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  • Five things not to miss in the area over the next week

    1. Bittersweet A melodrama presented by Saam Theatre Company rooted in the Iranian Islamic Revolution. Afsaneh meets Kourosh after 25 years in London. The last time they were together was in Tehran during the terrible days after the Islamic Revolution

  • Petition to save club for disabled adults

    A petition to save a club for disabled adults when its building is demolished has been launched. Debbie Jedwab, a lecturer, started the campaign to save the Flightways centre for deaf and disabled adults on the Grahame Park Estate in Colindale.

  • We have nothing to lose, says Bristol Rovers boss

    Bristol Rovers boss Darrell Clarke insists the Gas have nothing to lose ahead of Saturday’s Conference finale, with Barnet in pole position to seal promotion. Victory for the Bees at home to tenth-placed Gateshead will render Rovers’ result at

  • Opposition profile: Gateshead

    Gateshead will arrive at The Hive on Saturday in a state of limbo. Boss Gary Mills has held discussions with managerless Wrexham this week after being given permission by the Heed and it is unclear who will be in the dugout when they arrive in

  • Firefighters tackle blaze in Edgware

    Firefighters are tackling a blaze in Edgware. London Fire Brigade was called at 1.55pm to reports a disused warehouse in High Street had caught fire. Six fire engines and 20 firefighters are at the scene. High Street southbound is closed

  • I loved it at Barnet and I never asked to leave - Tynan

    The 2004/05 season was a strain on Scott Tynan. Sure, Barnet won the Conference at a canter and the Liverpudlian gloveman was a big part of that succes, but it is a mark of his affection for the Bees he stayed as long as he did. Signed in September

  • Care centre gets funding boost for new equipment

    Staff at a care centre for disabled adults were “over the moon” after securing funding for new equipment. The Rosa Morison day centre, in Gloucester Road, New Barnet, received the money for Smartbox’s Eye Gaze kit, worth more than £7,000, from

  • Students win golf competition

    Students clinched a tense victory over schools in a county golf competition. The winning team from Mount Grace School, in Potters Bar, will now represent Hertfordshire at the English Teams Final in Woodhall Spa in July. The three boys won the

  • Paralympic gold medallist opens disabled centre

    Former Paralympic gold medallist Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson helped mark the launch of a new disabled centre at Barnet and Southgate College. The ex-wheelchair athlete was given a tour of the facilities at the college’s Southgate campus in High

  • Fraud awareness session

    An event to give older people tips on how to avoid being the victim of fraud will be held. People are invited to the Meritage Centre, in Church End, Hendon, on May 6 at 1.30pm for a talk on frauds and how not to be caught out. The session has

  • Give a penny: pupils raise money for charity

    Schoolchildren pooled their loose change to raise money for a blindness charity. Mayor of Barnet Councillor Hugh Rayner visited Bishop Douglass School in East Finchley to collect a donation of £147.26 for the Barnet Association for the Blind.