Barnet council has urged residents to properly recycle their waste, after an explosion in one of their bin lorries almost injured workers.

Barnet refuse workers narrowly escape explosion

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters were called to the house fire on exclusive The Bishops Avenue in Barnet in the early hours of Friday morning.

Firefighters tackle huge blaze on London's 'Billionaires' Row' 

New Southgate residents are angry after one of the worst cases of fly-tipping ever seen.

Residents fuming as fly-tippers leave huge and 'disgusting' rubbish pile

Dr Ying Zhang, 55, has been handed a life sentence after being found guilty of trying to kill his estranged wife in a knife attack after she filed for divorce.

Lecturer who tried to kill estranged wife outside school gets life sentence

The victim was attacked as Monday's morning rush hour was about to get underway.

Man stabbed in the heart near busy train station

Louise Kam, from Potters Bar in Hertfordshire, was strangled with a hairdryer cord after being lured to a house she owned in north London.

Fraudster and sidekick jailed for strangling woman and dumping body in bin 

 Officers were called shortly after 9am on Monday and are urging the mother to come forward as there are concerns for her welfare.

16-week-old foetus left in box outside Barnet hospital 

Detectives searching for Norma Girolami have recovered human remains at Friern Barnet Lane in North Finchley, Barnet.

Remains of missing woman found in north London churchyard

Police are still searching for the driver of the van involved in the incident in the 'extremely busy' Tesco car park in north London on Saturday.

Man in his 80s dies in supermarket car park hit-and-run

The inquest, to resume on Wednesday, will examine whether algorithms used by social media firms contributed to the 14-year-old ending her life in 2017.

Inquest into teen Molly Russell’s death inquest delayed by legal argument 

Colney Hatch Lane, Barnet (c) Google Street View

Detectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward after the girl was fatally injured.

Girl, 12, dies after north London hit-and run involving Bentley

Noah's Ark says the pandemic stretched them so much financially it is now struggling to fund the vital services they offer children and families. 

Covid-hit Barnet hospice seeks £2m to support children and families 

Mohamed El Abboud, 26 from Barnet and Kusai Al-jundi, 23, from Harrow have both been charged with the murder of Louise Kam.

Two men charged with murder following disappearance of woman in Barnet

Police were called to a property in Colindale, near Barnet, at around 7.20pm on Monday

Three injured in corrosive substance attack in north London

Undated handout photo issued by Leigh Day solicitors of Evan Nathan Smith who died on April 25 2019 at North Middlesex Hospital in Edmonton, north London, after suffering from sepsis following a procedure to remove a gallbladder stent. A coroner has said that the 21 year old would not have died if medical staff had recognised his symptoms and offered a blood transfusion sooner. Issue date: Friday July 27, 2018.


Evan Nathan Smith rang 999 from his hospital bed and died after developing sepsis following a procedure to remove a gallbladder stent a week earlier.

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