Northwick Park hospital has missed out on receiving part of a £1.8 Billion funding to improve patient care it has been revealed. There will be 20 hospitals sharing part of £850m to improve facilities, while £1bn has been added to NHS capital spending, funding existing upgrade programmes. Northwick Park was left off the list. On […]
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Crowdfunder UK, the country’s leading crowdfunding platform and Trust for London, an independent charitable foundation, joined forces this month to launch the Connected Communities fund with a competition to give away £1,000 match funding to organisations in Harrow ‘making change happen’ in their local community. Trust for London will pledge £1,000 towards an online […]
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Legendary amongst lovers of live music, Harrow’s Trinity bar was opened in 1992 and has helped launch the careers of a number of prominent artists including Scouting For Girls, Bastille and Kate Nash – who played her debut gig at the bar. Sound and vision Although a few pubs within the borough have tried their […]
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To celebrate the launch of Connected Communities, Crowdfunder has teamed up with Trust For London to award £5,000 to five projects making a difference in Harrow. The ‘Connected Communities: Harrow’ competition is being launched to find organisations right here on our doorstep making change happen in their communities. From a community scheme for lending tools, […]
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If there’s one thing Harrow’s not short of, it’s great restaurants and takeaways. From bellissimo Italians to spicy Indian, there really is something for everyone including, of course, some fantastic Chinese establishments. With so much to choose from, competition is steeper than the Olympics high jump contest, so we’ve put together some of our favourites […]
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Harrow Town Centre took part in Love My Shop Day this month to help support local businesses and drive customers to shops within Harrow Town Centre. The general public in Harrow were invited to vote for the shop they love the most by posting a selfie with the shop in the background, with the […]
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Mark Mullally, community banker at NatWest, will be hosting a ‘Friends against Scams’ drop-in clinic event on Monday 10 June 2019, which is a free and impartial scam awareness event which is open to anyone who has concerns about fraud and scams. In light of this upcoming event, Varsha Patel spoke to Mark Mullally, who […]
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Wealdstone Library – or the Wealdstone Centre – is more than just books, newspapers and computers. The library, among its shelves and shelves of great reads, is a hub of history, friendship and community. Varsha Patel spoke to Joshua Cartwright, library supervisor at the Wealdstone Centre for the past seven years, about his favourite memories […]
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In light of the news that Harrow’s Sri Ayyappan Kovil Temple—a Hindu temple on Masons Avenue—has been granted planning permission by Harrow Council’s planning committee to grow the site, we spoke to Anpan Thiagesapillai, project lead at the temple, who has described the approval as a ‘great journey for the temple’. The planning permission […]
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Harrow Council is consulting on proposals to improve pedestrian safety at Harrow’s ‘Goodwill To All’ junction–the busy traffic junction at Headstone Gardens/Harrow View/Headstone Drive made up of four traffic lights, in the midst of local shops, businesses, bus stops and surrounding residential areas. The proposed changes, which are expected to come into force in August […]
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