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Like some other London councils, Harrow uses opportunities to raise funds by offering its premises to film-makers on a paid basis. Scenes of the Entebbe hijack film, filmed in UK and Malta, have been shoot at the civic centre – filming in Malta is allowed after original was banned 39 years ago. Areas across HarrowContinue reading “Filming at Civic Centre benefits council budget”

Dear Mr Hunt Surely by now you know the professionals and public outcry about the NHS crisis, including that ten-minute GP consultation standard is inadequate for patient care. 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, butContinue reading “Open letter to the Secretary of State for Health”

Councillor Bob Currie’s bold fight against cancer came to an end – he sadly passed away on 14th January. Bob represented Roxbourne ward on Harrow Council for almost 20 years, was Harrow mayor in 2001 and served as Portfolio Holder for Housing. He was humble and enjoyed working with the community. Harrow Monitoring Group hasContinue reading “Councillor Bob Currie passed away”

It can only be good that Harrow is intending to bid for up to £13million to become a Sport England pilot area to attract local people who don’t already do much physical activity. Harrow has higher proportion of inactivity and performs low in required levels of physical activity (including active travel) compared to the nationalContinue reading “Harrow people do less physical activity!”

How very interesting that a complaint has been made to chief executive of Harrow Council about the conduct of last cabinet meeting and the leader of the council who was chairing it, knowing well that the chief executive has no jurisdiction over either of these matters. Also interesting that while the call out by aContinue reading “Last cabinet meeting caused ‘storm in teacup’!”

While Harrow primary schools are doing well against the national benchmarks overall, there are significant variations in the performance of the schools. The primary (key stage 2) results announced this week show big gaps. For example, 90 percent of pupils meeting the expected standard at a top school and only 28 percent at the lowerContinue reading “Harrow primary schools – mixed performance!”

The rift between Theresa May and Boris Johnson became obvious as Downing Street said that foreign secretary Boris Johnson was not representing the government’s views on Saudi Arabia when he recently accused the state. Both of them have been in Harrow to support unpopular Tory group leadership that has failed in making any election gainsContinue reading “Left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing!”

Harrow is well known for its greenery which can only be good but with the greenery comes the need to maintain good environment – for example, to keep public footpaths hazard free in leafing season when the dead leaves make walking surfaces slippery. The Harrow council seems to be doing reasonably well in clearing leavesContinue reading “Dead leaves!”

Buckingham College in Hindes Road suddenly and mysteriously closed last year. The school moved to this prime location in 1937 with 36 boys on the roll. Before closing, the student population of this private school was mostly Asian. The independent education provider served pupils well before closing – the secondary school achieved high GCSE resultsContinue reading “Once seat of learning, now an eyesore”