EXTENDING the 18 bus route to Northwick Park Hospital in Watford Road, Harrow, "would not represent good value for money", the Mayor of London said.
Responding to a question from Assembly Member Carolyn Pidgeon (Lib Dem), Boris Johnson (Conservative) said he was not prepared to spend £1.3m lengthening the service.

FAMILIES living in Hatch End will benefit from a new community centre and all-weather sports pitch after councillors approved the necessary plans.
Yesterday evening Harrow Council's planning committee granted permission for the proposal from Watford FC Community Sports and Education Trust in which the existing Cedars Youth Centre in Chicheley Gardens will be demolished and replaced with a two-storey multi-use building and a multi-purpose football field.

CINEMAGOERS will be able to experience one of theatre's most famous plays - the tragedy of 'Romeo And Juliet' - being staged in its Shakespeare's Globe home.
A professional recorded performance from last summer's season at the replica Elizabethan theatre will be shown at Harrow Vue in two week's time.

A CAST of teenagers will bring to life a contemporary version of Shakespeare play 'Julius Caesar' on Sunday, February 13.
Actors from the Bearfoot School of Performing Arts, all aged between 13 and 19, aim to make the production more accessible to young people with a modern setting, language and themes.

EKTA South Asian Service User Group is holding its monthly meeting - mental health well-being through movement, creative play and meditation - at Harrow Baptist Church, College Road, Harrow.
Entry to the event between 1pm and 3.45pm on Thursday, February 18, is free but by invitation-only, so interested people should call Asha Khandkes on 020 8866 0295 or email thekhandkes@talktalk.net

Radio Northwick Park has received five nominations for the 2010 Hospital Broadcasting Association's National Awards, second only to Victoria Radio Network.

As well as 'Station of the Year', David Reece has been nominated for 'Male Presenter of the Year', Joyanna Lovelock and Julie Vee are both up for 'Female Presenter of the Year' and our broadcast from our acoustic stage at Harrow festival 'Under One Sky' is up for 'Special Event'.

The winners will be announced on Saturday 27th March 2010 at the awards ceremony held in Glasgow . Hospital radio stations from all over the country will be competing in the awards.

To listen to our entries and learn more about RNP, visit our website http://www.radionorthwickpark.org/

Rich Whiteley
Publicity Officer
Radio Northwick Park

press@radionorthwickpark.org
07017 321505

www.radionorthwickpark.org

EMERGENCY services had to deal with three roads crashes in as many days.
The first happened on Saturday evening at 8.30pm when a pedestrian was in collision with a car at the junction of Honeypot Lane and Streatfield Road in Harrow.

ARMY cadets helped the capital's disadvantaged and disabled children enjoy a Mad Hatter's tea party at the weekend.
Thirty five youngsters and staff from 201 (Royal Army Medical Corps) Detachment, based at Cadet Centre in Elmgrove Road, Harrow, assisted at the annual bash thrown by the London Taxidrivers' Fund for Underprivileged Children.

A PRAYER meeting to remember the estimated 150,000 victims of the Haiti earthquake will be taking place on Wednesday.
Residents are invited to the multi-faith memorial at Harrow High School, Gayton Road, Harrow, at 7.30pm, to pay tribute to the disaster that struck the Caribbean nation on January 12.
The meeting is co-sponsored by Harrow councillor and London Assembly member for Harrow and Brent, Navin Shah, in his personal capacity, Rabbi Kathleen Middleton, of Harrow's Middlesex New Synagogue, Mary Hale, former chairwoman of Harrow Interfaith Council, and Dr Shuja Shafi from the Muslim Council of Britain.
There will be a collection made to contribute towards the emergency and rehabilitation work in Haiti.
Mr Shah said: "It's natural for Harrow's community to come together in the spirit of solidarity when a country and a community has suffered so badly.
"We'll be paying our tribute and remember all those who've lost their lives and suffered in Haiti from the earthquake.
"Whilst we'll be collecting funds at the meeting I'd urge everyone in our community to help the Haitians generously."

FILM enthusiasts have lobbied Harrow's multiplex cinema to show a wider range of films after the Observer highlighted that a locally-shot movie could not be seen here.
Members of Harrow Film Society wrote to the Vue Entertainment to complain about the limited range of flicks that appear at its nine-screen picturehouse in St George's Shopping Centre, St Ann's Road, Harrow.
They often have to go out of their way to travel to the Swiss Cottage Odeon in Swiss Cottage, north-west London, if they want to see anything other than blockbuster releases and not only are the transport costs higher but the tickets are more expensive too.
As if to typify the friends' frustration, a film called 'Nowhere Boy' about musician John Lennon's formulative years in Liverpool was partially shot in Pinner yet was disappointing not being shown at Harrow Vue.
Following the Observer's story, the company did eventually organise showings but only for one week and only during the daytime.
Society co-founder Gina Lane said: "It was a good response, but not if you are working all week.
"They also showed 'La Traviata' and 'The Road'. We were amazed to have three really good films in the same week."
Harrow Film Society, which during the 1980s organised screenings of independent films at Harrow Arts Centre in Hatch End, told Vue it welcomed the response to 'Nowhere Boy' and asked for the cinema to continue this policy.
Society co-founder Claudia Mernick explained: "It's been so frustrating over the years.
"Films like 'Che', 'Frost/Nixon' and 'An Education' just never come here.
"We always have to go elsewhere to see it. Harrow really loses out."
n The society is urging other Harrow residents to make representations to the Vue Corporation by visiting www.myvue.com/corporate and clicking on 'Comment'.