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  • Barnet v Dagenham & Redbridge: Team News

    Lawrie Sanchez has made two changes to his Barnet side for tonight’s crucial League Two clash against Dagenham & Redbridge. Clovis Kamdjo returns to the Bees side in place of Sam Deering and the other switch is in goal as Liam O’Brien is replaced

  • Three hundred new homes for borough

    Three hundred new homes will be built in Barnet after the London Mayor unveiled a £103million housing package this week. Some 2,700 houses are expected to be built across the capital since the cash was made available through the government’s Get Britain

  • Volunteer centre calls for professionals to donate their time

    Volunteer Centre Barnet is calling all of the borough’s professionals to give a small amount of their time to help charities and other groups. The volunteer centre is appealing for accountants, lawyers, IT experts and anyone else with key professional

  • Twenty trees to cost taxpayer £30,000

    Twenty trees will be installed in Chipping Barnet town centre at a cost of £30,000 to the taxpayer. Barnet Council approved the “exorbitant” project as part of a wider £400,000 regeneration of the High Barnet area. The authority was

  • Road crash causing slow traffic on M25

    A road crash is causing slow traffic on the M25 anticlockwise. There are tailbacks between Junction 24 A111/A1005 Potters Bar, Junction 23 A1(M), A1081 St Albans Road and A1 Barnet By-Pass South Mimms. For live travel updates follow the link:

  • 'Loving and honest' church founder dies aged 93

    A “loving and honest” founding member of a Mill Hill church has passed away aged 93. Joan Blake, formerly Franklin, died surrounded by her family on Wednesday following a short illness. The mother-of-three was a leading figure in the

  • ASDA welcomes everyone to its 25th birthday party

    ASDA in Colindale is holding a huge birthday party on Sunday to mark the chain’s 25th anniversary. The Capitol Way store will have a bouncy castle, face painting, a raffle, 1000 balloons and a giant cake from 11am until 4pm. In a statement

  • Barnet film to feature on ITV's Tonight programme

    A new documentary film about Barnet is to feature in Thursday’s ITV Tonight programme. The film, which premiered at the Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley last night, will appear in a programme called How Much is Your Council Charging You?

  • Man moves out of Barnet for 'peace of mind'

    A lawyer who had his flat burgled is moving out of Golders Green to save his “peace of mind”. Mert Tanay, 27, wants to move from his home in Temple Fortune Mansions, Finchley Road as soon as possible because he no longer feels safe.

  • Teens win national poetry competition

    Two teenagers from Barnet have beaten 400 others to be crowned winners of a national poetry competition. SLAMbassadors is a Poetry Society competition for 12 to 18 year olds from across the country. After a year of scouting the judges

  • Fundraiser with cerebral palsy to carry Olympic flame

    A fundraiser with cerebral palsy is one of Barnet’s Olympic torchbearers. Simon Davies, 36, who lives a Jewish Care home in Golders Green, uses a wheelchair and cannot talk without the help of a voice synthesiser, or computer. He is

  • Angered traders to speak on parking charges at meeting

    Traders angry at council plans to introduce parking charges in East Barnet will be speaking on the issue at a residents' association meeting this evening. A petition of more than 3,000 signatures has been gathered by shop owners in the village

  • Hendon held in trophy opener

    Hendon Under-15s opened their campaign in the Harrow Youth League Division Two League Trophy with a point from a goalless draw against Parkfield, a club the Greens have yet to meet in the league. The high point for Hendon was another clean sheet for

  • A game to forget for Hendon

    Hendon had a lousy week in the build-up to their trip to Concord Rangers when three key members of the squad dropped out through illness or injury. Matchday was no better as another was injured in the warm-up, one more limped off injured in the first

  • Teenager to skydive 10,000 feet for charity

    A teenager who is terrified of heights is taking on a 10,000-ft skydive for charity. Racheli Landsberg, 18, from Rowsley Avenue, Hendon, hopes to raise cash for a children's charity just 12 days before she sits her A-levels. Racheli

  • Preview: Barnet v Dagenham & Redbridge

    There are plenty of ways to describe this evening’s League Two clash between Barnet and Dagenham & Redbridge but the easiest is it’s a must win match for both teams. The Bees come into the game on the back of a 2-0 home defeat against Morecambe

  • Vilhete rejoins Wood

    Barnet youngster Mauro Vilhete has rejoined Boreham Wood on loan until the end of the season. The 18-year-old winger made three appearances at Wood in a previous loan spell, scoring twice. Vilhete has featured in three matches, all from