Archive
-
Date
Motorway carriageway closed after accidents
POLICE have closed a large section of the M1 this evening after two separate accidents. The northbound carriageway is closed between Junction 1 at Staples Corner and Junction 6. The action was taken after an accident at Junction 6 for
-
Date
Pedestrian knocked down by bus
A PEDESTRIAN was knocked down by a bus outside Finchley Central Tube station today. The man was conscious but bleeding from his head after the collision with a route 143 bus in Ballards Lane at around 12.30pm. He was taken to hospital
-
Date
Public meeting called on future of Stanley Road
A PUBLIC meeting has been called to look at plans to sell off a playing field in East Finchley. Barnet Council's cabinet resources committee agreed in November to look at disposing of the Stanley Road site by selling the freehold. Residents
-
Date
Youths charged with robbery outside school
TWO youths have been charged with robbery outside a school in Hendon. The 14-year-old boys from Tottenham and Walthamstow were arrested after staff at St Mary’s School in Fuller Street contacted police on Tuesday February 8. The teenagers, who
-
Date
Residents agree to form pressure group for Saracens plans
RESIDENTS living close to the Barnet Copthall stadium agreed last night to form a group to help shape the future of the site. Premiership rugby club Saracens want to create a 10,000 seater arena on what chief executive Edward Griffiths described
-
Date
Greens to welcome league leaders
Hendon host Sutton United in another Ryman League Premier Division clash tonight. The visitors are currently top of the table and favourites for promotion. Hendon will be looking to bounce back from Saturday's 3-2 defeat to Maidstone United. Kick-off
-
Date
BARNET: The only way is up now - Fairclough
Barnet manager Paul Fairclough could only see one winner after 20 minutes of Barnet's match against Torquay United. So could everyone else at Underhill on Saturday. But somehow that perceived victor trudged off a loser (Barnet losing 3-0) after a chastening
-
Date
'Reform, fairness and growth' aims for new budget
THE councillors in charge of the biggest departments in Barnet Council set out their aims for spending reductions at Monday night's cabinet meeting. At the meeting council leader Lynne Hillan described it as “the most difficult budget I remember
-
Date
Opposition brands cabinet 'St Valentine's Day massacre'
MONDAY night's cabinet meeting has been described as a “St Valentine's Day massacre” by opposition councillors after leading members agreed to slash millions from council budgets. Both Lib Dem and Labour councillors attacked the behaviour of
-
Date
Gold medalist gets studies on track
A GOLD medal-winning sprinter taught children how to get their studies on track at a Hendon school. Commonwealth Games champion Montell Douglas visited St Mary's High School to speak to pupils about her career and unveiled a plaque marking
-
Date
All safer neighbourhood teams protected says Mayor
ALL of the PCs and PCSOs on safer neighbourhood teams in Barnet will be kept, it has been revealed. Each of the 21 wards is set to retain its two constables and six community support officers, after uncertainty about the future of the teams
-
Date
Man recalls last phone call with missing work colleague eight years ago
A MAN recalled the last time he spoke to his former colleague who went missing eight years ago, at an inquest yesterday. Terry McCartney told North London Coroner’s Court he remembered Lee Sheppard as an “enthusiastic” worker who was “keen
-
Date
Great Wakering Rovers 3 Wingate & Finchley 2
Wingate & Finchley went down by the odd goal in five in Essex last night. It is a blow to their promotion hopes, but the Blues still have a great chance of making the play-offs. They host Enfield Town this Saturday.
-
Date
Potters Bar Town 4 Thamesmead 1
Potters Bar Town came from a goal down to thump Thamesmead at Parkfield last night. Jose Espinosa (2), Tom Pett and Chris Doyle were on target for the Scholars.
-
Date
BARNET: Herts Senior Cup match called off
Barnet's Herts Senior Cup match at Broxbourne was postponed last night. The pitch was waterlogged, a sudden downpour as the players were warming up the problem. No new date for the game has yet been announced.
-
Date
Landlady 'devastated' after squatters ruin home
A HOMEOWNER has been left “devastated” after Kosovan squatters claiming hundreds of pounds of housing benefit each month stripped her Totteridge home bare of even the toilet seat. Denise Joannides, 56, finally got back into the once “luxurious
-
Date
Woman wins appeal after being ticketed despite paying-by-phone
A HEALTH worker is furious at being handed a parking fine despite using the new pay-by-phone system for a long-stay car park in Burnt Oak. Barbara Primus, 54, had used the electronic system successfully for three weeks while parking in Burnt
