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No let-up in residents complaints
It may have been August, but there was no let-up in the number of complaints from residents popping up in my in-box.
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More directors and assistant directors, but Barnet Council still can't fix broken pavements.
BARNET Council has announced yet another restructuring, appointing 20 directors and assistant directors.
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We'll be back
"It would be idle to pretend we are not disappointed at the election results nationally and locally", Finchley & Golders Green candidate Jonathan Davies said at the declaration of the result in…
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Altan will provide an alternative voice for Garden Suburb on Barnet Council
Altan Akbiyik, the Liberal Democrat candidate in this Thursday's Garden Suburb Ward by-election, said: "I want to provide an alternative voice for the Suburb on Barnet Council, with a stronger focus…
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Estate development plans scuppered – now for the libraries
FOR the first time in 28 years I am not a member of Barnet's main planning committee. So when it met to determine a controversial application in my ward, I leapt at the opportunity to address the…
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Liberal Democrats take library campaign to the Town Hall
Liberal Democrat candidate for Hendon Alasdair Hill presented councillors with a petition against library cuts signed by more than 9,000 people at this week's Council meeting.
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Liberal Democrat Budget would protect libraries - and freeze Council tax
Liberal Democrat councillor Jack Cohen proposed an alternative budget at Tuesday's Council meeting, which included a council tax freeze and money to protect the library service.
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Alasdair Hill and Jonathan Davies to be candidates in Hendon and Finchley & Golders Green
Alasdair Hill and Jonathan Davies have been selected to stand in Hendon and Finchley & Golders Green constituencies respectively in this year's General Election.
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Traditions help to bring communities together
APPARENTLY 2014 has been the year of the selfie. Of course, self-portraits are nothing new. Rembrandt, Raphael and Van Gogh all painted themselves.
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Battling to give mental health sufferers the same treatment as other patients
EARLIER this week I heard about an email alert concerning a "weird" looking person seen in the road. I think it meant to say "someone behaving suspiciously".