Nudging residents in the right direction

8:30am Friday 5th September 2008

Barnet will test out the latest fad in political theory, in a bid to improve the environment following a £100,000 grant.

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Achike hits back at Coleman ‘tainted with blood’ remark

8:20am Friday 5th September 2008

A Barnet Olympian has defended Team GB after the London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden branded Britain’s Olympic medal winners as “tainted with blood” last week. Brian Coleman, who is also a Barnet councillor, used a newspaper column to criticise Britain’s athletes for taking part in the Beijing Olympics while the Chinese government stands accused of human rights abuses.

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The scraps heap challenge

8:17am Friday 5th September 2008

Tackling food waste has become the latest battleground in the war against landfill and carbon emissions. TOMASZ JOHNSON asks whether the fight is being won in Barnet

Gang does time for theft of £750k-worth of watches

8:29am Thursday 4th September 2008

Masked robbers who stole more than £750,000 worth of jewellery from two shops in Brent Cross shopping centre have been jailed for a total of more than 37 years.

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Controversial cancer prevention aimed at schoolgirls

8:26am Thursday 4th September 2008

Health chiefs are urging schoolgirls to take up a vaccination against a sexually transmitted disease that causes cancer.

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Investigation underway after warehouse fire

8:22am Thursday 4th September 2008

Investigators have been examining the scene of a huge fire that destroyed a kosher food warehouse in Golders Green last Thursday.

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Film shows life at the sharp end

8:41am Thursday 4th September 2008

A hard-hitting short film on the impact of knife crime premiered in Hendon on Sunday.

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Patients to get sight-saving drug

8:34am Wednesday 3rd September 2008

Dozens of residents suffering from a degenerative eye disease could finally be given a sight-saving drug after a lengthy fight with health authorities.

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'Offensive' attack on Olympic athletes condemned

8:47am Tuesday 2nd September 2008

The London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden has drawn widespread condemnation for branding Britain’s Olympic medal winners as “tainted with blood” last week.

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Tapping into old resources

10:41am Tuesday 2nd September 2008

As the credit crunch forces many households to tighten the purse strings, Kevin Bradford looks at a way of getting hold of some little luxuries for free

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Goalkeeper jailed for blackmail

Updated 3:13pm Friday 5th September 2008

A goalkeeper who blackmailed a top Premier League footballer over a sex video has been jailed for 20 months.

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