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On Sunday 11 November, the Worshipful the Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Reuben Thompstone, will attend a service of remembrance due to be held at the Hendon War Memorial. Other special commemorations marking the centenary of the Armistice will take place throughout the weekend.

Visit engage.barnet.gov.uk to fill in questionnaires and leave a comment about the plans at any point between now and Monday 4 February. If you would prefer a hard copy of the survey in the post, please email Joshua.Henry@Barnet.gov.uk or call 020 8359 7043.

Council Tax Support is the council’s discount scheme that helps people on low-incomes pay their Council Tax. Barnet Council is considering moving to a new, simplified scheme for working age claimants and would like to hear all residents’ views. Pension age claimants will be unaffected by the changes to the scheme. Between 2019 and 2024, the council faces a budget gap of £69 million. This means the council will need to change the way it operates to enable it deliver within its means.

Residents should have received a leaflet telling them their new collection day, with a six-month collection calendar included. Residents must leave their bin at the boundary of their property by 6am on the day of their collection. If a resident is unsure of when their collection day is, they can check online by visiting: www.barnet.gov.uk/recycling and clicking “Bin collection day”.

Chris Flathers, who has served as Headteacher for the Orion Primary School, Edgware, since 2000, and nearby Goldbeaters Primary School since 2004, received the accolade during a special ceremony televised on BBC2 last Sunday (28 Oct) as part of the Pearson Teaching Awards. The award acknowledged his inspirational work as a headteacher, as well as his support of pupils' families and the wider community through numerous projects, such as the five-week long learning festival ‘GO FEST’, holiday clubs, weekend football and the recently launched ‘BYT’ charity.

Provisional results released by the Department for Education last week, show Barnet was ranked second highest in the country based on Progress 8 scores which gauge the progress made by each student during their time at secondary school. Barnet was behind The Isles of Scilly which had only 14 students sitting exams this year. The average Attainment 8 score, which is a way of measuring pupils across eight qualifications including Maths and English, saw the authority ranked fifth highest nationally. This year also saw students perform extremely well in other exams.

The current rounds are up to 15 years old, so they do not reflect changes in Barnet over recent years. Changing them and making them more efficient means we can plan to collect almost all of our bins during the week, eliminating the need for garden bins to be collected on a Saturday. The recycling and refuse collections will remain weekly and the garden waste collections fortnightly.

The RAF marked its centenary in April 2018 and its station which operated as RAF Hendon – which is today part of the borough of Barnet – was globally known as the home of the RAF. The Worshipful Mayor of Barnet, Councillor Reuben Thompstone, said: “This museum is a wonderful place, with fantastic exhibits. The awarding of the Freedom of the Borough to an organisation is the highest honour that we can bestow. It recognises the close and sustained relationship between our borough and the museum over many years. I am privileged and honoured to help us celebrate that.”

As we move into the next phase of the campaign, we are asking our residents and businesses to show support for the campaign, so we can all work together to help keep Barnet clean. You can help by organising or attending a community litter picks. We have three community group litter picks so far confirmed for September. Join either: • Friends of Mill Hill Park: Mill Hill Park café NW7 2BD, September 10, 10.30 - 12.30 • Friends of Windsor Open Space: Windsor Open Space, September 11,  10am-1pm (meet at the bottom of Windsor road N3)

Ordinarily, the council would offer £15,300 for a one-bedroom property, £20,400 for two bedrooms and £25,500 for three or more. The figure will rise by £2,500 in each category for anyone who registers interest in the grant aid during Empty Homes Week and applies for it by November 30. To apply for an Empty Homes Grant, call 0208 359 4359 or email empty.properties@barnet.gov.uk