Khan hopes to host Wrestlemania and 'cement London as sports capital of the world'

The Labour mayor will set up a taskforce to attract more US sports if he is re-elected mayor next week

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Knife and gun crime in London up by 20% in just one year

Knife crime is now 51% higher than at the start of Sadiq Khan's mayoralty in 2016

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Residents of eight-storey building go three weeks without any working lifts

Both lifts at a private block in Colindale were taken out of action by the building's management company for 'unexpected essential repairs'

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City Hall election: “I’ve been doing something in Barnet and Camden every day”

Conservative candidate Julie Redmond talks to Barnet Post about why she’s in politics and engaging with communities

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Mayoral candidates debate transport, crime and housing at BBC hustings event

The Labour, Tory, Green and Lib Dem candidates for City Hall attended Wednesday's hustings at Bernie Grant Arts Centre, set to be broadcast by BBC London on Thursday

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Villiers says Edgware development plans “should be scrapped”

The Chipping Barnet MP called on the Mayor of London and developers Ballymore to ditch proposals that would give Edgware “a higher population density than Manhattan or Hong Kong”

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Food hygiene ratings handed to five Barnet restaurants

Five local outlets have new ratings from the Food Standards Agency

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Khan pledges to install thousands of 'mould sensors' in private rental homes

Thousands of the devices will notify landlords when humidity levels reach a certain point

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NHS spent hundreds of thousands of pounds helping smokers in Barnet quit last year

£248,100 was spent on NHS Stop Smoking Services in Barnet in 2023 reports Sonja Tutty, Data Reporter The NHS spent hundreds of thousands of pounds helping smokers in

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London Fire Brigade sends convoy to help Ukraine

Firefighters and support staff help deliver aid and vehicles to war-torn nation

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New boss at rail firm running commuter routes through North London

John Whitehurst has been appointed as Govia Thameslink Railway's chief operating officer

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Hall takes campaign to Khan's childhood home

Conservative mayoral contender visits estate in Earlsfield where Labour mayor grew up

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Mayoral contenders clash during fiery LBC radio debate

Labour's Sadiq Khan slams Tory Susan Hall as 'dangerous' while Hall slams mayor's 'dreadful' safety record

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Food hygiene ratings awarded to two Barnet takeaways

Outlets in Friern Barnet and New Barnet have new ratings from Food Standards Agency

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Fewer Barnet families received child benefits last year

36,965 families in Barnet were in receipt of benefits for 64,400 children, 705 fewer families than the year before

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Letter: Mayor must come clear on road charges

Brian Mooney of the Fair Deal for the Motorist campaign on possible new charges for drivers

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Good news as food hygiene ratings awarded to seven Barnet restaurants

Seven Barnet outlets have new ratings from the Food Standards Agency

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Barnet has lowest rate of 'deaths of despair' in England

The area had the lowest mortality rate in England with 14.5 deaths per 100,000 people

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Hall undecided on whether to retain 'night czar' role at City Hall

The Tory candidate has repeatedly criticised current night czar Amy Lamé as being part of a Labour “chumocracy” at City Hall

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Khan pledges 'gangbusters' crackdown on high street crime

A £3m funding package would pay for street-based youth workers in up to 15 boroughs selected using robbery crime data

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