Barnet residents will have the chance to pay their respects to those who have died in conflicts around the world at Remembrance Day services across the borough this weekend.

Services and parades will take place in solemn commemoration this Sunday 10 November, as well as on some other days around that date.

Barnet residents and visitors are urged to stay vigilant before and after parking in the borough after a triple whammy of scams targeting drivers were identified by the council.

One scam involves one or more people causing a distraction while you are paying for parking, stealing your card, then claiming it has been swallowed by the machine. Sometimes they will claim you should use another card, and then repeat their crime. It is not possible for your card to be swallowed by a council parking machine.

Barnet Council’s Leader has welcomed the government’s budget calling it “a step in the right direction for Barnet” but warning that there is still more work to be done to stabilise the council’s finances.

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Schools and businesses across Barnet are being urged to prepare for the introduction of separate food waste collections next year.

Under a national sustainability drive, all schools and commercial businesses with the equivalent of ten or more full-time employees in England will be required to separate their food waste for recycling, as well as recycling glass, paper, cardboard, cans, and plastic pots, tubs and trays, from March 2025.

Barnet Council has unveiled a new playground in East Finchley transforming it into a green, modern park for the whole community to enjoy, as well as contributing to Barnet’s NetZero aspirations.

It’s been a four-year journey from the original imaginative vision, through extensive community consultation and the design, fundraising and build phases to deliver the transformation of this historic bit of East Finchley.