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New dementia cafe to open
People with dementia and their carers will be able to relax over a cuppa and gain much needed support with the launch of a new café. The new service will open its doors on at Finchley Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, August 14. Run by the Alzheimer
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No music festival at Mill Hill Rugby Club
A music festival at Mill Hill Rugby Club will not go ahead after the organiser failed to attend a licence hearing for the event. Cambel McLaughlin had asked the club for permission to host ‘CamFest’ at the Champions Way venue and applied to Barnet
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Police operation catches most wanted burglar
Police were threatened with a machete and chased criminals down dark alleyways in a week-long operation that led to eight people being arrested, including Barnet’s most wanted burglar. Officers from the Neighbourhood Policing Team targeted burglaries
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Concerns over poor patient feedback at Barnet Hospital
MPs and councillors have said they are keeping a close eye on an accident and emergency department after it was rated one of the worst in the country by patients. Barnet Hospital’s casualty unit received a rating of 15 out of 100 in the Friends
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Couple fined £14,000 and told to demolish 'overbearing' extension
A couple have been fined £14,000 and told to demolish a two-storey extension to their home after it was built without planning permission. Ann Clark and her husband constructed the “incongruous and overbearing” structure at the back of their house
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Plenty of positives to take from Hitchin win
Barnet assistant head coach Ulrich Landvreugd says there were plenty of positives to take from the Bees’ 3-0 victory against Hitchin Town. A brace from trialist Marciano Mengerink and a Mauro Vilhete goal sealed a comfortable win for a much-changed
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Archaeologists appeal for information about mysterious bunker
Archaeologists have been left dumbfounded after they unearthed a “mysterious” bunker in a school playing field. Hendon and District Archaeological Society uncovered the reinforced concrete structure while excavating at Martin Primary School in
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Busker hopes competition success will help realise music school dream
A teenage musician from Edgware is hoping he can win a London-wide busking competition to realise his ambition of attending a prestigious music school in the USA. Alex Barnett, of Broadhurst Avenue, was recently chosen among more than 4,500 entrants
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Children's services receive funding boost
Services designed to improve the lives of children across the borough have been given a funding boost. Barnet Borough Council has awarded £2.5million to 13 schemes, which include helping young carers, parents with disabled children and community
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Okoro targeting improved performance in Moscow
Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers' Marilyn Okoro is out for a sudden improvement ahead of the World Championships in Moscow after ending the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games with mixed emotions. The 28-year-old was left disappointed after fading towards
