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  • It's "polling day" for postal voters

    The papers have it that polling day is Thursday 6 May - and it is. But, for postal voters, the ballot papers are being sent out as I write, and some people will have received them and so are already voting. So the election is being decided right

  • East Barnet Old Grammarians Weekly Report

    A very busy day for the Club with 7 visiting teams including a Cup Final and a Finchleians’ home game against Ibis. Thanks to all those who helped out, particularly Neil McLelland and Terry Boyce who managed to juggle 10 teams smoothly through 6 changing

  • Dog bites head of puppy in attack

    AN UNMUZZLED dog savaged a one-year-old puppy at the weekend in the latest case of irresponsible ownership in the borough. The young Labrador Cross Spaniel was pounced on and bitten round the head by a much larger Alsatian in Sunningfields

  • Wingate & Finchley FC trials

    Wingate & Finchley will be holding trials for U14, U15 and U16 players during an open day on Monday (May 3). They will take place at the Abrahams Stadium. Players need to be of district or centre of excellence standard. They should bring kit, boots

  • Man arrested after cyclist death

    A MAN has been arrested following the death of a woman on the A41 in Edgware this morning. The 49-year-old was arrested at the scene and is being questioned at Colindale Police Station. A woman cyclist died when her bike collided with

  • Election 2010: Candidate profile Mike Freer

    AS part of our build-up to the General Election on May 6 the Times Series is featuring a candidate profile for each of the main candidates in the three constituencies in the borough. Today we focus on Mike Freer, the Conservative Party candidate

  • Appeal over foot attack conviction thrown out

    A MILL Hill man convicted of a strange sexual assault on a sleeping woman while on a late-night train has had an appeal against his conviction turned down. Sanjay Vyas, 44, was jailed for 18-months in January after police found traces of his

  • Rugby round-up

    HENDON RFC saw off Wasps 32-24 to become the first winners of the Middlesex Senior League Cup. They put in a spirited performance to overcome front-runners Wasps, who kept up their onslaught right up to the final whistle. Coach John Ryan said: "If

  • Potters Bar ski ace ends season on a high

    The 2010 winter ski race season ended on an incredible high with a brand new ski racing record for young Potters Bar Great Britain skiier Robert Poth. The 12-year-old Mount Grace school pupil underlined his dominance in his age category throughout the

  • Greens sign off with a win

    Hendon ended their 2009–10 Ryman League Premier Division campaign with a thoroughly deserved 3–2 victory over AFC Hornchurch, a result which left them 10th in the table and, with 60 points, eight points short of a playoff spot and 15 above the drop

  • Election 2010: Candidate profile Kate Tansley

    AS part of our build-up to the General Election on May 6 the Times Series is featuring a candidate profile for each of the main candidates in the three constituencies in Barnet. Today we focus on Kate Tansley, the Green Party candidate for

  • Model makers achieve world record Spitfire build

    MODEL makers successfully set a new world record for building a set of planes at the Royal Air Force Museum last year. Bosses at the museum, in Grahame Park Way, said they were “delighted” to announce their attempt to obtain the world record

  • Cyclist pronounced dead after crash this morning

    A WOMAN cyclist has died after a crash near the M1 in Edgware this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene at the junction of the A41 Edgware Way and Junction 4 of the motorway at about 7.37am, however she was pronounced dead at

  • Charity single featuring Brent Cross shoppers released today

    SINGING shoppers are featuring alongside celebrities on a charity single which is being released today. Women who visited Brent Cross Shopping Centre on February 13 were invited by Cancer Research UK to sing along to Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Want to

  • Road closed after crash involving cyclist this morning

    THERE are major tailbacks on roads through Edgware this morning after a cyclist was involved in a crash near the M1 junction four. The A41 Edgware Way is closed northbound between the A410 Stanmore Spur Road and the motorway junction as police carry

  • Hearing today to establish scope of 7/7 inquest

    A HIGH Court hearing is due to start this morning into what shape an inquest into the 7/7 bombings should take. Eight people from Barnet were among the 52 killed when three bombers set off devices on packed tube carriages and one on a bus during morning

  • Potters Bar youngster has shoot-out with Arsenal goalie

    FEW youngsters get the chance to have a shoot-out with their football idol, but one Potters Bar teenager lucked out. Reece Bedford enjoyed an afternoon of outdoor laser games with Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia after winning a club competition