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Living with Multiple Sclerosis
Harriet Connides dismissed the tingling sensation in her hands and legs, inability to walk far without feeling exhausted and occasional numbness in her body as general symptoms of getting older. It was not until she almost collapsed at work seven years
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The election begins
The campaigning is all but over and the voting has begun, as Barnet residents visited more than 100 polling stations around the borough today. In two portable offices in a restaurant car park in Selvage Lane, Mill Hill, the voting booths were relatively
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Ballot papers arrive late at Mill Hill polling stations
Voters in Mill Hill were made to wait as ballot papers failed to turn up to five polling stations on time. Five polling stations were without the required papers for up to 20 minutes after the elections began at 7am. A spokesman for Barnet Council said
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Potters Bar alleyway sex assault
A teenage girl has been sexually assaulted while walking down an alleyway in Potters Bar. At 7.55am on April 17 it is believed the 14-year-old girl was walking down the path between The Walk and Mutton Lane when a man approached her from behind and lifted
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Power cut hits homes
A power cut hit more than 1,500 homes in Hampstead Garden Suburb last night. Residents in the Finchley Road area experienced an interruption to their electricity supply about 8pm, although almost half of the 1,600 homes were reconnected within a minute
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Driver appeal after car crash
A driver is appealing for witnesses to a car collision in Finchley last month. The crash between a silver Lexus and a black BMW happened in Regents Park Road on April 2 at about 9.15am. Shahla Varvani is hoping other drivers or pedestrians in the area
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Book a spot to celebrate as library leads the way
The latest technology and services are on offer at Edgware Library after a £110,00 facelift. Residents and businesses have been invited to celebrate the library's re-opening as a leading library. The library, in Hale Lane, will be officially opened
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What an Oriental pity
Hundreds of traders face an uncertain future as their tenancy in one of London's premier Asian centres comes to an end. They claim their businesses have already suffered because of the pending closure of Oriental City, in Edgware Road, and many are struggling
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Free spyholes for Barnet OAPs
Age Concern Barnet is giving away 20 spyholes to help vulnerable elderly residents feel more secure in their homes. The fisheye door spyholes, donated by the Colindale police, have wide-angled lenses so the occupants of the house can see if there is
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Trunk road tree felling
Barnet Council has an excellent record on tree management and has the highest number of street trees of any London borough therefore I was astounded to read your article Hundreds of trees cut down in environmental crime' (Times Series, April 24). Many
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Being taught a good lesson
Today's school students are far better informed than they were in the past. It was therefore rather disappointing to see the negative approach expressed in the letter from Harry Ford, Strike not happy for us' (Times Series, April 24). Strikes are not
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Breeder has his cages rattled by the High Court
A Finchley cat breeder must pay nearly £25,000 in court costs after losing a second High Court battle to keep exotic animals in his back garden. The purr-fectly named Philip Catt was originally ordered to demolish the brick and wire structures last
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Double stabbing: Jewish community pulls together
A community is in shock following the apparently random and unprovoked stabbings of two Orthodox Jews last week. The two men were attacked just metres from each other in streets off Golders Green Road, in Golders Green, last Friday. Police officers
