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Local gig news #1
Well I said that I'd use the blog as a means to plug local gigs and events. Here's my first go. I will try and plug any local gigs and festivals and pass on any important local news as well. Sorry for those waiting for another rant, I'm saving it up for
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Volunteers meet their match
Josie Ensor learns about a service in Hertsmere that pairs volunteers with the organisations that need them the most There are many misconceptions about voluntary work, from the image of bespectacled octogenarians behind charity shop counters to grannies
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Council workers set for summer strikes
More than 2,000 Barnet Council workers are set to strike this summer after members voted to protest against a below-inflation pay offer. The public sector union Unison held a ballot for members across the country, who rejected a pay rise of 2.45 per
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Parking joy for Rabbis and Rastas
Rabbis and Rastafarians will soon be able to park in residents' bays without fear of incurring a £60 fine. A new permit introduced by Barnet Council will allow people carrying out religious duties to use residents' parking bays, to avoid the struggle
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Mad Catter gets his marching orders
I like cats a lot more than I like dogs. Cats are sly, wily beasts that you know could easily take over the world if they thought power was in any way superior to snoozing and licking themselves on a sunny doorstep. Dogs are too busy trying to be the
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Kleanthous becomes Football League director
Barnet chairman Tony Kleanthous has been voted on to the Football League board of directors. Kleanthous replaces Wycombe chairman Ivor Becks as the League Two representative. He will serve for three years, subject to promotion or relegation. Kleanthous
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Naming and shaming
As we welcome two new reader-bloggers (Rog T and Jonty) into the Times Series family, I feel that now is as good a time as any to muse on part of the online experience - reader participation. For me one of the most interesting elements of the website
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Waste site told to clean up its act
A waste transfer station in Potters Bar has been forced to curb its waste and recycling activities following complaints from residents. Neighbours complained about Chas Storer Ltd, in Coopers Lane, after it started bringing in trucks between 4am and
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Volunteers needed for talking newspaper
A charity which provides an audio newspaper service for the visually impaired is looking for volunteers. The Borough of Barnet Talking Newspaper needs people from the local community to help out in areas of production, management and recording. The
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To know or not to know?
There’s a bit of a debate in my house as to whether to find out the sex of the baby (before it’s born). I don’t want to. My husband does. Being the impatient kind he doesn’t want to wait until presented with the goey being after its born. But I think
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Last chance to enter rock competition
Musicians hoping to take to the stage in the Pentland Finchley Carnival School Rock Band Competition should get their applications in now to be sure of a place. The deadline for applications is July 11, but with only 12 places left, carnival organiser
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Blues reach final in first tournament
Wingate & Finchley Ladies FC, as they are now known (formerly Hendon Women's FC), have returned with their heads held high after their first tournament playing in the Blues' strip. They travelled to Clacton for the weekend, where they played 12 games
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Bopara to visit summer cricket camps
England cricketer Ravi Bopara will be the special guest at this year's Mark Ilott Summer Cricket Camps. The camps will be held at Old Elizabethans (Barnet) CC, Barnet, and Old Owens CC, Potters Bar, in the first three weeks of the summer holidays (mon-fri
