Children with autism and special educational needs celebrated the opening of a new Design and Technology centre at their school today. Wooden Spoon Children’s charity donated £5,000 for a portable cabin where pupils at Holmewood School in Woodside
Police in Barnet have been given additional powers to stop people drinking excessively in public. A Designated Public Place Order (DPPO) will come into force from November 19 and is aimed at reducing anti-social behaviour and crime resulting from
Dozens of members of all ages at the Edgware and District Reform Synagogue are getting involved in Mitzvah Day this weekend. The synagogue is sharing the good deeds day, held this Sunday, with its twinned community of Emanu-El in Odessa, in Ukraine
A trader from North Finchley charged with vandalising parking signs outside his shop will face trial in January. Paul Shea, owner of Tally Ho Discounts, in High Road, is charged with causing £1,000 worth of criminal damage by spray painting the
The leaders of all three main political parties have given their support to Mitzvah Day, a Jewish celebration of good deeds. More than 25,000 volunteers from over 280 synagogues, charities and schools of all faiths are set to take part in the event
Tenants who have recently moved into their new home were shocked to discover a burglar had been busy repacking their belongings yesterday. When the pair returned to their new home in Lyttelton Road, East Finchley, at approximately 4.20pm, they
A priest who read the last rites to a dying cyclist in High Barnet was asked to take her funeral by the woman’s grieving widower. Hilary Lee, 66, was killed instantly when she was struck by an industrial dumper truck in High Street, as she took
A schoolgirl conquered her nerves as she jumped out of a plane for charity on Sunday. Louise Heliczer, 16, of Brookmans Park, took on the free-fall parachute jump at the Sibson Airfield in Peterborough. Louise, who goes to Mount Grace School
A shopper grabbed a pickpocket in a headlock as he stole £2,500 from his trousers yesterday. The 52-year-old victim withdrew the cash from a bank in Station Road, Edgware at approximately 1.45pm before making his way to a nearby shop. As he
A train drivers’ union is set to ballot its members on whether to strike on Boxing Day for the third year running. Drivers staged walk outs on December 26 in 2010 and 2011 following a row over additional pay. London Underground (LU) has offered
London Underground is in talks with a train drivers’ union to avoid a Boxing Day walkout for the third year running. Members of the ASLEF union staged strikes on the bank holiday in 2010 and 2011 in a row over pay. Union leaders criticised
People in Barnet have the chance to question the borough’s police at a public meeting this month. Chief Superintendent Adrian Usher will host the question and answer session on Wednesday, November 28 from 6.30pm to 8.30pm in the Peel House Lecture
Festive shoppers can get some early gifts and raise some money for a good cause at a 12-hour market in Hendon on Thursday. Forty stalls will be set up at Grief Encounter’s Shopping Extravaganza at the Hendon Hall Hotel, in Ashley Lane. Each
Tap dancing penguins, cheerleaders and Alice in Wonderland ballet dancers will perform in aid of a children’s charity this weekend. Dance school Jumpup will put on their show Lights Camera Action at Mill Hill County High School in Worcester Crescent
