The chairman of the Labour group on Barnet council, Alison Moore, is standing against Mr Freer in the parliamentary contest and makes much of his local record.

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Jim Cameron, chairman of a commuter group, the Connecticut Rail Commuter Council, said a Metro-North commuter alert was emailed at 3:30 a.m.

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