Barnet residents should know by late February the full extent of the expenditure cuts which will have to be imposed by the borough council to reduce a looming budget deficit which could still top £50million.

Whitings Hill Primary School is among the recent beneficiaries of a borough-wide Digital Inclusion project to repurpose surplus computer chrome books and laptops for use in schools across Barnet. 

Barnet Football Club has chosen a new site within the Green Belt at Underhill for a proposed £14 million new football stadium.

An exceptionally long festive decoration extending over 14 separate windowpanes at the Mama Fifi restaurant has won High Barnet's competition for the most imaginative Christmas window presentation.

Behind an unassuming front door just off Barnet High Street is the hustle and bustle of a café which for the last 70 years has been producing a constant supply of full English breakfasts, hot meals, snacks, sandwiches and an endless supply of teas and coffees.

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. 

  1. New local history play features life of Mary Livingstone, wife of famous explorer who lived on Hadley Green
  2. Redundant gasholder to be demolished as New Barnet site is redeveloped with up to 200 new homes
  3. Barnet Medieval Festival is relocating to farmland off Galley Lane with more space for Wars of the Roses re-enactments and camp sites
  4. Wide range of events entertained visitors at annual Barnet Christmas fayre despite a drizzly Sunday
  5. Exhibition celebrating 50th anniversary of High Barnet nature reserve and environment centre opens at The Spires shopping centre
  6. Plans to develop site of workshops on A1000 between High Barnet and Whetstone with new facility for self storage
  7. Four blocks of flats and 300 homes for High Barnet tube station, but all 160 car park spaces would be lost
  8. An array of festive events and almost 100 stalls offering seasonal gifts and food lined up for annual Barnet Christmas Fayre
  9. Christmas present for MP's son was a surprise gift in Santa's grotto at the Arkley Christmas bazaar
  10. First sixth-form pupils at new High Barnet secondary school determined to build on last summer's exam results
  11. Saving High Barnet's much-loved Tudor Hall for community use now a step nearer after "generous offer" of potential funding
  12. Go ahead for demolition of historic nurses' home at Barnet Hospital but still hopes it might be saved and refurbished
  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