Points failure led to Potters Bar crash

AN UNSAFE set of points caused a train to derail at high speed at Potters Bar killing seven people, an inquest has ruled.

A jury at the inquest into the crash concluded today that a set of points had been in an unsafe condition prior to the ... read on

In cold blood

A DRUG dealer who refused to reveal the whereabouts of the remains of the man he killed and dismembered in his own flat has been jailed for life.

Jamaican-born Dwayne Cupidon, 26, of no fixed... read on

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‘We are going to have a difficult time over the next four years. We are inevitably going to upset a few people’

THE leader of Barnet Council has hit back at claims that senior Tory councillors are lining their pockets with inflation-busting pay rises. After returning from her holiday in Spain which began immedi... read on

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Advice service may close after 28 years after grant is axed

STAFF working for an advice service fear it may have to close because of council cutbacks.

The East Finchley Advice Service, which is based in Church Lane, has helped more than 4,000 people i... read on

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Cutbacks by council hit vital patients’ group – just as it is needed by government

MEMBERS of a patients’ representative group says they are worried for the future as Barnet Council has terminated their administrator’s contract – just as their work has become vital in the future pro... read on

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Okoro misses out on the final

MARILYN OKORO’S quest for individual glory in the European Athletics Championships came to a premature end on Tuesday evening as she failed to make it through to the final of the women’s 800metres in ... read on

Hendon suffer narrow defeat against Brentford

HENDON gave a good account of themselves before eventually suffering a 1-0 defeat at home to a Brentford XI at Vale Farm on Wednesday evening.

The Greens played some attractive football but w... read on

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Wingate stun the Bees

WINGATE AND FINCHLEY secured a hugely impressive 1-0 victory over League Two outfit and near neighbours Barnet in their latest pre-season friendly at the Abrahams Stadium on Wednesday night.

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Wigglesworth enjoying life at Saracens

HE may have been at the club for less than a month, but Richard Wigglesworth insists that he has found it easy to settle in at Saracens.

The 27-year-old England international scrum-half joine... read on

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Finchley miss out in a low scoring clash

THEY may not be too worried about the threat of relegation from the top flight of the Middlesex County Cricket League at the moment, but Finchley remain just one place above the drop zone following th... read on

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