Former Mastermind champion Shaun Wallace is well on his way to another prestigious title.

Barrister, Mr Wallace, 48, from Wembley, who won the popular BBC quiz in 2004, has qualified for the quarter-finals of BBC series Find A New Egghead.

The occasional radio presenter had a tough battle in his second round heat but just managed to hold out to clinch a 5-4 victory over English quiz team member Olav Bjortomt.

A conceptual artist and his team have left art on borough streets in a generous one-off art happening.

Adam Neate claimed the streets of London as his gallery as dusk fell on Friday night, leaving 1,000 artworks scattered across the city, visiting all 32 London boroughs.

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A short movie about discrimination made by an aspiring Willesden film-maker has been treated to a glitzy premiere at a top West End cinema.

Timothy Unzola, 22 of Essex Road, Brent was just one of seven young people to win the opportunity to make a five-minute film about issues affecting teenagers.

His work, Waiting Room, was shown alongside four others at an exclusive screening held at the Odeon in Covent Garden on October 21 and attended by a number of celebrities, including actress Anne Hathaway.

Mr Unzola said: "The film is based on the idea of discrimination and the way people in different ways perceive each other."

The whole of the short takes place in a waiting room and shows two men waiting for the outcome of a job interview.

Mr Unzola first heard about the competition via an email from directors he had worked with on his play Belongings at Hampstead Theatre, Swiss Cottage.

He entered on the off-chance and was surprised to get a call back. Mr Unzola said: "The rest all happened very fast."

Mr Unzola developed the film together with Thomas Grigg, another aspiring film-maker.
The two wrote the script in a day and Waiting Room was filmed in a week, under tough time constraints.

The prize for the pair was the screening of the film at a West End premiere. Mr Unzola said: "The whole experience was great. It didn't hit me until I arrived and then saw the red carpet and all the celebrities around me. I felt great, it was a such shock to be there, as I had only entered on the off-chance."

He is now writing a feature television script and plans to remake the short film for his own personal showroom, crediting Mr Grigg too, for his contribution.

Mr Unzola wishes to pursue his career in film further, as a writer and producer.

The competition was set up by a charity called 'Get Connected', which aims to help 16-25-year-olds with personal problems.

Are you an aspiring film-maker? Send your clips and details to tom.parnell@trinity
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The history of Dollis Hill House and Gladstone Park will be explained by Margaret Pratt and Cliff Wadsworth at a meeting of Willesden Local History Society on November 19.

Research for the talk was carried out for the WLHS booklet 'A Distant View of Gladstone Park and Dollis Hill House' published in 2002.

Send email enquiries to - cliffwadsworth@btinternet.com - for issues dealing with the Willesden Local History Society and Willesden history in general.

For Willesden enquiries concerning local history documents, Street Directories, Census Returns, Voters Lists, Maps, and Local papers,
please contact Brent Archive and Library, 152, Olive Road, Cricklewood, NW2 6UY.
Phone 020-8937 3541; email archive@brent.gov.uk

Visit www.brent.gov.uk/archive

For Willesden enquiries concerning Anglican Burials please contact the Cemeteries Office, Clifford Road, Alperton, Middx.
Phone 020 8902 2385.

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THAMES Water is facing growing criticism after another flooding incident caused traffic chaos in Brent.

There have been an increasing spate of burst mains and floods in the past year and the water company has been blamed for failing to replace dilapidated pipes and improve old sewer networks.

A three-hour concert to raise money for Age Concern will take place at the Luminaire Theatre in Kilburn, this Wednesday.

Named Remembering The People Who Got Us Here, the concert will showcase three acts playing a medley of jazz, blues, folk and soul.

Brent's most eye-catching buildings will open their doors to the public next weekend in a celebration of design excellence.

Thirteen architectural gems will be on show as part of Open House London - a capital-wide initiative that will see Londoners visit more than 700 attractions for free.

An 18-year-old has been arrested after an uzi sub machine gun was found hidden in his bedroom.

The deadly weapon - associated with gang violence - was found wrapped in a bin liner alongside rounds of ammunition yesterday morning (9).

A man has been charged with the murder of a homeless Sri Lankan whose body was found in an Alperton warehouse.

Police are hunting a gunman who shot a man in the buttock outside a popular pizza restaurant in Harlesden.

Emergency services were called to outside Pizza Roma, in Harlesden High Street, at 10.20pm on Monday (01).

Officers found a 21-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the right buttock.