Monday, 12 January 2015 10:53
Guns & Smoke refusal
Planning vote goes against Guns & Smoke. Guns & Smoke, a new American-style bar and grill opposite Barnet parish church, has failed to obtain planning permission for its illuminated frontage in Church Passage.
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Wednesday, 07 January 2015 17:24
Da Capo Concert Band
Rehearsals have begun at the Barnet parish church of St John the Baptist for the first of this year’s concerts by the Da Capo Concert Band which was established in 1997 for amateur adult musicians in north London and Hertfordshire.
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Sunday, 04 January 2015 09:48
Green belt stars in students’ TV documentary
High Barnet’s much-coveted green belt is to be featured in a seven-minute television documentary being filmed by students from City University’s department of journalism.
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Tuesday, 16 December 2014 11:12
Parking claims another casualty
High Barnet’s “impossible” parking controls are forcing another independent trader out of the High Street.
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Monday, 15 December 2014 16:29
Planning shoot-out for Guns & Smoke
Guns & Smoke, the new American-style bar and grill opposite Barnet parish church, faces what looks like being a decisive shoot-out at Hendon Town Hall early in the new year.
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Monday, 15 December 2014 16:13
Skating – a Christmas treat
A children’s skating rink was one of the many attractions at the two-day Christmas in the Park at the Old Courthouse recreation ground in High Barnet.
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Monday, 15 December 2014 16:04
Dr Gear invested with the Order of the British Empire
Dr Gillian Gear, Barnet Museum’s archivist, was invested with the Order of the British Empire at a ceremony at the Tower of London last November.
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Monday, 08 December 2014 10:42
Mayor signs parking petition
The Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Hugh Rayner, has signed up to be kept informed of progress in the Barnet Society’s campaign for an hour’s free parking.
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Thursday, 04 December 2014 18:06
The “Bees” could return
A campaign to get Barnet Football Club to return to the town in a new purpose-built stadium is to be stepped up, after what local supporters believe could be some promising signs.
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Barnet Football Club
Wednesday, 26 November 2014 10:55
No to free parking say Council and MP
Councillor David Longstaff has joined Mrs Theresa Villiers MP and Gordon Massey, chairman of Barnet Residents Association, in opposing the Barnet Society’s petition calling for an hour’s free parking to help win back shoppers to the High Street.
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Saturday, 22 November 2014 13:17
Two more shops forced out of High Street
Another two independent traders are being forced out of the High Street by a combination of high rents and the chronic difficulties faced by shoppers confronted by High Barnet’s expensive and inordinately complicated parking regime.
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Friday, 21 November 2014 12:13
Accident black spot proposal
A mini-roundabout and an additional zebra crossing are being proposed by Barnet Council to improve road safety for motorists and pedestrians at the junction of Wood Street and Wellhouse Lane.
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Monday, 17 November 2014 13:43
Barnet is nearly a ghost town
The depth of local anger, frustration and even despair at the damage being inflicted on Barnet’s shopping centre is highlighted yet again in comments in support of the Barnet Society’s petition calling on Barnet Council to allow an hour’s free parking.
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Monday, 17 November 2014 13:31
Packed programme for Barnet Fair
A packed programme has been arranged for this year’s Barnet Christmas Fair on Sunday 7 December when, instead of traffic, there will be music and dancing in the High Street and a vast array of stalls and attractions in nearby venues.
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Monday, 10 November 2014 12:58
Police baffled by High Barnet’s parking
Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet, who is Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, admits that that even her police protection officers cannot work out where it is possible to park in High Barnet town centre.
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Monday, 10 November 2014 12:49
Dire broadband speeds to stay, warns MP
The Barnet Society’s campaign to force British Telecom to complete High Barnet’s roll-out of high-speed broadband will get the continued support of Theresa Villiers, the Chipping Barnet MP, but she has warned that many local householders will fail to get an improved service.
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Monday, 03 November 2014 11:20
Police to act on blue badge abuse
After a rising number of complaints about blue disabled badges being used unlawfully by motorists, High Barnet Police say they are stepping up uniformed patrols and will take action against drivers breaking the law.
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Monday, 03 November 2014 10:56
Barnet’s Old MacDonald’s Farm
For the last 50 years Barnet children have needed to go no further than Wood Street to catch a glimpse of a scene that brings to life that much-loved nursery rhyme “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”.
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Monday, 03 November 2014 00:00
SOS our town centre is dying
The Barnet Society is launching a Save Our High Street appeal: our town centre desperately needs more shoppers and we hope local businesses and other organisations, as well as local residents will join our campaign.
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Thursday, 23 October 2014 00:49
Former Barnet MP dies
Family, friends and constituents have been paying tribute to Sir Sydney Chapman, the former Conservative MP for Chipping Barnet for just over a quarter of a century, who died in early October.
His funeral was held (22.10.2014) at St Mary’s Church, Lower Heyford, Oxfordshire, where he had lived for some years since his retirement from politics.
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