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  • Ladies do the double

    Arsenal Ladies 5 Leeds United 0 Women's FA Cup final Arsenal Ladies completed an impressive league and cup double on bank holiday Monday with an overwhelming 5-0 victory over Leeds United at The Den. In front of a record crowd of 13,452 the second

  • Anxious Star face the drop

    Elliott Star FC face an anxious wait to see whether they will be relegated from the Herts County Premier Division. The club dropped into the relegation zone on Saturday following Wormley Rovers' 3-0 victory over Bushey Rangers but won't discover their

  • Town half-marathon and fun run ready for runners

    Hot on the heels of the London Marathon, Boreham Wood Athletics Club is preparing for its annual half-marathon and fun run. The club, which celebrates its 50th anniversary next year, will be holding the event on Sunday, June 25. The fun run is open

  • Radlett anxious to be back with the big boys

    Radlett Cricket Club have failed in their attempt to sign a promising U19 World Cup spinner, and so start the season with the side who finished third last year. Hopes of recruiting Gary Kidd, an Ireland left-armer on the MCC Young Professionals staff

  • Trophies all round

    Just hours after Boreham Wood FC clinched the league title on Saturday, the club held its end of season presentation dinner. Friends of Boreham Wood, past and present, joined the Mayor of Hertsmere Ron Gealy and other dignitaries at the Holiday Inn

  • League champions

    Stamford 2 Boreham Wood 2 Southern League Division One East Boreham Wood claimed the league title by the narrowest of margins after this draw on Saturday. A point was enough at the Vic Couzens Stadium to pip Corby Town on goal difference. It is

  • Fifty years of festive fun

    This summer marks 50 years since the very first town festival. JANAKI MAHADEVAN looks back at the history of the event On June 16, 1956 residents of Borehamwood and Elstree held a week of special celebrations. The event, known as civic week'

  • Confessions of a grandad

    It was good to see various Star Wars characters wandering around stage seven at Elstree Studios the other day. The occasion was a charity calendar shoot involving some of the staff from Cardif Pinnacle in Borehamwood, led by Carl Warr. The costumes

  • Making old bones

    If you live in Radlett rather than Borehamwood, Elstree and Shenley you are more likely to live longer, according to a Government-led survey. LOUISA BARNETT examines why exactly The facts are startling. If you are lucky enough to live in Radlett

  • New school taking shape

    The new Jewish high school for Borehamwood, Yavneh College, won planning permission last week for the latest stage of its radical redevelopment of the old Hillside School site. Work is already well underway on the site of the new school, which will open

  • A spiritual high

    A group of youths from Aldenham's Bhaktividenta Manor have started a Friday night initiative to give youngsters across Hertsmere something to do. Organised by Radlett teenager, Madhva Anderson, Jammin' with Krishna' is an alcohol-free fortnightly event

  • Parks to get revamp

    Two of Borehamwood's main parks are being given £5,000 revamp in time for summer. Snowboards, log runs, climbing rings and slides are just some of the new pieces of equipment being installed at the play areas in Baker Court and Stanborough Avenue, thanks

  • The school of rock

    Hertswoodstock, the inaugural school rock music festival, is coming. Students at Borehamwood's only secondary school, Hertswood, are busy preparing for next Thursday's event. Several rock banks auditioned last month for a place in the gig line-up

  • Roll up for festival

    Stiltwalkers, jazz music and a dog show are just some of the treats in store at this year's Radlett Festival. This summer's two-day event begins with an outdoor musical concert called Picnic in the Park at the Phillimore Recreation Ground in Gills

  • Youth voters hit polls

    As campaigning for yesterday's local council elections warmed up, Hertfordshire's youth voters prepared for an election of their own. Not wishing to be outdone, youngsters went go to the polls to vote for representatives to send to the UK Youth Parliament

  • Delayed ambulance drivers get the hump

    Road humps and road works in Borehamwood are making life harder for paramedics and slowing them down when attending emergencies. Ambulance staff in the town and other parts of the county have criticised Hertfordshire County Council's highways department

  • Protest grows as £1m of Green Belt land sold

    Green Belt activists are stepping up their campaign against a company which is selling plots of protected Green Belt land near Borehamwood. UK Land Investments, a London-based company, has already sold more than £1 million-worth of undeveloped land

  • NHS trust reprimanded over debts

    The cash-strapped trust which runs Watford General Hospital has had a historic weakness in balancing its books, a Government report said this week. In response to the concerns about the financial position of West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust which

  • The stage is set

    The long-awaited community theatre for Borehamwood took a step closer to becoming a reality last week, when architects and planners visited the proposed site at Hertswood School. Hertsmere Borough Council has committed £12,000 to a feasibility study

  • Free transport to faith schools could be axed

    Furious parents are preparing to battle the county council over plans to scrap free transport to and from faith schools from next year. Hertfordshire County Council currently provides free transport to 98 faith schools across the county but estimates

  • Axe-wielding ‘madman’ on the rampage

    Terrified residents spoke of their fear yesterday after an axe-wielding madman' brought terror to a sleepy Shenley cul-de-sac on Wednesday night. A man drove into Cockle Way at around 8pm and got out of a red van with an axe. He ran around the road,

  • Crisis fire talks

    Crisis talks between Hertfordshire's fire chiefs and union bosses got underway this week after firefighters voted eight to one in favour of strike action over savage cuts' to the service. More than 85 per cent of firefighters voted for union action

  • Election results 2006

    Here are the Hertsmere Borough Council election results in full. Borehamwood Brookmeadow - Conservative gain from Labour. Elsie Alokwe (Victory United) 234 Harvey Cohen (Conservative) 730 Ian Feeney (Labour) 627 Borehamwood Cowley Hill - Labour

  • Tories make gains on bad night for Labour

    The Conservative party made further gains on Hertsmere Borough Council in last night's local elections. It was a tough night for Labour who lost two seats in their previous stronghold of Borehamwood, and became the third party in the borough. The Liberal