A private tennis club has been granted planning permission to relocate from Golders Green to East Finchley. Chandos Lawn Tennis Club in Chandos Way, Wellgarth Road will build new courts and a clubhouse on the former site of Finchley Manor Garden
The London Broncos have added three more players to their squad. with Australian half back Ben Farrar, former Broncos three quarter Jamie O’Callaghan and St Helens prop Carl Foster all signing with the club. Farrar, 27, has played for Parramatta
A dancing duo will take a step back in time as they bring some 1940s flair to the Dancing Strictly contest. Bob Holford, 68, and Moira Hamill, 57, will be dressed to the nines as they perform a lively jive to the Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy at this
Potters Bar Cricket Club will take on Old Red Lion in the Division Two League Cup final in the Potters Bar & District Darts League. Bar ensured their place at the top of the table with a 5-4 win against P.B Town FC while Old Red Lion secured
Who’s in the band? There are ten of us! Me, Josephine Permaul, on lead vocals, Gregory Madge on guitar, Lloyd Perry on bass, Laura Seddon on cello, Rachel Stacy on viola, Tanya Cracknell on violin, rappers Jermaine Davidson and Michael Wordley,
Musician Adam Warne, from Finchley, is releasing his first album just a year after fulfilling a lifetime ambition to be signed by a top progressive rock record label. Signing for progressive rock label Giant Electric Pea (GEP) was a dream come
“It was always a mystery as to how we got on that train – who was the person that actually got our names on the list? By the time we got on, my father had already gone, he had to leave the night before the Germans invaded. He was told he was going
The council has promised to take “action as necessary” to help a children’s farm that was flooded after a pond burst its banks. Belmont Children’s Farm in The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, has been forced to move animals away from the nearby pond which
A council committee will give its verdict next month on whether or not more 20mph limits should be introduced in Barnet. The five-person panel, made up of elected councillors, has spent the past fortnight researching the restrictions and carrying
Speed limits of 20mph could soon be introduced in a number of Barnet’s roads, depending on the findings of a special panel currently investigating the success of lower speed restrictions. The committee of five Barnet borough councillors has spent
A community centre in Cricklewood was set alight in a suspected arson attack. Firefighters and police were called to Ashford Place in Ashford Road shortly after 4am on Tuesday, February 11. Flames ripped through a kitchen in the basement of
Finchley ABC youngster Eunnis Chaima has made it through to the semi-final of the National ABA Youth Championship Under-64kg competition. Chaima was up against Woking ABC’s George Lamport in the last-eight stage and started the first round confidently
Zane Duquemin and Gemma Bennett were named UK champions after clinching gold medals at the British Athletics Championships. The indoor event, which also included the World Championship trials, took place in Sheffield over the weekend and Shaftesbury
Children at a High Barnet primary school are “over the moon” with their new adventure playground. Stepping stones, monkey bars and a scramble net were among the equipment installed at Underhill Infant School, in Mays Lane, which was unveiled the
A children’s farm is concerned about the safety of its animals after a nearby pond burst its banks during heavy rain. Staff at Belmont Children’s Farm in Mill Hill have been forced to move some of its animals away from the overflowing Sheepwash
Barnet’s police will run a recruitment event next week to encourage more people to sign up for the force. Officers, special constables, cadets and recruitment staff will talk to the community about the different roles available in the Metropolitan
Ulrich Landvreugd says Barnet’s players must be “prepared and ready” for what could be a defining month in their season. The Bees’ trip to Forest Green Rovers was postponed on Saturday and will now take place on February 25. It was the club
The High Barnet branch of the Northern line is due to be suspended this weekend for track replacement work. Services between Archway and High Barnet/Mill Hill will be covered by bus replacements on Saturday and Sunday while tracks are upgraded
