Tuesday, 14 April 2015 21:03
Boarded-up: one sorry sight to go
One of High Barnet’s worst eyesores, the derelict former nurses’ home opposite the Arkley public house, is to be demolished to make way for a housing scheme that aims to provide approximately 100 new homes.
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Sunday, 15 March 2015 14:24
The Old Red Lion - CAMRA steps in
Barnet Council is being urged by the Campaign for Real Ale to prevent the demolition of the Old Red Lion public house, at the bottom of Barnet Hill, by declaring it a community asset for the use of local residents.
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Monday, 13 April 2015 15:23
Physic well at risk?
Torchlight tour of Barnet’s historic physic well but is another historic building at risk? Local residents had a rare opportunity to see inside Barnet’s historic physic well when Barnet Museum organised an open day at the well house, a short walk from Barnet Hospital.
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Saturday, 11 April 2015 10:08
A six-horse race for Chipping Barnet
Six candidates have been nominated for the Chipping Barnet constituency in the general election on Thursday 7 May – a seat currently held by Theresa Villiers, who has been the Conservative MP for the constituency since 2005.
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Tuesday, 31 March 2015 09:22
Broadband campaigners go street-to-street
High Barnet residents without access to a fast broadband connection are canvassing their neighbours in the hope of demonstrating to British Telecom that there is strong local demand that would more than justify investment in the nine additional fibre-enabled cabinets that are needed.
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Tuesday, 24 March 2015 19:47
Battle of Barnet investigation go-ahead
Military archaeologists from Huddersfield University hope to start work in May surveying the possible site of the Battle of Barnet of 1471, in preparation for a full-scale investigation.
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Friday, 13 March 2015 09:59
Barnet Council says no to free parking – but campaign goes on
A joint attempt by the Barnet Society and the Barnet Times to persuade Barnet Council to introduce a period of free car parking to boost trade in the borough’s high streets was rejected by the environment committee.
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Wednesday, 04 March 2015 13:54
New facilities planned for Barnet football and cricket
Barnet Council is being asked to give its support to a bid to re-open Barnet Cricket Club pavilion at Underhill and to convert its disused pitch into a new community playing field for cricket and football.
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Tuesday, 03 March 2015 20:04
UK's first purpose-build co-housing starts in Barnet
A group of feisty women, happy to be renowned for their stubbornness, gathered in Union Street, Barnet, for a ceremony marking the start of construction on a unique project – the first purpose-built co-housing scheme of its kind in the country.
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Planning
Monday, 02 March 2015 19:40
Visiting BT executive to resolve broadband speed fiasco?
British Telecom has promised to send an executive to High Barnet in mid- March to meet the Chipping Barnet MP, Theresa Villiers, and local residents to discuss the lack of high-speed broadband in many of the roads in and around the town centre.
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Tuesday, 24 February 2015 12:13
Church bells floating over Barnet
Sunday mornings are quite a rush for the bell ringers of High Barnet. At 9 a.m. they meet up at the Parish Church of St John the Baptist and the bells ring out for half an hour before the start of the main morning service at 9.30.
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Monday, 23 February 2015 10:23
Broadband battle goes on
Andrew Dismore, London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden, has stepped in to try to badger British Telecom to complete the High Barnet roll-out of high-speed broadband.
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Sunday, 22 February 2015 11:45
Dollis Valley’s nursery school to close
Valley Pre-School, a community-run nursery for children on the Dollis Valley estate, is appealing to Barnet Council for a three-month stay of execution of a notice to quit its temporary premises.
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Thursday, 19 February 2015 14:11
Last orders at the Old Red Lion
Another of High Barnet’s oldest public houses is to close – the Old Red Lion, at the bottom of Barnet Hill, is to serve its last pint on Saturday 28 February, following its sale by the Hertford brewers McMullen and Sons Ltd for housing development.
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Sunday, 15 February 2015 09:21
2,500 back free parking campaign
Almost 2,000 people visiting shops and other premises in the High Street have signed the Barnet Society’s petition calling on Barnet Council to consider offering an hour’s free parking to help the town’s retailers.
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Monday, 09 February 2015 19:58
Plans for Barnet golf course
Consultations have started on proposals to redevelop part of the course of the Old Fold Manor Golf Club, across land that is currently included in the registered site of the Battle of Barnet.
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Barnet History
Friday, 23 January 2015 00:00
Work starts at last at Byng Road’s eco-centre
After years of campaigning and fund-raising, work has finally started on the construction of new headquarters and facilities for the Barnet Countryside Centre in Byng Road.
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Monday, 26 January 2015 13:31
Busting Councillor Cohen’s “myths”
Petition forms distributed by the Barnet Society to around 100 shops and other retail premises along the High Street are showing far higher support than expected for the Society’s campaign for an hour’s free parking.
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Friday, 23 January 2015 19:20
Catering skills of Barnet students put to test
Catering and tourism students from Barnet and Southgate College are gaining work experience at High Barnet’s newest pop-up shop, a family-friendly tea shop that has opened in the Spires shopping centre.
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Wednesday, 14 January 2015 11:04
Another round for Battle of Barnet funding
Barnet Museum is to take the lead in a fresh application to the Heritage Lottery Fund for a grant towards the cost of an archaeological dig to determine the site of the Battle of Barnet of 1471.
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