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Residents warned about power payment scammers
RESIDENTS are being warned to be on their guard for scammers who claim to be able to top-up electricity meters on your doorstep. Around 2,500 people in Barnet are believed to have been caught out by the conmen who claim to offer cut-price top-ups for
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Pupils hit the high notes at musical showcase
YOUNGSTERS showed off their vocal talents as part of a mass choir in Notting Hill last week. Pupils from Childs Hill School in Dersingham Road performed at The Tabernacle Arts Centre in Powis Square, as part of a musical showcase featuring 139 youngsters
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Cutting of artsdepot grant 'disappointing' says director
A POPULAR arts centre could suffer if planned cuts to funding go ahead. Barnet council announced their proposal to cut all core funding to artsdepot in Nether Street last Friday. Artsdepot is the only professional arts venue in the borough and prides
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Youngsters geared up for rock 'n' roll charity show
DOZENS of youngsters are set to take part in a rock and roll musical charity extravaganza at a Whetstone venue on Saturday afternoon. The teenagers, all part of the Al Pascal music school, will be hoping to top the £2,600 they raised last year for Children
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College students stage another walkout on day of fees vote
STUDENTS from a North Finchley college staged another walkout today to join huge protests in central London on the day MPs vote on whether to raise tuition fees. Around 50 pupils of Woodhouse College in Woodhouse Road walked out after break time at 10.30am
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BARNET: Ex-Bee lands Newcastle job
A former Barnet player has landed one of the top jobs in football. As expected, Alan Pardew was today named the new boss of Newcastle United. Pardew played for a number of clubs during his career, including Barnet, and went on to become a successful
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Local fighter Chisora robbed of world title bid
FINCHLEY boxer Derek Chisora has been denied his World Heavyweight title fight because champion Wladimir Klitschko has pulled out. The titleholder is blaming a back injury for him ducking the bout in Mannheim, Germany, just two days before
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Charity concert
There will be a charity concert in support of the UCLH Leukaemia and Lymphoma Unit this weekend. Leading Icelandic clarinettist, Einar Jóhannesson and pianist Robyn Koh will present an evening of popular works by composers including Mozart, Saint-Saens
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Wrestling returns to Whetstone
THE colourful, charismatic stars of the ring return to Whetstone this Saturday for the 2010 season final of LDN Wrestling’s London Eye show. The family-friendly spectacular will take place at the All Saints Arts Centre. Doors will be opened at 7pm with
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‘Magical and Christmassy’
While many theatres will be reverberating to collective shouts of “he’s behind you” and “oh no it isn’t” this Christmas, artsdepot’s young audiences will be, hopefully, sitting in silence, captivated by a magical, festive tale. Catching
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Art in production
Artist Jo Harris specialises in contemporary ink artwork, as well as embroidery work. Her art is linked to the physical activity and sensation of production – a consequence of her also being a musician; having studied as a pianist and composer at the
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Multicultural school celebrates different nationalities
SCHOOLCHILDREN in Whetstone celebrated their different nationalities as part of a Festival Week. Children at Queenswell Infant and Nursery School in Sweets Way studied festivals celebrated by religions practised in England. Many of the
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Dame for a laugh
WHEN Jack trades his cow for a hatful of beans his mother is not best pleased. So expect him to receive a rather over-exuberant scolding in The Radlett Centre’s version of Jack and the Beanstalk, because mum will take the form of that most beloved of
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Juniors singled out as future tennis stars
FOUR tennis players from the borough of Barnet have earned a place on the Lawn Tennis Association’s (LTA) AEGON FutureStars Programme for 2011. The programme recognises and supports some of the best juniors in the country, and the players will join 376
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St Mary's trampolinists spring into action
A TEAM of trampolinists from St Mary's School, Hendon, were successful at the London Trampoline Competition. The U19 boys' team (novice section) will now represent the capital in the next stage of the competition - to be held on the Isle of Wight in
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New parking rule nets £28k for council in a week
A NEW parking rule which has netted up to £28,000 in seven days for Barnet Council has been branded “robbery” by angry residents. Code 11 was added to the list of offences in the borough on December 1 and has led to 480 tickets being issued in just a
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Computer system handling £600m claims will not be ready for January
A COMPUTER system which handles £600m worth of benefits and tax collections may not be operational on January 1, it emerged last night. The revenues and benefits system was due to be replaced in April next year, but plans had to be bought forward after
