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Council blunder puts halt to permit charge increase
BUNGLING council officials have stopped the increase in parking charges across Barnet after printing the wrong prices in official adverts. From Monday people living in controlled parking zones (CPZs) were set to be charged £100 for their first
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Residents call on councillors to reject free parking permits
A RESIDENT’S group has sent an open letter to three ward councillors asking them to stop using free parking permits as residents face a 150 per cent hike in the price of theirs. The Hampstead Garden Suburb Residents’ Association sent the open letter
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Consultation gone in a flash
It seems likely the domestic waste of Barnet will soon be headed to a huge new waste plant on the north side of Muswell Hill Golf Course, alongside the North Circular Road at Pinkham Way. The “pre-application consultation” by the North London Waste
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Businesslike and making savings
I was pleased to read Barnet Council’s budget meeting passed relatively peacefully. Contrast that to the pandemonium in Haringey where a policewoman was intimidated, or the furore in Camden which closed the Euston Road. A major part in this is because
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Teen killed in crash named by friends as Zeeshan Tahir
A TEENAGER killed in a head-on smash in Colindale on Wednesday has been named by friends as Zeeshan Tahir. The 18-year-old sixth form student at Hendon School was killed when the Volkswagen Golf he was travelling in collided with a Renault Megane in
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Your football club needs you
Readers of the Times Series will have read about Barnet FC’s plight in the sports pages of the paper. To the pessimists out there, I would just like to say this; your football club needs you. The club is offering fantastic deals left right and centre
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Undue burden on families
I am appalled at the proposals to implement parking restrictions in Vale Drive. Not only is there a school there, but the clinic at Vale Drive is supposedly the main one for the area. How are parents with children supposed to get to the clinic easily
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Chickens coming home to roost?
Regarding the predicament of Avenue House, I can clearly hear the sound of chickens coming home to roost. In its latest newsletter, the Finchley Society reminisces on Shakespeare’s plays beautifully performed in the bothy, which is set in Avenue
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Let it be a park for public again
I shall celebrate when the grumpy management team is ousted from Avenue House and then maybe the grounds will be able to be enjoyed by more than just the commuters using it as a convenient cut-through? Again it may be a park where children are permitted
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Bequest should not be ignored
Members of the Dollis Park & District Residents Association have drawn attention to a letter they received from Councillor Eva Greenspan and her colleagues, soliciting support for the Avenue House Estate Trust (AHET) in its present financially beleaguered
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Council officers' six-figure pay revealed
RESEARCH from The TaxPayers' Alliance has found Hertfordshire County Council paid six figure salaries to six officers, including more than £200,000 to its chief executive. Caroline Tapster received £251,190, including a salary of £203,427 and pension
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Children's charity grateful of gift to replace stolen gates
AN ENFIELD company has stepped in to help a children’s charity after gates were stolen from the site of a planned new hospice in Barnet. Thieves took the wrought iron gates from the site in Byng Road owned by Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice over
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Barnet v Morecambe - prediction
Barnet host Morecambe this Saturday and know that they cannot afford to lose. With Morecambe one of the sides they are hoping to catch in order to avoid the drop, that will bring added pressure. Can the Bees handle it? The sports desk think they will
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BARNET: Bees set for crunch relegation battle
Barnet have a crunch League Two relegation clash tomorrow. The Bees host Morecambe at Underhill. The visiting Shrimps are one of the sides Barnet have an eye on catching. They are currently six points behind Sammy McIlroy's side, but a win on Saturday
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Jarvis Rail will not face prosecution over Potters Bar train crash
THE Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has decided not to pursue the prosecution of maintenance company Jarvis Rail over the 2002 Potters Bar train crash. ORR said that while there remains sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction
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Man and woman jailed after eight pubs burgled across borough
A MAN and woman who targeted fruit machines at eight pubs in one night have been jailed. John Joseph Ryan, 39, of Paulet Way, Brent and Lucy Claire Turner, 24, of Thyra Grove, Finchley were sentenced at Wood Green Crown Court on Tuesday March
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Home double for Hendon
Hendon have two home matches on the slate this week, both in the Ryman League Premier Division, writes David Ballheimer. On Saturday afternoon, kick-off 3pm, the Greens entertain Margate. Last season, the away team won both league encounters, Margate
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Blues back on the promotion road
Wingate & Finchley return to Ryman League Division One North action this weekend. The Blues, still in a good position to make the play-offs, host Great Wakering Rovers. Wingate's last league game ended in a 0-0 draw at Maldon & Tiptree. Kick-off at
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Three bailed over fatal crash
THREE teenagers arrested after a fatal smash in Colindale on Wednesday have been released on bail. An 18-year-old died when the Volkswagen Golf he was travelling in crashed head-on into a Renault Megane in Colindeep Lane at 2.40pm. He was pronounced
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Scholars keen to end losing run
Potters Bar Town look like they now only have pride to play for this season. The Scholars' play-off hopes appear to be in tatters after four straight defeats. The latest set-back was a 2-1 reverse at home to Romford. Potters Bar travel to Thamesmead
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June trial for man accused of Jacqueline Barrett murder
AN ALGERIAN man is set to stand trial in June over the murder of a mother-of-two in her Cricklewood flat. Houssam Djeema, 23, appeared at the Old Bailey on Wednesday and denied murdering Jacqueline Barrett at her home in Whitefield Avenue in the early
