MURDER squad detectives are now looking into the death of a woman whose body was found in a flat in Finchley on Wednesday night. Scotland Yard said the results of a post mortem on the 33-year-old woman had proved “inconclusive” and the death
A MAN was beaten with a metal baseball bat early this morning by two men in balaclavas after he refused to hand over his car keys in a supermarket car park. The 48-year-old victim sustained cuts to his head and hands during the “vicious assault” in the
Barnet will go to Lincoln tomorrow without defender Darren Dennehy. He is out with a foot injury. It is quite likely that manager Mark Stimson will start with the same team that finished the game against Cheltenham Town last weekend. That was
STAFF at the collapsed maintenance firm Connaught have been left “shellshocked” after being informed of redundancies via a conference call late yesterday. At least 45 members of staff working for Barnet Homes were summoned to a meeting with senior officials
A GANG of “thugs” who acted like “a pack of animals” when they attacked two Muslim sisters in their car have been sentenced. The four men received community orders today at Wood Green Crown Court after being found guilty of affray and criminal damage
THE lights are on, the cameras will be rolling and the action should begin again this weekend during the reopening of an iconic cinema in East Finchley. The £1.1 million restoration project has finished at the Phoenix Cinema, in High Road,
COUNCILLOR Lynne Hillan now holds the largest majority of any of the last three Tory leaders, according to a senior party source. The final count of the leadership contest, held on Tuesday, was not immediately revealed by the Conservative group
FUNDRAISERS got into the swing and raised nearly £7,000 at a charity golf day in Potters Bar on Friday. The event at Potters Bar Golf Club, in Darkes Lane, was organised by Steve Rosebaum and his mother Linda Silver, the Mayor of Hertsmere,
No doubt the Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Anthony Finn, can take a certain degree of pride in his position, but is he aware of the problems in the borough? I am fortunate enough to live just across the border in Camden, but my nearest shopping area is
Sadly it is not only Mapledown School’s Variety Club minibus that has been the target of mean thieves (‘Heartless theft’, Times Series, September 2). At Resources for Autism we had our Variety Club bus attacked in the same way in July. Parked on
It’s a pity you failed to publish our call for farmers to warn passers-by of possible animal attacks (‘Butted and bruised’ Times Series, September 2). Just as animal parks warn visitors not to touch the animals in case they bite, we would like farmers
Can I reassure readers that contrary to your report (‘Council considers selling libraries and allotments’, Times Series, September 2), the council has no intention of selling buildings to plug a hole in council budgets. While the council does face
I was totally dismayed to read that libraries and allotments, these wonderful amenities that are so valued by the Barnet community charge payer, are potentially under threat (‘Council considers selling libraries and allotments’, Times Series, September
A MAN is being held in custody in connection with a serious assault in Friern Barnet yesterday morning. Police said a 21-year-old man remains in a serious but stable condition at a central London hospital following the attack in Friern Barnet
