays this morning in Uxbridge Road in Harrow Weald due to a burst water main.
The traffic is slow both eastbound and westbound following the 7am leak between the road's junction with Brookshill and Boxtree Road.

LEARN about French glass artist Rene Lalique and his Art Noveau jewellery through a talk to be given by jeweller David Callaghan.
The Frenchman, who lived between 1860 and 1945, is the subject of the free lecture organised by Harrow National Trust Association.
Lalique's designs became acclaimed after making jewels for Sarah Bernhardt and then exhibiting at the great Paris exhibitions of 1894 and 1900 and in turn he attracted the attention of Calouste Gulbenkian, who purchased over 150 major items of jewellery from him, of which many are now exhibited in the Portuguese capital Lisbon.
From 1900 onwards he concentrated on works in glass and Lalique glass is still made today to his original designs and patterns.

Where? Harrow Arts Centre, Uxbridge Road, Hatch End
When? 8pm on Monday, September 6
Cost? Free
Contact? See the talk programme at www.hanta.btik.com

THE parents of an 18-year-old car crash victim from Pinner have joined a campaign for traffic calming measures on the road where he was killed.

Former Haydon School pupil James Whybrow died on May 29 when the car he was a passenger in was involved in a head-on collision in Cuckoo Hill, which turns off High Road, Eastcote, and runs into Pinner.