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Thursday, 28 February 2013

Friern Barnet Community Library - The People's Library

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March Calendar Tue 5 and 12: at 6:30-7:30pm Yoga Wed 6 and 13: at 11:15-11:45am Drama and Rhyme time for toddlers (with local m...

Mrs Angry's Broken Barnet: "Welcome to the House of Fun"

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Link to 'Broken Barnet' through the square window "Why have senior officers been allowed to move to and from companies i...

"Shall we take a look round London?" (1964-vintage Daleks plan their day out)

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Zap to The Guardian web site "Terry Nation's first Dalek story the previous year had been such a success that a sequel was...
Wednesday, 27 February 2013

MRW: "Incinerator plan 'would breach law', report says"

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Link to MRW web site "A campaign group and council are locked in a war of words over claims that the case for an incinerator is u...
Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Pilot Broadcast of London Borough's Council Meeting

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Link to Croydon Radio "Following calls for greater transparency, Croydon Radio has been given permission to broadcast live from ...

LocalGov: "Recycling: A very expensive backward step"

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Link to web site "Next week’s Judicial Review in Cardiff could spell the end for commingled dry recycling collections in England...
Sunday, 24 February 2013

" 'We got soaked to the skin and nothing worked': how disastrous rehearsals turned into an Olympic revelation"

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Link to Evening Standard "Nobody thought the Opening Ceremony would be any good. I had my doubts. I thought they wouldn’t want me...
Saturday, 23 February 2013

South Wales Argus: "Could Newport pull out of South Wales waste scheme?"

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Link to web site "Newport council is due next Tuesday to approve a business case for Prosiect Gwyrdd, which will see non-recycla...
Thursday, 21 February 2013

New York Times: "The Toilet of Tomorrow?"

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"The End of Global Warming: How to Save the Earth in 2 Easy Steps"

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Link to 'The Atlantic' "You may not believe me, but I have news about global warming: Good news, and better news. ...
Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Friends of the Earth: "Make It Better"

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Link to Friends of the Earth "The Make It Better campaign is all about improving the way that our products are made. "We s...
Sunday, 17 February 2013

BBC: "Litter Wars"

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Link to BBC web site "Meet the litter vigilantes: the men and women who care so passionately about the cleanliness of their st...
Thursday, 14 February 2013

Enfield Independent, and Councillor Loakes

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Wednesday, 13 February 2013

Movietone News: "Doing the Lambeth Walk"

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Monday, 11 February 2013

[Reposted] Wed 13 Feb: Pinkham Way Alliance: "Another NLWA planning application for Pinkham Way?"

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HARINGEY EXPECT FURTHER NLWA PLANNING APPLICATION "After very good news just before Christmas it’s definitely time to get back to...
Sunday, 10 February 2013

New York Times: "Shortage of Engineers a Strain on Britain's Economy"

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(Video of one of the featured companies in the New York Times ) "Engineering has never been truly prestigious in Britain, where t...
Saturday, 9 February 2013

"Friern Barnet Library: The Movie" (D'oh!)

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Friday, 8 February 2013

North London Waste Authority: 'Wise Up to Waste' full-page ads

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NLWA - Wise Up to Waste by "In north London it costs around £120 to send a tonne of waste to landfill but just £40 to recy...
Wednesday, 6 February 2013

New York Times: "Raspberry Pi" (Coding computers again)

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"The idea behind a tiny and cheap computer for kids came in 2006, when Eben Upton and his colleagues at the University of Cambri...
Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Crossrail 2 - to Alexandra Palace station, and to the Tottenham Hale line

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London First issued a Crossrail 2 report today (although, apart from moving the Wood Green station to Turnpike Lane, there is actually lit...
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Monday, 4 February 2013

"Our Story In 2 Minutes"

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Tues 5 Feb: "Saved !!! Friern Barnet Community Library"

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Friern Barnet Library Saved  – handover ceremony on Tuesday 12 Noon PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: Handover of keys from the squatt...
Friday, 1 February 2013

"What a waste: Eric Pickles slams council's £3.8bn contract." (Wait a minute, isn't the North London Waste Authority...)

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Link to Manchester Evening News "Communites secretary Eric Pickles has attacked Manchester council for its part in a £3.8bn con...
Thursday, 31 January 2013

"SAVED!!! Friern Barnet Community Library"

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Link to Barnet Press (on the assumption their story is updated) "The trustees of Friern Barnet Community Library have now receiv...
Wednesday, 30 January 2013

Champagne Socialist Mrs Angry, and the Elephant in the Barnet Committee Room

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Link to 'Broken Barnet' web s i te "Item 6 was about the restructuring of the Revenues and Benefits department - just...
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Monday, 28 January 2013

North London Waste Authority: "Our new billboard on the A406 at Chingford". (That is all. Carry on.)

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Welwyn & Hatfield Times; "New Barnfield incinerator to face public inquiry"

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Link to web site "Government minister Eric Pickles has intervened in the face of huge opposition to the 380,000-tonne-a-year plan...

The Guardian/Observer: "A Green Deal but not a great deal"

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Link to The Guardian "The Green Deal , the government's flagship programme to make millions of homes more energy efficient...
Sunday, 27 January 2013

Don't Panic! Alexandra Palace 1938 Colour Film and Commentary

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"[Film of an Alexandra Palace] television outside broadcast, showing the workings of an anti-aircraft battery and the defence of...

Independent on Sunday: "Bill Nighy: tackle tax avoidance to put an end to world hunger"

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"Poor countries lose three times as much from multinationals' accounting practices as they get in aid. Sarah Morrison reports...
Saturday, 26 January 2013

High Speed Two announcement on Monday - but what about Crossrail Two?

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The leaks to the weekend newspapers have started, regarding High Speed Two.  London's ' Crossrail Two ' (via Alexandra Palace...