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  • Barnet complete Brown signing

    Barnet have completed their second signing of the summer with defender Jordan Brown joining from West Ham United. The left-back had loan spells at Crewe Alexandra and Aldershot Town last season, making 11 appearances in League Two. Commenting on

  • Bees announce coaching staff departures

    Barnet have announced that last season's coaching staff, including fan's favourite Giuliano Grazioli, have left the club. The Times Series confirmed this afternoon Grazioli's departure, and the Bees have this evening told supporters there had

  • Shops turned into safe havens for young people

    Hendon is to become the first place in Barnet to have shops which are designated safe havens for young people who are in danger. Tomorrow the borough’s first safe havens will be set up on Brent Street as part of the London-wide 100 Days of

  • Art students go head to head in Apprentice-style challenge

    An art class from New Barnet has been set an Apprentice-style fundraising challenge. Students at Insight School of Art in Lancaster Road have been asked by their tutor, Paul Regan, to try and raise as much money as possible by selling their paintings

  • The Mount School holds Olympic themed sports day

    A Mill Hill school held an Olympics themed sports day today. Pupils at The Mount School, in Milespit Hill, threw themselves into the Olympic spirit, by holding an opening ceremony complete with Olympic-style torches and then an awards ceremony. There

  • Carer makes finals of Care Worker of the Year Awards

    A Finchley carer has been chosen as a finalist for the Home Care Worker of the Year award. Mary Hayes, a caregiver at Home Instead Senior Care, in the High Road, achieved the accolade at the national heat of this year’s Great British Care Awards

  • Staff and pupils welcome schools minister

    Staff and pupils at Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School welcomed schools minister Lord Jonathan Hill yesterday. Lord Hill was taken on a tour of Etz Chaim as well as their soon-to-be developed site in Daws Lane, Mill Hill. Reception class

  • Friern Barnet athlete shines in ironman race

    Friern Barnet's Amy Forshaw won the non professional event by nine minutes at the UK Ironman 70.3 race in Wimbleball. The athlete was competing in the 30-34 age category on Sunday and came eighth overall with a time of 5.05.10. The 70.3 race is known

  • Grazioli leaves Bees

    The Times Series can confirm that Barnet fan favourite Giuliano Grazioli has left the club. The 37-year-old spent last season as the Bees’ assistant manager during the tenures of Lawrie Sanchez and Martin Allen. Grazioli was Barnet’s community

  • Third place for Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers

    Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers finished third in the National Junior League meeting at Lee Valley. Notable performances came from Yasmin Lakin who was second in the triple jump with a distance of 11.57m. This puts her fourth in the UK for Under-17s this

  • Goodwyn School holds fundraising sports day

    A Mill Hill primary school raised money for charity as part of their summer sports day today. Goodwyn School, in Hammers Lane, sold balloons to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust. All the balloons were then released at once during

  • Military parade to be held in Hendon

    A military parade and flag-raising ceremony will be held in Hendon on Sunday to mark Armed Forces Day. At 9.30am Territorial Army personnel, cadets, ex-servicemen and woman and representatives of Barnet Council will assemble for the parade

  • Events in Parks proposal scaled down after consultation

    “Vindicated” campaigners are celebrating after Barnet Council said it plans to reduce the number of parks it proposes to hire out for private events. Councillor Dean Cohen told the Times Series a revised policy will go before Cabinet on July

  • Bees Centre of Excellence to become category two academy

    Barnet’s Centre of Excellence has been named a Category Two Academy under the new shake-up of youth football across the UK. The Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP), which is supported by both the Premier and Football League, will see youth

  • Ward celebrates first win at Wimbledon

    James Ward described his five-set victory over Pablo Andujar at Wimbledon as the best of his career. The player, who trained at Oakleigh Park as a youngster, battled to a 4-6 6-0 3-6 6-3 6-3 win over the Spaniard to book a second-round clash

  • Injured woman trapped in car following crash

    A woman was trapped in her car following a collision in South Mimms this morning. The emergency services were called to Blackhorse Lane at 9.30am following reports of a collision involving two cars. Fire crews were able to release the

  • Time running out for independent living funding applications

    Groups planning to apply for funding to set up projects to help elderly and disabled people to live more independently have until Friday to submit their applications. Barnet Council is offering a £200,000 Supporting Independence Fund to help kick-start

  • Queen's Jubilee portrait competition - vote now

    Children from across north London have been busy drawing or painting portraits of Her Majesty the Queen to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. Times and Independent readers can now view the portraits online and vote for their favourites.

  • Unemployment rises dramatically

    New statistics reveal a dramatic increase in local unemployment figures. While unemployment figures have skyrocketed nationwide, data collated last week by the Barnet Labour Group shows that, in the past year, unemployment in Barnet has risen

  • Pub-goers "really sad" about closure of their local

    Pub-goers in Mill Hill East are mourning the loss of their local which will close in mid-July. The Mill in Holders Hill Circus will be replaced by a 60 bed nursing home. Planning permission for the demolition of the pub and construction