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HMV confirms Brent Cross departure
A MUSIC retail giant has confirmed it is set to pull out of the Brent Cross shoppping centre following plunging sales at the end of last year. HMV will shut the store at the end of March when its lease expires, following the closure of 40 other stores
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Parking campaign wins Tory support
CAMPAIGNING residents are celebrating after a council committee recommended that parking fines given to drivers in narrow streets be quashed and the policy changed. Councillors on the Hendon Area Sub-Committee, including three Conservatives, were cheered
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MP calls for seizure of Gaddafi home
A SON of Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi owns a £10m house in Hampstead Garden suburb, it has been revealed. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the second son of the imperilled leader, bought the huge property in Winnington Close, near the so-called “billionaires
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Sexual offender used internet to lure victims
A MAN who used the internet to lure victims to Brent Cross shopping centre before sexually touching them has been sentenced. Marios Kleopas of North Finchley used the recruiting website Gumtree to trick women into believing he was trying to employ
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BARNET: Striker-turned-defender back for Bees
Danny Kelly will play in the centre of defence for Barnet against Broxbourne Borough in the Herts Senior Cup tonight. The Bees will be looking to secure a place in the semi-finals of the competition. Kelly, who joined Barnet in the summer, started his
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Fly the flag
Children are invited to a commemorative weekend at the RAF Museum to mark Commonwealth Day. A special tour of the museum’s Aeronauts Gallery is on offer for young ones to learn about the brave pilots and crew who joined the RAF from overseas. There
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Jazz on the ivories
Firmly established as one of the UK’s finest jazz pianists, Neil Angilley brings his trio to Mill Hill next weekend. Having performed at the very top of his game for many years, Neil is joined by the classic line-up of his group with David Mantovani
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Let’s twist and shout
Five years in the making, The Twist, the story of rock’n’roll from the early ‘50s to the late ‘60s, opens at the Radlett Centre on March 4. The show, which features comedy, dancing, a live band, and “a selection of the finest singers, glitz and glamour
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Spanish dance
Flamenco is a dance that brims with passion. An evening dedicated to the distinct style take place at artsdepot on March 5. The world's best performers are given total artistic freedom on stage, which promises for an explosive and exhilarating show.
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Hatching an idea
Garden Suburb Theatre’s latest production is a take on the story of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling. But rather than being based on a farm and in the countryside, Honk! is set in the human urban jungle. An impressionable and callow youth
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‘Doors are canvases in their own right’
Roger Munns’ paintings are influenced by the architecture in Eritrea, writes Nick Elvin Eritrea is a country few of us can claim to have visited; but Roger Munns has made the trip to the east African country ten times during the last three
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Shopping centre hosts dance fun
YOUNG dancers took to floor in the Broadwalk Shopping Centre on Tuesday for a free half-term workshop. Children were treated to three performances by experts from local dance school Spotlight, before teachers from the school gave some tips,
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Teens use 'clean' graffiti to express themselves
CLEAN graffiti came to the Grahame Park estate this week as youngsters got to try their hands at making a mural by clearing grime from walls. Using a stencil the teenagers were able to clean their murals onto walls around the estate in the scheme run
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Former salon owner turns 100
A FORMER Edgware hairdresser marked her centenary year with a party at a synagogue on Monday afternoon. Norma Clifford, of Stone Grove, had a huge celebration at the Edgware and District Reform Synagogue surrounded by her family and friends
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Flames engulf Edgware home
TWENTY firefighters battled to put out a blaze at a house in Edgware early this morning that left one man in hospital. Neighbours raised the alarm at 12.30am after seeing the fire at the building in Barnfield Road, and the fire damaged most of the
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BARNET: Bees desperate for three points against Lincoln
Barnet remain bottom of League Two after picking up just one point from their latest two games. Joe Devera popped up with a stoppage-time equaliser at Cheltenham Town on Saturday, the Bees drawing 1-1, but they could not follow up that good performance
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Machines offer patients latest in cancer care treatments
TWO machines to prevent or reduce hair loss for patients receiving chemotherapy have been donated to Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals. Nurses were trained how to use the Orbis Paxman scalp cooling machines at Barnet Hospital in Wellhouse Lane
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Burglar and drug dealer jailed after leaving blood at scene
POLICE have pledged to take money from a drug dealer caught with more than £10,000 in cash after he burgled an Enfield home. Edson Vilhete, 30, was jailed for three years and seven months at Wood Green Crown Court last Thursday for possession of cocaine
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Barnet cricketers set for Lord's
Barnet girls’ cricket team are on their way to Lord’s after winning their group at the Balfour Beatty London Youth Games Indoor Cricket Cup qualifying round at Harrow Leisure Centre on Sunday. It is the first time Barnet will have made it through to
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Hendon U21s pay the price for missing chances
Hendon U21s were made to pay for their profligacy in front of goal and lapses at the back as Bethnal Green United Reserves ran out 4–2 winners at Victoria Park in the Cherry Red Books Middlesex County League Division One Central and East. It took
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Difficult week for Greens
Hendon endured a difficult week, conceding ten goals in two Ryman League Premier Division games. The Greens went down 8-1 at high-flying Lowestoft Town on Saturday and then slipped to a 2-0 defeat at Billericay Town on Tuesday. After the Lowestoft match
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Waltham Forest v Wingate & Finchley match hit by the weather
Waltham Forest and Wingate & Finchley saw last night's Ryman League Division One North clash postponed. The Forest pitch was waterlogged.
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Autism charity in bid for allotments
AN autism charity has submitted its bid to turn a disused Kenton bowls pavilion into allotments for the people it helps. The Larches Community group, which is based in Edgware and aims to provide training for adults with learning disabilities
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Parking changes driving us out of business say traders
FURIOUS small-business owners are accusing the council of driving them out of business by failing to repair parking meters. Several shops in Finchley Road, Temple Fortune, say they have experienced a 20 per cent dip in profits since new regulations
