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  • Appeal for generous sponsors to help save athletics club

    An athletics club is appealing for donations to save it from closure. Borehamwood Athletics Club relies on entry fees from the annual 10K race it holds every June to subsidise places for its weekly activities. But after nearly 60 years, Elstree

  • Think outside the box for once

    It seems quite extraordinary to me that at a time when the Government and every other agency seems to be advising us to take on a healthy lifestyle and avoid the dangers of obesity and other deadly illnesses, the town council chooses this time to renege

  • Drop in at society’s Christmas fair

    The Hertfordshire Society for the Blind’s Christmas fair is taking place on Sunday, November 2 in the Great Hall at the Bushey Academy in London Road, Bushey, from 11am to 4pm. The Watford Rock Choir will perform a number of favourites during the

  • Heartfelt message to the owners

    On Sunday evening, in the Hartford Road area of Borehamwood, I unfortunately witnessed a beautiful black cat being hit by a car. This is a message to the family who maybe do not know what has happened, or are dealing with their loss. I just

  • How do they do so little mileage?

    Regarding the online article on the police putting the wrong fuel in their cars (“Careless police officers in Hertfordshire spend £8,000 filling up cars with wrong type of fuel”, www.borehamwoodtimes.co.uk October 14). I am quite amazed the police

  • Underdogs Boreham Wood eye FA Cup upset

    Boreham Wood manager Ian Allinson insists there is no pressure on his side as they look to cause an FA Cup upset at Woking this weekend. Wood are enjoying their best start to a Conference South campaign this season but Allinson’s side still head

  • German students tour Elstree Studios in twin town visit

    A group of 65 students got to feel like Hollywood stars for the day when they were given a tour of Elstree Studios. The group from Ernst Kästner Real-Schüle in Offenburg, Borehamwood’s German twin town, called in at Elstree Studios while visiting

  • Watford Road, Radlett to close for 20 days

    A road will be closed for almost one month to improve access for pedestrians. Road closures will be put in place on Watford Road, in Radlett, between the junctions of Park Road and the New Road from October 27. Work will be carried out from

  • Objections raised over alcohol sale in kebab shop

    Objections over plans for a kebab shop will be raised at a licensing meeting next week. Hertsmere Borough Council’s licensing sub-committee will meet next Wednesday to discuss objections raised over plans for a kebab shop to begin selling alcohol