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  • Watch footage of fallen tree removed from flats

    THE day after a 20 tonne tree smashed into a block of flats in Borehamwood, tree surgeons removed it in a carefully planned operation. Workman spent hours meticulously setting up cranes before hoisting a massive section of the tree out of the roof

  • Ugandan theatre group give lessons on child soldiers

    A UGANDAN theatre group gave a performance of music, dance and stories, centred on the problem of child soldiers in Africa, to a secondary school in Elstree. For three days, The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, in Butterfly Lane, welcomed

  • Teenager punched in park

    A TEENAGER was left with serious injuries after he was punched in the head in a Borehamwood park. The alleged assault, being treated as grievous bodily harm, happened in Aberford Park on Sunday evening, May 1. Police say the victim and

  • School has surprise visit from royal couple

    PRIMARY schoolchildren in Shenley had a surprise 'royal' visit on Thursday, when William and Kate stopped in before their wedding for an afternoon of fun activities. Wedding fever came a day early at Shenley Primary School, in London Road,

  • Falling tree destroys apartment block

    A 28-YEAR-OLD man ran for his life when a 20 tonne tree came crashing down around him and destroyed his Borehamwood home on Saturday. Daniel Raphael was thrown to the floor when a massive rotten tree collapsed outside his two-storey block of