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Silicon chip off the old block
An Australian design and manufacturing company has come up with an intriguing trading name for a new division of its business - Hendon Semiconductors. Integrated Electronic Solutions specialises in microelectronic products including integrated circuits
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Do Lund, Mallorca or Oslo ring a bell?
When Margaret Konow Lund met John Newman while on holiday in Mallorca in the Fifties, she could never have imagined that some 48 years later Between the Lines would be attempting to reunite them. Only occasionally does this column put itself forward
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Now chef is taken-away to Barbados
Regular readers will remember the story of Raj Miah, the Brookmans Park chef who took a curry more than 9,000 miles to Australia for a group of England cricket fans watching the Ashes last December. Raj, who runs the Bengal Paradise restaurant, in Great
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Hip, hip hooray, we’re on holiday
Sitting by the swimming pool at the Royal Beach hotel in Eilat, Israel, last month, holidaymakers Tony Abraham and Leslie Collin spotted each other's tell-tale hip and knee replacement scars and began chatting about their respective operations. When
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Council collection service: what a load of rubbish
Is Hertsmere Council in crisis? Once we had our bins emptied on Monday with the rest of the street. However, the council changed the day, for the flats only, to Friday. Since the changeover, rubbish has been left for three weeks without being collected
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All hail the CPZ for getting rid of nuisance outsiders
As a resident in Sunny Gardens Road experiencing the safe and peaceful joy brought to our road by the launch of the new extended controlled parking zone (CPZ), I was angered to read Diane David's letter (What has CPZ achieved but irritation?', Letters
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We do everything we can to help small businesses
I refer to your article Cafes and restaurants are ruining High Road', (April 12). As an Oakleigh ward councillor, and a local resident, I would agree with the sentiment expressed by Mac McKenny. Our High Road has a unique character, which we need not
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It is not funny that black people are still stereotyped
The letters in your April 12 edition from M Shirodkar, Ken Leigh, David Miller, I Sade and Paul Amsterdam, about Councillor Brian Gordon's fancy dress are missing the point. They obviously have the same dim-wit view as Mr Gordon. As someone in the public
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Asbos will not solve the root cause of the problem
In reference to the article concerning the four men slapped Asbos for street drinking (Street drinkers are given tougher Asbos', April 5), I feel the Government has let us down and is dealing with these situations in the entirely wrong way. How an Asbo
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No trees in leafy borough are safe
I am concerned about the trees that are being cut down unnecessarily in this beautiful leafy borough because of manipulation of planning applications. New to the borough, I find my boundary trees under threat because of an extension being proposed by
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‘Tesco would kill shopping as we know it’
A proposed Tesco store in Burnt Oak would spell the death knell for what remains of its traditional shopping area', the area's MP has warned. The supermarket giant wants to build a large store on the site of Watling Market, behind Burnt Oak Tube station
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Good things stay the same
In the nine years since Welcome first opened its doors, north Finchley has undergone plenty of change. But this traditional Chinese restaurant on Tally Ho Corner has remained a landmark, offering great value for money and setting the standard with consistently
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Talk can limit student debt
A new poll has revealed that young people are struggling to understand money management and financial terms. The results show that a quarter of 16 to 21-year-olds questioned believe store cards offer better value than credit cards and more than a third
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Always in fashion
"I'm a dinosaur," says Jeffrey Wallis. "The last in a long line that goes from the Twenties to the Eighties, from the Jewish sweatshops pre-war to the Jewish moguls in the fashion industry. I wanted to change it from the rag trade into the fashion industry
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Big Brother is catching you
Police made 700 arrests last year in Barnet as a direct result of CCTV. The Barnet Council figures follow the installment of cameras in two more Barnet town centres last week, bringing the total number of cameras in the borough to 116. It does not include
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Borough pioneers rent to buy
Barnet has become one of only four authorities in the country to give council tenants the opportunity to part-buy their home. The Social Homebuy scheme allows people living in council-owned properties the opportunity to buy shares of between 25 per cent
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Gardening on the roof
People have always been prepared to pay a premium for their own little bit of greenery in the urban jungle, and a quick glance through the property ads shows that a decent-sized balcony or private roof terrace could add anything from £5,000 to £50,000
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Antisocial behaviour is a complex problem
Following the piece in your paper on antisocial behaviour in the Tally Ho area (Youths make our lives misery', April 5), I would like to point out that the problems are complex and involve several issues, including parking hours, licensing and town centre
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Campaigner was an inspiration to many
Thank you for the article by Miriam Craig dedicated to Dr Mandana Alijani (Iranian campaigner loses cancer fight', April 12). She was a true fighter and an inspiration. I am in my fifth and penultimate year of study at Royal Free and University College
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Scandalous claims against FACT are slanderous
It is unforgivable that Avenue House is distributing slanderous literature in its gardens about Finchley Arts Centre Trust (FACT). Its only motive for rubbishing' FACT is greed - it wishes to acquire the restored Bothy without having contributed a penny
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Doctor lived for the freedom of Iranian people
I am writing to thank you for the article in the Hendon & Finchley Times about the loss of Dr Mandana Alijani (Iranian campaigner loses cancer fight', April 12). Although it is with deep regret for her loss that I write, I would like to express my support
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Spiralling cost of Games
The Olympics in 2012 will be the largest sporting event hosted by this country. When the UK Olympics Committee made its bid, the budget was set at around £3.5billion. In November 2005, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport told the House
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Beans for a healthy heart
Although it has been part of the diet in China and the Far East for thousands of years, soya protein is something of a mystery to many people in the West. It may have a slightly cranky, health-food image, soya is actually a tasty alternative to meat or
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Fraudster jailed for £150k scam
A council regeneration chief who stole money meant for a computer club for ethnic minorities has been jailed for 12 months for his role in the £150,000 scam. Nisar Ahmed, 55, of Highcroft Gardens, Golders Green, and his friend, Abu Ahmed, stole money
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Police are ‘proud’ of crime rate
Police have hailed latest figures which show a crime reduction in Hertsmere. Crime in Hertsmere fell by almost 12 per cent between April 2006 and March this year, compared with the previous 12 months. Area Commander, Alison Roome-Gifford, said the figures
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Follow your heart and stay healthy
Despite an abundance of diets, fitness DVDs and health-based media coverage, our population is growing in size. Two-thirds of people in the UK are already overweight or obese, and some predictions for the future are sobering: the current generation
