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  • FULL-TIME: Dagenham & R 4 Barnet 2

    Barnet slipped out of the JP Trophy at Victoria Road this evening, but at least restored some pride with a much-improved performance. The game could have gone either way, with five goals in a crazy first half. Adam Birchall struck twice

  • Woman fined for rabbit cruelty

    A woman has been fined £500 for leaving her pet rabbit to starve while she went on holiday. Sareena Ebraheem, of Martlesham Walk, Grahame Park, told Hendon Magistrates Court that she had left her friend Aysha Ahmet to look after the rabbit,

  • Bored of the rings?

    by Andrew Dismore MP The 2008 Olympics ended with Britain’s greatest sporting success for a century — 19 gold medals and dozens of silvers and bronzes. The excitement of almost overtaking sports superpower Russia to 3rd place in the table

  • Injury-hit Barnet set to face the Daggers

    Barnet will be without two central defenders for the visit to Dagenham & Redbridge in the JP Trophy this evening. Captain Ismail Yakubu, who missed the trip to Chester on Saturday, could now be sidelined for two to three weeks, due to a recurrence of

  • Tapping into old resources

    It is not quite a case of ‘out with the old and in with the new’ — more a system of ‘out with the old and in with the used’. Freecycle is a flourishing scheme which encourages people to offer unwanted possessions for free to anyone who wants

  • Wingate boss wins manager of the month award

    Wingate & Finchley manager Michael Stone has been named Ryman League Division One North manager of the month for August. The Blues are unbeaten this season, and sit top of the table. Stone said: "This is a fantastic award to win for not just myself

  • Potters Bar CC secure title

    Potters Bar are champions of Home Counties Premier League Division Two East. They saw off second-placed Bishops Stortford on Saturday and cannot now be caught by their nearest rivals, with just one match of the campaign to go. Potters Bar made 225-8

  • 'Offensive' attack on Olympic athletes condemned

    The London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden has drawn widespread condemnation for branding Britain’s Olympic medal winners as “tainted with blood” last week. Brian Coleman, who is also a Barnet councillor, used a newspaper column to criticise

  • Teen hits the high notes in Pop Idol contest

    A Mill Hill teenager has sung her way into the semi-final of a national competition to find the stars of tomorrow. Fifteen-year-old Georgia-May Palmer, who is studying for her GCSEs at Mill Hill County High School, Worcester Crescent, overcame

  • Medellin on form for Finchley Racers

    Finchley Racers’ Colombian Edgar Medellin won for the second consecutive time at the Hillingdon circuit. The 40-mile race was fast and eventful. The decisive move came with seven laps to go, when Finchley's John McMillan made a solo attack. He was

  • Olympic hero Danvers finishes third again

    Shaftesbury Barnet Olympic star Tasha Danvers was back in action on home soil at the weekend. The 400m hurdler, who won a bronze in Beijing, again finished third at the British Grand Prix in Gateshead. Team-mate Marilyn Okoro put her disappointment

  • Bowls round-up

    The aptly-named David Bowler won the singles’ competition during Finchley & District BA finals day at Finchley BC. Bowler, of Oakhill BC, beat Bishopwood’s Terry Doe 21-19. The finals were watched by an enthusiastic crowd, and the bowling was of a high

  • Wingate Ladies fall to leaders

    Wingate & Finchley Ladies went down 4-0 to Denham United on Sunday. However, the result was no disgrace, as Denham are the current league leaders.