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StoneX Stadium running track transformed in fight against COVID-19

World champions Usain Bolt, Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis-Hill are just some of the athletes to have warmed up on the famous Olympic Bar running track at StoneX Stadium in Hendon, home to the Saracens Rugby Club.

Surge testing completed in Finchley

Thank you to everyone in N3 who has come forward to get tested in the past week.

Deputy Mayor lays wreath to mark 550th anniversary of Battle of Barnet

The Deputy Mayor of Barnet has marked the 550th anniversary of the Battle of Barnet by laying a wreath at the foot of a recently refurbished monument, Hadley Highstone, commemorating the conflict.

Discover Barnet campaign urges residents to ‘shop local and shop safely’

Surge testing to be deployed in Finchley where the variant first identified in South Africa has been found

Extensive surveillance of COVID-19 has found a case of the variant first identified in South Africa, in Finchley, that cannot be traced back to international travel. The person is now self-isolating and robust contact tracing has taken place to trace their contacts and ask them to self-isolate.

Barnet marks the passing of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Death of HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021)

Property company and director fined thousands after blaze left six homeless

A property company and its director will have to shell out £10,000 after a blaze ravaged a semi-detached house in Hendon leaving six tenants homeless in the middle of lockdown.

One month to go to Election Day

They’ve had the COVID-19 vaccine, will you?

The COVID-19 vaccine is the most effective weapon that we have in our fight against the pandemic and will help us to gradually return to our normal lives.

National awards for Barnet Council’s Civic Office

Staff at Barnet Council’s Civic Office have won two national awards for their response to the national crisis of 2020, and how they plan to move forward after it.