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Ali Butt, appeared on behalf of the company, Mobile Car Services, at a hearing at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on 7 August where the company was fined after Butt pleaded guilty to planning offences. Mr Butt’s business partner, Philip Grant, failed to attend court and a warrant was issued for his arrest. 

Approaches have included advising someone how to pay for their parking ticket via a machine to prevent it escalating in price quickly, to advising them on how to pay as the machine was ‘playing up’ for him.  In doing so he has observed the victim when entering their PIN number and then distracted them, taking their card as it is returned from the machine and stating that it must have been swallowed.

Members of the council’s licensing sub-committee considered evidence from police and the council’s trading standards team before determining an outcome for the ‘Crazy Corner Shop’, in High Road, East Finchley. At a hearing on 30 August, committee members heard that the shop had been the subject of three separate test purchasing operations organised by police and trading standards officers, in response to information provided by the public. Each time, it had failed.

M Dream Property, of 29 Finchley Lane, was prosecuted after complaints about noise, overcrowding and anti-social behaviour at the property on the A41, Watford Way, Hendon. Legal action was launched against the firm by the Environmental Health team at Re, the joint venture between Capita and Barnet Council.

Date and time Venue Thursday 20 September, 11am-5pm Friends in Need Community Centre, East Barnet Baptist Church, Crescent Road, East Barnet, EN4 8PS Friday 21 September,

The programme – thought to be the largest of its kind in London – will reduce the risk of flooding, provide protection from the sun during heatwaves and help to improve air quality. Trees will be planted at a rate of 900 per year under the scheme. They will absorb rainwater that would otherwise end up in London’s sewers.

The visit, which took place at the end of July and beginning of August, was the fourth to be carried out by Ofsted since Barnet’s Children’s Services were judged to be inadequate in July last year. During the visit, inspectors reviewed the progress made for children looked after across the Children in care and Intervention and planning teams. In their conclusions published this week, Ofsted found that the local authority has maintained a consistent and strong focus on improving services and the quality of social work practice.

Furniture shop Crazy Discounts – which is based in 17 Woodhouse Road – pleaded guilty to five offences of flytipping in nearby Lambert Way, Finchley, at Willesden Magistrates Court today (Tuesday 4 September). The firm was ordered to pay a £5,000 fine, £2,514 in costs, £2,000 in compensation and a £100 victim surcharge. Workers from the store were caught flytipping with two Ford Transit vans when the council used CCTV to monitor Lambert Way after multiple reports of flytipping there. One of the vans was branded with the Crazy Discounts logo.

The DfT’s Access for All programme – originally launched in 2006 – will fund improvements at 73 railway stations nationwide after an additional £300million was set aside for the project. Mill Hill Broadway caters for 2.7million train passengers per year – with eight trains per hour stopping at the station during normal daytime service. New gates will be installed as a part of the project to help cope with the number of peak-hour passengers and expected growth in the future.

It is the first of three extra care developments to be built by the council to help residents of the borough live happily and stay independent for longer. Stag House in Burnt Oak will provide 50 new homes and Cheshir House in Hendon will provide 75 new homes. These, too, will be tailored specifically for the elderly, people suffering from dementia and those with extra care and support needs.