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Crunching time for pensioners
6:16pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008
The state pension celebrates its 100th birthday this year, but there is strong evidence to suggest that pensions are failing to keep pace with the cost of living.
Comments (0)World view from the Chickenshed
2:41pm Friday 18th July 2008
The theatre world is not famed for its inclusiveness, but one company has proved an exception. REBECCA LOWE delves into the magical world of Chickenshed, where everyone is treated like a star.
Taking fear-guard action
8:39am Wednesday 9th July 2008
Fear of crime is prompting some residents to hand over large amounts of cash to security firms. TOM JOHNSON reports on the rise of night-time street patrols
Nursing a hospital to optimum health
5:45pm Thursday 3rd July 2008
Months after the Governments healthcare watchdog gave Barnet Hospital a clean bill of health, the debate rages on over how safe it is. Tomasz Johnson asks the woman in charge of the hospital for her side of the story
Feature: Flood dams go with the flow
8:40am Sunday 29th June 2008
A £9 million project completed last month promises to prevent a repeat of the floods that devastated the west of the borough in 1992. TOMASZ JOHNSON finds out how it all works For years, parts of Edgware, Burnt Oak and Colindale suffered from flooding during periods of heavy rain.
Johnny Vaughan roots for Totteridge
10:41am Wednesday 25th June 2008
Radio presenter Johnny Vaughan fondly recalled Barnet borough on his Capital breakfast show earlier this month. Reporter KEVIN BRADFORD finds out why the former Totteridge schoolboy still remembers his roots
Warriors campaign for the wastelands
6:44pm Tuesday 17th June 2008
BOASTING more than 200 green spaces and woodlands, Barnet has long had a reputation for being one of London's leafier boroughs.
A new kind of learning difficulty
3:12pm Tuesday 10th June 2008
Funding changes by successive governments have left adult education in the doldrums. At one institute in East Finchley, it is societys most vulnerable members who have felt the crunch, reports Tomasz Johnson.
Proud to be living with Max
5:38pm Monday 9th June 2008
Watching your child star alongside some of the worlds acting greats in a Hollywood blockbuster would make any parent proud. But Sandy Lewis knew Max had more to prove than most, writes Caron Kemp.
How dogs are walking the walkies and talking the talk
5:06pm Thursday 5th June 2008
One in seven people in the UK has a registered hearing problem, with more than 650,000 considered profoundly or severely deaf. As Hearing Dog Week gets underway, CARON KEMP discovers how some four-legged friends are helping people live with the condition.
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Boy, seven, 'was driving crash car'
Updated 7:34pm Wednesday 23rd July 2008
Police are trying to establish whether a seven-year-old boy was driving a car which overturned.
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The year from hell
For some of us the year from hell has just ended. We are the lucky ones. For some of us it might go on for another few weeks, months, years. What am I going on about? Well if like me you’ve got a child completing year 6, you might just know. This is the year we all dread.
A shirty tale about superstition
When Mrs S joined the Citizens' Advice Bureau at West Hendon many moons ago her first "client", unbelievably, was a Chinese sea captain living on the Grahame Park Estate at Colindale seeking advice about getting a do-it-yourself divorce.
Hazards of the jog
I sure was braving the elements when I went for my final training run before the mighty 5km this Saturday. It was one of those moments when my "fight or flight" instinct was put to use - do I power through the slight breeze and impending drizzle or do I retreat through the security of my front door and settle back on the couch?
Music to its ears?
Apparently around now the baby can start hearing sounds. I have heard that if you read the same book over and over to the child it might end up becoming its favourite story even before it’s born.
Democracy by any other name
Barnet's full council meetings, the latest of which took place on Wednesday evening, are not exactly a shining beacon of democracy.
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