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Strategy for meeting new homes target unveiled

Barnet Council's draft Local Plan due to go out for public consultation

By Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter

Local MP urges residents to help stop High Barnet housing scheme

Chipping Barnet MP urges residents to submit views on Whalebones scheme, now set to be decided at planning inquiry

By Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter

More public services set to return to council control

Barnet Council seeks to return privatised services to direct authority control

Dental staff spitting teeth at council parking fines

Council admits Covid-19 parking advice had not been clear enough

Concern over rise in homeschooling in Barnet

Council writes letter to government to express homeschooling fears

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Strategy for meeting new homes target unveiled

Barnet Council's draft Local Plan due to go out for public consultation

By Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter

Local MP urges residents to help stop High Barnet housing scheme

Chipping Barnet MP urges residents to submit views on Whalebones scheme, now set to be decided at planning inquiry

By Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter

More public services set to return to council control

Barnet Council seeks to return privatised services to direct authority control

Dental staff spitting teeth at council parking fines

Council admits Covid-19 parking advice had not been clear enough

Concern over rise in homeschooling in Barnet

Council writes letter to government to express homeschooling fears

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Keep active and support vulnerable young people

Young Barnet Foundation launch a fundraising campaign to support vulnerable young adults

By Young Barnet Foundation

The food plants everyone should grow

When growing your own food, start with a plan and work from there

By Wendy Alcock

Barnet residents call for action to tackle Uyghur persecution

Barnet residents are calling for further action to tackle the persecution of the Uyghur people - following steps taken earlier this week.

Prescribing happiness

Social prescribing may be the answer to tackling loneliness in Barnet

Green spaces are a lifeline

Karin Oleinikova of Heath Hands wants videos from local residents on how they connect to nature.

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The vulnerable have scant legal protection

Caroline Walton's 92-year-old mother is facing eviction from the residential care home she has lived in for the last six years

By Caroline Walton

Taking notice and connecting

In this month's Barnet wellbeing column Rory Cooper says life in lockdown can feel like Groundhog Day.

Local blogger on animal welfare and women's rights

Local blogger is up for Animal Star Award and shares her experiences as UN Women UK Delegate for the Commission on the Status of Women

A note from the editor

I am thrilled to be given the opportunity to edit Barnet Post

Making connections that matter

Ruth, a befriender for Age UK Barnet, reflects on her experiences.

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High Barnet chamber music festival awarded Arts Council grant

A new chamber music festival has been launched in High Barnet to celebrate the start of summer and the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions.

By Bella Saltiel

Review: North London Story Festival

The North London Story Festival focused on transformations in literature

By Amanda Symbor

Nature can heal the mind

Thierry Giunta's personal essay and photos explore the healing power of nature.

Students organise the North London Story Festival

Student-led storytelling festival organised by Middlesex University considers transformations in literature and writing

Independent Phoenix Cinema awarded culture recovery grant

The Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley has had to close its doors for months but there has been a silver lining.

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Finding health and happiness in local history

How much do you know about the history of where you live?

550th anniversary of the Battle of Barnet

Barnet Museum is marking the anniversary of the Battle of Barnet by hanging replica heraldic banners on the lampposts of Barnet High Street.

By Mike Noronha

The History of Barnet Museum

Survived a Nazi bomb, survived council cuts and now surviving the pandemic?

Vicar tells of community's shock at vandalism in Hendon churchyard

Several graves at St Mary’s Church, the oldest parish Church in Hendon and the London Borough of Barnet were vandalised last week.

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Hive buzzing to help vaccine effort

The Hive Foundation is ‘happy to be able to play a small part in the national effort’ to combat Covid-19.

By Bella Saltiel