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  • Rotary club goes red for air ambulance

    Rotary club members have gone red as part of a Go Red campaign week. Members of the Elstree and Borehamwood Rotary Club members donned red outfits to raise money for the Herts Air Ambulance. President Barbara Kennedy, Cynthia Barker, Pat Strack

  • Extra funding for amateur dramatics production

      A forthcoming amateur dramatics show has received a boost of £250. Elstree Productions Theatre Company received £250 from the council towards its production of 'A Slice of Saturday Night' at the Radlett Centre. The amateur dramatics company

  • Nobody does it better

    This week, Elstree Screen Heritage allowed Channel Four to shoot some scenes at Elstree Studios for a new series about restoring famous cars. The studios’ managing director Roger Morris kindly gave permission and I caught up with the crew lunching

  • Housekeeping manager reaches final of national care awards

    A housekeeping manager has been shortlisted as a finalist for the National Care Awards. Caroline Perkis, housekeeping manager of The Mead care home in Castleford Close, is one of five people to be shortlisted in the care housekeeper category at

  • Witness appeal launched after car window smashed

    People are appealing for witnesses after a car window was smashed. At around 12.20pm on Monday, a woman in her 40s pulled her car into a parking space in the Stirling Way Retail Park car park. She was then approached by a man who began shouting

  • Free apples and honey ensure ‘sweet’ new year

    The Broadwalk Centre in Edgware is inviting shoppers to come and celebrate the Jewish New Year with them. Courtesy of Rabbi Sudak, director of the Lubavitch of Edgware, shoppers visiting the centre from 4pm today and tomorrow will be treated to

  • ‘Councillors are hypocrites’

    Chutzpah is a word of Yiddish origin, which is defined in the dictionary as ‘shameless audacity’. It would be hard to find a better way of describing the behaviour of councillors Bright, Clapper and Cohen in relation to the county council’s waste

  • Opportunity to usher in a period of peace

    As we approach Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, I want to send my good wishes to members of the Jewish community throughout Hertsmere. Over the past year, I have been privileged to engage with the Jewish community by visiting synagogues, charities and

  • Bake-off in aid of cancer charity

    Your Borehamwood & Elstree neighbourhood police team has been busy baking cakes for the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, which takes place this morning. Officers have also enlisted the help of colleagues from the Hertsmere Community Safety Partnership

  • Film museum packed away after successful three months

    An exhibition that celebrated a centenary of filmmaking has now been packed away into storage. After more than 1,500 people passed through its doors, the film display at the Elstree and Borehamwood Museum is now safely packed away in Elstree Studios