Take a stroll across Hadley Green and you will be struck by how peaceful it is ,, despite the presence of the nearby Great North Road. The popular heathland beauty spot provides much of the present ambience of Chipping Barnet. For hundreds of years people
by LAURA BENJAMIN All pensioners should receive a minimum income of £90 a week on top of housing expenses, according to Hendon MP Andrew Dismore. The Government's social security committee, of which Mr Dismore is a member, has recommended that the Government
by MATTHEW NIXSON Schools Minister Estelle Morris has again criticised Barnet for not passing on full increases in the education standard spending assessment (SSA) to schools. Rumours of a rift between the Government and the council were this week played
Home Secretary Jack Straw wants the power to snoop on criminals who use the internet to launder money. But SARAH MILLS asks if intercepting everybody's private e-mails will do more to hurt jobs and erode privacy The Government's new Regulation of Investigatory
by JOHN POLLARD Barnet FC's opening match of the season against Shrewsbury is going ahead. When Barnet met West Ham in a friendly on Monday, the north-west terrace was cordoned off and the temporary seating at the south end, installed during the weekend
Playing fields at Southgate's Ashmole school will be sold to a housing developer to pay for desperately needed building improve- ments. Barnet Council's environment policy development committee approved proposals which will release funds for vital repairs
WITH the prospect of a rubbish-burning incinerator still looming large over North Weald airfield, politicians have been voicing concerns over a planning inspector's views over rubbish disposal. A report into the future of waste disposal in Essex has named
Barnet 3 West Ham XI 4 (Friendly) Two talented youngsters in West Ham's precocious 18-year-old Joe Cole and highly promising 20-year-old Barnet striker Ben Strevens provided most of the highspots in Monday's entertaining friendly at Underhill. Cole was
After figuring in the Nationwide League Division Three play-offs twice in the last three seasons, Barnet have been gifted a great opportunity to get off to a flying start in their bid to reach the final for the first time. Their first three games are
Stanmore 156 Evening Standard Trophy quarter-final Finchley's captain Jason Pooley was inspirational in the league leaders' fightback, following a mid-order slump against last season's trophy finalists Stanmore at East End Road on Sunday. With Finchley
Walton & Hersham 1 Hendon 3 (Friendly) Hendon faced a stiffer test than during their 1-0 win at Berkhamstead on Saturday when they faced Walton on monday night. Manager Frank Murphy took 19 players with him to Surrey and made eight substitutions after
Stevenage 219-5d Stortford 223-5 Stortford won by five wickets (Saracens Herts Premier Division) A BRILLIANT century by skipper Ben Debenham helped Bishop's Stortford to a five-wicket success over Stevenage. Batting first, Stevenage punished some slack
In last week's issue your young reporter makes a novel mistake. Referring twice to wartime shelters as 'an ARP' is like calling a rocket a nuclear arms programme. ARP stood for Air Raid Precautions and covered Government, local and personal provisions
Youngsters drinking on streets of Borehamwood are having their alcohol seized and poured away in front of them in a police bid to cut under-age drinking and nuisance behaviour. Hertfordshire police are also investigating off-licences suspected of selling
The council consultative Agenda 21 document and plans were sold to residents by stating the Friary area would have less traffic, less speeding and no large lorries. So why is it such a shambles? The agreed planned traffic calming proposals did not show
When we are admitted to hospitals, whether NHS or private, we expect and trust that our illnesses and injuries will receive the best treatment in a clean environment. Therefore it comes as a big shock to learn around 5,000 people die every year from deadly
Is this newspaper the only organisation concerned about the Government's decision to abolish community health councils? Judging by the lack of coverage of the story in national newspapers it would seem so. And now it has been claimed the decision was
National newspaper library accused of 'eroding' history by JENI CONNIBEER The dumping of two-and-a-half miles worth of newspapers from a world-class collection in Colindale has outraged a Barnet historian. John Frost, of Monks Avenue, East Barnet, has
The firebrand former chairwoman of Barnet Community Health Council (CHC) has been blamed for the government's decision to wipe out CHCs across the country. Tireless campaigner Elizabeth Manero ,, who chaired the health watchdog for more than three years
Travellers in a field on the outskirts of Borehamwood say they are on their way back to Barnet. Garden Oak which owns the A1 Golf Centre served an eviction notice on the travellers. And yesterday its solicitor obtained a court order, giving them until
Scheme failed The Friary zone traffic calming scheme has failed. Members of the environment policy development committee approved the withdrawal of the scheme at a meeting on Tuesday. The scheme, costing more than £400,000, was unpopular with residents
A Barnet mother this week spoke of her 'hardworking and happy' son who was killed in a head-on collision with a bus. Cane Shrowder, 21, of Woodville Road, died of multiple injuries after his scooter crashed in Whetstone on December 17 last year. The trainee
Police are growing increasingly concerned for the safety of a New Southgate teenager. Tania Moreno, 17, was last seen by her family at her home in Upper Park Road at 8.30am on Monday after telling them she was on her way to spend the day at a summer school
A body found in a Friern Barnet flat on Tuesday lay undiscovered for up to six weeks ,, despite neighbours' complaints of a foul smell. The young woman, believed to be aged 28 and of Greek extraction, was discovered in the bath at a flat in Neville House
TIMBER built roundhouses, tools and pottery from a 3,400-year-old middle Bronze Age village have been unearthed during excavation work on the eastern fringe of Stansted Airport. Archaeologists have discovered a village of about eight or ten buildings
Grolsch Middlesex County League Premier Division Paul Goodison played his best innings since joining Brondesbury last season, striking 12 fours and a six in his brilliant 98 to keep the defending champions in the hunt for league honours again this season
Mill Hill 135-6 Middlesex Championship Division One Arch rivals Mill Hill Village and Mill Hill did little to bolster relations when they fought out a volatile local derby last Saturday. Batting first on a damp, turning wicket, the Village struggled to
him in Sydney frame Shaftesbury Barnet's Anthony Whiteman, who had already achieved an Olympic qualifying time for the 1500m, was inside the required standard for 800m with a superb win in 1min 45.81 seconds in the Norwich Union Grand Prix meeting at
BISHOP'S STORTFORD manager Martin Hayes was far from Blue despite his side's 4-1 defeat by Charlton Athletic on Saturday. Hayes sang the praises of his boys who battled hard against their young opponents in an entertaining encounter at the Woodside Stadium
Shaftesbury Barnet's men were fourth in the final British League Division One meeting at Copthall Stadium on Saturday, and fourth in the final table. After 11 of the 19 events, Shaftesbury were eighth and last. But the 5,000m sparked an upturn, with Nick
BISHOP'S STORTFORD Running Club were well represented in the Harlow ten-mile road race last weekend. The conditions were warm enough to make the runners work over the undulating course but the heat was not as punishing as last year. First home for the
Saturday 12GOLDERS GREEN: Golders Green Unitarians is having a charity summer lunch in aid of Guide Dogs for the Blind at 31.5 Hoop Lane, at 12.30pm. Home-made meals for a minimum donation of £3. 020 8933 9234 Sunday 13 FINCHLEY: Finchley Ramblers Group
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (15) See review. (Barnet Odeon, Finchley Warner Village, Hampstead ABC, Staples Corner UGC) MY DOG SKIP (U) Warm, involving drama for children about a socially-isolated boy growing up in a small, segregated Mississippi small town during
Your editorial (August 3) criticising the transfer of responsibility to scrutinise the NHS locally from Community Health Councils to local councils failed to mention the record of independent scrutiny already in the borough. Barnet Council has used its
Recently I discovered that a computer in an A&E department can hold information on a patients GP that is years out of date. The problem occurs nationwide and represents the statistical difference between the recorded total number of patients in the
The 1999 Barnet Arts Festival did not make a loss of £100,000 as reported by you (Arts Revival, July 27). It was funded within the council's annual budget and the net shortfall of £16,000 was contained within the arts budget. Pam Usher head of cultural
We are part of the Community Focus Wheelchair Happy-Go-Lucky Dance Group, which meets at Cottage Homes, Mill Hill. Unfortunately the hall is too small for everyone to take part. We all hope the proposed new arts centre in Tally Ho will be built and will
Fresh from the disaster of the Friary Park Environmental Area, our council is embarking on the catastrophe of the Tally Ho scheme, which no-one around here seems to want. Looking through the list of trustees and interested parties, it seems none of them
The letter from Alison Duthie of The Bull puts in perspective the small-minded carping about the Tally Ho regeneration scheme. Its potential for enhancing the arts, education, employment, health and entertainment amenities can only benefit us all, especially
Councillor Susette Palmer's letter was disingenuous (Times Letters, August 3). Since 1994 there has been a joint Liberal/Labour administration. The Liberals are never slow in claiming credit for popular initiatives. Equally they must accept the blame
