People wishing to learn life-saving first aid skills should attend an open evening at the Harrow St John Ambulance headquarters in The Woodlands Open Space Car Park, off Pinner Road, North Harrow, on Thursday February 16 from 7.30pm to 9.30pm.
The charity is looking for Community First Responder volunteers in the HA1, HA2, HA3, HA5 and HA7 postcodes who will be trained to use a defibrillator when responding to calls alongside London Ambulance Service.

Customers can undergo a free cholestoral test in the pharmacy at Sainsbury's in Nash Way, Kenton, until February 14.
The drugstore opens 8am to 8pm and the tests are by appointment only.

St John's URC Church in Woodcock Hill, Kenton, will hold a coffee morning on Saturday, January 28, from 10am to 12noon in aid of St Luke's Hospice, based in nearby Kenton Grange.
Visitors will be able to buy books, CDs and videos, tapes as well as cakes at the fundraiser.

SCANDINAVIAN visitors were given a tour of a Harrow primary school by enthusiastic pupils as part of a showcase on the use of computing in the classroom.

A contigent of 30 headteachers and teachers from Sweden spent two hours at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Dobbin Close, on Thursday, for the second consecutive year.

RHYTHM and rice were the stars of a Tamil harvest festival attended by about 170 guests.

Children from the five weekend Tamil schools that run in Harrow performed dances in brightly-coloured costumes alongside members of the Tamil cricket club and activity clubs for the elderly at the Thai Pongal celebration at Harrow Civic Centre on Saturday.

PROPOSED cuts to legal aid may leave more than 1,500 people in Harrow without the advice they need, it has been warned.

Two providers, Harrow Law Centre and M2M Community Solicitors, have spoken out about the damning effect draft legislation would have on 'vulnerable' clients' access to free help in a range of complex areas if subsidies are cut.

ONE of the four acts kicked off the X-Factor by judges in the first week of live shows will take Frankie Cocozza's place, ending hope for Johnny Robinson.

After speculation spread over the Internet that Harrow's finest high-pitched entertainer would return to the show after tearaway Cocozza was kicked off, a statement has been released confirming a new twist to this week's live show.

POLITICIANS and Harrow Council employees tucked into coffee and doughnuts at a charity event on Monday in aid of the Army Benevolent Fund (ABF).

The event, which was staged by the Harrow Sub-Committee and supported by council leader Bill Stephenson, Leader of the Conservative Opposition Party, councillor Susan Hall, and Brent and Harrow Assembly Member Navin Shah, was held at the Civic Centre nad helped to raise more than £350 for the charity.

Councillor Kareema Marikar, chairperson of the Harrow ABF said: "The Army Benevolent Fund offers lifetime support to serving soldiers, veterans and their families, who all make enormous sacrifices in the service of our country.

"The money raised today will help fund the outstanding work it does providing medical and financial support to those in need, in particular those who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"Thank you to the Mayor and political leaders for their support, and to everyone who made donations today."

The Harrow Sub-Committee of the Army Benevolent Fund was launched on 17th January 2011 and has been actively raising money to support our soldiers ever since

A RECENT graduate of the fashion design degree taught at the University of Westminster's Harrow campus in Watford Road, Harrow, won the Harrods Graduate Competition 2011 with her impressive portfolio, a written case study and a presentation to the judges.
The prize earned by Kate Wallis, originally from Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East, a year's paid internship working alongside the luxury department store's own-label buying team.

SOCIAL care recipients of Harrow packed the civic centre last night to hear the cabinet approve changes to the way services will be provided.
Around 60 people filled the meeting rooms to hear discussion surrounding the changes, which will see around 900 residents pay more towards their social care from next spring.