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Food hygiene ratings handed to three Barnet restaurants
Three Barnet outlets have new ratings from the Food Standards Agency reports Will Grimond, Data Reporter New food hygiene ratings have been awarded to three of Barnet’s restaurants, cafes or canteens by the Food Standards Agency. Restaurants, cafes and canteens The following ratings have been give...
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Less than three-quarters of A&E arrivals at the Royal Free London seen within four hours
73% of A&E patients at the main hospital trust serving Barnet were seen within four hours reports Clara Margotin, Data Reporter
New £7m City Hall funding to help stop pollution entering London rivers
It comes after the mayor promised in his manifesto to bring London’s waterways up to a “swimmable” level of cleanliness by 2034
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Khan hopes to save tube station book exchanges
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Four Tory-run councils reject London Green Belt review – but Labour-run Barnet will take part
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Road closures: six for Barnet drivers over the next fortnight
Six delays on the A1 and M1 for Barnet drivers to avoid reports Clara Margotin, Data Reporter
One in eight patients in north central London have a poor experience with their GP
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Nearly a third of children have rotting teeth in Barnet
30.1% of five-year-olds in Barnet had dental decay in the 2023-24 academic year reports Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
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Nearly a third of toddlers in Barnet underdeveloped
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Almost every bed at the Royal Free London occupied as many filled by patients fit to be discharged
98% of beds at the main hospital trust serving Barnet were occupied at the beginning of February reports Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter
Barnet restaurant handed new food hygiene rating
The Coffee Place & Breakfast in North Finchley has a new rating from the Food Standards Agency reports Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Tories defend Finchley seat in Barnet Council by-election
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Khan likens Ramadan to ‘pre-season training’ for year ahead
Along with London's other 1.3 million Muslims the mayor is fasting between dawn and sunset each day during March
Barnet Local Plan officially adopted despite last-ditch ‘Save Our Edgware’ appeal
Concerns over tower block heights and housing density in Edgware remain but cabinet member says "ship has sailed" on opposition to development
London’s exclusion from government regeneration fund angers borough bosses
London Councils argues capital is home to "some of the most deprived communities in the country" and should have been handed cash