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Bees stung in stadium row
by JOHN POLLARD sports editor With a new season barely more than a week away, Barnet FC face the threat that the crowd capacity at Underhill Stadium could be reduced to around 1,000 by the Football Licensing Authority. The Bees' licence from the FLA expired
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CHC is vital
Barnet Community Health Council has worked to improve health services in the borough for 26 years. It has often been the only voice speaking up for the patient against authorities obsessed by cost-cutting. Now it is facing the axe. Under government plans
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Causing trouble
Will David Blunkett please make up his mind? Either the Secretary of State for education is in favour of grammar schools or he is not. A spokesman for his department told the Times Group this week the Minister was neither pro nor anti-grammar. Rather,
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End of anti-grammar school campaign?
by MATTHEW NIXSON education correspondent Anti-grammar school campaigners in Barnet have admitted they may not bother petitioning to abolish the schools this year. 'It's an absolutely huge job and we're thinking that it's not going to be worth chasing
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Sex offender named
by MATTHEW NIXSON A controversial campaign by a national newspaper to identify child sex offenders has stirred up grim memories in Barnet. Barry Elliston was featured in the News of the World on Sunday ,, 14 years after being jailed for indecently assaulting
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The arts centre will be built at Tally Ho
by LAURA BENJAMIN Barnet residents will be getting an arts centre after all. Approval for the £44million centre was granted at an 'extraordinary' meeting of the council on Thursday last week. Despite a huge amount of public protest, the complex will be
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Cheaper housing strategy
by LAURA BENJAMIN In a bid to attract special government funds, Barnet Council has pledged that between 30 and 50 per cent of new homes will be affordable housing for poorer families. Other strategies include boosting the supply of shared-ownership schemes
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Friday 4/8
Bushey Heath (Afternoon) Townswomen's Guildmeets at St Andrew's Methodist Hall, High Road, Bushey Heath; 2pm. Tel: secretary Miss J Lowe 0181 950 2054. British Dressage Midlands Regional Finalshosted by Patchetts Equestrian Centre; come and see the best
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Summer School Show The Palace Theatre, Clarendon Road, Watford; runs until tomorrow (Saturday), 8pm; tickets £5. Tel: box office 01923 225671. Children Rainbow Bigbottom colourful childrens' entertainer, full of magic, songs, lots of audience participation
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Lever is coming on leaps and bounds
Ex-Hillside pupil Jamie Lever, who has already taken top honours in this season's county athletics championships by winning a gold medal in the long jump and a bronze in the 100m, is setting his sights to achieve much more. Now being coached and trained
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Millionaires Diamonds all set to sparkle
Boreham Wood v Rushden & Diamonds Pre-Season Friendly, Saturday August 5, Meadow Park, Kick Off 3pm. Any reference to the Diamonds is usually prefaced by comments about their status as the Bank of England club of non-league football, but Wood fans
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Robbo returns to Charlton
Colin Payne announced this week that player-coach Mark Robson is to leave the club. He said: 'Robbo's been offered a job coaching the Youth Academy at Charlton (one of his former clubs), and he told me last Saturday that he was just waiting to sign on
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Classy Searles flashing blade leads the way for Shenley
Elstree II 139 Shenley Village 140-1 Shenley's victory wasn't all plain sailing. Elstree's batsmen were soon on the backfoot at 12-1 off 11 overs. But with a small outfield and a quick onslaught of boundaries they raced to 82-2. Howlet (56) played a dogged
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Radlett power to an easy win
Radlett 205-5 Luton Town 93 ECB Home Counties Premier League Radlett continued their recent good form in the ECB Home Counties Premier League with an amphatic 112-run win against their old Hertfordshire League rivals, Luton Town. Openers Matt Evans and
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Pinnacle play second fiddle to Americans
Pinnacle Youth were represented by two U14 teams in the Watford Football Festival at the weekend. The B-team, who were in actual fact were U13s were beaten in their first match 6-0 by St Albans, but won their second against Mini Madrid 16-1. They were
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Act I: intrigue at the arts centre
Tally Ho Corner is due for redevelopment as a £44million complex featuring restaurants, shops, luxury housing and an arts centre. LAURA BENJAMIN and MATTHEW NIXSON ask what we will be getting for our money 'The new arts centre will be an accessible, inter-cultural
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Phone mast outrage
by MATTHEW NIXSON Anti-mobile phone mast campaigners took their battle to the Greater London Assembly on Monday. A 1,000-signature petition against a transmitter at Barnet fire station was handed to Green Party member Darren Johnson. He said: 'Siting
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Driver inexperience revealed
Lack of driver experience and training were the main causes of the Paddington rail crash that killed 31 people, including a Muswell Hill commuter, an inquiry heard last week. Computer expert Rasak Ladipo, 33, of Constance Court, was one of the victims
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Larry leads the challenge
Shaftesbury Barnet's European Cup triple jump hero Larry Achike leads a parade of Sydney Olympics team contenders in action for the final British Athletics League Division One meeting at Barnet Copthall Stadium on Sunday. But Achike, who helped Britain
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Poor batting leaves Stanmore looking into the league abyss Wembley 199-9 dec. Stanmore 107 Grolsch Middlesex County League Division One With two to go down to Division Two, Stanmore have dropped into the bottom two as Wembley climbed above them with this
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Magnificent Hood leads the way Brondesbury 290-6 dec. Winchmore Hill 152 Grolsch Middlesex County League Division One A magnificent innings by opener Mike Hood (162 not out), including 22 fours and three sixes, set Brondesbury on the way to a 138-run
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Ashia fights foot injury to make trials
Ashia Hansen, Shaftesbury Barnet's world indoor triple jump record-holder, is battling to get fit for the Olympic trials at Birmingham from August 11-13. Though Ashia has an outdoor personal best of 15.15 metres that makes her a leading British hope for
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Rest earned
Barnet 0 Watford 3 Friendly Barnet's usually dependable defence fell victims of the same ploy twice, and trailed 2-0 against Watford at half time in Saturday's friendly. Following a half-time shake-up, they improved, only to concede a third goal in the
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Feeder frenzied
Angered by the decision of the Football Conference to recognise only the Northern Premier and Dr Martens Leagues as feeder competitions for the 2002/03 season, Ryman League offcials are taking the issue to the Football Association. A league circular says
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Sweet revenge for Stanmore
Stanmore 211 Brondesbury 159 Evening Standard Trophy Peter Edwards enjoyed a reputation for several years as one of the outstanding all-rounders on the club cricket circuit. Though a veteran, wily Edwards showed that he's still a match-winner with a superb
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We deserve a better Post Office
On Thursday I paid my first visit to the new Post Office in Shenley Road. I had expected to see a bright, cheerful new office. I was disgusted and appalled to see a miserable, third-rate place situated ignominiously in the back corner of a store; the
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Police hunt sex attacker
Witnesses to an alleged attempted rape in Borehamwood's Tempsford Avenue could hold the information the police need to find out what happened. A 19-year-old woman was attacked by a man in his early or mid-twenties, who she had met in a pub on July 23,
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Companies fined after teenager is injured at work
A Borehamwood employment agency and a warehousing company have been fined following an incident in which a teenager was injured doing temporary work. Select Appointments Plc, which has an office in Shenley Road, and Pannell Warehousing Ltd, of Chester
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So it seems that people with mobility problems will not be the only ones inconvenienced by the new Elstree and Borehamwood Rail Station. This week Railtrack's plan was criticised because although the station is being moved, the footbridge will remain
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The Revolver revival
The Beatles Band perform the whole of Revolver ,, one of the Fab Four's most popular albums ,, at the Torrington on Sunday. LEIGH COLLINS speaks to them The excitement of the Fab Four both in their Cavern-era days and the live world premier of 'Revolver
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Free fishing for everybody
For those lazy summer Sunday mornings, what could be finer than a relaxing spot of fishing on Hampstead Heath? Every Sunday morning from August 6 until September 3, the Corporation of London is offering free angling courses to everyone from young novices
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This belongs on the scrapheap Popcorn rating: 1.5 out of five Gone in 60 Seconds (15) Summer blockbuster season continues with this remake of a little-known 1974 car-smash movie. Nicolas Cage stars as Randall 'Memphis' Raines, a man who was once the world's
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GONE IN 60 SECONDS (15) See review. (Barnet Odeon, Finchley Warner Village, Hampstead ABC, Staples Corner UGC) THE ROAD TO EL DORADO (U) Fun cartoon about two chancers travelling in search of the legendary city of gold in the year 1519. Features forgettable
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Where is Cliffs bus?
For some strange reason the Elstree Cliff Richard musical film Summer Holiday has prompted two requests for information from me. First a television company rang up and asked if I knew where the London Transport double decker bus featured in the movie
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Oy vay! The Rabbis coming to Radlett
Most of us are probably hoping for some sustained sunshine before we start contemplating the Autumn, but the Radlett Centre is already looking forward to September. Among the shows which are selling well include An Evening With Rabbi Lionel Blue, which
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Arson attacks a threat to life
Firefighters in Borehamwood are dealing with more and more deliberate fires started in rubbish bins. Over the last week they have been called to three such incidents, which could have easily spread to neighbouring properties and caused significant damage
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Tanks a lot to the clear-up team
A dedicated team of volunteers were this week busy clearing up the backlot at Elstree Film Studios as part of a project to provide extra facilities at the site. Elstree Film and Television Studios sponsored a team from Borehamwood-based charity Working
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Puff piece
I refer to Jeni Connibeer's article on giving up tobacco in last week's paper, and in particular her references to the Austin Technique. This method was devised by Valerie Austin and uses advanced structured hypnotherapy. Hypnotherapy has been proven
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Arts centre development really hits the bullseye
As one of the partners in the new arts centre scheme in North Finchley, and the director of the existing professional venue in the borough, I am writing on behalf of The Bull to state our support for the future of the arts in Barnet and particularly this
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Question corner
The current interest in the tower at Tally Ho raises a number of important issues which can be addressed by the following questions. Should the borough have an arts centre? If so, is Tally Ho the most appropriate site for it? Should other uses of the
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Council has its priorities wrong
A council survey identified pollution, waste and traffic jams as the top concerns for Barnet residents. Least popular was 'investing in the arts, including an arts centre' ,, 837 people thought this should the council's least priority, against only 48
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Warming up for the show
With big bands, majorettes, police dogs, funfairs, and a horticultural show ,, the summer is only beginning. Organisers are shaping up for the final event of the Pimms and strawberries season as the countdown starts for the Friern Barnet Summer Show held
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Masks: Mystery, Masquerade and Mischief an exhibition featuring a range of masks drawn from many cultures; Museum of St Albans, Hatfield Road, St Albans; open until Sunday, November 5, Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday 2pm to 5pm; admission free.
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Rangers rocked
Boreham Wood 3 QPR XI 1 Pre-season Friendly To the strains of Queen and Five's We Will Rock You, Wood took to the pitch on Saturday afternoon to continue their sparkling pre-season programme. However, under the blistering sun it was their visitors who
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Wood tuned-up to bounce back
Berkhamsted Town 1 Boreham Wood 4 Pre-season Friendly Four second-half strikes at Broadwater on Tuesday evening took Wood's goalscoring total to a healthy 16 in the space of eight days, as manager Colin Payne continues to fine tune his squad for the campaign
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Bob and Phil return
Boreham Wood v Stevenage Borough Pre-Season Friendly, Tuesday August 8, Meadow Park. Kick off 7.30pm For the first time since their departures last year, Phil Wallace and Bob Makin return to Meadow Park as Conference giants Stevenage Borough arrive for
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Health club
bosses in planning rift by JENI CONNIBEER Health club bosses have hit back at claims their exclusive new Friern Barnet club could be in breach of planning regulations. Fitness company Esporta is set to open a club with pool, sauna, bar and gym at the
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Barnet's health watchdogs face the axe under new Government scheme by JENI CONNIBEER Amid all the good news announced for the health service last week came a crashing blow for Barnet's health watchdog. The Community Health Council (CHC), which acts as
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Borough hospitals receive £300,000 cash boost
by CAROLINE IMPEY Patients staying in the borough's hospitals can expect cleaner wards soon thanks to a £300,000 cash boost. The money is part of the Government's multi-million pound pledge to revolutionise the NHS ,, slashing waiting times and creating
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Thatcher pays tribute to election agent Roy
Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has paid tribute to the man who helped her win six elections as Finchley MP. Lady Thatcher described Roy Langstone, her election agent of 20 years standing, as an 'unusual' man who always got results. Speaking at
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Clock ticking on car crime
by ISABEL COE Hertfordshire police have launched Operation Stopwatch to crack down on the growing tide of car crimes. It is a little known fact that the maximum sentences for stealing a car and stealing from a car are the same ,, seven years in prison
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Fight on to preserve post
by MATTHEW NIXSON During the dark days of the Blitz it provided a base for air raid wardens on bomb watch. Now the former Whetstone air raid post (ARP) is a graffiti-covered haven for the homeless and falling to ruin. The reinforced concrete shelter,
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Bid for transport cash
A bid to squeeze £5million out of the GLA's budget for transport in the borough has been put forward by Barnet Council. An interim transport plan has been drawn up for the next five years which lays out the council's transport strategy and targets the
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On the glory trail
Barnet Copthall swimmers Chris Holmes and Marc Woods will be going for gold in the Paralympics in Sydney in October. Holmes has already gained a total of nine golds in Paralympic races for the partially-sighted, in Seoul (1988), Barcelona (1992) and Atlanta
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Village skittled
Mill Hill Village 58 Indian Gymkhana 59 -1 Middlesex Championship Division One Mill Hill Village suffered an extraordinary batting collapse last Saturday to lose to top side Indian Gymkhana by nine wickets. Batting first on a deplorable wicket, the Village
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Ford widens the divide
Hornsey 181 Finchley 182-5 Grolsch Middlesex County League Division One Leaders Finchley, the only unbeaten side in the division, gave a sound all-round performance in a comfortable victory at Park Road that left them eight points clear of nearest challengers
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Barnet crash
Barnet 136 Staines and Laleham 138-3 Grolsch Middlesex County League Division Three Leaders Barnet suffered their second defeat in three weeks, going down to Staines and Laleham by seven wickets on Saturday. Barnet were put in on a wicket that was not
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Price is right for Sydney
Sarah Price, Barnet Copthall's 21-year-old backstroke star, booked her flight to Sydney with superb performances over 100 metres in the Olympic trials, incorporating the ASA championships at Sheffield. Price, of Galdana Avenue, New Barnet, won her semi-final
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Dont invite the burglars
As a representative of Neighbourhood Watch for my own road, I am rather dismayed at the carelessness of householders who leave an open invitation to burglars - day and night - to come into their houses and help themselves, and leave their cars with easy
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Scouts look forward to a new home
Further to recent articles about the proposed housing development on the site of the 1st Elstree and Borehamwood Scout Group at Arundel Drive, I would like to make clear the position of the group. We would welcome the opportunity to move to the proposed
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Brook House to be sold off
A Borehamwood residential home controversially closed by the county council five weeks ago is likely to be sold for housing development, it emerged this week. Hertfordshire County Council has announced that it is looking into applying for planning permission
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Patients to have their say on health changes
Major changes to the way NHS services are managed in Hertfordshire are set to take place next year with the aim of improving health care across the county. The National Health Service is currently asking Hertfordshire residents for their views on a series
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GOLDERS GREEN: Golders Green Unitarians are having a charity summer lunch in aid of Friends of the Earth at 31.5, Hoop Lane, at 12.30pm. Home-made meals for a minimum donation of £3. 020 8933 9234Sunday 6 FINCHLEY: Finchley Ramblers Group is taking an
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Arts carnival to parade for town
A spectacular carnival and fete will take place in Borehamwood next month as the culmination of the borough council's Millennium Arts Festival. The carnival, on Sunday, September 17, will feature more than 100 professional performers with acts ranging
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Battle for the Hill is over
A much-loved Borehamwood school launched shortly after Britain went to war in 1939 was this month forced to finally accept defeat in its own battle to remain open. The moment staff and pupils at Hillside School had been dreading came two weeks ago when
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Car chase ends in crash
A high-speed car chase ended in a crash and the arrest of a 21-year-old man on Monday afternoon. The police spotted the man driving a VW Polo in Borehamwood at 2.40pm, and tried to pull him over because the car had been reported stolen from Manor Way
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Green to be named after German twin
A small corner of Radlett is set to become German territory as part of a scheme to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the village's twinning with Lautertal. Ten years ago the German town named one of its squares Radlett Platz as a gesture of good will
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Pensioners and kids join up to Paint the Town Red
A Shenley woman hopes to bridge the generation gap by bringing people from retirement homes together with the village's children. Linda Lam, from Russet Drive, plans to bring 60 people from retirement homes around the village to the Walled Garden in Shenley
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BPU debate
Your headline and article on page seven of your paper on July 27, reporting the Barnet Community Health Council meeting, did not make clear either members or my views about the consultation on the Barnet Psychiatric Unit (BPU). It also did not report
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Building woes
I am writing to you about the recent speculation concerning the state of Ashmole School. I am currently in year 12 at Ashmole and will return in September as an upper sixth student and headw girl. Ashmole is one of the best schools in the borough thanks
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Ageist gossip
I had to laugh when I saw the depths your new gossip column, Between the Lines, has fallen to. Whoever your so-called mole was on the Terrace of the House of Commons at the reception to celebrate 50 years of Conservative rule in Chipping Barnet, I would
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Clearing up after travellers is costing us all
Last Wednesday saw the return of travellers to Mill Hill Park without warning. Fortunately the council and the police were able to use the existing eviction order to remove illegal squatters by Thursday afternoon. As before, in countless occasions across
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Monstrosity
So the Lib/Lab pact on Barnet Council has voted to go ahead with the Tally Ho arts complex and also agreed to spend thousands of ratepayers' money each year running it. When all our schools are fully staffed and repaired our parks locked at night, council
