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• Woman rushed to major trauma centre after Wealdstone assault as police hunt for information

  21-08-2026 21:16 via harrowonline.org
  
  A woman in her 30s was taken to a major trauma centre following a suspected assault in Wealdstone on Thursday evening.
  Emergency services were called to Graham Road at around 7.35pm on Thursday, 20 August, following concerns for the welfare of a woman.
  A large emergency services presence was seen in the area, with part of Graham Road cordoned off by police while officers and paramedics dealt with the incident.
  London’s Air Ambulance also landed nearby in Whitefriars Open Space before the w
  
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• Harrow Council ordered to apologise and pay £800 after failures left child without education support

  21-08-2026 17:42 via harrowonline.org
  
  mum from North London has complained that failures by the local authority left her child with no educational placement after she requested an emergency review of their education health and care plan (EHCP), according to a Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) report.
  The woman, referred to in the reports as Miss X, had raised concerns about the quality of the secondary school her child – referred to as Y – was attending and no longer wanted them to continue there for the final year. She s
  
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• Park High students celebrate strong GCSE results in Stanmore

  21-08-2026 12:26 via harrowonline.org
  
  Students at Park High School in Stanmore are celebrating another strong set of GCSE results today, with more than three-quarters securing a pass in English Language.
  The school said 64.9% of students achieved grades 9 to 4 in both English and Maths, while half of the cohort secured the stronger grades of 9 to 5 in both subjects.
  More than a fifth of students achieved the top grades of 9 to 7 in English and Maths.
  English was another particularly strong area, with 76.9% achieving grades 9 to 4 in
  
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• London ‘desperately needs’ more family homes as developers accused of building too many small flats

  21-08-2026 11:18 via harrowonline.org
  
  Developers are incentivised to build too many one and two-bedroom properties in London instead of the family-sized homes that the capital desperately needs, the Mayor of London has been told.
  City Hall’s government-set target of building 88,000 homes every year has prompted Sir Sadiq Khan to prioritise speed over need, according to senior Conservative Assembly Member Andrew Boff.
  In a new report, entitled ‘Uncrowded Houses’, he explains that the current focus on “units&rd
  
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• Sacred Heart students celebrate ‘outstanding’ GCSE results in Harrow

  21-08-2026 09:27 via harrowonline.org
  
  The Sacred Heart Language College is the latest Harrow school to share its GCSE results with Harrow Online, with students celebrating a strong set of grades across the school.
  Sacred Heart said 45% of all grades awarded were at grades 9 to 7, while 85% were grades 9 to 4.
  The school, based in Wealdstone, said the results were significantly above national averages and reflected the hard work and determination of students across the school.
  Among the highest-achieving pupils were Avigna, Fathimala
  
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