The Worshipful the Mayor of the London Borough of Barnet, Cllr Danny Rich, has commemorated the 80th anniversary of Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) by paying tribute to those who served and made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of peace and freedom.

Students across Barnet are celebrating their A-level and vocational results today (14 August) with many schools across the borough having reported improvements on last year’s results.

Over the last eight years, A-Level results in Barnet have consistently been in the top 5% of the country. This trend looks set to continue as provisional A-level results from 22 of the 27 Barnet schools with a sixth form show more outstanding results this year.

Nine community groups working in the Grahame Park Estate in Colindale have been awarded a total of £25,000 in grant funding thanks to a panel of local residents. The panel was appointed and handed decision-making powers as part of Barnet Council’s pilot scheme to give residents a greater say in the improvements they want made in their area.

An Amber heat-health alert has been issued for London, running from 9am on Tuesday 12 August to 6pm on Wednesday 13 August, with temperatures expected to go over 30 degrees.

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We want to work more closely with you, residents, community groups and local organisations. To ensure that we:

• fund and support joined up services that best reflect local needs
• direct investment so that it reaches our public places like streets, parks and town centres that need it most