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  1. Tue 3 Nov London Assembly Transport Committee: condition of Thames road bridges five years on 10am · City Hall, The Chamber
  2. Tue 3 Nov London Assembly Transport Committee: condition of London's road bridges 10am · City Hall, The Chamber
  3. Wed 4 Nov London Assembly Police and Crime Committee: Q&A with the Met Police Federation 10am · City Hall, The Chamber
  4. Wed 4 Nov London Assembly Health Committee: underage vaping 2pm · City Hall, The Chamber
  5. Thu 5 Nov London Assembly plenary: Policing in London, with the Mayor and the Met Commissioner 10am · City Hall, The Chamber

Latest Barnet news

Council Barnet Votes 29 to 1 to Explore Twinning With Haifa Full Council backed talks on a Haifa twinning 29 to 1 on 20 October, with Labour abstaining. How every motion went, from antisemitism to the London Plan. · 5 min read Barnet Santa's Grotto Barnet: Free at the Fayre, Sunday 6 Dec Barnet's one confirmed 2026 Santa's grotto is free at the Christmas Fayre on Sunday 6 December. Brent Cross's £27 Grotto has not announced a return. · 5 min read London Assembly Jewish Community Safety Put to Mayor and Met Chief on 5 Nov The Mayor and Sir Mark Rowley face London Assembly questions on 5 November on protecting Jewish communities, robberies and shoplifting. Vaping is on 4 Nov. · 4 min read Council Barnet Declares a Gambling Harms Emergency: What Changes Full Council carried the gambling harms emergency on 20 October with 30 votes in favour. What it commits Barnet to, and the slots hearings on 3 November. · 4 min read Council tax Barnet Signs Council Tax Protocol: Earlier Help on Arrears Barnet Council signed the Citizens Advice Council Tax Protocol on 29 October, promising earlier contact and fairer arrears handling for struggling residents. · 4 min read Pubs Sebright Arms reopens in High Barnet under local owners The Sebright Arms on Alston Road reopened on 22 October under two local residents. A family-first refit is due in 2027, and they want your ideas first. · 3 min read Licensing Golders Green and Edgware Slots Licences Go to Hearing Merkur Slots on Finchley Road and Palace Amusements on Edgware's Station Road face Barnet licensing hearings on 3 November after Public Health objected. · 5 min read Planning East Finchley Nursery Play Area Approved Unanimously Councillors approved the Langley House nursery play area unanimously on 28 October, overturning officers. The High Barnet care home extension was approved too. · 5 min read Fire Fire Brigade Asks for £10m Security Cash After Hatzola Arson Assembly members want the Government to give London Fire Brigade £10m for national security work, after the arson attacks on London's Jewish community. · 6 min read Charity Trent Park Wildlife Centre Needs £40,000 to Stay Open The wildlife rescue at Trent Park, just over the Enfield border from East Barnet, says it needs £40,000 to keep going. A local appeal has raised £9,915 so far. · 4 min read Food & Drink Barnet Cafes and Coffee Shops: Where to Go Campbell & Syme, Huddle Caffe and Oak Hill Park Café lead 10 Barnet cafes, with opening hours, hygiene ratings, park cafes and soft play, checked October 2026. · 10 min read Food & Drink Brunch in Barnet: The Best Breakfast and Brunch Spots Cup of Joy, Dan & Decarlo and Em's Coffee lead 8 Barnet brunch spots, with menu prices, opening hours, booking rules and hygiene ratings, checked October 2026. · 8 min read
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Barnet Live covers the whole borough, from High Barnet at the top of the Northern line down to Cricklewood, and from Hampstead Garden Suburb across to Finchley, Hendon, Edgware, Golders Green and Colindale. Different as those places are, they share one council, one planning register, and decisions that shape everybody’s week.

We read the records. Planning applications, police crime data, council spending, licensing notices: we go through them, write up what they actually say in plain English, and put a link to the source on every fact so you can check it yourself. We also look after the pages nobody would call journalism but everybody searches for, like which day your bin goes out in Finchley, what the car parks charge and which council tax band your street sits in.

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