As a former cost analyst for the Post Office, it is quite clear to me that it is having to close outlets as a result of being forced to maintain such a long price freeze by the Labour-appointed regulator, Postcomm despite long since having one of the
The concerns that Andrew Dismore MP has shown for the number of private dwellings as opposed to social housing being put forward for estate regeneration over in Hendon is shared by myself and many residents on Dollis Valley estate. This estate is also
The first poles were planted triumphantly more than a month ago, but a series of practical hiccups mean Orthodox Jews are still waiting for the completion of the north-west London eruv. The majority of the 84 poles, which will enclose an area west of
It could mean no more parking tickets or your dustbins going unemptied for a week, but Barnet Council workers promised their industrial action will intensify if this week's strike has no effect on employers. Members of the GMB and Unison public service
A FLYING instructor and his student were forced to land their aircraft in a Chorleywood field after experiencing engine faliure on Saturday, September 28, at about 1.44pm. Mr Dominic Kenny, 44, a part-time flying instructor from The Pilot Centre, in Denham
Barnet FC have indicated they could demolish Underhill to make way for a brand new stadium if the council fails to come up with an alternative site for the football club within three years. The radical plan, which is emphatically a last resort' for the
Hundreds of schoolchildren stayed home yesterday because of union action, but headteachers showed sympathy for the strikers. Administrative, security and catering staff brought an estimated 22 primary schools and one secondary school in Barnet to a stand-still
Barnet Council will be taken to the High Court by residents in Partingdale Lane over the decision to reopen the former rat-run to traffic. Mel Simpson, who lives in Partingdale Lane and wants the road kept closed for safety reasons, said: "There are so
Hundreds of people from Borehamwood and Shenley enjoyed a pick-me-up on Friday during the World's Biggest Coffee Morning. Mayor of Hertsmere Stuart Nagler was at the Borehamwood event, at Hertsmere Council's Civic Offices in Elstree Way, on behalf of
A Borehamwood pensioner lives in fear after repeated break-ins to her car this summer. She was just one of the victims of soaring crime figures in Hertsmere over the past five months. Hertfordshire Constabulary has had to cope with limited police numbers
Preparations are underway for The Radlett Centre's 2002 Christmas Pantomime Cinderella. A cast of eight professional adult actors and actresses will join around 40 children from Radlett, Borehamwood, Elstree and surrounding areas, to make this year's
Wood boss Micky Engwell is warning his players not to become complacent as they prepare to take on bottom-of-the-league Hampton & Richmond at home on Saturday. He said: "Hampton are in a false position at the moment, they are a very good team." But
The Hertsmere Flyers Swimming Club held its annual club championships at The Venue leisure centre in Borehamwood on Saturday. The championships gave swimmers the chance to show, in front of family and friends, how they have improved over the past year
Wood left Hampshire seething at the events which led to a draw on Tuesday evening. A second half refereeing display, which was beyond comprehension for most of Wood's travelling supporters, left Wood with nine players on the park, and an 89th minute Basingstoke
Police hunting for an escaped prisoner smashed their way into his sister's Borehamwood flat when she told them he was not there, a court heard on Monday. Officers searching for John Warth, aged 19, who had escaped from Hollesley Bay prison in Suffolk,
The building of shelters where young people can meet and socialise in the borough's parks could keep young people off the streets, according to the council. The Mayor of Hertsmere, Councillor Stuart Nagler, announced last week that the council was considering
A HERTFORDSHIRE policeman has been arrested on suspicion of making indecent images of children. The 32-year-old has been on the force for 12 years and was arrested on Monday morning (September 30) following a three month investigation. A police spokesman
HE swallows three foot swords, hammers six inch nails into his face and endures high voltage electric shocks. So the squeamish among you will not be in any hurry to see bizarre circus act Wasp Boy when he brings his weird and wonderful show to Watford
NATIONAL LOTTERY operator Camelot is believed to be planning a cost-cutting operation that could see around 100 jobs lost from its Watford head office. The high profile firm in Tolpits Lane is thought to be undergoing a comprehensive expenditure review
FOUR area managers from a major pub firm cycled 180 miles to raise money for children with leukaemia and cancer. Mr Mark McGinty, Mr David van Gestel, Mr Stuart Bowker and Mr Tom McLauchlan who work for J D Whetherspoon, met at the company's head office
A NEW nursery that was partly funded by a £12,000 lottery grant is to open in Hill End Lane, St Albans. The site for the new Ladybirds nursery was formerly used by the Trestle Theatre Company but thanks to the money from the lottery's new opportunities
PARENTS are being reminded by Hertfordshire County Council to apply in plenty of time to obtain a school place for their child. The deadline for applications for next September is October 15 for primary schools and November 5 for secondary schools. Last
A MOTHER who has been keeping her 13-year-old daughter out of school to avoid bullying has said she feels nothing has been done by the school to help. The St Albans woman has allowed her daughter to be absent from St Albans' Girls School for the past
AFTER a dismal 83 opening minutes at Clarence Park last night (Tuesday, October 1), St Albans produced a stunning come-back, and two late goals, to pick up a point against Purfleet and move a point clear at the top of the Ryman Premier League after second-placed
BARNET SUNDAY LEAGUE Herts Sunday Intermediate Cup: Broadway 3 Hatfield 2, Roving Reporters 8 Berkhamsted Tornadoes 0, Welwyn Garden 1 Vale Albanian 7. League Senior Cup: Five Bells 4 New Barnet 1. Premier Division: AC Piacenza 2 Southgate Panthers 1,
Tony Whiteman, of Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, who ran well on the track during the summer, took to the road and produced a good effort in the South of England Road Relays Championships at Aldershot on Sunday. In the men's senior contest, Whiteman and
Harpenden 20 Barnet Saracens Elizabethans 24 London League Three (North-West) Barnet Saracens Elizabethans left it late to complete their second league win and ensure a 100 per cent success rate in September. However, their victory over Harpenden should
Hendon 24 Old Haberdashers 29 Herts/Middlesex League Three North No excuses. Hendon lost their opening league game to Old Haberdashers, who punished their mistakes but looked vulnerable themselves. Hendon captain Laurence Lennon said: "The early season
Edgware swept to an impressive 3-1 win at Witham Town in the Ryman League Division Two on Saturday, wiping out memories of their FA Cup defeat of two weeks ago. Having had the lead given to them by Brian O'Leary wiped out by a penalty just before the
Division One (North) Wingate put up a gallant fight before bowing out to the Premier Division leaders St Albans 2-0 in a the FA Cup second qualifying round tie on Saturday. The visitors fell behind on 30 minutes to a simple Gary Crawshaw header. Scot
Two stunning goals by Matt Harrold were the highlight of an impressive first-half display by Wingate on Tuesday night that set the way for a 3-2 win at Wivenhoe Town in the Ryman League Division One (North). After firing a powerful shot into the corner
This was no FA Cup second qualifying round stroll for Hendon, even after Tooting's Youness Nabil was dismissed for a late challenge early in the second half. Hendon's Ryman League Division One (North) opponents put up a spirited performance and matched
Hendon stretched their unbeaten run to eight games with a 3-1 Ryman League Premier Division victory over Aylesbury on Tuesday, highlighted by another brace of goals from Eugene Ofori. In the 31st minute, Paul Yates slid a perfect pass towards Ofori, who
Tales of beer, George Best and the plight of Barnet FC were reprised when England legend turned TV pundit Rodney Marsh visited the borough. IAN LLOYD reports Rodney Marsh's mouth has a habit of landing him in trouble. In fact the outspoken Sky Sports
You might find it hard to sympathise with those being described as London's 'new poor' after all they are earning salaries of between £25,000 and £35,000 a year. But this is a new generation of Londoners who are finding it increasingly difficult to be
I believe that the proposed plans by Holiday Inn are a joke and should be thrown out immediately by Barnet Council. To erect an 83-bedroom hotel on the site of the Golden Eagle pub in Regents Park Road would detract from the area and make the roads far
Thank you for your feature on the hotel in Regents Park Road, Finchley. Residents are not just fighting over parking, they are fighting against the ridiculous suggestion of erecting the hotel itself on that site. The new Holiday Inn Express would stick
WHILE Watford try and pick up the financial pieces after the naiveity of the Vialli year, I thought it might be worth tracing how my own relationship with the Italian went through many stages. and how we adopted a policy of constantly turning the other
As Del-Boy Trotter, he was one of Britain's most loveable scoundrels. But acting legend David Jason, 62, this week revealed how that gift of making the nation laugh began more than 50 years ago at Northside School in Albert Street, North Finchley. "I
Barnet FC have indicated they could demolish Underhill to make way for a brand new stadium if the council fails to come up with an alternative site for the football club within three years. The radical plan, which is emphatically a last resort' for the
Five drivers braved yesterday's 24-hour Tube strike to take passengers between Finchley Central and Moorgate stations on the Northern Line. Only 11 trains were running across the London Underground network yesterday as RMT and Aslef union members went
Barnet councillor Vanessa Gearson has been selected as the Tories' prospective parliamentary candidate for Cheltenham in the party's first ever all-female shortlist. Ms Gearson, who is Barnet Tories' cabinet member for education and councillor for Hampstead
The school run could become a thing of the past in Borehamwood and Elstree after new safer walking routes were launched on Monday. More than 100 children from primary schools in Borehamwood and Elstree gathered at Aberford Park on Monday morning, for
Hertsmere's MP James Clappison has expressed alarm at soaring burglaries and crime in the borough over the past five months, revealed in figures released by the police. Borehamwood has suffered the worst crime in Hertsmere, with number of burglaries in
A 13-year-old girl from Borehamwood was savagely beaten by two older girls in Shenley Road on Tuesday. Nicola Wright was walking past the Oxfam shop at 8.15pm on Tuesday when she saw two older girls, aged around 17 and 20 years, stealing bags of clothes
An investigation by a safety inspector has decided there is no evidence an Elstree nursing home breached health and safety laws, after a resident who managed to leave was hit fatally by a car. The investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)
A MEMBER of the Royal family is to visit members of the Watford Social Centre for the Blind on Thursday to celebrate the club's 50th anniversary. His Royal Highness The Duke of Gloucester will join about 70 people for festivities at the centre in Croff
COUNCILLORS threw out controversial plans for 24 luxury flats in Watford on Monday. Developers wanted to demolish the disused New Victoria pub in Queens Road and replace it with one and two bedroom flats and adjoining car parking spaces. Planning officers
NEW parking controls which came into force this week have angered a doctors' surgery and traders in West Watford. On Monday, Watford Council installed several pay and display bays in Park Avenue. The move was designed to allay patients' fears over not
Relatives of Mothers' Day murder victim Billy Sullivan cheered as his killer was jailed for life at the Old Bailey on Friday. Mr Sullivan, 20, punched landscape gardener Richard Eccles, 38, of Leigh Hunt Drive, Southgate, during a fight in the former
Earning up to £45,000 a year would not be seen as a disadvantage by most. But as IAN LLOYD found out, it can be when getting onto the housing ladder Marc Edwards is 25, single, and a software developer earning around £30,000 a year. It is no surprise
Congratulations to Barnet FC and Barnet Council for reaching a sensible compromise over the club's stadium woes. The new plan gives the club a much-needed lifeline by giving them the 6,000-capacity required to win promotion to the Football League. In
We are asking our readers to look out for the unsung heroes of the borough. The Times Group has teamed up with LBC 1152AM radio station to bring you the New Year's Day Parade Roll of Honour awards. It will honour the little heroes of everyday life they
