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  • Elderly tenants left 'trapped' as intercom system breaks

    Elderly tenants living in a block of flats claim they have been cut off from vital care services after their intercom system broke. People living in the Whitefields Estate, in Claremont Road, Cricklewood, say they have felt “trapped” ever since

  • Driver arrested after car destroys front porch

    A man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after his car destroyed the front room of a house. Neighbours in Capel Road, East Barnet, heard “three loud bangs” after the Ford Focus became crashed into the house at 11.30pm last night.

  • Hospital to dish out parking fines

    Plans to dish out hefty fines to hospital visitors who fail to pay for parking have been branded a “complete disaster”. Barnet Hospital, in Wellhouse Lane, High Barnet, has employed Parking Eye to ensure drivers pay the required charges to park

  • Landlord fined for renting out loft room

    A landlord has been fined for renting out a room that tenants had to crawl up stairs to reach. The low ceiling above the staircase in Yaakov Maron’s home in Sunningfields Road, Hendon, made it impossible for tenants to reach the top floor standing

  • Driving instructor's car in smash

      A driving instructor’s car crashed through a wall after a collision with another car. The Nissan Micra left the road at the junction of Cannons Drive and High Street, Edgware, at 5pm, yesterday. It had collided with a Vauxhall Vectra moments

  • Potters Bar parks claim victory at Green Flag awards

    Hertsmere swept the board at this year’s Green Flag awards ceremony in Broxbourne. The borough was the pride of the county, as Hertsmere claimed more prizes than anywhere else in Hertfordshire, picking up a total of six awards. The prizes celebrated

  • 'Vital' air ambulance to receive money

    An air ambulance service is set to receive £1,000. Herts Air Ambulance will receive the money from the locality budget of Potters Bar East Councillor Peter Knell. Since it was launched in November 2008, the air ambulance has flown on more than