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The road to ruin: anger at ‘underhand’ idea to bulldoze leafy lane
Plans to bulldoze a leafy Mill Hill lane and turn it into a major highway were met with anger last weekend. More than 50 residents gathered at the Railway Engineer pub, in Sanders Lane, to launch a campaign to fight the proposals. They believe they
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Amersham date for Bees
A Barnet XI will travel to Amersham Town for a pre-season friendly on Tuesday, August 5. Magpies' boss Dale Welch knows the Bees well. He said: "I managed to create links throughout last season that have benefitted us hugely, one example being the lads
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Balls up .. to it again!
Yesterday afternoon Mr Ball’s department, the Department for Children, Schools and Families told the media of their latest initiative to improve education. Apparently the worst schools in the UK were to be named and shamed and then ‘supported’ into improving
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Foreign-registered cars rack up £100k in fines
More than £100,000 in parking fines went unpaid last year by drivers with foreign-registered vehicles. In the year ending in March, 2,111 fines were issued to foreign-registered cars and 1,830 of them remain unpaid. Many motorists are apparently parking
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Brothel clients intimidate Finchley residents
Groups of men visiting a brothel based in a Finchley flat are intimidating people living in the block. Residents believe a group of prostitutes moved into one of the flats in Regent Court, Ballards Lane, after the owner moved out about three months ago
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Bargain baby
I don’t think I’m a snob. Although perhaps some of my friends will say otherwise. But since I grew out of the hand-me-down wardrobe more than a few years ago, I have opted not to buy second hand. Having spent my formative years dressed in the clothes
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Whetstone tennis star hoping to secure Wimbledon wildcard
Forget Hen or Murraymania . . . it could be Wardmania at Wimbledon in the future. Whetstone-based James Ward is waiting to see if he has done enough to receive a wildcard for this month's All England Championships. The 22-year-old's stirring performance
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Supermarkets unveil New Barnet development plans
Tesco and Asda have come under fierce criticism from residents, MPs and councillors for their regeneration plans in New Barnet. Both supermarkets unveiled their development proposals last weekend, but failed to convince people their projects would benefit
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Celebration takes flight
This weekend the Hendon Pageant will celebrate the 90th birthday of the Royal Air Force and the centenary of powered flight in Britain. Miriam Craig finds out more Cramped seats, recycled air and the rush to bag a seat on budget airlines make the
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Transport offenders targeted in stop and search operation
Twenty-nine people were arrested and ten vehicles seized during an operation to target transport-related crimes in the west of Barnet. The collaboration between the borough's police and Safer Transport Team deployed 230 officers in an attempt to stop
