Bar staff at the appropriately named Builders Arms in New Barnet are having to endure what they say is a living nightmare -- the pub is now surrounded by a building site which is preventing access for daytime customers.

With the loss of a central clearing point to support Barnet's foodbanks, organisers say there is added urgency behind the need for a day-long event in November to consider how to strengthen the distribution of supplies to needy families.

Residents concerned about plans for further development threatening the Dollis Valley Green Belt have formed an action group ahead of a public inquiry to be held in the New Year over a controversial proposal for a residential caravan site.

Residents at a Barnet care home were able to share in the wide recognition of World Alzheimer's Day with a chance to enjoy a special performance by the north London community group "Singing for the Brain".

School pupils are just some of the regular passengers who rely on the reinstated 84B bus service between Potters Bar and High Barnet -- a route which needs additional funding if its future operation is to be guaranteed.

Almost half the teaching staff at Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School, Barnet, have been there for at least ten years -- a record of long service that was described as "a remarkable achievement" by the headteacher Violet Walker.

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