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Chart-topping reggae band, Aswad, and the bad boys of 90s pop, East 17, will be headlining Barnet Summertime in Barnet Playing Fields. With 21 albums to their name and over two decades on the music scene, Aswad earned international acclaim with their reggae version of “Don’t Turn Around.” The smash hit was released in 1988 and sailed to the #1 slot on the UK national charts.

Local NHS acute and community trusts, North Central London CCG and Barnet Council have shared a pot of £126,460 to invest in projects including supporting unpaid carers, online art classes for older people experiencing isolation, developing employability skills, and dance classes for older people to aid mobility.

Head over to Brent Cross Shopping Centre to experience the digital masterpiece produced by Barnet's GCSE and A-Level students. The mural is located along the hoardings outside Pines and Needles tree hub, opposite Fenwicks. When you visit the site, you’ll notice the detail and thought that went into each section of the collage, and feel the essence of life, community spirit and hope through a young person’s eyes.

This year students have been awarded grades by teachers and have only be assessed on what they have been taught, not what they may have missed. Teachers have based their judgements on students’ performance on a range of evidence, which could include mock exams, non-exam assessment (coursework) in some subjects, as well as other assessments done in class.

The North London Councils partnership, which comprises the borough councils of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington, was put forward as a finalist in the Local Government Chronicle’s (LGC) 2021 annual awards in the ‘Health & Social Care’ category. It is the only multi-council partnership to be named as a finalist in this year’s awards.

While national league tables have again been suspended this year, it is expected that Barnet students will again perform strongly in their GCSEs. In 2019, the last time there were external examinations, students in the borough ranked second for Progress 8 scores, which gauge the progress made by each student during their time at secondary school, placing them second in the country out of 151 local authorities.

Barnet Council is postponing its Barnet Summertime Festival till summer 2022. The music festival, which was to be the culmination of a summer of events in the borough including a popular outdoor cinema in Victoria park in Finchley, and a series of community carnivals and pop-up events in various town centres, has been put back until next year due to a number of factors. Ticket holders will be contacted with the option to keep hold of their tickets for next year's festival, or to have their money refunded. 

There are vulnerable adults in your community that need a loving home and a helping hand. If you have a spare room, the Council has a rewarding opportunity for you. You’ll earn a generous allowance, starting from £400 a week, while you enrich the life of someone in need.

New facilities will include tennis courts, 3G artificial turf pitches, a high ropes course, bowling green, multi-use games area, outdoor gym, play area, skate park and more. There will be a Hub building with a café, indoor climbing, activity studio, nursery, soft play, community rooms, changing rooms and toilets.

Better is the only leisure operator in the country to be involved in the initiative and joins a number of leading businesses across different sectors such as Asda, National Express and Uber, to have pledged their support for the UK’s vaccination programme, by offering incentives to vaccinated customers.