With a range of challenges to choose from, there is no excuse not to get involved in this year’s Mitzvah Day. The Times & Independent Series is working with the organisers to encourage readers to take part in meaningful challenges on Sunday
A cycle superhighway has been scrapped. The CS12 route, from East Finchley to Angel, has been dropped by Mayor of London Boris Johnson. The 'superhighways' provide safe lanes for cyclists to use on main roads. Plans to scrap the route
Neighbours claim they are facing “gloom and despondency” after a new estate was given planning permission – just inches from their kitchen and bedroom windows. People living in maisonettes in West Heath Road, Childs Hill, say they are at a loss
A hamper full of prizes was presented to the winner of a summer competition. Eight-year-old Ryan Cmesencia, from Dunn Mead, Colindale, was selected as the winner of the summer anagram competition, run by The Broadwalk Centre in Edgware. He
People strapped on their dancing shoes and jived to the music at a tea dance. Barnet Homes organised the event at St Mary’s Church in Hendon Lane for its sheltered housing tenants. The dance was open to older people from across the community
Jewellery with “great sentimental value” was stolen during a burglary. It was taken from a house in Mount Grace Road, Potters Bar, on August 23 between 1.30pm and 9.15pm. The thieves ransacked the house after breaking in through a patio door
An MP went away "inspired" by a visit to a care centre. Mike Freer, MP for Finchley and Golders Green, visited Jewish Care’s campus in Golders Green Road, Golders Green yesterday. He took questions from people at the Sobell Day Centre, before
A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of making improvised explosive devices in Iraq in 2007. The man, who lives in north west London, has been taken to a south London police station where he is being questioned by anti-terror police
A mother embarrassed by her size in photographs of her 40th birthday celebrations dropped eight clothes sizes. Sarah Reader, of Drayton Avenue, Potters Bar, spent ten months cutting down on junk food, exercising and taking part in a Slimming
First aid training classes are on offer. The first class takes place at 2A Lodge Lane, North Finchley next Monday from 1pm to 3pm. Baby I Charity, working with British Red Cross, will run the sessions. For more information, call 07445543108
Shoppers are urged to donate food and toiletries to charity as part of a harvest festival. The Broadwalk shopping centre, in Station Road, Edgware, is supporting Homeless Action in Barnet and asking people to give canned food, packets, pasta, rice
A scheme to help children and teenagers get fit has received a £194,000 grant. SHAPE – Sport, Health, Action, Physical Activity and Employability - has been set up with Sports England, the Saracens Foundation and Middlesex University, in Hendon
