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Teenager from Hampstead Garden Suburb wins national poetry competition
8:00am Sunday 7th December 2008
A poem by a teenager from Hampstead Garden Suburb is featured in a Penguin anthology after she won a national writing competition.
Comments (0)Boys get a kick out of holiday club
3:47pm Monday 3rd November 2008
Encouraging young boys to get off the football pitch and into the classroom is often a gruelling task. But three young men from Colindale believe they have found an answer by setting up a holiday football club in partnership with a local school.
Reward cards are a nice touch
8:58am Monday 20th October 2008
A schoolteacher is targeting Barnet schools with a novel idea to inspire children to learn.
Students take art to Africa
10:21am Wednesday 8th October 2008
An after-school arts group is taking students on a journey of self-development with a three-week trip to Tanzania in December.
Students achieve highest GCSE grades in UK
8:10am Friday 26th September 2008
Talented students from Barnet and Potters Bar are celebrating after finding out they achieved some of the highest GCSE grades in the country.
A new voice for Hindus
6:56pm Wednesday 24th September 2008
Barnet borough’s Hindu population was given a common voice last week with the launch of a forum. TOMASZ JOHNSON finds out what its members want to do for their community
A culture of achievement
3:25pm Tuesday 23rd September 2008
Black students at a supplementary school in Grahame Park are bucking a worrying national trend of lower-than-average exam results. Dina Rickman finds out how
The argument is academic
8:40am Saturday 20th September 2008
Wren Academy in North Finchley is one of 47 privately sponsored academies launched by the Government this month.
Mother retrains as an electrician
4:51pm Thursday 18th September 2008
The construction industry has always been dominated by men, but a Barnet mother-of-four is determined not to let that hold her back. Dina Rickman talks to trainee electrician Heather Hurloll about her new vocation
UK's first Hindu school opens
8:14am Thursday 11th September 2008
Concerns over racial segregation surround the opening of England’s first Hindu state school in Edgware.
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Spurs were comfortable winners against Wigan tonight in Harry Redknapp’s first FA Cup match since he lifted the trophy last May, and the club’s first Friday night game for 23 years.
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ARSENAL skipper Cesc Fabregas has been ruled out for four months with his knee injury - and boss Arsene Wenger admits it might prompt him to spend in the January transfer window.
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