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‘I do not know if kidnapped son is dead or alive’
The father of one of the Israeli reservist soldiers captured in July last year, sparking conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, has told a Mill Hill audience of his pain in not knowing if his son is dead or alive. Eldad Regev, 26, was abducted on July
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Mencap ‘lifeline’ cut
A lifeline' service for 300 adults with disabilities will be scaled down and could close unless extra funding can be found. Barnet Mencap, based in Hendon Lane, Finchley, is appealing for cash donations after learning that the Big Lottery Fund will not
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Three arrested over murder
Three arrests have been made in connection with the murder of a father-of-three in Cricklewood. Robert Lettin, known to friends and family as Lob', died after being shot in the chest with his own air rifle during a robbery at his home on January 24.
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Oxbridge beckons for more students
A record number of students from Mill Hill County High School have been offered places at Oxbridge universities. The previous record of seven has been broken with 11 students, including identical twins, being offered undergraduate places at Oxford or
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Workman shows pupils topless shot
Children at a Barnet primary school were shown a picture of a topless woman by a workman who was repairing a pavement next to their playground, it has emerged this week. The pupils, from Whitings Hill School, in Whitings Road, Barnet, and all under the
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Beauty spot to be protected by fresh bylaws
New bylaws to stop antisocial behaviour at Welsh Harp Nature Reserve are set to come into force next month, although there will not be regular patrols to enforce them. The legislation for the reserve, off Cool Oak Lane, West Hendon, will ban antisocial
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Witnesses sought to road death
A man died on Monday evening after being hit by a car while walking his dog in Potters Bar. The man, who has not yet been named, worked in the town and is believed to have been in his 40s. He was hit by a BMW car in Southgate Road at around 7.30pm,
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Drug and alcohol service’s cash boost
A community drug and alcohol service in East Finchley has been awarded part of a £1.2 million grant from the Big Lottery Fund. The Crossing, in High Road, East Finchley, received the cash to increase the work it carries out in reducing drug and alcohol-related
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Distraction burglaries
Police have warned the elderly and vulnerable not to let strangers into their homes after three distraction burglaries were committed in one day. Homes in Westbrook Crescent, New Barnet; Chandos Avenue, Whetstone; and Thornton Road, Barnet; were targeted
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Probe into death after police chase
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has confirmed it is investigating police involvement in the death of a 24-year-old in Hendon. Lexy Williams, of High Road, New Southgate, died on January 22, shortly after he crashed on the North Circular
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Bungled bomb attack suspect: ‘I’ll convert you’
The caretaker of a block of flats in New Southgate has told a court how he tipped off police that terrorist suspects were living there, a day after an attempted suicide bombing attack. Six men are on trial at Woolwich Crown Court, charged with planning
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No answers to ‘freakish’ bus accident
More than four months after 22 people were injured when two double-decker buses collided, the companies involved and Transport for London (TfL) say they still have not reached any conclusions as to why the accident occurred. On September 25 last year
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Two men die in road accidents
Two men from eastern Europe were killed in separate road accidents on Saturday morning. A 23-year-old Polish man died in a hit-and-run collision at around 2.30am while crossing the North Circular Road at Henlys Corner. The victim, who has not been named
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Greens’ streak ends
Chelmsford City 1 Hendon 0 Ryman League Premier Division by DAVID BALLHEIMER and STEVE ROGERS Hendon's three-game winning streak came to an end at the hands of Chelmsford City at Melbourne Park on Saturday, the Clarets ending their four-game losing
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Sub salvages seaside point in the Nic of time
by PAUL WREYFORD (at Plainmoor) It is not surprising Barnet manager Paul Fairclough should be satisfied with a point. Ten of his squad, including all three regular goalkeepers, were unavailable through injury or suspension for this trip to Devon.
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Drinking law will cost borough £80k
The introduction of 24-hour drinking is likely to cost borough taxpayers around £80,000 for the 2006-7 financial year, according to figures predicted by Barnet Council this week. Since the laws on round-the-clock drinking changed in November 2005, every
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Royal appointment ends as factory shuts
A North Finchley factory which has manufactured items for the Royal Family, the Sultan of Brunei and Cliff Richard is to close after more than 30 years in business. Charles Neal & Son (Finchley) Ltd, which has been based in Friern Park since 1974, will
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The future’s bleak
The 71-year-old Watling Market faces an uncertain future after Barnet Council announced it was looking to relinquish control of the Burnt Oak institution. PETER STEBBINGS and HABEN HABTESLASIE look at its past, its present and ways it might be saved
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Police ad is an internet loss
The Metropolitan Police is sufficiently concerned about our safety that it takes out a full-page advertisement in your paper to publicise details of its Neighbourhood Watch teams, but it would appear that its services are only for those on the internet
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Wheely grateful over bike spill
At this time of year, those of us commuting by cycle are doing so despite the weather, often riding in dangerous icy conditions. Can I therefore express my profound thanks to the gentleman who, driving behind me along Meadway on February 1, was not
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Support care home strikers and end the privatisations
Another privatisation failure - this time care homes formerly operated by Barnet Council are now in the clutches of privateer the Fremantle Trust (Care strike', January 25). Fremantle is telling its already underpaid staff that they must reapply for
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Sums don’t add up over income for Age Concern’s services
In an article last week on council cuts in income for Age Concern Barnet (Funding cuts to the elderly are ageist'') you quoted Councillor Lynne Hillan. I want to reply to those statements as they are misleading and inaccurate. The councillor says that
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Without quick actions of hospital staff, I might not be here
I would like to whole-heartedly thank Barnet Hospital for basically saving my life. After 19 days in the hospital, which was unexpected and due to complications resulting from another operation (one week prior but not performed at Barnet), I can honestly
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Green Party campaigning for more staff at overground train stations
Availability of staff has noticeably improved in recent months at London Underground (LU) stations which I use, and at Totteridge and Whetstone in particular, where an LU employee is usually in evidence at most hours despite the short official opening
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Work harder to beat hospital bug
I write with regard to your article Superbug infections drop' (February 1). I am not sure what Barnet and Chase Farm Hospital is so proud of. Between July and September, 162 cases were reported there compared to just 47 cases of Clostridium difficile
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Tories should apologise properly for fraudulent leaflet
In your coverage of the Tories' disgraceful tactic of implying that a Tory activist's letter was an article in your paper, you refer to a Liberal Democrat leaflet in the High Barnet by-election of 2005 (Tories rapped over leaflet', February 1). As one
