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As expected, the Labour candidate Maxine Henson very comfortably won the Roxbourne Ward by-election held on 9 March 2017,  due to the sad death of Cllr Bob Currie. Labour’s share of votes at the ward (62.8%) has improved and remains much higher than Tories who have been facing  crushing defeats under Cllr Hall’s leadership –Continue reading “Another crushing defeat for Tory opposition!”

Seemingly the Labour candidate Maxine Henson is all set to comfortably win the Roxbourne Ward by-election on 9 March 2017, called due to the sad death of Cllr Bob Currie. Labour’s share of votes at the ward was 31% higher than Tories at the last council election. Added to this, Tories have been consistently facingContinue reading “Tories all set to lose another Harrow by-election, many say!”

National NHS demonstration: ‘Keep Our NHS Public’ – ‘Our NHS is not for sale’. Demo on 4 March 2017 was called by Health Campaigns Together & the People’s Assembly. Over 250, 000 people marched from Tavistock Square to Parliament Square. Support by many in Harrow. Jeremy Corbyn and his speech very warmly received. Click theContinue reading “Keep Our NHS Public”

Harrow Council is consulting about the redevelopment, called Poet’s Corner, at the present site of the civic centre when it moves to Wealdstone. Harrow stands on the brink of its biggest regeneration opportunity in decades, led by the chief executive, and needs wider support to deliver the programme in a borough that has diverse populationContinue reading “Poets’ Corner!”

We share the sad news  – Councillor Mitzi Green passed away yesterday after a period of illness. Cllr Green was a Harrow councillor (Lab) for almost twenty years and recently a Kenton East  councillor since 2006. She held several positions at the Council, including the Children’s Services portfolio. Cllr Green was friendly and passionate aboutContinue reading “Cllr Mitzi Green passed away”

The Tory opposition leader  tweeted “Labour’s inability to control the budget will cause many problems for our residents in Harrow”, but she failed to present a shadow budget at the Council meeting last Thursday to enrich the financial decision making – the opposition owed this to the residents. Budget-making is a key function of theContinue reading “Harrow needs healthy opposition”

Based on Harrow experiences, the Harrow Monitoring Group in an open letter to the health secretary Jeremy Hunt asked: In view of your various and rather confusing statements about the GP work, we are not quite sure what exactly you expect the GPs to do, but focussing on the 10-minute appointment slot, the NHS ChoicesContinue reading “GPs free to organise their work – says Hunt!”

Seemingly Labour candidate Maxine Henson is all set to comfortably win at the Roxbourne Ward by-election, called due to the sad death of Cllr Bob Currie. Labour’s share of votes at the ward was 31% higher than Tories at the last council election. Added to this, Tories have been consistently facing defeats under Cllr Hall’sContinue reading “Would Tories be punished again at a Harrow by-election?”

(Click the play button to play the video, fullscreen play by clicking the fullscreen button – bottom right – last ) Buckingham College in Hindes Road, Harrow, moved to this prime location in 1937. The independent school, dramatically closed last year, served pupils well – like 79 per cent A* to C grades in GCSE.Continue reading “Sad ending of a seat of learning!”

Thai Pongal is a harvest festival, equivalent to Thanksgiving, held every year on the first day of the Tamil month. The event on 5 February 2017, organised by Harrow Tamil Community Association included cultural performances and refreshments.