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Flower power to brighten up borough
The 17th annual Barnet in Bloom competition is being launched this week. The event, organised by Barnet Council and sponsored by the Greenhouse Garden Centre in West Hendon, is offering garden centre vouchers to the winners. The eight categories
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Award 'is no honour now'
A man who was nominated for a Barnet Council Civic Award is returning his certificate in protest at the council's treatment of Hendon Football Club. Paul Clowes, 47, of Clitterhouse Crescent, Cricklewood, was nominated for the award anonomously by
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‘Don’t move bus stop’
A bank, doctor's surgery and cafe are all opposing plans to move a bus shelter 45 metres down High Road, East Finchley. The shelter, currently outside 103 High Road, will be moved to outside numbers 87, 89 and 91, to reduce congestion and make it
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Area scrubs up well
Churchgoers and council workers got their hands dirty for a good cause at a community clean-up in Burnt Oak over the bank holiday weekend. Residents had their gardens spruced up, flowers were laid in communal areas and grafitti was removed from road
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Recycling scheme boosts target hope
The number of residents in Barnet flats who recycle their waste has increased by 20 per cent. More than 13,500 flats were visited in a Barnet Council campaign, in which teams of recycling promoters showed residents how to make the most of their
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Three flee house in arson attack
Arsonists poured flammable liquid through the letterbox of a house in Barnet on Friday. The hallway carpet caught fire and three people inside the house, in East Barnet Road, near the junction with Margaret Road, escaped suffering from smoke inhalation
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Healthworker to sue over £3k petrol bill
A rehabilitation worker at Finchley Memorial Hospital has threatened Barnet Primary Care Trust with legal action over unpaid expenses worth almost £3,000. Mother-of-two, Amanda Seabrook, 35, began working for the trust in March 2006. She was required
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Yellow lines appear to hinder residents
Mill Hill residents are worried about double yellow lines painted on roads before any traffic order had been advertised, making the lines unenforceable. The lines, at the junction of Hale Drive and Sefton Avenue, were painted on April 12. Rosemary
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‘Bomber used burka as disguise’
July 21 bombing suspect Yassin Omar has told a jury he disguised himself using one of his mother-in-law's burkas in order to flee from Golders Green bus station. At Woolwich Crown Court on Friday, he smiled as CCTV footage was shown of him walking
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Urgent probe ordered on maternity unit
An urgent review of women's health services will take place after a damning undercover investigation exposed third world conditions' at Barnet General Hospital's maternity unit. The BBC's Panorama programme last Thursday revealed a maternity ward
