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  • Do you recognise charity box thief?

    CCTV footage captured a man walking into a hospital and taking a charity box full of money. The man is seen walking into the Finchley Memorial Hospital before walking behind an unmanned reception desk and snatching the Poppy Appeal charity box.

  • 'There are going to be consequences'

    Edgar Davids admits “things have to change” if Barnet are to move off the bottom of the Football League and end a six game winless run. The Bees suffered a 1-0 defeat at the weekend away at Dagenham & Redbridge and are currently two points

  • Fire station to face the axe under cost cutting plans

    Mill Hill fire station has been earmarked for closure by the capital’s fire service as it prepares for dramatic cuts in its annual budget. London Mayor Boris Johnson is demanding London Fire Brigade slashes £64.8million over the next two years

  • Sawn-off shotgun recovered from house in Colindale

    A sawn-off shotgun was recovered at an address in Colindale yesterday. Police carried out a search warrant at 4.10pm in Harrier Road where they discovered the shotgun as well as ammunition. A 24-year-old man was arrested at the scene and is

  • Lorry driver's bail extended over fatal crash with cyclist

    The driver of a lorry involved in a fatal collision with a cyclist in High Barnet has been released on bail again while investigations continue. Hilary Lee, 66, died almost instantly when she was struck by an industrial dumper truck in High Street

  • Rashid named Taekwon-Do student of the year

    Zakariya Rashid has been named as Finchley Taekwon-Do student of the year. The 13-year-old won the adult and teenager award while six-year-old Ethan Weston was named as the children's student of the year. Nine students from Finchley Taekwon-Do

  • Barnet crash out of Herts Senior Cup

    Barnet were dumped out of the Herts Senior Cup last night after losing 2-1 to Ware. Ware caught the Bees cold and opened the scoring within five minutes and maintained their advantage until half time. A minute after the restart Barnet were

  • Scenes for each month of the year

    This year has certainly been one to remember, what with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the London 2012 Olympic Games, and Barnet artist Renos Lavithis has captured some of the year’s most special moments in a calendar of his own work. This is

  • Court in the act

    Imagine Ally McBeal and the rest of the staff of Cage & Fish transported from Boston to London, into a highly sexualised environment, and you’re getting close to the debut novel from former Hendon journalist Jo Kessel. The protagonist of Lover

  • Anti-One Barnet protesters plan further demonstrations

    Campaigners protesting against Barnet Council’s outsourcing programme are planning further demonstrations later today. Members of the Barnet Alliance for Public Services (BAPS) will gather outside the London headquarters of business processes firm

  • 'Children were left on the doorstep'

    On December 19, 1762, 13 young children arrived in Monken Hadley, the first admissions to the Barnet branch of the famous Foundling Hospital in Bloomsbury. There was just one small problem – there were no beds for them. But the hospital was run