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Free Christmas parking every weekend this December

Shopping will be more enjoyable this holiday season with Barnet Council providing shoppers and visitors with free parking throughout the borough this December.

Barnet students set for eye-opening experience

Around 1,500 sixth form students from across Barnet are set to attend an event which promotes safer driving this week.

Church End Library in Finchley opens to the public

The brand new library at Church End Finchley is now officially open to residents in Barnet.

Silver Week - celebrating the contribution older people make to the local community

Barnet will celebrate Silver Week with an exciting programme of festivities taking place from Sunday 1 to Saturday 7 October.

Pupils celebrate GCSE exam success

Provisional results from 14 of the borough’s 22 state maintained mainstream schools predict that pupils in Barnet are set to once again perform better than the national average.

Pupils celebrate A-level exam success

Provisional A-level results from 17 of the 20 Barnet schools with a sixth form show that students across the borough are once again set to be celebrating exam success.

Council’s £1.5million commitment to street repairs

As part of the Taking Care of Our Neighbourhoods campaign, which sees a number of initiatives being implemented throughout the community, an outlay of £1.5million has been set aside by Barnet Council to repair potholes and damaged road surface across the borough.

Join the ‘Animal Agents’ this summer

Children across the borough will have the chance to join the ‘Animal Agents’ for a summer of reading related fun.

Advice on staying safe during the heatwave

With temperatures set to remain high there are a number of practical pointers for vulnerable groups such as older people, young children and those with long term health conditions to help them stay safe.

Building carer-friendly communities