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  • Students to look at challenges faced by ex-offenders

    Students will help tackle the challenges faced by those coming out of prison at a national conference. Angelina Karaivanova, 21, and Ivanka Zapryanova, 23, international business students at Middlesex University, in The Burroughs, Hendon, helped

  • Councillors need to do the right and decent thing – resign

    For weeks we have been reading about the scandalous behaviour of councillors Hugh Rayner, John Hart and Dean Cohen, which is unethical at the very least and might be illegal. We have read about about the forthcoming investigations (do them now,

  • Increased service would really help

    Why can’t the 399 bus be increased to two or three an hour Monday to Saturday? People around here, in Hadley Wood, would benefit from it, particularly the elderly and the folk with young children. Jeremy Platten Newmans Way, Hadley Wood

  • MP was extremely patronising

    I manage a business in Premier House on Edgware High Street and we have recently been notified that Barnet Borough Council has given permission to turn the premises into a residential property. With zero consultation and in most cases only one month

  • Councillor has acted shamefully

    I have, this week, submitted a complaint to Barnet Borough Council regarding Labour’s Councillor Kathy McGuirk’s breach of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. I believe this to be of significant public interest. Labour are making a mountain

  • ‘Hope and pray Israel survives’

    I think we should all support plucky little Israel in its battle against overwhelming odds. After being blockaded for seven years, with no access to clean water, denied essential medicines, suffering massive child malnutrition, and with an unemployment

  • Spoilsport stopped children playing

    A day to remember – Friday, July 18 is the day schoolchildren from Sacred Heart break up. The boys and girls in Year 6 have just had their last day at primary school, not a roller coaster ride these days. They are made to work harder than we parents

  • Surprise award for cab driver

    A taxi driver thought he was on his way to pick up a passenger – but when he turned up he discovered he had won a cash prize. Asrim Hasani, who works for Airport Direct, in Cricklewood, was crowned ‘star of the month’ by booking app Kabbee.

  • Walker signs first full-time deal with London Broncos

    London Broncos have signed promising youngster Alex Walker on a one-year first team contract. The 18-year-old linked up with the first team squad earlier this month from the Under-19s team, having recently completed his studies. Walker has

  • Sick children meet Spice Girl at farm fun day

      Terminally ill children and their families had a “much needed dose of fun” as they explored a farm at a summer fete. Starlight Children’s Foundation held its annual summer party at Belmont Children’s Farm, in the Ridgeway, Mill Hill, which included

  • £20,000 reward for information about Hendon murder

    Detectives are offering a £20,000 reward for anyone who can help provide clues to the murder of a man in Hendon – despite already charging four people. Zyrdunas Laurinavicius was killed by a single stab wound to the chest in Parson Street, Hendon

  • Join running group for mums

    A group of mothers who have formed a running group are looking for more people to join their club. The Mums who Run meet every Thursday mornings from 9.30am in Cherry Tree Woods, in High Road, East Finchley. However, over summer the runs will be

  • Finchley edge towards safety with Stanmore win

    Finchley won by six wickets at Stanmore on Saturday to move within six points of safety in Middlesex League Division One. Electing to bat first, the visitors put on 73 for the opening wicket, with Sayed Bukhari (40) falling after eight fours. George

  • Free bike security markings

    Cyclists can get their bikes security marked at two separate events in Potters Bar. Hertsmere Police will mark bicycles at Oakmere Park, in Potters Bar, from 11am to midday on Friday, August 1. The team will then head to Furzefield Skate Park