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  • Tributes paid to 'cheerful' choral singer

    Tributes have been paid to a well-loved choral singer who “made everybody smile”. Edith Violet Tyler loved to sing and was a chorister at St Mary’s RC Church in East Finchley in the 1960s before moving on to perform with the Moonshiners choral

  • Schoolgirl stars in short film about social injustice

    A budding actress has made her debut in a short film about race and social injustice. Five-year-old Marsha Seaton, of Colindale, starred in the film, Mamo, which was screened for the British Academy of Films and Televisions Arts (BAFTA). Produced

  • Free dementia workshop this month

    People can find out more about the causes of dementia and how to recognise the symptoms at a free workshop this month. Home Instead Senior Care will host the event at Age UK Barnet’s Ann Owens Centre in Oak Lane, East Finchley, on Thursday, February

  • Trustees to hold open meeting on library's future

    Trustees will hold an open meeting to discuss the way forward for a community library saved from closure last year. Volunteers at the Friern Barnet Community Library are inviting the general public to speak to organisers and suggest their own ideas

  • Climate change hot topic for schoolchildren

    Scorching hot weather and droughts are both an inevitable part of climate change - but a group of children are desperate to be part of the solution. School councillors at St Paul’s Church of England Catholic School, in The Ridgeway, Mill Hill,