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  • Around 6,000 postal votes cast ahead of elections

    AROUND 6,000 postal votes have already been cast ahead of today’s elections in Hertsmere as the council’s chief executive predicted a “moderate” turnout. Hertsmere Borough Council confirmed the votes were out of a potential 9,700 as voters

  • Golf club offers free sessions

    A GOLF club in Radlett is offering free taster sessions in a drive to get more women involved in the sport. Porters Park Golf Club, in Shenley Hill, is inviting guests to book an hour slot on Saturday May 7 and May 14. All equipment

  • Shop transformed into Siberian salt cave

    A MOCK Siberian salt cave has been recreated in a Borehamwood shop offering treatment for people with respiratory problems. Owners of the unusual therapy centre, which opened in January in Leeming Road, have transformed a retail unit into what

  • PCSO recognised with safer neighbourhood award

    A Radlett PCSO has been nominated as one of the best officers in the county by the Hertfordshire Police Authority. Iain Boyd was nominated for being “highly visible” and “popular, friendly and down-to-earth”. Having won the Hertsmere

  • Pilot scheme could offer free childcare places

    PARENTS in Borehamwood could benefit from a new pilot scheme offering free childcare to youngsters aged two years old. Hertfordshire County Council was awarded £398,665 by the Government to trial a project, which aims to give children from less privileged

  • New destinations for over 60's coach trips

    MATURE residents in Elstree and Borehamwood are being offered a wider choice of destinations this year with the town council's annually subsidised coach trips. The ever-popular outings for over 60s will offer favourite seaside destinations

  • Crash closes M1

    A CRASH involving three cars and a heavy goods vehicle closed both directions of the M1 earlier this morning. Police were called at around 9:15am and were forced to closed a section of the motorway after one of the vehicles caught fire. However

  • Car vandalism victim seeks justice

    A BOREHAMWOOD man says he is looking for justice and retribution after his car was deliberately vandalised for the second time in seven weeks. Three yobs are reported to have attacked Barry O'Neill's sporty Renault Megane at around 4am on Friday

  • Polling stations open today

    POLLING stations in Hertsmere will open at 7am today for voting in local elections and the national referendum on electoral reform. Thirteen seats are up for election in Hertsmere Borough Council, while all seats on both Aldenham Parish Council