The Met Office have now downgraded their weather warning to Amber and in line with that we are closing the incident and planning for and implementing recovery.

The following incidents were reported:

Household Notification Letters will be arriving with you in the post in the coming week. Check your letter to make sure you are registered to vote. You only need to register once, you don’t need to register separately for every election. However, if you have moved home (even between two addresses in Barnet), you must register again at your new address. Registering to vote is quick and easy, visit: www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.

Barnet Council has made its first prosecution against a local business owner, for false applications for coronavirus Small Business Grants for a business that was no longer trading.

Mr Samuel Gabay, who owned Finest Catering Limited trading as SAMI’s restaurant, pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud at Willesden Magistrates Court and was fined £1,000.

Barnet Council held a Holocaust Memorial Commemoration on Sunday 23 January with a service at Middlesex University. The event was cancelled in 2021 due to COVID-19, although an online Service was held instead. The event brought together members of the borough’s Jewish community, as well as members of Barnet’s other numerous communities.

The #KeepTheVirusOut campaign urges everyone to get the COVID-19 vaccines and booster, wear a face covering in public places, let fresh air in, meet outdoors, rapid test and PCR test and isolate if feeling unwell.

The campaign comes as rates of COVID-19 in Barnet are at the highest they have been since the pandemic began with over a quarter of residents yet to get their first vaccine. Barnet Council is working with local community groups and businesses to encourage uptake of the vaccine as well as following COVID-19 safety advice.