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  • Friends hold annual Christmas fundraising fair

    Three friends are to hold their annual Christmas gift fair on November 11. Valerie Spencer, 65, and her friends, Annette Shain and Ruth Sage, will hold the event at Avenue House in East End Road, Finchley, to raise money for the North London Hospice

  • Legion hopes new generation will remember lost heroes

    A Royal British Legion branch is hoping a new generation of supporters will revive its annual memorial march next month. Members of the New Edgware RBL will parade through the town on Remembrance Sunday before a service at the High Street war memorial

  • Bees looking to strengthen

    Mark Robson admits Barnet are looking to bring in “one or two more players of real quality” to help strengthen a Bees squad. After 12 League Two games without a victory, the Bees recorded a 4-0 win against Northampton Town last Friday. The Bees

  • Hendon well beaten by Old Merchant Taylors

    Hendon were comfortably beaten 46-0 against Old Merchant Taylors in Herts/Middlesex League One. Hendon began the game on the attack but missed an early penalty. It proved costly as Taylors then ran in the first of their five first half tries.

  • Letz Zep ready to rock The Ark in Borehamwood

    Local boy Andy Gray is young and talented guitarist who over the years has performed in many various bands all over Europe to much critical acclaim. As a session musician he is in constant demand, playing both electric and classical guitar. When

  • Murderer jailed for life at Old Bailey

    A 31-year-old, who murdered an associate over mounting debts, has been jailed for life. Lundrim Gjikokaj, of Reading, was sentence for the Golders Green murder of Cima Sogojeva, 27, at the Old Bailey today. Gjikokaj, a compulsive gambler, was

  • Mill Hill Amateur Operatic Society presents Kiss Me Kate

    Local theatrical group Mill Hill Amateur Operatic Society (MHAOS) has unveiled the cast for its autumn staging of Cole Porter’s smash-hit musical Kiss Me Kate. Clare Shah and Robert Barker, who starred in Guys & Dolls for the society in 2011

  • Coleman pens apology for Nazi email slur

    It is more than seven weeks late but Tory councillor Brian Coleman has reportedly penned an apology to members of the public he labelled “Nazi blackshirts” and “disloyal Israelis”. The Totteridge representative was ordered by a standards tribunal

  • Edgware Town Centre given £10,000 to improve trade

    Edgware Town Centre has been awarded £10,000 to help tackle the key issues faced by its businesses. As part of the government’s Mary Portas Review, which aims to inject new life into shopping parades, Business Minister, Mark Prisk, announced that

  • Synagogue welcomes Eruv planning decision

    Members of Woodside Park Synagogue have welcomed the news that an Eruv will be built in the area. On Tuesday evening Barnet Borough Council’s Planning and Environment Committee granted trustees of the synagogue planning permission for the Eruv.

  • One-car crash causes 60 minute delays on M25

    There are severe delays on the M25 following a crash near Potters Bar. Two lanes are closed anticlockwise just before Junction 24 because of a crash involving one car. There are queues back to Junction 25, Enfield, and travel time is more than

  • Fraudulent charity collectors shut down by High Court

    Fraudulent charity collectors who made more than £600,000 selling donated clothes have been shut down by the High Court. Helping Arms Ltd and Rogaile Ltd, operating jointly as ‘Helping Arms’, collected clothes they claimed would be given away in

  • Harriers storm to victory

    Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers Under-15/17 Men’s side stormed to victory at the first Active Training World Metropolitan League match. Harriers’ Liam (13.34) and Jaime Dee (13.43) led the way for the defending champions as they came home in first and

  • Rarely seen movies to be shown at the UK Jewish Film Festival

    The UK Jewish Film Festival offers a broad range of international cinema - films made in the last year that would otherwise remain unseen in the UK as well as intriguing old favourites. The Everyman Cinema in Hampstead and the Phoenix Cinema in East

  • Elizabethans poor form continues

    Barnet Elizabethans poor form in London Three North West League continued as they were beaten 15-13 against Hitchin. A penalty from Rob Cameron-Staff put Elizabethans ahead after just two minutes but the home side then attacked strongly for the rest

  • Art from around the corner and around the globe

    Hampstead Heath is preparing for an art makeover as the Affordable Art Fair returns to London with two separate events showcasing contemporary collections from both household names and emerging talent, priced from £40 to £4,000. The Battersea Park

  • Bosnian siege survivors celebrate 20 years in the UK

    A group of Bosnian siege survivors will attend a party in Golders Green on November 15. The party will be held at Jewish Care, in Golders Green Road, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their arrival in the UK. In 1992 the group of 120 Bosnians

  • Half term fun

    Here’s a selection of highlights from the huge range of activities taking place - so wrap up warm and head out to enjoy what’s on offer. OUTDOORS There’s just time before the weather turns really nasty to get yourself outdoors, so why not head

  • Greens boss relishing Shots trip

    Hendon manager Gary McCann believes his side’s trip to Aldershot Town in the FA Cup first round will be one of the highlights of his managerial career. But the Greens boss insisted his side won't be travelling to the Recreation Ground to just enjoy

  • Health and safety police banished at school conker tournament

    Children went bonkers for conkers when their primary school banished health and safety police and hosted a good old fashioned playground tournament. Woodridge Primary headteacher Val Phillips set up a lunchtime conker club after requests from pupils

  • The Burroughs reopens

    The Burroughs, in Hendon, finally reopened yesterday evening after a burst water main caused three days of traffic chaos. Thames Water has confirmed that the road was fully reopened at 9pm yesterday. It was closed at 1am on Monday after a water

  • Painters needed to help redecorate community centre

    A youth group leader is appealing for volunteers to help paint West Hendon Community Centre on Saturday. Henry Purkis needs local people to help him redecorate the Marsh Drive centre between 10am and 6pm on Saturday. The centre is in need of

  • Police name cyclist killed by lorry

    A cyclist who died when she was hit by a lorry in High Barnet has been named by police. Hilary Lee, of Athenaeum Road, Whetstone, was killed almost instantly when she was hit by a dumper truck in High Street on Tuesday, November 16, at 3pm.

  • 'Every day in training he is helping'

    Edgar Davids cuts a striking figure. The dreadlocks. The signature protective glasses he wears while playing. His drive to impose his authority on a match – whatever the level. And it helps that he’s also got a somewhat impressive footballing pedigree