News

Welcome to the Parikiaki online news pages. Feel free to browse our latest news articles, get it here first.

Barnet Council releases video to encourage use of community skips

Barnet Council’s free community skips service

Barnet Council has released a new video to promote the council’s free community skips service.

The service is currently being used by more than 83 households a day, and the video’s aim is to encourage residents to make use and benefit from the service.

As well as helping to dispose of large items and taking a step forward against fly-tipping, the initiative behind community skips also has a social effect.

Since it began in November 2022, visiting the skips has led to conversations with neighbours and even helped address loneliness and encourage community spirit. All of which supports the new vision for Barnet, Caring for people, our places and the planet:  Our Plan for Barnet.

Barnet Council’s Environment & Climate Change Committee Chair, Cllr Alan Schneiderman, said: “The free community skips service has been popular with Barnet households and is a great way not just to dispose of items, but to also keep in touch with friends and neighbours.

“We hope this video will further showcase this excellent initiative and encourage more residents to make use of the service.”

The community skips service is managed by Barnet Council’s Street Scene team and allows households in the borough to dispose of up to three large items at no charge. It is available to each household in the borough once every three months.

The council is exploring ways to donate items deposited that are in good condition, to help reduce waste and be more sustainable, and where possible will recycle items collected from the community skips.

The service is accessible across 74 locations in Barnet and residents will have one location allocated to them every three months.  Residents can check their skip service dates and locations at www.barnet.gov.uk/communityskips.

Filming took place in Barnet with a real community skips team at a live service location. John Savage (local actor) and Kashka Frycz (council employee) play the leading roles. Paul Gannon, Community Skip Liaison Officer plays himself and background characters are officers from the council’s Street Scene team. All participants in the video are volunteers.

The Feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in London

On 25th March 2023, on the Feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, His Eminence Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, Nikitas, presided during Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Archdiocesan Chapel of the Annunciation of the Theotokos …

3rd Lenten Vespers in Edinburgh

3rd Lenten Vespers in Edinburgh
On Sunday, 19th March 2023, at the Church of St. Andrew in Edinburgh, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain Bishop presided during the Third Lenten Great Vespers accompanied His Grace Bishop Raphael …

Poetry competition by the students of the Greek Community Schools in honour of the National Anniversary of March 25, 1821

Poetry competition by the students of the Greek Community Schools in honour of the National Anniversary of March 25, 1821
On the National and Religious Holiday of March 25th, a poetry competition was organized by the students of the Greek …

London’s first beaver project gets new dam dwellers in Enfield

Two beavers swim alongside each other in a muddy pond
Two new beavers have been introduced to Enfield’s pioneering flood alleviation and biodiversity project and are thriving in their London home.

The male and female two-year-old beavers were brought from …

Haringey late-night parking enforcement

Working with residents, we are expanding our late-night parking enforcement to N8, N10 & N15 👮‍♀️🎟️
Tell us where the problems are at night https://bit.ly/42qJVYt 🚗🚙
Together we can reduce dangerous & illegal parking.…

London’s boroughs awarded more than £63 million in funding to make streets healthier and safer for all

London’s boroughs awarded more than £63 million in funding to make streets healthier and safer for all
27 March 2023
Nearly £39m allocated to outer London boroughs and more than £24m to inner London boroughs, as part of TfL’s Local …

Famagusta Mayor asks President to raise the issue of the Turkish-occupied city to Macron and Scholz

We have asked the President of the Republic to raise the issue of Famagusta to the President of France and the Chancellor of Germany, said Mayor of the Turkish occupied city, Simos Ioannou, on Monday, after having been received by …

Restaurant fire – Belgravia

Eight fire engines and around 60 firefighters were called to a fire at a restaurant with dwellings above on Pont Street in Belgravia.

Part of the basement of the building and a small part of the offices on the first …

Hotel fire – Paddington

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters were called to a fire at a hotel on Craven Road in Paddington.

Half of the ground floor of the mid-terraced five-storey building was damaged by the fire. Ten people were evacuated by …