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Comedy night at the silent movies
Smita Bora on a not to be missed evening of cinema at St Mary-at-Finchley
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Facing facts on wood burning stoves
Thursday is Clear Air Night and Dave McCormick wants to start a conversation
London’s unpaid carers ‘often unaware’ they can access support
A disproportionately high number of unpaid carers are reported to be living in poverty
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Residents criticise TfL as Colindale bus stop remains closed after nearly two years
The new ticket office at Colindale Station is now open but passengers are still unable to catch buses from outside it reports David Floyd
Fears over London firefighters facing ‘burnout’ from demands of the job
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) recently branded the issue as “a mental health crisis in the fire and rescue service”
Fit and healthy medical student's shocking brain tumour diagnosis
Liverpool medical student Alex Warwick, 23, battles aggressive brain cancer. Family fundraises £200,000 for life-saving immunotherapy unavailable on the NHS.
Two dead in East Barnet fire
A man and a women were declared dead at the scene of the blaze in Albemarle Road last night
Council leader slams government of Iran after protest crackdown
Barry Rawlings called the Iranian government's approach "an affront to civilisation"
North London Hospice to mark 30th anniversary of flagship fundraising event
The Big Fun Walk is a ten-mile sponsored walk from Finchley to Westminster first launched in 1996
Khan and Met Police chief hail lowest murder rate in London ‘since records began’
Last year the capital recorded fewer murders per 100,000 people than New York, Berlin, Milan and Toronto
A race to the bottom
Charli Thompson of Barnet Greens on why Barnet’s social care crisis Is about more than one tragedy
Barnet Labour welcomes drop in crime
While Barnet Council's ruling administration say their policies have cut crime in the borough, opposition Conservatives accuse them of "pure spin" reports David Floyd
Help prep London prisoners for work after release, say assembly members
Fewer than one-in-three Londoners leaving prison are in employment six months after release
London tourist tax could raise £352m every year
Inner London boroughs will generate the bulk of the revenue under a 3% levy on nightly room charges and are keen to keep the cash raised in their areas
Northern Line services closing early
Bank branch trains will not run after 10pm on Mondays to Thursdays until "early spring"
Vital advice services will have to close if no funding is found
Louise Broadbent of Citizens Advice Barnet on their looming funding challenge
Premier Inn owner includes Barnet locations in expansion plans
Whitbread hopes to offer 2,200 new rooms at hotels in 17 locations across outer London
Khan vows to ‘turn the tide’ on rough sleeping
The number of people forced to sleep on the streets in London has risen to 13,231, a 63% increase from when the mayor took office in 2016
GLA awards contract for slavery memorial
Bristol-based firm Pangolin Editions will produce the seven-metre tall artwork created by artist Khaleb Brooks reports Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter with additional reporting by Ben Lynch, Local Democracy Reporter
A community approach to mental health
Joseph Bikong shares his experience of the Barnet Wellbeing Service