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Benji raises £1,338 for charity on walk in tribute to grandad

A DETERMINED nine-year-old boy has walked 11 miles and raised more than £1,000 for charity in memory of his late grandfather.

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Armed robbers who targeted New Barnet payday lender jailed

TWO violent thugs who targeted a payday lender in New Barnet as part of a £50,000 crime spree have been jailed for armed robbery.

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Police hunting youths over building society robbery

POLICE are hunting three youths who robbed a building society in Edgware on Friday morning.

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Council names Capita as winning bidder of DRS contract

PRIVATE sector giant Capita is set to take over nearly £500million of Barnet Council services after winning the second major contract to be outsourced as part of the One Barnet outsourcing project.

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Bag snatcher slashed woman's hands during robbery in New Barnet

POLICE are looking for a man who slashed a woman’s hands in broad daylight during a violent handbag robbery on Saturday.

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Family's hunt for rare bone marrow donor pays dividends

A BROTHER and sister who launched a campaign to find their mother a bone marrow donor have told of their relief now that a match has been found.

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Patrick's cycling through France in memory of his father

A MAN from Totteridge is taking on some of Europe’s toughest roads to ride 1,000 miles in memory of his dad.

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Concert kicks off Dementia Awareness Week

A FREE concert will be held tomorrow to herald the start of Dementia Awareness Week.

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Short film scoops long list of gongs

A WRITER and producer from Finchley has seen his debut short film pick up a host of gongs at film festivals in the UK, Europe and beyond.

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Winning bidder for £250m One Barnet contract to be announced on Monday

THE winner of the second major contract being outsourced as part of the council’s One Barnet programme will be named on Monday.

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Three guilty of killing football fan during Champions League final

TWO thugs who stabbed a man to death outside a pub before attacking his father as he cradled his dying son have been found guilty of murder.

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Trio who made servant's life 'living hell' sentenced

A SECRETARY from Edgware who was part of a trio that raped, beat and threatened to kill an Indian servant that had come to the UK for a better life has been spared jail.

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Tory councillor quits cabinet schools role

CABINET member for schools Andrew Harper will give up his portfolio ahead of plans to quit the council altogether next year.

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Dramatic rise in rent relief claims

THE number of people applying to Barnet Council for help with their rent has more than doubled compared with this time last year, according to figures obtained by The Press.

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Game on as fans come to the rescue of festival stage

THE organisers of the East Barnet Festival have scored a last-minute winner after the Barnet Football Club Supporters’ Trust agreed to sponsor its young artists stage.

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Open garden event raises £3k for hospice

A COUPLE who opened up their garden in Mill Hill to the public have raised more than £3,000 for the North London Hospice.

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NHS's new look is outlines to elderly

MORE than 200 elderly residents turned out for a day of talks aimed at informing them about changes in the NHS.

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Literary festival will examine how truthful works of fiction should be

THE Greenacre Writers Literary Festival is returning this Friday and Saturday, packed with a host of interesting discussions and workshops for literature fans as well as budding writers.

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Holiday sports fun for kids

A SPORTS camp for children aged four to 12 is being held in Finchley later this month.

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Four men charged in connection with armed robberies

OFFICERS investigating a spate of armed robberies between March and May have charged four men.

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