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Finchley drop into relegation zone following defeat
Finchley have slipped into the relegation zone in Middlesex Cricket League Division One after suffering a seven-wicket defeat to Hampstead. Finchley batted first and posted a respectable 212 all out, with Jake Milton (55) and Keerthi Ranasinghe
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Open mic night in memory of budding musician
A group that works to promote struggling young musicians has been chosen as the charity partner of a popular music night. The Diktion Project was set up in memory of aspiring musician Anthony ‘Diktion’ Bayele, 22, who died suddenly in November
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'It’s a fantastic sport for young people'
Two outdoor table tennis tables have been presented to East Barnet College as part of an initiative between the Jack Petchey Foundation and the England Table Tennis Association. The London Schools programme encourages competition opportunities
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Sports club looks to future with £10,000 grant
A sports club in its ninety-first year says a new £10,000 grant will “go a long way to securing its future”. The Temple Fortune Club successfully applied to Biffa Award for the cash to improve its squash courts and bowling green. This year’
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Predatory fraudster marched vulnerable woman victim to cash point
A man has been put behind bars for preying on a vulnerable woman to fuel his gambling habit. Nigel Smith, of Mills Grove in Hendon, was sentenced to two years in prison and given a five-year ASBO for two accounts of fraud by false representation
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Summer reading
Yours is Mine by Amy Bird Yours is Mine is a psychological novel about two women who exchange identities, written by Finchley Central writer Amy Bird. Kate is a naive and lonely girl whose military husband is overseas, who enters into an identity
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Winning styles in art
A Japanese woman sits on a chair, hands in her lap, gazing pensively over the shoulder of the artist. A Kenyan shoemaker stares out from the shack he sells his wares from, his look bordering on the hostile, as two little boys peep round the corner
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Can’t sleep? Write a play
We’ve all been there – three o’clock in the morning, we’re wide awake, our brains are on overdrive and sleep seems a million miles away. What do you do? Take a sleeping pill, make a cup of tea and pick up a book, clean the house? Playwright Rachel
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Synagogue chairman appointed to House of Lords
A Labour lobbyist who has close ties to the Jewish community in north London has been appointed to the House of Lords. Jonathan Mendelsohn, a chairman at the Finchley United Synagogue, was announced today as a working peer for the Labour Party.
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Property group raises £11,000 for North London Hospice
A hospice has thanked an “amazing” company which has raised £11,000 for people with life-limiting illnesses. Finchley Central-based property group Crabtree presented the North London Hospice with the fruits of a year of fundraising at the hospice
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Eleven Sarries called up to England squads
Eleven Saracens players have been named in England's Elite Player Squads by Stuart Lancaster today. Six Sarries have been named in the Senior Squad with new signing Billy Vunipola called up while in the Saxons, George Kruis is among five players
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Family-friendly pub set for reopening after £1million refurb
A family-friendly pub is set to reopen with a celebratory garden party following a £1million refurbishment. The Railway Bell, in East Barnet Road, New Barnet, has been closed since mid-June for renovations including a large conservatory, new bar
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Hospital has 'robust plans for improvement'
The NHS bodies in charge of paying for hospital care have expressed their concern after an accident and emergency department was named the worst in the country. The Clinical Commissioning Groups for Barnet and Enfield have said they will keep a
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Age no barrier for rugby players with free over-50s training sessions
Rugby is often seen as a game for the young, fit and athletic – but Saracens are looking to branch out to the older generation and encourage over-50s back to the sport. The club’s Sport Foundation is running free, low-paced training sessions every
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Make the summer fly by at the RAF Musuem
A museum is helping parents make the summer fly by for their children. The Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon is running a series of free themed weeks to keep children busy this holiday. For the rest of this week, little ones will have the chance
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Sevens can be a stepping stone, says McCall
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall has called on his young stars to follow the likes of Owen Farrell and use the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Premiership Rugby Sevens Series as a stepping stone into the first team. The Men in Black’s 10,000
