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Council 'tables £10,000 offer' to library squatters
Barnet Council has offered a group of squatters £10,000 to open their own community library as legal action to have them removed from Friern Barnet begins. The activists reclaimed Friern Barnet Library when they broke in on September 5 and demanded
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European success for Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers
Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers rounded out 2012 with yet more silverware on Saturday - and team manager Geoff Morphitis is adamant the record-breaking season certainly won’t be a flash in the pan. In the last competitive action of a season in which the
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North London Hospice celebrates 20 years
Patients and staff sang happy birthday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of North London Hospice today. Gathered round a cake the group belted into song as they commemorated the work that has been achieved since the hospice first opened in Woodside
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£40,000 Olympics banners seek loving home
London 2012 banners that adorned the lampposts of Barnet will be given away to charities and worthy causes. A total of 55 brightly coloured signs will be handed out by Barnet Council to organisations and schools that wish to apply for them.
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School's international links 'enrich' students
A school for children with special needs has been recognised for developing international links that “enrich” the learning of its students. Mapledown School, which caters for children aged 11 to 19 who suffer from severe and complex learning disabilities
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School celebrates 80th anniversary with visit from Olympian
A New Barnet primary school is celebrating its 80th anniversary with a visit from a former pupil, and double Olympian this afternoon. Cromer Road School, in Cromer Road, is welcoming Joyce Smith to plant an oak tree in the school’s grounds.
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Amy Winehouse's ashes buried in Edgware
Amy Winehouse’s ashes were buried at an Edgware cemetery yesterday, more than one year after the singer’s tragic death. Family and friends gathered for a Jewish ceremony at Edgwarebury Lane Cemetery, where the 27-year-old’s ashes were interred
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More donations required to save juice bar
More donations are required to help the Times Series save a Barnet Mencap juice bar which is facing closure at the end of the year. The Give Us Some Juice campaign has raised £3,171 to date which is 63 per cent of the £5,000 target. The Times
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Boy with sickle cell anaemia raises awareness about genetic conditions
A schoolboy with sickle cell anaemia is raising awareness about his condition to help other people with genetic disorders. Tamilore Awosile, 11, of Barnet was diagnosed with the blood disorder at birth but has always been determined not to let
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Festival celebrates the best of Cricklewood
Thousands of people attended a festival to celebrate all that Cricklewood has to offer. The Silk Road Festival was hosted by volunteers behind the Cricklewood Improvement Programme (CIP) on Saturday, September 15. Up to 3,000 people turned
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Young lawyer overcomes dyslexia to be shortlisted for national award
A 27-year-old trainee lawyer from High Barnet has overcome dyslexia and a string of rejections to be shortlisted for a national legal award. Omolarami Ayodeji, from Bedford Avenue, has been shortlisted for the award for Junior Lawyer of the Year
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Helicopter camera captures Bee's-eye view of Barnet FC stadium
They might be down at the bottom of the table but things were looking up for Barnet FC when a police helicopter captured a unique Bee’s-eye view of the team’s stadium this weekend. The League Two side are without a win in six games but troubles
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Barnet and Chase Farm and Royal Free discuss merging
Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Trust and the Royal Free are in discussions about combining to form a foundation trust. Barnet and Chase Farm’s board has been looking for potential partners after deciding it would not become a foundation trust on
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Robson and players 'feeling' for Bees fans
Mark Robson acknowledged he and the players are “certainly feeling” for the travelling Barnet supporters after another long journey up north ended in disappointment. The Bees were beaten 3-0 by Bradford City on Saturday as goals from James Hanson,
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Crash closes one lane of M25 slip road
One lane of the M25 exit slip road at South Mimms is closed following a crash. The crash took place at Junction 23. There are currently no delays as a result.
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Primary school celebrating anniversary with visit from Olympian
A New Barnet primary school is celebrating its 80th anniversary with a visit from a former pupil, and double Olympian today. Cromer Road School, in Cromer Road, is welcoming Joyce Smith to plant an oak tree in the school’s grounds this afternoon
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Teenager reunited with stolen pooch
A Potters Bar teenager left devastated by the theft of her pet Chihuahua has been reunited with the dog after it was found by police. Clarice Stokes was inconsolable when her prized pooch ‘Rocky’ was snatched outside Tesco Express, in Orchard Road
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Rosh Hashanah celebrations in Barnet
A communal Tashlich service will be held to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year today. People are invited to symbolically cast away their sins at the service in Brook Farm Open Space at 4.30pm. The event is being organised by Barnet
