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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”

Irrespective of the flow of the Harrow cabinet meeting on 13 October 2016 and how the Tory opposition leader Cllr Hall feels about the council’s regeneration project scheme, her personal attack on the leader of the council Cllr Sachin Shah is unacceptable. Responding to Cllr Hall’s comment about Cllr Sachin Shah taking his shoes offContinue reading “Hall now relies on cheap personal attack”

It can only be good that the electronic media provides more and better means for the public to know their elected representatives and hold them to account on matters like MP-specific income and expenses, and the use of their position. In Harrow, Harrow East constituency is well known for headlines concerning MP expenses. For example,Continue reading “Come clean Bob Blackman MP!”

Following the EU referendum, the schools are caught up with the politics of Bexit by the implications of school census, immigration, migration and English as an Additional Language (EAL). Many schools, including in Harrow, have started collecting data on pupils’ country of birth, nationality and level of English proficiency through the school census in lineContinue reading “Politics of Bexit hitting schools”

Many feel that Tories under Councillor Hall’s leadership are not effective opposition in holding the Harrow council administration to account, even in matters like the state of cleanliness in the borough, an area that Cllr Hall shadows. What is also concerning is that Cllr Hall appears to have no confidence in and iffy working relationshipsContinue reading “Hall suffers fresh blow”

An unpleasant part of the increased anti-social behaviour is the disrespect for environment including random fly-tipping and litter-throwing. While the council is trying to cope with this problem, its effectiveness seems to be limited because of the available resources as well as some mismanagement of the resources. Following is a telling example of how theContinue reading “Anti social behaviour remains big challenge for Harrow council”

Over the years, external inspections of the youth offending work in Harrow have identified need for significant improvements. Additionally, we reported concerning over-representation of black youth offenders in the youth offending population last September – one year on, there are no obvious plans to address this. The wordy Harrow Youth Offending Partnership Youth Justice PlanContinue reading “Black youth offenders remain over represented”

When Keith Vaz MP, chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee, was cutting the ribbon at the opening of a vegetarian care home in Harrow last week, who could have known that his political career would come under hammer within days. Last Sunday a tabloid claimed that Mr Vaz acquired male prostitutes services and askedContinue reading “Keith Vaz MP, a disappointment!”

Despite an apparent appeal by the leader of the Harrow Labour group not to bring Corbyn-Smith division to the group, the Labour National Executives, seemingly acting upon a local complaint, have suspended an honest Harrow councillor, well known for her support for Jeremy Corbyn and social justice. The following public tweets by the Headstone SouthContinue reading “Corbyn V Smith Harrow victim”

Update (23.01.2017): We now understand that a police file was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service in order that a charging decision could be made. It has now been concluded that there is insufficient evidence to give rise to a realistic prospect of a conviction – there will be no further action taken by theContinue reading “Hall in deep water”