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Council prosecution lands illegal HMO profiteer with enormous fine
Last updated: 2 October, 2019
Fariba Khosravikharshad was convicted at Willesden Magistrates’ Court for failing to acquire a licence and manage a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without reasonable excuse.
Applications have reopened for free litter picking equipment to community groups this autumn
Last updated: 7 January, 2020
The council has been using this funding to support community groups in the borough by offering free equipment to carry out their own litter picking events. In the summer, the council made equipment available. The equipment included litter pickers, gloves and hi vis vests. Some excellent work was carried out over the summer by community groups, scout groups and volunteers. For the autumn, equipment such as brooms, shovels and leaf grabbers will also be available.
New streetlights will save energy-efficient council £750,000 per year
Last updated: 9 January, 2020
The new LED lighting will provide a better and brighter source of white light for pedestrians and motorists. Colours will appear more distinguishable so that objects look sharper and clearer at night, making the night time environment more attractive, and making it easier to drive safely.
Libraries Week 7-12 October
Last updated: 8 October, 2019
The focus of this year’s Libraries Week is a celebration of the role libraries play in the digital world and the ways in which they are helping to engage people through technology, in building digital skills and supporting people’s health wellbeing and education.
Become a Hate Crime Reporting Champion on Hate Crime Awareness Week
Last updated: 14 October, 2019
To become a champion, all residents need to do is report hate crime when they encounter it. The best place to do it is through the True Vision website at www.report-it.org.uk – which is accessible from any computer or mobile device. Residents can also go directly to the police by phoning 101, or 999 in the case of an emergency.
£300K for mentoring scheme to reduce youth offending
Last updated: 16 October, 2019
The successful bid for £318,000 of funding will enable the charity to mentor young people aged 10-14 whose siblings are known to the youth justice system.
Feedback sought on library services
Last updated: 17 October, 2019
The evaluation, which is being carried out by an independent organisation called Activist Group, is intended to assess a number of changes made to Barnet’s library service in 2016, and to recommend any further adaptions and improvements which will help enhance services in the future.
Celebrating the people who make Barnet: Filomena Komodromou
Last updated: 1 November, 2022
Celebrating the people who together make Barnet Together, we are Barnet will highlight some of our many groups and local projects, as well as individuals, who contribute so much to our community.
Barnet Council and the Environment Agency crush flytipper’s truck
Last updated: 25 October, 2019
Barnet Council and the Environment Agency have crushed a Ford Transit tipper truck that was used by flytippers to dump huge amounts of rubbish in the otherwise idyllic suburban village of Totteridge. The mountain of trash was discovered on private land. The vehicle used in the flytipping was seized by the Environment Agency on Thursday 8 August after a multi-agency operation that included the Met Police and Barnet Council. The land-owner was left to foot the bill to clear the rubbish that the flytippers had left behind.
Top marks for Barnet pupils
Last updated: 21 November, 2019
Provisional results from the Department for Education show pupils in the borough performed extremely well when based on Progress 8 scores which gauge the progress made by each student during their time at secondary school, placing them top nationally out of 151 local authorities.