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A Harrow-on-the-Hill councillor accused of attempted theft has had his hearing postponed for up to 28 days by the Crown Prosecution Service.
David Gawn, of Lankers Drive, South Harrow, is accused of trying to steal £7,000 from a Dennis O'Brien on August 5, 2011 and appeared at Hendon Magistrates' Court for the third time on Thursday.

A HARROW construction company has been fined £30,000 after a worker suffered severe injuries.
The Health and Safety Executive prosecuted R & G Construction Ltd of College Road, Harrow after Vasile Ionel Vatca fell from a roof in Belgravia on March 7 last year.

MOTORISTS and shopkeepers in Harrow on the Hill warned they could suffer a 'quadruple whammy' if unpopular parking rules are brought in on safety grounds.
Car owners and businessmen and women, as well as local conservation group Harrow Hill Trust, have rallied against Harrow Council's proposals for a series of new double-yellow lines, waiting restrictions and free parking bays, with 120 people signing an objection letter to the portfolio holder Councillor Phillip O'Dell (Labour).

LATE-NIGHT Christian volunteers have committed to helping people in need on the streets in Harrow.

The first group of Street Pastors were presented at Harrow Civic Centre on Thursday, January 26, and will soon be patrolling the streets on Friday and Saturday nights, giving out bottles of water and offering assistance to people who have been drinking or who run into trouble in a bid to reduce crime and make people feel safer.

A TEENAGER has gone missing from Gayton Road, Harrow.

Rahman Durrani was, 18, was last seen on November 18, 2011 and police are appealing for information regarding his whereabouts.

A PIROUETTING pair of talented sisters have been selected to take part in a prestigious ballet performance.

Isabel, 13, and Lily, nine, will be taking part in this year's London Children's Ballet show of The Little Princess after beating more than 700 other aspiring dancers.

A FORMER serviceman and dedicated fundraiser celebrated his 90th birthday on Thursday.

Frank Jowers has been married to Jean for nearly 61 years and the couple celebrated his birthday with friends and family at the Man of Aran pub in Alexandra Avenue, South Harrow.

A MAN is in a critical condition after falling from the fourth floor of St George's Shopping Centre in Harrow yesterday afternoon (25).

The man, in his thirties, was injured just after 2pm and was taken by air ambulance to a hospital in East London.

REVEALING photographs of a Harrow School art teacher have been emailed to scores of students.
Pictures of Joanne Salley, reported to be semi-nude, were found on a stolen memory stick and sent to hundreds of boys at the fee-paying school, in High Street, Harrow.

PASSENGERS had to do a double take when they spotted Santa Claus behind the controls of Metropolitan line services in the fortnight up to Christmas Day.
However, it was in fact Tube train driver Ian West, 56, of Waverley Road, South Harrow, who dressed in a red jumper and a Father Christmas hat while operatings trains in the two weeks up to the holiday to raise money for Cancer Research UK.