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Half of private rental homes in Barnet fail to meet band C energy efficiency rating
51% of private rental properties with a rating in Barnet were rated C or above in the year to March
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Barnet road closures: two for motorists to avoid over the next fortnight
Two delays on M1 for Barnet drivers to avoid
Tube strikes set for November but Khan ‘confident’ they’ll be cancelled
Two different trade unions have backed strike action across four different days next month
Final go-ahead given by Sadiq Khan for Whalebones Park development
Plans for 115 homes up to five storeys in height and within a conservation area have been controversial locally
Food hygiene ratings handed to two Barnet establishments
The Strudel Cafe and Sam's Chicken in Finchley have new ratings from the Food Standards Agency
Barnet house prices increased slightly in August
The average Barnet house price in August was £596,638
One in 20 people in Barnet in contact with mental health services
21,505 people in Barnet were in contact with services at some point in the year to March
Barnet restaurant handed new food hygiene rating
Japanico has a new rating from the Food Standards Agency
North London mental health team pick up parliamentary award
North London Forensic Collaborative (NLFC) triumphed at the NHS Parliamentary Awards in Westminster
New ‘toolkit’ to help tackle misogyny in London primary schools
City Hall resource developed by educational experts will use “workshops, drama and interactive sessions” to champion “healthy and respectful attitudes”
Changes to HS2 being ‘actively considered’
Transport minister confirms talks are ongoing as reports suggest high-speed connection to Crewe is now planned
Work starts on Europe’s first museum dedicated to anti-apartheid history
The former North London headquarters of the exiled African National Congress (ANC) will be transformed into the Centre of Memory and Learning
TikTok star told to stop filming on tube
'Tube Girl' has 800,000 TikTok followers but has been forced to stop filming ‘paid partnership’ videos on London Underground
‘Good’ rating for Barnet Council’s children’s services
The council was praised for its “improved” services and its “focus” on improving children’s outcomes
Hundreds of thousands of fit notes given to patients in NHS area covering Barnet
263,872 fit notes were provided by GPs in the former NHS North Central London CCG area
More than 100k London pensioners at risk of losing winter fuel allowance despite being eligible
The government announced in September that the winter fuel payment will now be means tested
Developer wins approval for High Barnet office redevelopment after affordable housing row
Developer Moxon One wins approval for the third version of its plans with more than 100 homes now proposed
Food hygiene ratings given to three Barnet establishments
Three local outlets have new ratings from the Food Standards Agency
Half of Londoners on low wages resort to using foodbanks, report finds
Nearly one quarter of the capital’s lowest-paid workers have been going to a foodbank as often as once a week or more
Barnet road closures: two for motorists to avoid over the next fortnight
Two closures on the M1 for Barnet drivers to avoid