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  • Man stabbed outside pub

    Police are appealing for witnesses following a stabbing outside a pub in Potters Bar. A 21-year-old man from Potters Bar was stabbed during an altercation outside the Green Man pub in High Street at 10.30pm on Friday, May 4. He was taken

  • Marshall suspended for two years

    The Football Association has confirmed Barnet midfielder Mark Marshall has been suspended from all football activity for two years by an Independent Regulatory Commission after testing positive for a prohibited substance. The 25-year-old tested

  • Services mark tenth anniversary of Potters Bar rail crash

    Families of those who died in the Potters Bar rail crash were among dozens of people who gathered to mark the ten year anniversary of the disaster this afternoon. A one minute’s silence was held at a memorial outside the Darkes Lane station

  • Finding expression in the voice

    'Know yourself, listen to your voice, hear what you are expressing or what you are covering up.’ This was the mantra of Alfred Wolfsohn, a German voice coach and philosopher who taught in Golders Green in the 1940s and 50s and who vastly changed the

  • Am dram round-up

    This month is the perfect opportunity to take a trip to your local theatre as am-dram season kicks off in earnest. Terra Nova by Incognito Theatre Terra Nova tells the story of Royal Navy officer and explorer Robert Falcon Scott’s fateful

  • Teens arrested in connection with Oakleigh assault

    Two teenagers were arrested this morning in connection with an assault in Oakleigh. The 17-year-olds from Finchley were arrested on Oakleigh Road South at 11.30am on suspicion of having hit a man over the head with a bottle. Both suspects are being

  • Alfie Moore's very own riot act

    After 18 years on the force, you’d expect a copper to have a lot of juicy stories. You wouldn’t, perhaps, expect him to put all those stories into a stand-up show and take it all over the country and on TV. Yet that’s exactly what Sergeant Alfie Moore

  • Pensioner gathers support over eviction plight

    The plight of a pensioner facing eviction from the home he has lived in his whole life has gained wider attention since it was broken by the Times Series yesterday. Vic Renvoize has been told he will have just six months to move out of his

  • Council calls on volunteers to lend a hand at libraries

    Volunteers are being encouraged to help land a hand at libraries across the borough. Barnet Council has already received 35 applications from people wanting to take part in their library volunteers scheme, but is eager to recruit as many as

  • Children targeted by Grahame Park estate thief

    Three young teenagers have been targeted by a thief on the Grahame Park estate in Colindale, in the last few days. Police are investigating three separate incidents which include both robbery and the snatching of belongings. At 8am on

  • Open day for people out of employment and training

    Employment charity Elevation Networks is holding an open day for young people who are not in employment, education or training. From 2pm until 4pm tomorrow at the Artsdepot in Nether Street, North Finchley, Elevation Networks will be promoting its

  • Barnet campaigner shortlisted for Ethical Award

    A Barnet man has been shortlisted for one of the 2012 Observer Ethical Awards. Dr S Oliver Natelson is one of three people shortlisted in the Unsung Local Hero category which is sponsored by Body Shop. Dr Natelson has worked for over 30 years promoting

  • Middlesex University students win medals at Olympic stadium

    Three Middlesex University students were among the first athletes to be awarded medals in the new Olympic Stadium. Sprinters Montell Douglas, 26, and Ashleigh Nelson, 21, competed in the British Universities Athletics Championships which took

  • Barnet teen gets Fashion Week opportunity

    A Barnet teenager has been given the chance to showcase her work at London Fashion Week in September. Ezoe Robinson, 18, a student at Ashmole Academy in Southgate, is one of 120 young designers from city areas who will gather for a celebration

  • Coleman to be sacked from cabinet

    Defeated Tory Brian Coleman is set to be ousted from Barnet Council’s cabinet in a move to shield the party from further backlash against the controversial politician, the Times Series understands. The cabinet member for Environment lost

  • Ten years on from Potters Bar rail crash

    Today marks the tenth anniversary of the Potters Bar rail crash that claimed the lives of seven people and left dozens injured. Community leaders will gather outside the railway station to pay their respects during a minute’s silence at 12.46pm

  • Deafblind man to run for charity

    A 61-year-old deafblind man is to take part in a fun run to raise money for the Jewish Deaf Association. Michael Corney will be taking part in the 5km Maccabi Community Fun Run on May 20 and hopes to raise £1,000 for the North Finchley charity.

  • 'We will have to see what happens'

    Both Mark Hughes and Dean Brill played key roles for Barnet as they avoided the drop with victory over Burton Albion, but they will go into the summer break unsure of whether they will be with the Bees next season. Many players at Underhill are in

  • Barnet and Southgate College attend adult learning roadshows

    Next week Barnet and Southgate College will be raising awareness of Adult Learners’ Week with a series of roadshows. The national week of events aims to celebrate and promote the benefits of learning, and to encourage adults to continue education