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Real ale enthusiasts head for St Albans Beer Festival
Real ale lovers toasted the start of this year’s St Albans Beer Festival today. The 17th annual event kicked off at 11am this morning in the Alban Arena . Thousands of people are expected to taste more than 400 ales, beers and ciders over the
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Police seek help in finding wanted man
Police are appealing to members of the public to help them trace a wanted man. James Michael Clements is wanted after failing to appear in court. The 35-year-old was last known to be in Hemel Hempstead and has links in the surrounding areas
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Batchwood Hall's Wood beaten in finals
Batchwood Hall’s Teresa Wood lost 21-15 to Hatfield's Kath Cottington in the St Albans ladies district finals. In the final of the champion of champion event Cottington found the green quickly and built a lead of 12 shots. Wood then won the mat
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Local Business EMS Stairlifts Chips In For New Wheelchair At Charity Golf Day
Stairlift Angels Initiative, sponsored by Baldock based stair and mobility lift company EMS, were joined by local MP Grant Shapps at Welwyn Garden City Golf Club last week to present a child adapted wheelchair to Linda Cudmore, Fundraising Manager
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Duncan Goodhew opens school's new £6.6m sports centre
An Olympic gold medallist visited St Albans to officially open a new £6.6m sports centre. Duncan Goodhew, who won a gold swimming medal at the 1980 games in Moscow, was the special guest at St Albans School yesterday. The former Olympian was
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New information system for bus users
Bus passengers in south west Hertfordshire will soon be able to see how far away their bus is with the roll-out of a new real time information system. Departure screens are set to go up in various transport kiosks at bus stations across the county
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Saints boss praises transformation of side after FA Cup hammering
St Albans City boss David Howell admits his team are a completely different proposition from 12 months ago after they thrashed Ashford Town (Middx) in the FA Cup. The Saints were dumped out of the competition by East Thurrock United just under
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Samaritans looking for volunteers in St Albans
A national charity is looking for volunteers in St Albans and Harpenden to help it continue its successful work in the district. The local branch of the Samaritans needs new listeners to join the team. Elisabeth Grover, the branch’s newly-appointed
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Primary schools to take more children
SCHOOLS in St Albans and Harpenden are set to welcome more pupils from September next year in an attempt to ease the squeeze on primary places. The Grove Junior School in Harpenden will take on an extra 15 children next September while Sandridge
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Traffic gridlock after two separate accidents on M1
Traffic heading towards motorway junctions in St Albans has been brought to a standstill following a crash and a broken down vehicle on the M1. Lanes had to be closed on the motorway near Junction 4 in Edgware after a vehicle broke down
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Universities Are Forever: The 2012 Diamond Jubilee Vice-Chancellor's Lecture
When: Thursday 11 October 2012 18:30 for 19:00 Where: The Weston Auditorium, de Havilland Campus, Hatfield AL10 9EU Synopsis The former Director of Hatfield Polytechnic, Sir Norman Lindop once remarked that 'even for
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Darren Leonard: Another WGC Man Charged With Murder
A second man has been charged with the murder of 24-year-old Hatfield man Darren Leonard. Amariloo Brami, aged 22 years old and of Walnut Grove, Welwyn Garden City, has been charged with murder and conspiracy to rob. He
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Borough Councillors Argue Over Proposed Council Tax Benefit Cuts
A mysterious cloaked crusader attended Mondays Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council meeting on Monday evening to hear Councillors debate government imposed cuts to Council Tax Benefits. The Government will scrap council tax benefit from April
