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Wednesday, 17 October 2012

The Guardian: "Large-scale privatisation of local government proved to be political poison"

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Link to web site "The outsourcing of individual council services to large private corporate companies such as Capita, Serco and...
Saturday, 13 October 2012

Sky: "Remembrance Day 2014: Calls To Close Shops"

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Link to Sky News video "There are calls for shops to be closed and major sporting fixtures to be postponed on the hundred-year an...
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Wednesday, 10 October 2012

[Reposted again from Feb 2011] Anaerobic Digestion: Accident and Description

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EXPLOSION!   - click above then read pages 10 and 11 of 'AD & Biogas News' BUT THE ARTICLE HAS BEEN CHANGED! "T...
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Barnet Times: "Cheers in packed Barnet County Court as Friern Barnet Library squatters' eviction hearing adjourned"

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Link to Barnet Times "Cheers rang out at a packed Barnet County Court this morning, as squatters occupying Friern Barnet Library ...

"Boris sends incinerator back to drawing board"

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Link to web site The Mayor’s office has moved to block controversial plans for a waste incinerator on the border of Croydon and Sutto...

LocalLondon: "Campaigners 'horrified' at revival of green belt waste plan"

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Link to web site "CAMPAIGNERS who thought they had defeated a proposed waste transfer station on green belt land have been 'h...
Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Unwanted? Barnet Times: "Petition launched against Haringey Council's appointment of Barnet Council chief executive Nick Walkley"

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Link to Barnet Times "A petition has been launched, urging Haringey Council not to hire Nick Walkley as the new chief executive. ...

Now is the time to come to the aid of Friern Barnet Library

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+ + + + + + +   F r i e r n B a r n e t   C o m m u n i t y L i b r a r y   + + + + ++ + Wednesday 10th Oct, 10am – Come...
Saturday, 6 October 2012

The Guardian: "Barnet's 'easyCouncil' chief executive quits to lead Labour-controlled Haringey" (Will he still want to move Barnet's dustcart depot from Barnet to Haringey?)

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Link to The Guardian "The council chief executive responsible for implementing the Conservatives' radical 'easyCouncil...

Mr Reasonable: "Barnet's Landmark Library - It will never happen"

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Link to web site "The rationale behind closing Friern Barnet Library is that it will be replaced, along with North Finchley Libra...
Friday, 5 October 2012

Daily Telegraph: "Code breakers are a ‘rum set of fellows’ says GCHQ boss"

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Link to Daily Telegraph "Iain Lobban, the director of the top secret listening station in Cheltenham, Gloucs, said he does not li...

Cyclist Inconveniences Met Policeman BU 60 BZL

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Mrs Angry: "A Night to Remember: One Barnet - the Captain refuses to go down with the ship" (and a new Chief Exec. for Haringey!)

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Link to Broken Barnet "Mr Nick Walkley, the Chief Executive of the London Borough of Broken Barnet, is leaving his post, in orde...
Thursday, 4 October 2012

Evening Standard: "X Factor finalist Melanie Masson: I’ll use fame to fight waste plant"

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Link to web site "A singer who is through to the X Factor live finals told today how she hopes to use her newfound fame to fight ...
Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Friern Barnet Library: News from the Bunker

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+ + + + + + +   F r i e r n B a r n e t   C o m m u n i t y L i b r a r y   + + + + ++ +   "FANTASTIC NEWS....TH...
Friday, 28 September 2012

Barnet Press: "Conservatives seek legal advice as Coleman defies apology order"

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Link to web site "THE Barnet Conservative group is seeking legal advice, after Brian Coleman defied orders to apologise for accus...
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Thursday, 27 September 2012

"Don’t let bats or dormice delay your [Pinkham Way waste plant] development"

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Link to Stephens Scown Solicitors "When you are planning a building development, it is sometimes the smallest issues (or creature...

Friern Barnet Library: colourful language

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+ + + + + + + F r i e r n B a r n e t   C o m m u n i t y L i b r a r y + + + + ++ +   Open Mic in Friern Barnet Libra...

The Guardian: "Plastic debris reaches Southern Ocean, previously thought to be pristine"

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Link to web site "The first traces of plastic debris have been found in what was thought to be the pristine environment of the S...

Sustainable? Should we build High Speed Two?

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Link to web site "This new report, commissioned from Greengauge 21 by the Campaign to Protect Rural England , RSPB and the Camp...
Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Barnet Press: " 'Waste plant plan on course,' says North London Waste Authority chief

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Link to web site "NLWA chairman Clyde Loakes said on Monday:  "The planning application for the site at Pinkham Way was pu...

The Guardian Diary, on Brian Coleman

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"Brian Coleman, former chair of the London Assembly, former chair of the mayor's fire authority in London, and until recentl...
Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Journal goes digital-only as Ham & High Broadway launch is revealed

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"The Hornsey Journal series is set to go digital-only later this month, with a new print edition of the Ham&High Broadway launc...
Monday, 24 September 2012

BBC: "Satellites trace sea level change"

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Link to BBC web site "A major reassessment of 18 years of satellite observations has provided a new, more detailed view of sea-l...

Alexandra Palace: "And Hello to Lookers-in, Everywhere!"

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Link to set of photographs Max Madonia Open House 2012 - BBC Studio (Alexandra Palace) "After about one hour queuing, I mana...

[Reposted] Barnet Times: "Protestors call for rethink on Pinkham Way waste plant at North London Waste Authority meeting"

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Link to Barnet Times "Protestors fighting stuttering plans for a major waste plant on the Barnet and Enfield border are calling ...

Ham & High

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Sunday, 23 September 2012

Independent on Sunday: "Lynne Featherstone: 'We are the whipping boys, even though we're the good guys'"

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Link to web site "Lynne Featherstone's constituency office in north London is above a pub called the Three Compasses, perhap...
Saturday, 22 September 2012

Pinkham Way Alliance message

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" Tickets are now available for another fantastic Dame Emma Kirkby fundraising recital on 7th October , but first... we've had...