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LOCAL ISSUES:
Our town is changing. Take your eye off the ball and something's gone. Like the old Victorian workhouse at Barnet Hospital, the 24 hour police station, the registry office or the old fire station in Lytton road. Barnet Football Club are still not 100% sure that they will be staying in the town, the Old Bull and Barnet Market face development. Barnet museum, staffed by volunteers, gets about £3,000 a year from a council where the average council tax is £1,200 a year. What do you think ?
What do you think about the name of Barnet being used to publicise various projects that are nowhere near where we live. This is an important part of BARNET4U and we will be covering them all.

Do you have a local issue?
Let us know, contact@barnet4u.co.uk
Send us your photos of local news such as this one taken in Leicester Road. What water shortage????

The Nathan Bovell Fund is holding a Catwalk Fashion show on Saturday 17th of May at the Emerald Suite which is located on North London Business Park off Oakleigh Road South.
Celebrity guest Mr Martin Offiah is hosting the raffle and there are some fantastic prizes some of which have been donated by local business's.
The clothes being modelled are second hand high street and designer women's clothes of all ages and all sizes and will all be on sale after the show, along with bags, shoes and accessories. Admission is £10 and includes light refreshments and a goodie bag.

July 11th 2006. Local councilors Wendy Yvonne Prentice (Conservative), Teresa Bridget Perry (Conservative) and Duncan Colin Macdonald (Liberal Democrat) today agreed to meet the police with regard to opening a youth club in High Barnet. WATCH THIS SPACE !

CRIMEWATCH: Fed up with crime in your area?
Our Man About The Town (Matt) gives his views on local crime and how you can get in touch with your local Safer Neighbourhood Teams Also how your community can get together and fight back. Click on sign.

COMMUNITY FIRE SAFETY:
Advice on safety in the home is available free from Barnet fire station. You can learn more by clicking here

STOP PRESS:
Murder at the Red Lion! Murder at Barnet church!
READ Barnet at the Old Bailey it reports past crimes in Barnet. See button on the left

POLICE WARNING
Rogue Traders are Operating in Barnet, EN5 area and one old couple have lost £40,000 to these callous thieves.
Their method of operation --- Cold call on vulnerable victims and persuade them to have building work done ( roofing etc). They ask for deposits for the work and also for the erection of scaffolding. They then start work and ask for more and more installments of money as time progresses. They seem happy to take the victims to the bank if necessary.
CLICK HERE FOR DESCRIPTION OF SUSPECTS AND VEHICLES

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM OUR LOCAL NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
As you are all aware, for the last few months we have been raising the issue that vehicle crime is very high on our ward.
Overnight of 20th - 21st March (possibly between the hours of 0300 & 0430) we had 11 cars broken into. This was in the area of Margaret Road & Victoria Road.
The previous night we had 5 cars broken into. Brownlow Close, Edward Road, Lancaster Road.
In the main, most had the front nearside (passenger) window smashed and the glove box rifled through. Many Sat Nav systems were stolen as were the cradles that hold them (even if they were not on view)
Over the last few weeks we have been trying to combat this by working into the early hours of the morning. The only information we have is that there is possibly a white van with a registration number similar to R419GBN which is involved.
The two occupants of the van were white males. If anyone spots a van with a similar registration, please let us know.
Could we please ask once again to pass onto your neighbours to KEEP ITEMS OUT OF SIGHT. REMOVE ALL EVIDENCE OF A SAT NAV SYSTEM. Please help us to help you and DON'T BECOME A VICTIM OF CRIME.