Police are hunting two men who injured a woman when they tried to steal her handbag in Edgware.

The 53-year-old victim was walking alone in Argyll Gardens, Edgware, at 5.55pm on December 23 when one of the men grabbed her handbag. She fell and sustained minor injuries to her knee and shoulder. The men, described as black and wearing hooded tops, ran off empty-handed towards Burnt Oak Broadway.

The woman walked from Watling Avenue, Edgware, turned right into Burnt Oak Broadway, then left into Highlands, before being attacked as she approached Argyll Gardens.

If you witnessed the attack or have any information on it, call Harrow Crime Squad on 020 8733 5409 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

A RAGGAE star who stashed a gun and ammunition in his Stanmore home has been sentenced to seven years in jail.

Tito Williamson, known in the music industry as Chukki Starr, was found guilty of possessing a prohibited firearm and possessing ammunition after police carried out a raid at his Binyon Crescent address.

On May 10, this year, officers from Brent Crime Squad and Tasking Unit executed two search warrants under the misuse of drugs act at his former Stonebridge address in Hilltop Avenue and his current Binyon Crescent home.

Nothing was found at the Stonebridge address but during a search at Binyon Crescent officers discovered a firearm and ammunition.

Williamson attended Wembley Police Station two days later and was arrested.
He was found guilty at Harrow Crown Court on October 21.

The officer in the case, PC Gavin Davies, said: "We are pleased that Tito Williamson has received a sentence proportionate with his offence.

"This operation resulted in another firearm being removed from the streets of London and we will continue to target offenders on the borough of Brent.

"I encourage anyone with any information on firearms or criminal activity to contact us and help us make our streets safer."

THREE partners at two different Harrow accountancy firms received the ORBIS Visionary Award on World Sight Day, held on October 13, for raising £100,000 over four years for ORBIS, a charity that provides equipment and training to enable hospitals in third-world countries to treat blindness.
The recipients were Vinoo Patel, 60, of Grange Road, South Harrow, and Nilesh Haria, 52, of Jesmond Way, Stanmore, who run Richfields in Station Road, Harrow, and Manhar Patel, 65, of Berry Hill, Stanmore, of M C Patel and Co in Kenton Road, Harrow.

The outgoing chief executive of Stanmore-based charity Norwood celebrated her long career at a Downing Street reception last week.

Norma Brier was invited to 11 Downing Street, the home of the chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, along with staff and supporters of Norwood, which provides support to adults with learning difficulties.

Readers are invited to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital's Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, September 28, from 11.30am to 12.45pm in the Charles Lack Lecture Theatre in the Sir Herbert Seddon Teaching Centre at the hospital in Brockley Hill,

HUNDREDS of people from around the borough including ex-servicemen and young cadets packed into a Stanmore church last weekend to mark the anniversary of the battle of Britain.

The annual civic church thanksgiving service took place on Sunday at St John the Evangelist Church in Rectory Lane, Stanmore, which has long standing links with the RAF and stands in the shadow of Bentley Priory, which is famous for its pivotal role as Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain.

Among those at the service to pay their respects was Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burridge, Harrow's Deputy Lieutenant, John Purnell and guest of honour Harrow Mayor, councillor Mrinal Choudhury.

Speaking after the service the mayor said: "We must never forget the enormous sacrifices made during the Battle of Britain.

"The role Bentley Priory played in the ultimate victory is a source of great pride for the borough.

"I was therefore delighted to see so many sea and air cadets at this year's service and it felt incredibly poignant to see the younger generation paying their respects."

THE body of a man whose rotting corpse was discovered in a flat in Brockhurst Close on July 15 has still not been formally identified and so an inquest is yet to open, North London Coroner's Court confirmed.
The victim, a man in his 70s who is believed to have lived with a younger vulnerable man and may have lain dead for up to a month, was discovered after neighbours complained about the putrid smell and maggot infestations in neighbouring flats.

THE final Let's Talk roadshow - where Harrow Council sets up a fake garden to invite passers-by to chat about their concerns with councillors and council officers - takes place tomorrow between 12noon and 4pm in outside Sainsbury's in The Broadway with council leader Bill Stephenson in attendance.

The Royal Mail has announced it will relocate Edgware Post Office from 42 Station Road to 222 Station Road following a majority support for the move in a public consultation.
The current branch will close at 5.30pm on Monday July 18 and the new one will open at 8.30am on July 22 and in the meantime customers can use Deansbrook Post Office in Deansbrook Road, Edgware or Spur Road Post Office in Canons Corner, Edgware.

A BID to add an extra two flats and carry out other internal alterations at Bentley Priory mansion, the Grade II Listed house on the ex-RAF site in The Common, by way of modifying previously approved conversion plans, are due to be considered on Wednesday next week (July 13) by Harrow Council's planning committee.
This would bring to nine the total number of homes due to be created in the refurbished 18th Century property that housed RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain in 1940.