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Your black refuse bin is collected weekly. It should only contain items that cannot be recycled. Place your bins at the boundary of your property by 6am on your collection day. Find your collection day

Your blue recycling bin is collected weekly. Your blue recycling bin is for your mixed recycling. Place your bins on the boundary of your property by 6am on your collection day

Food waste can be put in your black refuse bin for collection on a weekly basis. Waste accepted in the black refuse bin is taken to the Energy from Waste facility at the Ecopark in Edmonton. It is incinerated to produce enough energy to power more than 80,000 London homes. This diverts waste away from landfill, reducing CO2 emissions.

Finchley Common was an area of land in between Finchley, Friern Barnet and Muswell Hill, which had been Finchley Wood and was under the authority of the Bishop of London. By the 15th century the people of Finchley claimed the right to collect wood and graze their animals in and around the wood. In the 16th century the Bishop had much of the wood cleared, and it became an open, uncultivated area called a common.

There's plenty of opportunities for older residents in Barnet to increase their levels of physical activity:

Arkley Between 1800 and 1890, Arkley Village was often known as Barnet Common or 'West Barnet', but the older name of Arkley has been revived since then. The area was referred to in medieval documents as “Southhaw”, and may be older than High Barnet. Nobody is sure what the 'Ark', part of Arkley means but the 'ley' means a clearing and was in use by 1330. During the 1950s, a 13th century kiln at Dyke Cottage was excavated, revealing a large cooking pot. Rowley appears in a document dated 1005, and means a clearing in a birch wood.

EU referendum results The government has passed legislation to confirm that a national referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union will be held on Thursday 23 June 2016. Eligible voters on the London Borough of Barnet's Electoral Register will be asked:

Farms and other small settlements in Mill Hill date to at least the 10th century and are included in Domesday Book as part of the description for Hendon. Mill Hill only became an independent parish with its own church in 1836, measuring 3,570 acres including The Hale. There is no mention of a mill at this time. Until the 16th century the area of Mill Hill was known variously as Lothersleage, Lothersley and latterly Lotharlie.