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The event will run from 10am to 1pm on Thursday and will include details of the services available for people affected by suicide and wellbeing activities. Residents will also be able to have their say on the development of a borough-wide suicide prevention strategy. You can book your place at the event, which will be hosted by Zoom, via Community Barnet or by phoning 0333 344 9088.

You can now find it from 10.30am-3.30pm at: Brent Cross Shopping Centre on Wednesday 9 September AND Thursday 10 September Edgware Community Hospital on Sunday 13 September All appointments must be booked in advance.

He was due to be appointed to the role in an Annual Council meeting on Tuesday evening, but the ceremony could not go ahead as planned due to his illness. The Leader of Barnet Council, Councillor Dan Thomas, and the Worshipful Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Caroline Stock, have paid tribute to him after the tragic news was announced.

All appointments must be booked in advance. ONLY BOOK IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS – new, continuous cough; high temperature; loss of or change to your sense of taste or smell Local slots for any particular day of testing become available for booking online from 6pm the day before. You can book a slot for the same day at any time up until 11am on the day itself.

Barnet Council has launched Discover Barnet, a campaign to support the local businesses that create Barnet’s vibrant high streets and town centres – and the people behind them. Discover Barnet highlights the vital role that small businesses play in Barnet’s communities and economies by focussing on seven local businesses who have been serving Barnet residents for many years.

We made the decision in light of increasing COVID-19 infections in the borough. Closing the funfair is purely a precautionary measure and there is no evidence of anyone being infected as a result of attending. The operator provided the council with a COVID Secure risk assessment prior to the funfair’s opening, and we have been regularly monitoring it to ensure compliance is met. We are reviewing all applications for future public events in our parks and open spaces as part of our measures to prevent the spread of infection.

Find it from 10.30am-3.30pm at: Barnet House on Wednesday 16 September Brent Cross Shopping Centre on Saturday 19 September. All appointments must be booked in advance. Appointments are limited so keep trying. ONLY BOOK IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS: new, continuous cough; high temperature; loss of or change to sense of taste or smell.

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It is estimated that 4,435 people in the borough have dementia and this is projected to increase to 6,806 by 2035. Barnet Council and the CCG, working closely with the Barnet Alzheimer’s Society, have trained more than 10,000 Dementia Friends in the borough to date and are committed to increasing this number further to ensure that Barnet is a truly dementia friendly borough for our residents.

The theme for Recycle Now’s 17th annual Recycle Week is to thank the nation and the people of Barnet for continuing to recycle despite all that has happened this year. Statistics released by Recycle Now show that through lockdown the UK has become even more environmentally aware, with nearly 9 in 10 households saying they ‘regularly recycle’.