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Barnet restaurant handed new food hygiene rating
Judges in Barnet High Street has a new ratings from the Food Standards Agency reports Lesley-Anne Kelly, Data Reporter
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Chipping Barnet’s top petitions this week
3,585 residents in the constituency have signed a petition against digital ID cards reports Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Barnet adult smoking rate lower than UK average
8.5% of people aged 18 and over in Barnet were smoking cigarettes between 2020 and 2024 reports Clara Margotin, Data Reporter
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Food hygiene ratings handed to two Barnet establishments
Grandi Morsi and Peri Peri Grill have new ratings from the Food Standards Agency reports Lesley-Anne Kelly, Data Reporter
One in 10 London children in first year of primary school is obese
23.2% of the region's youngsters in Year 6, the last year of primary school, were obese in 2024-25 reports Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
A fifth of offenders in Barnet went on to reoffend
247 of the 1,170 adults convicted of a crime in 2023 in Barnet have gone on to reoffend reports Adam Care, Data Reporter
Artsdepot ‘saved’ thanks to new long-term lease with Barnet Council
The North Finchley arts venue had been under threat of closure or sale amid maintenance issues and funding cuts
Complaints against council social care services on the rise
Bosses claim there are no "systemic issues" despite some services seeing double the number of complaints
Armistice bench replaces stolen sculpture to first Tommy killed in WWI
A commemorative bench has been unveiled by the Mayor of Barnet to remember the first British soldier to die in the First World War, after the ‘Tommy’ sculpture honouring him was stolen.
Barnet services to mark Remembrance Sunday
Residents will pay their respects at services across the borough on Sunday, 9th November
Busiest Bonfire Night in nearly a decade for London Fire Brigade
The brigade handled more than 800 calls last night, a 20% rise on last year
Campaign group prompts council to consider new approach to planning engagement
Both Labour and Conservative councillors backed a report responding to Our North Finchley's proposals for a more inclusive planning system reports David Floyd
Tributes paid to local politician
John Marshall, who died on Monday, served as an MEP, MP and Barnet councillor
More than £11m spent tackling wildfires and floods in London since 2018
Fresh calls made for increased investment in the capital’s climate resilience
MP gets peppercorn rent deal for ‘Tally Ho!’ arts centre till 2075
A 50-year ‘peppercorn’ lease has been signed in a deal to save North London’s ‘go to’ Artsdepot centre after an MP stepped into help secure its future.
Barnet Labour praise for moveable CCTV cameras
A council cabinet member says the cameras are catching dozens more crime and antisocial incidents each month reports Luc Gauci Green
Fire and rescue service attends significantly more fires in London
London Fire Brigade attended 18,452 fires in the year to June, up 16% from 15,880 the previous year reports Clara Margotin, Data Reporter
Barnet road closures: three for motorists to avoid over the next fortnight
Three delays on M1 for Barnet drivers to avoid reports Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
City Hall ‘must work faster’ to install EV chargers
Mayor of London promised to install 40,000 EV chargers by 2030 but has only reached 26,000 so far
More than £150m needed to repair all Royal Free London buildings and equipment
It would cost around £151.7 million to fully repair all known maintenance issues across main hospital trust serving Barnet reports Adam Care, Data Reporter