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Fan's View: Another chapter ready to be written
Premiership table toppers. For the first time, those three words can be used to describe Saracens and they have never sounded so good. There may be no silverware to show for such a feat, but it shouldn't be underestimated just how much of an achievement
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Post Office staff continue strike action against closures
Post Office workers took part in a fourth round of strike action yesterday as their battle to protect jobs, pay and branch closures continues. East Finchley Crown Post Office in High Road was closed all day while Communications Workers Union collected
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Retired nurse waits six months for urgent hip replacement
A retired nurse is living in a “painful nightmare” as she waits for a hip replacement - six months after doctors told her she needed the operation urgently. Christine Appleby, of Cranes Way, Borehamwood, was diagnosed with severe arthritis in her
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Mill Hill students win national award
Students from a Mill Hill school will be travelling to India after winning a national award. Five students from Hasmonean Girls School in Page Street won this year’s Wings of Hope Achievement Award (WOHAA). Run by national charity Wings of
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Tomkins one of four Sarries players to make England squad
Saracens centre Joel Tomkins has been named in Stuart Lancaster's England squad for this summer's Barbarians game and three-match tour to Uruguay and Argentina. Tomkins is one of 11 uncapped players to be included and joins Sarries teammates Alex
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New vicar is just fifth in 140 years to be ordained at church
A new vicar who takes over the pulpit from several long-standing predecessors says he is “excited and a little nervous” about the job ahead of him. Gregory Platten became just the fifth vicar in 140 years to be inducted at Friern Barnet All Saints
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Man on the run after being sentenced for possessing a shotgun
A man is on the run from police after being sentenced to six years in prison for possessing a sawn-off shotgun. Anthony Thomas, 24, of Harrier Road, Colindale, was sentenced in his absence on May 2 following a four day trial at Wood Green Crown
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Taster cookery sessions for people with learning disabilities
An Edgware charity is offering people with learning disabilities the chance to experience the joys of cooking. Professional chef and Jewish food writer Denise Phillips has teamed up with charity The Larches to offer people with learning disabilities
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Calls for resignation of Coleman who could claim £10,000 from taxpayer
Opposition leaders are calling on disgraced Barnet councillor Brian Coleman to step down, claiming his position “threatens the reputation of the whole council”. The former mayor pleaded guilty last week to physically assaulting mother-of-two Helen
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Fatal crash on A41
A man has died after the car he was driving crashed into another in Edgware. Police and emergency services were called to Edgware Way at 10.20pm on Sunday after two cars collided in the westbound carriageway. The 31-year-old driver of one of
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Barnet lift Middlesex Senior Cup
It was a game that seemed to be heading towards a penalty shoot-out but a goal in the 118th minute from Jess Trimnell meant Barnet Ladies clinched victory in the Middlesex Senior Cup final against Queens Park Rangers. The Bees have struggled in
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Adult education college to open at secondary school
An adult education college has announced plans to run some of its courses from a secondary school in East Finchley. Part of the art block and classrooms at Bishop Douglass School in Hamilton Road will be used for The Institute’s daytime and evening
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Bees midfielder Lee leaves for Birmingham
Oliver Lee has left Barnet and has signed for Championship side Birmingham City on a one-year deal. The 21-year-old midfielder made 13 appearances for the Bees after joining the club on a free transfer in the summer after being released by West
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Bianca Jagger to join 'fairness' debate in Hendon
Human rights activist Bianca Jagger will join a panel of social advocates in Hendon to discuss what “fairness” means in 2013. Middlesex University will host the debate featuring the former actress as well as economist and commentator Will Hutton
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'Someone needs to take responsibility'
Landowners need to take responsibility for an industrial park “festooned” with plastic bags, according to Green Party members. Parts of the Tesco Retail Park in Colney Hatch Lane, Friern Barnet are littered with supermarket shopping bags and other
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Volunteers wanted to get children reading
Barnet teenagers are encouraged to gain valuable volunteering experience and share their love of books this summer. Barnet Borough Council is asking teenagers, aged 14 to 18 years old, to volunteer at a local library during the summer holidays.