Harrow Stabbing

Five police cars, two ambulances and an air ambulance overhead. Not something you expect to see every day, especially when it's all but next door to the school your son attends. So I stopped to take some photos and post them on twitter. It wasn't long before I was being tweeted by the local newspaper asking if they can use my photos. I told them they could and answered a few questions. It wasn't long before my name was being used in the online article which I have copied and pasted here, along with the photos that I posted on twitter.

Murder detectives at scene of Harrow stabbing

Jul 8 2013 By Ian Proctor

MURDER detectives are present at a house where a man and a woman were discovered with serious injuries believed to be sustained in a stabbing.

Police were called at 9.30am to a report of an assault at a property in Hindes Road, and paramedics responded to a 999 call about a stabbing at the address.

The house is a corner home at the junction of Hindes Road and Headstone Road. 

A police spokeswoman said a man and a woman were found "suffering injuries" and a London Ambulance Service spokeswoman confirmed the pair, both believed to be in their 30s, were alive at that time.

The woman was in a critical condition and both were taken to hospital.

Police have been unable to provide an update on their condition but Trinity Church in Hides Road is being used as a base by murder detectives.

Lee Smyth, 40, of Radnor Avenue, who was picking up his son from a pre-school in Radnor Road, said: "I can tell you that the road is still closed from Welldon Crescent to Harrow View. 

"It is blocked off completely. Apparently there was a murder in a house on Hindes Road and I asked an officer and he told me it was nothing to worry about.

"Now is the time we would normally pick up our kids from pre-school and the teacher let them out the back way."

Hindes Road remains closed off and there are delays on Headstone Road.Norbury School, in nearby Welldon Crescent, Harrow, remains open while Quainton Hall School, next to Trinity Church, had already closed to pupils on Friday.

Did you see or hear anything or take any photographs of the incident? Call the newsdesk on 01895 451054 or e-mail hannah.bewley@trinitymirror.com

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

This is the first year that my little boy has properly played in the snow and helped build his first snowman.




It wasn't as big as I wanted it to be but he was happy with the results and that's all that really matters.

Muddy waters

There's been a bit of a hoohaa regarding Instagram's terms of service, lately. Some say that users' photos will be up for grabs, gratis and without the user's permission, for advertising purposes, etc. I don't know how true this is but since Facebook took ownership of one of my favourite photo sharing/social networking sites/apps, I haven't been as satisfied with the way it's been managed.

I'm already using Flickr but have since discovered that once I reach 200 uploads, that's it. Unless I choose to upgrade my membership and pay an annual fee. Not exactly appealing to me. So, I've decided to try something different. Namely, Streamzoo. I heard about it from the people I follow on Instagram. The same people who possibly stand to lose out if the rumours about Instagram's TOS turn out to be true. I quite like it so far, as I'm able to upload videos as well as pictures. And I'm not constrained by the square photo format, either. Bonus.

My username is myth337. If you're already a member, or you're thinking of joining Streamzoo, look me up. I'm still very new to it, so be kind to me.