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The campaign – part of a nationwide initiative, led by food charity Sustain – aims to make sugary products less available and less well promoted. It is hoped that by raising awareness of the benefits of consuming less sugar, people will be encouraged to make healthier lifestyle choices. Statistics for the 2017-18 financial year showed that one in three children in Year 6 were either overweight or obese.

The investigation against Martha O’Sullivan began after a complaint from the managing agent of a block of flats that multiple people were living in the property she managed. Council officers discovered that there was no fire alarm system in the flat and no door to its kitchen, posing a life-threatening risk to its occupants. There were at least four tenants living within four separate lettings at the Woodhouse Road property in Friern Barnet.

Residents are invited to join the commemoration to remember everyone who has been affected by atrocities of the past – including the genocide in Bosnia 25 years ago. It will be at the Rickett Quadrangle within Middlesex University in The Burroughs, Hendon, NW4 4BT. The memorial service will begin at 2.30pm and attendees are asked to arrive and be seated by 2.15pm.

The upgrade is being funded primarily from developer contributions to infrastructure in the borough. Other cash injections have included £324,000 from the Mayor of London’s Green Capital grant, nearly £80,000 from the Environment Agency Water Environment Improvement Fund, and £113,000 from the London Marathon Trust. A string of new facilities in the two parks – situated between Colindale and Burnt Oak – will provide enjoyment for all ages by the time work is finished.

The event comes 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and 25 years after the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia. Cllr Stock described how her grandparents escaped Nazi Germany to set up a new home in Finchley in 1933, the year that Hitler became Chancellor of Germany.

The country has moved to a delay phase that is aimed at protecting those most vulnerable while delaying pandemic peak to summer months. This includes concentrating testing for COVID-19 only in those people who develop severe symptoms and/or have underlying conditions. This would be relevant mostly for people in hospitals. For all others, it will be self-diagnoses and self-isolation for seven days, irrelevant of travel history. You can find symptom checker here: https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19

The council employs 80 apprentices in its schools, social care services, gardening and grounds work teams, street cleaning and rubbish collection departments, and back office roles. Mr Hooton made the comments during National Apprenticeship Week, an annual campaign to highlight the value that apprentices add to the UK workforce.

The council has joined the UK-wide network Shared Lives Plus, which matches approved carers with people who need support for their social care or health. People can visit their Shared Lives carer for a few hours during the day, an overnight stay or even move in and become part of the family for many years.

We are likely to see localised surface water flooding with the potential for flooding from rivers. We urge residents to remain vigilant and take steps to protect themselves from the risk of flooding:

The exhibition – which will be with us until Monday 17 February – is a photographic competition that took place last year with our twin town of Le Raincy in France.