Higher charges for car parking and residential parking permits have been announced by Barnet Council and will apply as from the start of the New Year. 

Events surrounding the history of a house on Hadley Green which for a few years was the home of the Victorian explorer Dr David Livingstone is the inspiration for a new play to be performed by a High Barnet drama group.

A 90-year-old cast iron framework which used to house a gasometer is to be demolished as part of a Berkeley Homes development in the northern half of the former gas works site in New Barnet.

A 12-acre field off Galley Lane will be the setting next June for what seems likely to be the largest medieval camp and re-enactment site staged by the town since the start of the recent run of events to commemorate the 1471 Battle of Barnet.

Braving the rain, the Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Tony Vourou, opened the annual Barnet Christmas Fayre, cutting a red ribbon stretched across the High Street.

Barnet's credentials as a green borough have been strengthened enormously by the dedication of volunteers who maintain the seven-and-a-half-acre nature reserve and environment centre off Byng Road.

  1. Plans to develop site of workshops on A1000 between High Barnet and Whetstone with new facility for self storage
  2. Four blocks of flats and 300 homes for High Barnet tube station, but all 160 car park spaces would be lost
  3. An array of festive events and almost 100 stalls offering seasonal gifts and food lined up for annual Barnet Christmas Fayre
  4. Christmas present for MP's son was a surprise gift in Santa's grotto at the Arkley Christmas bazaar
  5. First sixth-form pupils at new High Barnet secondary school determined to build on last summer's exam results
  6. Saving High Barnet's much-loved Tudor Hall for community use now a step nearer after "generous offer" of potential funding
  7. Go ahead for demolition of historic nurses' home at Barnet Hospital but still hopes it might be saved and refurbished
  8. Barnet Council planning to introduce higher parking charges and to withdraw an hour of free parking in Moxon Street
  9. Care home residents in Bells Hill enjoy a day engaged in arts and crafts with children from Barnet nursery
  10. Consultation in full swing as Barnet Football Club adds final touches to a planning application for new stadium at Underhill
  11. New bid by Transport for London and developers to get planning permission to build blocks of flats at High Barnet tube station
  12. Likely loss of High Barnet post office another blow for High Street and has angered loyal customers
  13. Local growth must be underpinned by co-ordinated transport planning
  14. The Spires developers must up their design game – and drop their building heights