More than 100 schools across Barnet will go ‘smartphone-free’ from September, in a bid to help the borough’s young people “learn, socialise and grow, free from addictive algorithms”. The group’s ...

Dictionary writer and author Samuel Johnson once famously observed that “when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” It’s quite possible, however, to love London and still yearn for the ...

A London council has become the first in the country to ban smartphones from all of its schools, in a new rule which will affect more than 60,000 pupils. School pupils in Barnet, north London, will be ...

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Volunteers plant 1,800 trees in Finchley as part of a "citizen scientist" project. Barnet, Croydon, Enfield, Haringey, Havering and Newham will be allowed to relax budgeting rules. A charity wants ...

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters raced to the scene of a house fire in Barnet on Monday morning. Emergency services were called to the scene at 1.10am on May 26 following reports of a house ...

Campaigners have rallied against plans for a new 7,000-seat stadium in north London, which they say would displace grassroots football and strip the community of valued green space. In January, Barnet ...

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Barnet councillors have voted to end the London borough’s outsourcing contract with Capita by 2026 and will bring work, including IT, back in-house. Some services have been extended to prepare for ...