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Attacked dog recovers

2:10pm Wednesday 16th July 2008

Following the tragic heart attack and death of Michael Harrington after the ferocious attack on Danny, his muzzled greyhound, by three bull terriers in Gobions Wood, Brookmans Park, we would like well-wishers to know that Danny is now recovering slowly.

Leader: no nitty gritty

2:08pm Wednesday 16th July 2008

Councillor Lynne Hillan defends councillors’ pay by saying they work long hours (‘Taking the rise’, Times Series, July 10).

Resign and increase pay

2:07pm Wednesday 16th July 2008

Lynne Hillan received more than £30,000 last year from Barnet taxpayers for her part time job as a councillor (‘Taking the rise’, Times Series, July 10).

Appointments system is a mess

2:06pm Wednesday 16th July 2008

I cannot let your article regarding patients who fail to turn up for medical appointments (‘Time wasters’, Times Series, July 3) pass without comment.

Law is to protect not persecute

2:04pm Wednesday 16th July 2008

I would like to commend you on your article regarding Barnet Council’s aggressive parking restrictions (‘Ghost Town’, Times Series, July 10). But that is not the whole story.

Firefighters losing out

2:03pm Wednesday 16th July 2008

Our MPs vote inflation-busting pay increases for themselves and have just voted to keep their “John Lewis list” allowances (kerching!).

Forum has to listen

8:47am Saturday 12th July 2008

As a regular attendee of Hendon area forum, I am appalled by Councillor Brian Gordon's letter in your paper last week (Forum flack is absurd', Times Series, July 3) How dare he accuse residents of "disrupting" the forum? The whole point of these events is that, for a couple of hours, Barnet Council does the unthinkable - listens to residents.

Permits given in strict cases

8:44am Friday 11th July 2008

I write to reassure your correspondent regarding religious parking permits (Permits are electioneering', Times Opinion, July 3).

Office closure causes queues

8:05am Friday 11th July 2008

I was sorry to see Mrs Patel had to close my post office (Last post office is stamped out', Times Opinion, July 3).

Thanks for assistants

8:46am Thursday 10th July 2008

I am proud that Councillor Brian Gordon calls me Andrew Dismore's personal assistant, but the fact remains that I am a teacher in a secondary school and I attend the area forum regularly because, as a resident myself, I feel passionately about the issues raised at the forum.


National News

Boy, seven, 'was driving crash car'

Police are probing claims seven-year-old drove 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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