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A recent meeting of the Harrow Council health and wellbeing board heard that the borough’s vaccination programme will be predominantly based at Byron Hall in Harrow when the vaccination at Hives and Tithe Farm would cease on April 30. Therefore, it is worrying to hear that those who were called for their second dose ofContinue reading “Byron Hall, potential Covid-19 vaccination hub, could do better!”

Harrow residents and workers are being urged to do all they can to prevent the spread of Covid-19 following few cases of the South African variant.Working with Public Health England, the council will shortly offer tests to anyone over the age of 16 living or working in some selected streets.Those in Belmont, Harrow Weald, HatchContinue reading “Tests urged after South African Covid strain found”

In his newsletters, Harrow East MP Bob Blackman keeps praising government’s economic strategy, including its recent budget, and handouts to NHS and other authorities. “Behind the Budget’s slick government and media PR, rhetorical moves away from austerity and increases in overall tax and spend, there lies a simple truth: the Tories will hand out billionsContinue reading “Blackman veils government’s destructive financial decisions”

Looks that some political attention seekers in Harrow are using Covid-19 to stir up socio-religious emotions for point scoring. At the councillor questions time last Harrow council cabinet meeting, councillor Almond (photo) asked: “What evidence do you have that closing places of worship has helped to stop the spread of Covid?”Pity Almond did not knowContinue reading “Opposition councillor’s wasteful question generously answered”

Apparently in a show of support, the Prime Minister Johnson visited Hive, Barnet FC’s home stadium in Harrow, which is turned into a coronavirus vaccination centre. Harrow East MP Blackman boosted on his website that he joined prime minister on his visit to the vaccination centre on 25 January.A few weeks later, home secretary PatelContinue reading “Prime minister and home secretary visit Harrow vaccination centres as GLA elections approaching”

While the Labour leader Keir Starmer is busy in playing nationalism, nine black MPs in an open letter have expressed their dismay on the way the party has dealt with anti-black racism within the party. The reference is to Forde Inquiry, led by Martin Forde QC, that was tasked with looking into an internal report,Continue reading “Dismay on the way Labour party has dealt with ‘anti-black racism’”

Highly concerning that Harrow council planning committee, in many ways the public face of decision making, has leadership instability and has no substantial chairman in post at present. Councillor Keith Ferry, a longstanding member of the planning committee who chaired the committee for years, resigned from his role last year due to a conflict ofContinue reading “Harrow planning committee chairmanship in turmoil”

Activists campaigning for environmental and social justice in Brent and beyond are concerned that excessive removal of the trackside trees has now left residents without protection from the pollution, light and noise from frequent trains passing, both on the Met line and the Chiltern Railway. “Residents living next to the Metropolitan and Chiltern lines straddlingContinue reading “‘Destruction of Metropolitan/Chiltern Line trackside vegetation’, environmental activists concerned”

Harrow Covid-19 spread has been alarming: 491 deaths and 17,046 total cases (97,329 deaths and 3,617,459 cases nationally). While the Harrow council is doing what it can to educate about self-isolation by those tested corona positive to avoid spread of the infection, it can’t provide the level of support for the working people in isolationContinue reading “Take-up of self-isolation by Covid-19 positives is very low, resulting rapid spread”

Forthcoming Harrow council cabinet meeting (21 January) is likely to agree recommended levels of fines for many environmental crimes, including 100% increase in some that have no levels of the fines currently . The purpose of the Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) is to reduce environmental crime within the Borough and should be part of aContinue reading “Increased fines for environmental crimes – some by 100%”