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Mayor says he is happy to demolish housing estate

MAYOR of London, Boris Johnson has said he will don a hard hat and is happy to take part in the demolition of hundreds of homes which are under threat from a controversial redevelopment. Mr Johnson was answering a question about whether he supported Ha...

FA Cup spotted with goalkeeping legend Dave Beasant

SCORES of football fans flocked to catch a glimpse of the FA Cup trophy at Westfield shopping centre as part of The Great Saves Experience. And with the FA Cup quarter finals due to be played this weekend, excitement was at fever pitch. Goalkeeping lege...

Victory for anti-bullying campaigners

A group of girls have scored a victory for acceptance by having their school recognise the unnoticed problem of homophobic bullying. The students, at Queen s Park Community School in Aylestone Avenue, said they scored a victory in getting their schoo...

Generous residents step in to help their neighbours

HELPING neighbours was the theme at an event encouraging residents to get involved in charities. The Step Up, St Charles! event held last week at the Lighthouse in Lancaster Road, Kensington, saw 60 residents attending to find out more about how they c...

News in brief:

Happy birthday to the Westbury! DON T miss out on the birthday celebrations of a nightspot as it marks its third anniversary. The Westbury in Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, will offer party goers a fun birthday themed night tonight (Thursday) with a dance-o...

‘Neighbour from hell’ evicted

A WOMAN who menaced her neighbours with her violent, drunk and disorderly behaviour and late night partying has been evicted from her home. Alison Wheeler, 43, was evicted permanently from her council property in Champlain House, Australia Road, Shepherd...

Bra-lliant way to raise money

BRING your bras to the movies and give a charity a boost, is the latest message from a cinema. The Lexi Cinema in Chamberlayne Road, Kensal Rise, is asking its customers to bring their unwanted bras along to screenings, which they will donate to teenage...

The write way to be a successful author

The write way to be a successful author A CHILDREN S author paid a visit to a primary school to give pupils tips on how to write bestselling novels. Caroline Lawrence, author of the best-selling series The Roman Mysteries, gave students at St Barnabas...

Fine hangover for bar owners

AN illegal bar run out of a minicab office has been shut down and the owners fined. Abilio Luis Afonso De Miranda of Crookham Road, Fulham, and Mohammed Awais Khawaja of Munster Road, Fulham, were found guilty of selling alcohol without a license from a...

Wheel all need safer roads to help cyclists

CANAL managers and cyclists have called on authorities to deter illegal cycling by making roads near the canal safer. British Waterways warned about pedestrians dissatisfaction with cyclists inconsiderate speed and lack of courtesy for other users...

Letters

Sport

Late entrant Hazeley's on a high

QUEEN S Park Harriers sprinter Richmond Hazeley switched to the high jump to claim a shock county indoor title at Edmonton on Sunday. Hazeley, who usually runs the 100m and 200m, filled in for QPH in the senior high jump at the Middlesex Indoor Championsh...

Willesden athletes are running out of cash

By Ben Kosky WILLESDEN S cash-starved junior squad are set to be disbanded later this year – despite claiming their first ever gold medal at the National Indoor Championships. Sprinter Marilyn Nwawullor stormed to gold in the 60m at Birmingham, while two...

Willesden squad in running battle

By Ben Kosky WILLESDEN S junior athletes are aiming to strike gold at the National Schools Indoor Championships this weekend – in more ways than one. The squad includes four medallists from the recent South of England Championships – sprint pair Lumar Sy...

Seven go in search of ABA glory

DALE Youth ABC are confident of success when the senior ABA Championships get under way on Thursday night – despite lacking a contender for this year s middleweight crown. The Ladbroke Grove club enjoyed a virtual monopoly on the national middleweight tit...

Groves gets Commonwealth title shot

HAMMERSMITH S George Groves has his sights set on his first professional title after announcing he will fight for the Commonwealth super-middleweight crown next month. Groves will take on reigning champion, Ghanaian Charles Adamu, on the undercard of Davi...

Unlucky Steve'O slips up in semis

By Ziad Chaudry FORMER Dale Youth star Steve O Meara feels bad luck and tactical errors cost him Prizefighter glory – and his unbeaten record – at a packed York Hall. O Meara s 10-fight unbeaten record was ended when he narrowly lost a closely-contested s...

Hooks title rubbed out after York Hall ruck

HOOKS ABC s first ever London title has been expunged from the record after organisers opted to scrap the capital s NACYP tournament. Andrew Smith thought he had become the Park Royal club s first London champion when he gained a majority decision against...

Tigers boss Valdas pleased by progress

By Ben Kosky KINGSBURY London Tigers boss Valdas Dambrauskas has conceded promotion is probably out of reach due to his side s daunting fixture backlog. The Tigers, whose 3-1 win over Biggleswade on Saturday nudged them into the top half of the Spartan So...

Up Pohnpei - it's Paul's island dream

By Ian Cooper HE S THE youngest international manager in the world, travelling 8,000 miles to coach the lowest-ranked country in the world – to say Paul Watson likes a challenge is an understatement. When the Hammersmith football journalist announced in J...

Naylor double sets up H&W success

WILL Naylor struck twice in the opening 20 minutes as Hampstead & Westminster dominated the early stages to beat Beeston 3-0 at Paddington Rec. Having lost 5-2 in their previous encounter with Beeston, H&W hit the ground running with three early goals to...

Cosmos living the life of Riley

DAN Riley scored a hat-trick of tries as the Cosmos turned in a classy performance to beat Old Abbotstonians 58-10 for their biggest league win of the season. Kilburn seized the initiative within the first five minutes as tight head Ehi Alongi drove over...

Numbers don't add up for Kilburn

By Larry Porter COSMOS failed to capitalise on a numerical advantage as they lost 27-18 to Old Haberdashers in a bad-tempered clash at Gladstone Park. The visitors had two men yellow-carded, with only one against Kilburn – but looked better drilled as the...

What's On

Mass Effect 2

IT S hard to know where to place Mass Effect 2, whether it s to suggest a space opera in the mould of the Halo franchise or instead to describe it as something of a dark sci-fi thriller that resembles a movie. Perhaps it s just the believable, interactiv...

Halo 3: ODST

AFTER being dragged into the slipstream of a spaceship your capsule has crash landed on the planet s surface. You ve lost your crack Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (ODST) squad, some of the toughest and bravest soldiers of the UNSC. Now you must search fo...

Assassin’s Creed II

It s a hard life being the son of a rich banker in 15th century Florence: chasing girls, parties and a fight with rival gangs, but there s something of a surprise in store for the soon to be droves of Assassin s Creed II fans. Those devotees of the firs...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

WITH the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 only the naive will fail to recognise computer games as the dominant art form of contemporary culture. Many will argue that opera, theatre and visual arts remain among the guiding lights of our aesthetic...

Borderlands

Acres of post-apocalyptic wasteland roll out before your battleworn, rusty rifle before a monowheel droid hands over a HUD display implant chip for monitoring health and bleeps that you should follow it. Most notable, is the radical, manga-styled, hand dr...

Dragon Age: Origins

TAKE a deep breath as you fire up this deepest and darkest of games that as readily explores the realms of dreams as it does nightmares. Dragon Age: Origins is everything any fan of the role-playing genre has been swearing an oath of allegiance for these...

Forza Motorsport 3

THAT old sims vs arcade debate over what s best about driving games has been beautifully highlighted once more with the release of Forza Motorsport 3. And while I ll freely admit to being more inclined towards your trading paint, smash and grab racer w...

Hands well worth the wait

by Tim Cole It feels like we have been waiting an eternity to get our hands on Little Boots debut album. For everyone who watched in awe as 24-year-old Victoria Hesketh commanded the attention of the music world with a performance for Jo...

From Russia with love

by Andy McCorkell Russian fairy tales really do happen it seems though it appears that one is just about to conjure up a darker and more interesting tale. And after lighting up Kilburn High Road, with a stunning performance at a recent op...