Finchley News

East Finchley free school: Parents fight for new comprehensive
Campaigners have stepped up their fight for a secular, mixed comprehensive secondary school in East Finchley by bidding to open a free school.

Impressive apartments
Award-winning housebuilder Linden Homes is urging homebuyers to come and view its stunning new show apartment, which has now opened at 96 Torrington Park in Finchley. In addition, for customers considering Linden s nearby Baxendale Court development, wh

Lifelong love affair with dance is celebrated as Hampstead legend turns 100
A woman whose connections with the dance world saved her life and who went on to perform at the highest level has celebrated her 100th birthday.

Anger over resurfacing of West Hampstead road laid with wrong tarmac
Traders, schools and services in West Hampstead are furious after a busy strip off Finchley Road was dug up for re-surfacing for the second time in two months.

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Baseball Hall to begin drug education program
The Baseball Hall of Fame is starting a drug education program for students and young adults — in the same year Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa will appear on ballot for the first time after careers tainted by steroid accusations.

Olympic official defends Spain after Contador ban
The head of Spain's Olympic committee stepped up to defend Spanish sport Wednesday in the wake of two-time Tour de France champion cyclist Alberto Contador's two-year ban for doping.

More evidence big football players face heart risks
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pro football players may generally enjoy a longer-than-average lifespan -- but the biggest players may be more likely than others to die of heart disease, a U.S. study suggests. The study, reported in the American Journal of Cardiology, followed more than 3,400 NFL players who were active between 1959 and 1988. It found that 334 had died by 2007 -- only about half the ...

Potential Olympic ski champs set for Sochi test
Potential candidates for Olympic downhill gold in 2014 will put their technical and gliding skills to the test when they tackle the men's course for the first time in competition Wednesday.

Women's Softball May Return to 2020 Olympics: A Female's Reaction
In 2005, the International Olympic Committee made the shocking decision to remove both baseball and women's softball from the Olympics. The decision to remove softball, a sport typically played by women, left female softball players across the world shocked, devastated and...