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Wembley & Kingsbury Times - Text only page NewsCops drug raid at clubby Lorraine King Around 2,000 cannabis plants with an estimate street value of £200,000 was seized from a former nightclub/Caribbean takeaway on Friday. Cops uncovered the audacious drugs factory after swooping on What s Your Flava on H... Teen stabbed in street brawlA teenager was stabbed in the leg during a street brawl in an area blighted with anti social behaviour. The 14-year-old boy was stabbed in the leg during a fight in Tookey Close, Kenton, at 7.30pm on Thursday August 7. The teenager was rushed to hospital... Cyclist dies in busy roadA cyclist has died after a crash with a lorry on Cricklewood Broadway. The 23-year-old man was involved in the accident with a blue Mercedes lorry on Cricklewood Broadway at the junction with Depot Approach, at 11.15am on Saturday. Both were travelling s... Charity gives kids a sporting chanceby Alex Wellman A charity which gives youths a sporting chance to succeed in life has been rewarded with accolades and awards. Phonix Leadership Academy, based in Wembley, was the toast of the night as Brent celebrated the 300 young peop... Schoolboy held in police raidsby Will Davies Two teenagers including a 14-year-old were arrested last week during a massive dawn raid to crack down on teen drug dealing. At 5.52am on July 31, just as dawn was breaking, a team of 50 officers from Brent police, wearing... Recycling on increaseby Nadia Sam-Daliri Residents intention to recycle appears to have gone up dramatically since the council introduced £1,000 fines for those who refuse. Around 5,000 green recycling boxes have been ordered in the last month compared to 10... Crack den closureby Will Davies A crack den occupied by drug dealers who harassed neighbours and vandalized property has been closed down. The house in Hartgrove Court, 19 Elmwood Crescent, Kingsbury, was served a three-month closure notice by police fro... School of the centuryby Alex Wellman A century of learning was celebrated with wild costumes and dancing at one of the borough s schools. Pupils from Furness Primary School in Furness Road, Harlesden, marked the 100th birthday of their school with an assembl... Station closures get last minute reprieveby Will Davies Police stations in the borough outlined for closure have been granted a brief reprieve. A dark cloud has been hanging over Willesden Green and Harlesden police stations since November, when the Metropolitan Police announce... Gym users hot under the collarby Ben Martindale Embarrassed female gym goers have branded a steam room a no-go zone after various male users treated it as a pick up joint for meeting women rather than its intended purpose as a post-exercise chill out area. The health... LettersSportMedal will make me happy as Larry!By Ben Pearce LARRY Achike has high hopes for the British triple jump team, but the Willesden coach will not be granting his fellow countrymen any favours as he takes his last shot at Olympic glory. Christened Onochie Lawrence Achike , the 33-year-old fo... Classy DeGale set for Sutherland clash in semisJAMES DeGale is assured of an Olympic medal after he stunned favourite Bakhtiyar Artayev to win Wednesday s middleweight quarter-final in Beijing. The Dale Youth Club star beat Kazakhstan s Artayev – who had already knocked out world number one Matvei Kor... DeGale up and runningDALE Youth Club s James DeGale eased safely through his opening bout at the Olympics in Beijing with a 13-4 win over Mohamed Hikal of Egypt. DeGale now meets American Shawn Estrada on Saturday, with the winner likely to face world number one middleweight... Bowlers boost Bush chancesDEADLY duo Amit Suman and Will Speer ripped through the North London batting to keep Bush s promotion push on track in Division Two. The Bush pacemen reduced NL to 39-7 and, although they were held up by Maaz Haffeji s knock of 72, dismissed the hosts for... Wiggins will have to wait for LondonBy Ziad Chaudry and Ben Kosky CYCLING ace Bradley Wiggins will have to wait another four years to make Olympic history after missing out on the chance of a gold medal hat-trick in Beijing. Wiggins – who had already won gold in both the men s individual an... Blackmore blow costly for HendonGOALKEEPER Luke Blackmore was stretchered off after hitting his head on a post as Hendon let a two-goal lead slip at Margate. Blackmore was knocked senseless as he back-pedalled to keep out a Margate shot 15 minutes from time and was eventually allowed to... Hendon fans make their moveBy Ben Kosky HENDON will quit their Claremont Road home in the coming weeks after supporters voted to take over the club and move to Wembley FC. The Greens are awaiting the go-ahead from both the Ryman League and the Combined Counties League – in which We... What's OnGet Smart (12A)Get Smart (12A) wwws.warnerbros.co.uk/getsmart By Emerson Forde No summer film season is complete without its regular staples of films types. There ll be the inevitable Comic book adaptation, the animated film, the Sci-Fi blockbu... The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (12A)The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (12A) www.themummy.com Every so often you come across a film so bad that you begin calculating how many starving people in Africa the production could have fed. With an estimated budget of $145,000,000 and t... The Love Guru (12A)The Love Guru (12A) www.lovegurumovie.com There was a time, some ten years ago, where everyone in the world loved Mike Myers. The Canadian comic has been responsible for some of the most iconic comic moments of the last 15 years. Whether it be a... The Dark Knight (12A)The Dark Knight (12A) by Alex Wellman Aside from the tragic death of one of the principal actors, one of the things that has set The Dark Knight apart from every other release this year is the fact that some of it has been shot using IMAX... Indiana Jones and the Kingsdom of the Crystal Skull (12A)Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (12A) www.indianajonesmovie.co.uk A dusty army car pulls up in a deserted airbase and a figure is pulled out of the boot. A battered hat falls... Sex and the City (15)Sex and the City (15) www.sexandthecitymovie.com Being a huge Sex and the City (SATC) fan, I sat through the trailers for the chick flick of the millennium with a certain amount of trepidation. Would it warrant a shelf-slot a... Eastern Promises (18)Eastern Promises (18) www.easternpromisesthe movie.co.uk Director David Cronenberg reteams with his A History Of Violence leading man Viggo Mortensen to deliver another tense, compelling thriller about a man whose true nature y... Saw IV (18)Saw IV (18) http://movies.break.com/saw4 If you thought the grisly and spectacularly sadistic mind games of Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) and his apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith) were over just because they were killed in the Saw III, yo... Princess (18)Princess (18) www.princessthemovie.co.uk Danish director Anders Morgenthaler delivers an impressive feature debut with Princess, managing the seemingly impossible by making an animated film based around the porn industry poignan... Stardust (PG)Stardust (PG) www.stardustmovie.com Despite boasting a cast illuminated by the likes of Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes and Peter O Toole, Stardust doesn t shine as brightly as its makers may have wished. It... For Queen and countryby Will Davies It s been a long time coming, but the multi-award winning play and damning indictment of British foreign policy, Black Watch, has finally arrived in London, and it was worth the wait. Hurtling from a pool room in Fife to an... MargueriteBy Katherine Ormerod The poster for Marguerite is intoxicating. Ruthie Henshall with her classic femme fetale looks, clad in a Gilda-esque long red dress seducing you and your hard-earned cash. The critical plaudits orgasmically announ... Funny execution of enjoyable comedyby Andy McCorkell This vibrant and colourful rendition of Shakespeare s emotional comedy revives the sentiment that he was at his best in appealing to the masses. In Edward Dick s delightful resurrection of Twelfth Night, we are reminded... Tedious tale of peer pressureby Will Davies For a play that boasts such a formidable cast, Fat Pig, at the Trafalgar Studios, was a bitter disappointment. Put Kris Marshall (of My Family/Love Actually), Robert Webb (Peep Show), Joanna Page (Gavin and Stacey) and Ella... Waterby Andrew Prince WATER triumphs because of the focus and care director David Farr gives to the characters and how well the actors play them. The play involves two stories on different sides of the world, one about a ne er-do-well, Graham,... Paddington Artsby Terry Newell ALL children are inspired by secret ambitious which usually fade away, but Steve Shaw is good at helping them to get their ambitions to work out. Steve is the founder director of Paddington Arts which helped 15,000 youngst... Basic Trainingby Liam Gallimore-Wells Prolific writer Kahlil Ashanti s electrifying dramatic comedy Basic Training embarks on a debut four-week run at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, this month. One man s enduring quest for redemption against the h... Return to London24 home page |