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Barnet Council collects over £100k in fly tipping fines
The local authority says its enforcement team have achieved success with a "focused crackdown" in "hotspot wards"
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Warning issued after Whetstone electric blanket fire
London Fire Brigade put out a reminder to unplug blankets before getting into bed following the fire at a flat in Oakleigh Park South on Saturday morning
Concerns raised over young people’s lack of trust in Met Police
Removal of safer schools officers and youth engagement and diversion officers blamed by London Assembly members for rising distrust
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Ex-councillor’s sentencing for child sex offences postponed
Judge deemed Liron Velleman's offences too serious to deal with at magistrates level and referred the case to crown court instead
Pub supports charity with dog calendar
The Lord Kitchener raised nearly £2,000 for Woodgreen Animal Charity by selling the calendar featuring four-legged visitors to the pub A Barnet pub has raised nearly £2,000 for charity after creating a calendar featuring some of its four-legged visitors. The Lord Kitchener, a dog friendly pub i...
City Hall announces huge £1.5bn loan scheme to help ‘rescue’ stalled housebuilding
The move is partly inspired from well-renowned approach used in Vienna to keep rent levels low and has been broadly welcomed
Tributes paid to former councillor
Jim Tierney, who died last week, represented West Finchley ward for 24 years before retiring in 2018
Affordable networking for Barnet business owners
LinkedIn Local Barnet on their new group
Rawlings condemns Islamabad mosque attack
Barnet Council's leader was responding after more than 30 people were killed in the incident on Friday
“I know the Greens are a place where I can thrive” says party’s first Barnet councillor
Linda Lusingu, who elected for Labour in 2022, sat as an independent before joining the Greens last week reports David Floyd
Pluck, bow and blow: meet the Baroque Band!
Smita Bora on Sunday's concert at St Mary-at-Finchley
London firefighters ‘three times more likely to get cancer diagnosis’
Around 4% of people aged 35 to 39 working for London Fire Brigade have been diagnosed with cancer according to union survey
Concerns raised over impact of new data centres on London’s energy supply
The number of data centres in London could soon double if current plans come to fruition
“Barnet will always mean a great deal to me” says Dan Thomas, Reform’s new leader in Wales
Nigel Farage praised the former Barnet Council leader’s “battle-hardened experience” following this morning’s announcement reports David Floyd
Khan urged to clarify how extra cash would be spent
City Hall's 2026/27 budget looks likely to be boosted by hundreds of millions in previously unexpected income and reduced costs
Barnet’s free bookshop: ‘the place to be’ for avid readers on low budgets
After a fourth move within The Spires shopping centre, regulars have found their way back to the volunteer-led free bookshop run by the Global Education Trust reports Leïla Davaud
Optician celebrates five years at Barnet store
Sabirah Peara has spent half a decade at Specsavers on Barnet High Street
Khan predicts ‘real acceleration’ of housebuilding in London
The London mayor is scrambling to meet affordable homes targets in the capital following a major construction slowdown
Barnet man charged with Haringey murder
James Thompson, 24, of Sanday Drive is one of two men charged with the murder of Jonah Ho-Shue in Stroud Green in 2024
‘Spend extra cash on policing and step-free tube access,’ Khan urged
London Assembly members agreed to ask the London mayor that any additional funding be spent on two key areas