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Council leader slams government of Iran after protest crackdown
Barry Rawlings called the Iranian government's approach "an affront to civilisation"
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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
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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
London can’t hit housing target without Bakerloo Line extension and new West London train line
Deputy mayor says the capital needs new infrastructure in order to hit housing targets report Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter
Recap as lane in busy Finchley road closed
The A406 North Circular westbound at Edge Hill Avenue in Finchley has had one lane closed due to a 'police incident'.
Outdated incinerator to stay in use ‘past design life’
The replacement for the 1970s incinerator in Edmonton is behind schedule reports Sebastian Mann, Local Democracy Reporter
Five weekends of rail disruption planned across January and February
Although not all stations will be closed for the entire period, there will be significant disruption and rail replacement buses will be in operation
Police investigating after teenager reported missing in North Finchley
The 17-year-old boy was reported missing from a location in Alexandra Grove on Wednesday evening reports Luc Gauci Green
How AI is polluting the internet
James Cracknell on the disturbing new trend in artificial intelligence (AI) that threatens to undermine real local journalism
From Remembrance Sunday to cyclists complaining about scooters
Cllr Anne Hutton's November diary