Monday, 20 November 2017 19:41
High Barnet’s ever-expanding CPZ
An extension of the High Barnet controlled parking zone to impose restrictions on roads around Barnet Hospital has produced a furious response from adjoining streets that fear they will now have to accommodate many more parked cars and vans.
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Monday, 20 November 2017 19:25
Appeal for new swimming pool roof
Parents of children at Cromer Road Primary School, New Barnet, are launching a last-minute campaign to get votes in support of a money-raising appeal for the cost of a new roof for the school’s swimming pool.
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Monday, 13 November 2017 12:57
Saving Whalebones for community use
Creating a city farm with access for volunteers and local children is one of the ideas being canvassed by Theresa Villiers, the Chipping Barnet MP, as part of her efforts to save the Whalebones open space.
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Monday, 13 November 2017 12:42
Three cheers for mighty oak
Local residents raised a glass to celebrate – and wish good health -- to the 250-year-old oak tree at the junction of The Meadway and Potters Road in support of the Woodland Trust’s “We Love Street Trees” campaign.
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Wednesday, 08 November 2017 17:30
New homes and commercial space
Shanly Homes, which purchased the semi-derelict Brake Shear House workshops off Barnet High Street earlier this year, has appointed new architects to review the plans for redeveloping the site.
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Friday, 03 November 2017 14:08
Last butcher's shop closes
End of an era. Butcher’s Hook, the last remaining butcher’s shop in High Street, Barnet, has ceased trading and the premises are for sale or to let.
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Friday, 03 November 2017 13:46
Police station will close
High Barnet’s police station will close to the public by the end of the year along with 36 other police stations across London where the Metropolitan Police is withdrawing a front counter service.
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Monday, 30 October 2017 20:19
Mighty oak sparks almighty row
After protests from local tree lovers, Barnet Council finally called a temporary halt to trench digging and cable laying directly under a 250-year-old oak that commands the brow of the hill at the junction of The Meadway and Potters Road, New Barnet.
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Friday, 27 October 2017 16:59
Underhill school to go ahead
After being refused permission in January, Barnet Council’s planning committee has now approved plans for the proposed Ark Academy school on the site of the vacant Underhill stadium, former home of Barnet Football Club.
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Monday, 23 October 2017 17:03
Council excavate roots of historic oak
Unthinking council planners and contractors are being blamed by local tree lovers for hacking through the roots of 250-year-old oak by excavating a trench and building two concrete bases for broadband telephone boxes.
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Sunday, 22 October 2017 17:20
Barnet workshop tackles online bullying
Two students who took part in a workshop at the Wood Street campus of Barnet and Southgate College are to appear in a new play, Cookies, that explores the challenging world of cyber-bullying.
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Monday, 16 October 2017 17:37
Glory days for QE Girls
Record GCSE and A-level results for the second consecutive year have now been topped by the news that Queen Elizabeth Girls’ School, Barnet, has been ranked in the top 2 per cent of all secondary schools by the Department of Education.
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Thursday, 12 October 2017 11:24
Fears for future of Old People’s Welfare
Barnet Old People’s Welfare committee fears that the demolition of the Fern Room, its day centre in Salisbury Road, to make way for a block of ten flats might well force the closure of a group that has been providing activities for Barnet’s elderly resident for the last 75 years.
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Tuesday, 10 October 2017 13:45
Big day for “Puff Buffs”
Michael Portillo, presenter of the tv series Great Railway Journeys, unveiled a plaque at Hadley Wood station to commemorate the great steam locomotive engineer Sir Nigel Gresley, who was a former Hadley Wood resident.
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Sunday, 08 October 2017 16:52
Fern Room to be demolished
Plans have been announced by a developer to demolish the Fern Room in Salisbury Road, Barnet, and replace it with a new building containing ten flats as well as new ground-floor community facilities.
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Monday, 02 October 2017 11:56
Barnet Market to move
Barnet market stall holders are delighted by the news that the managing agents for the Spires shopping centre are planning to move the twice-weekly stalls market to the paved area between Waitrose and the bandstand.
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Thursday, 28 September 2017 18:01
Barnet teenage market next steps
Organisers of Barnet’s teenage market – to be launched on Easter Saturday next year – are hoping that this new attraction will match the boost to the Spires shopping centre provided by the opening of H&M’s fashion store.
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Wednesday, 27 September 2017 12:55
Work starts on Barnet hospice
To coincide with the start of building work on its site at the environment centre off Byng Road, Barnet, an appeal has been launched for the final £2 million needed to complete construction and fit out the new Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice.
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Saturday, 16 September 2017 15:37
Eyesore site for sale
A derelict former nurses’ home that has been an eyesore for years will finally be demolished under plans to build flats and townhouses on the Marie Foster Care Home site in Wood Street, Barnet.
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Saturday, 16 September 2017 15:30
New Vicar for Christ Church
A service to institute and induct its new vicar, the Reverend Andy Rimmer, was described as a moment to celebrate the commitment shown by Christ Church, in St Albans Road, to reach out to the High Barnet community.
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