Barnet & Whetstone Press News http://www.whetstone-today.co.uk All the latest news from Barnet & Whetstone Press Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:22:00 GMT Austere times...? http://www.whetstone-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=25444 TORY councillors have sparked fury among unions and opposition members after voting to award themselves colossal pay rises. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:22:00 GMT Unions’ disgust at pay rises as council workers face job losses http://www.whetstone-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=25439 UNION officials have reacted with anger and disbelief after their political masters voted to massively increase their allowances. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:22:00 GMT Tory councillor is punished for her stand against ‘immoral’ pay awards http://www.whetstone-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=25435 TORY councillor Kate Salinger has spoken out after being stripped of her extra duties following her abstention on the vote to increase members' allowances. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:22:00 GMT NHS must cough up £70m savings in running costs http://www.whetstone-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=25429 HEALTH chiefs have revealed they are to set about trying to save £30million this year in a bid to cut the running costs of NHS Barnet. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:22:00 GMT Barnet on cusp of a brave new world of healthcare amid radical NHS rejig http://www.whetstone-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=25425 BARNET is set to be in the vanguard of radical government plans to axe primary care trusts and hand power over to GPs and local councils. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:22:00 GMT £25k fine for Colindale lab after staff are put at risk by E.coli spillage http://www.whetstone-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=25420 THE Health Protection Agency has been hit with a £25,000 fine after admitting exposing staff at its Colindale laboratory to a spillage of E. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:22:00 GMT Data loss: council showed ‘poor regard’ for security, says information watchdog http://www.whetstone-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=25416 BARNET Council has been slammed by a government watchdog for failings that contributed to the details of 9,000 schoolchildren being stolen. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:22:00 GMT Man charged in connection with double murder http://www.whetstone-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=25407 DETECTIVES have charged a Kosovan man with murdering two men and attempting to kill a third during a spree of shootings across north London. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:22:00 GMT Armed raiders leave man, 75, seriously hurt http://www.whetstone-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=25400 DETECTIVES have appealed for help in tracing an armed gang after a 75-year-old man was left with serious injuries during a post office robbery. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:22:00 GMT 56 years for fags and booze gang’s £16m bootleg con http://www.whetstone-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=25396 A GANG has been jailed for a total of 56 years after flooding the market with bootleg vodka from a sophisticated factory. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:22:00 GMT Key to new site is handed over to College after five-year build http://www.whetstone-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=25389 STUDENTS enrolling at Barnet College will be welcomed into gleaming new buildings at the start of the September term following a £50million revamp of its Wood Street campus. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:22:00 GMT Charred remains identified after a gruesome find http://www.whetstone-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=25382 FIREFIGHTERS have made the gruesome discovery of the charred remains of a man from Edgware in a garage. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:22:00 GMT 64 years for drug dealers peddling cocaine in Hendon http://www.whetstone-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=25371 NINE members of a drug-dealing gang which pushed cocaine from an address in Hendon and laundered nearly £10million in an elaborate underworld scheme have been jailed for a total of 64 years. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:22:00 GMT Walkers beat heat for 22-hour cancer charity marathon http://www.whetstone-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=25367 THOUSANDS of walkers flocked to Southgate on Saturday for a 22-hour cancer charity relay. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:22:00 GMT