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‘Local democracy is being dismissed’
Our North Finchley campaigners held a public meeting last week and promised to keep fighting after City Hall overturned Barnet Council’s refusal of planning permission for Arada’s Great North Leisure Park regeneration project, reports Leïla Davaud
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New funding deal for music education
Children and young people in Barnet will benefit from Arts Council England funded music teaching across five boroughs reports Joe Ives, Local Democracy Reporter
Khan still not going far enough on improving conditions for London bus drivers, claims campaigner
Bus driver Mushin Manir says City Hall pledge of 53 new toilet blocks is still "insufficient"
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Veteran London Assembly member quits Conservative Party over human rights
Andrew Boff had wanted to become the Tory candidate for mayor but disagreed with national party policy on the European Court of Human Rights
Golders Green hotel development wins planning approval
The proposals include a new four-storey hotel with 114 rooms and an existing building being refurbished to offer another 16 rooms
Sackman hails grant for Finchley arts centre
Artsdepot has received £25,000 to fund refurbishment works with support from the MP
Fare evasion crackdown would “pay for itself”, Tory mayoral candidate claims
Alex Challoner wants to tackle a problem that costs TfL between £190million and £211million every year reports Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter
Support Barnet’s eldest and fittest at the Better Club Games
Nicknamed the UK’s festival of active ageing, this year’s Better Club Games will bring together 20 teams of over-60s at the Copper Box Arena in Stratford. Barnet athletes tell Leïla Davaud all about the event
Major boost for treatment services tackling substance misuse across Barnet
Government funding worth more than £3.5m will pay for an "expansion of established drug and alcohol prevention, treatment and recovery services" in the borough
Edgware synagogue appoints new Senior Rabbi
Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers will succeed Rabbi Mark Goldsmith in the leadership role at Edgware & Hendon Reform Synagogue next year
North Finchley building site manager scoops award at ‘Oscars of the housebuilding industry’
Harvey Scott, who oversees work at Taylor Wimpey’s The Tramworks development in West Finchley, received an award from the National House-Building Council
Café to open on Barnet High Street
Australian chain Jamaica Blue will open its Barnet outlet next to Barclays Bank on 12th November
London Plan targets and Green Belt policies criticised by Barnet Council in letter to mayor
In its official response to City Hall's draft London Plan consultation, the council argues key elements of the proposals raise ”significant concerns for Barnet”
Pharmacist from New Southgate among two jailed over illegal drugs sales worth £1.3m
The pair were found guilty of three counts of fraud by false representation and two counts of converting criminal property
Whetstone takeaway celebrates award
Bayleaf Takeaway in High Road, Whetstone was named Best Takeaway of the Year at the Curry Life Awards
Tory hopeful pledges to reopen bridge
Mayoral candidate Alex Challoner says he would reopen Hammersmith Bridge to motor traffic within three years reports Ben Lynch, Local Democracy Reporter
Depot workers prepare for ballot on Christmas strike after rejecting council’s final offer
Waste, recycling and street-cleansing workers could strike over the holidays as the dispute over holiday pay back payments continues, reports Leïla Davaud
Barnet Council action stops businesses playing chicken with regulations
The local authority took a chicken shop and a cattery to court in September for failing to hold the correct licences
New business networking opportunity for women in Barnet
A new local branch of Women in Business Network has launched in Barnet - founder Hazel Theocharous tells Leïla Davaud she is looking for ambitious women business owners across the borough to connect, collaborate and build a supportive community
Hendon MP welcomes departure of Grenfell Tower-linked housing boss from Barnet role
David Pinto-Duschinsky said he had written to council-owned company The Barnet Group calling for them to "reconsider their decision" to appoint Laura Johnson reports David Floyd