Michael Gash says the lure of playing in the Football League for the first time in his career was enough to convince him to sign up for the 2015/16 season with Barnet. The beefy forward made a big impression after signing in January from Kidderminster
A mother who is shaving her hair to raise money for the hospital that cared for her baby son is asking people to sponsor her. Jodie Carins, of Pinewood Drive, Potters Bar, explains in the video below why she is going for the chop to support Great
Trade unionists are calling for “equal rights” for low-paid workers at Barnet Hospital. Caterers and porters working at the hospital in Wellhouse Lane, Barnet held a demonstration last week in a row over pay and conditions with private contractor
A burglar who left drops of blood at the scene after injuring himself breaking into a house has been jailed. Jason Stephenson, 43, of Harlesden, cut his leg while climbing through a broken window at a house in Fairfield Avenue, Edgware, on November
A couple who were kicked and punched in an unprovoked attack in a park compared their teenage attackers to “wild animals”. Jennifer and Anna, who asked for their surnames not to be reported, were walking through Hendon Park, in Queens Road, on
Two men have been jailed for a smash and grab robbery at a jewellery shop in Golders Green. Shortly after 3.45pm on February 18, Michael Edgar, 25, and Kane Franzese, 24, were spotted by an unmarked police car driving along North End Road on a
A third man has been charged with the murder of a man from Potters Bar. Milton Papadopoulos, 41, was found dead at his home in Parkfield View, Potters Bar, on October 22, 2014. Krzysztof Turlej, 42, of Imperial Road, Wood Green, was charged
Two firefighters showed they could handle the heat when they completed a 156-mile ‘ultramarathon’ in the Sahara Desert for charity. Sonja Hoeben and her partner Conan Bluitt ran the Sultan Marathon Des Sables, in Morocco, for Homeless Action Barnet
The family of a woman who went missing after the plane she was skydiving from crashed on the coast of Mexico say their lives have been “turned upside down”. Varsha Maisuria, who lives in Hendon, has still not been found after the incident at Las
An Edgware couple who lost their baby to a rare disease will be showered with powder paints as they run to raise money in his memory. Rena and Diyen’s son, Kayen, was cared for by Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice, in Victors Way, Barnet, before
Supermarket staff helped raise £1,615 for an elderly people’s charity. The Sixty Plus Lunch Club received the cash from Sainsbury’s Potters Bar, in Darkes Lane, as part of the shop’s local charity of the year scheme. The money was raised from
John Akinde may still be revelling in Barnet’s hard-earned promotion but after landing himself a national award, the striker he is ready to take the Football League by storm. Akinde picked up the prestigious NLFA Player of the Year gong at The
A shopping centre will hold a range of events to help people live healthier lifestyles. The Broadwalk Centre, in Station Road, Edgware, will unveil a schedule of events and activities throughout the year as part of its new cancer prevention health
