A GROUP of campaigners from Mill Hill have been warned their victory over a council plan to build a road over a leafy street may not be permanent. On Sunday a group of 30 residents and local councillors who formed the Save Sanders Lane group came together
A RETAIL guru who helps to promote floundering shops is using her marketing touch to raise the profile of charities. Mary Portas, of Mary Queen of Shops fame, visited the North London Hospice shop in Golders Green Road last Friday, as part of her
AN oversight by administration staff was the reason behind a meeting cancellation which has angered residents groups. In a statement, Barnet Council said the officer who made the venue booking for the Finchley and Golders Green residents forum, due to
BARNET Council will face a costly court battle over on-site warden cuts after permission was granted for a judicial review. It is the first authority in the country to be forced to argue its case to a judge for the controversial slash in services
A GRAFFITI tagger has been banned from the borough after being caught on CCTV causing criminal damage in a Burnt Oak park. Barnet Council camera operators spotted Donald Notice, of no fixed abode, sprawling the word “Subway” across the pavilion
IMAGES of men police want to speak to in connection with a burglary Barnet in August have been released today. Two men were chased by members of the public after burgling a flat in Victoria Avenue at about Midday on August 13, but managed to
THERESA Villiers was the second of Barnet's three MPs to announce a clean bill of health today following an independent review into parliamentary expenses. The Conservative MP for Chipping Barnet and shadow transport secretary is officially
A YOUNG Sikh has been removed from a Finchley school after he was banned from wearing a religious dagger. The 14-year-old was told not to carry the 13cm kirpan blade at the Compton School, in Summers Lane, after governors ruled it was a health
RESIDENTS groups have reacted angrily to the news a council forum has been cancelled tomorrow night. A meeting of the Finchley and Golders Green residents forum was due to be held from 6.30pm at Pardes House Primary School, in Hendon Lane,
A LEADING international expert on waste disposal claims a planned waste disposal station for the Brent Cross Cricklewood development is effectively an incinerator. Professor Paul Connett, who has battled against the building of incinerators
LABOUR MP for Hendon, Andrew Dismore, has spoken of his relief after escaping censure by an independent inquiry into parliamentary expenses. After combing through his expense statements from 2004 to 2009, Sir Thomas Legg announced Mr Dismore
THE teenager from Potters Bar who this year became the youngest person to sail unassisted around the world will be honoured at a special reception in his home town. Mike Perham, 17, finished his epic 158-day voyage on August 29 and returned
A SPECIAL screening of a football feature film is being held in East Finchley this evening. The Phoenix Cinema, in High Road, is hosting a showing of The Gooner Review to help raise money for charity. The film, which claims to be “made by Arsenal fans
RESTAURANT chain Tootsies, which has an outlet in Brent Cross shopping centre has gone into administration. However, staff at the eatery in the shopping centre has been saved from redundancy as rival restaurant chain Giraffe have taken it on
BARNET College has been given £80,000 by the Government to help encourage adult learning in the community. The "learning for pleasure" programme, spearheaded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS), funds the teaching of
