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  • Soap has run its course

    Having just read the news that a fire had broken out on the EastEnder set, (“Fire on set of soap”, Borehamwood Times, February 22), I for one — and thousands of others probably — hoped that it might disappear all together in a cloud of smoke. We seemed

  • Don’t isolate our children

    The latest issue of Demos Quarterly, an authoritative online journal of political debate, contains a thoughtful article by Gavin Shuker, the MP for Luton South, entitled Divided schools, divided communities (see http://quarterly.demos.co.uk /article

  • Stupid rules for bin crews

    Over the weekend, neighbours told us that two ‘odd-looking’ men had rifled through the rubbish in our black bin. They may have been looking for personal data? They had split the bags open leaving a real mess and not wanting the refuge collectors

  • ‘Truth behind propaganda’

    Your online report (February 22, borehamwoodtimes.co.uk) that Hertsmere Borough Council claims nine out of ten local residents are happy with their performance will ring hollow with most people in Borehamwood. We have spent a great deal of time

  • Man suffers collapsed lung and fractured rib in robbery

     Muggers left a man with fractured ribs and a collapsed lung after robbing him in an alleyway. The 60-year-old man was walking through an alleyway between Stanborough Avenue and Cowley Hill in Borehamwood at around 1am on Saturday when he was attacked

  • Council tax freeze for Hertsmere Borough Council

    Hertsmere Borough Council has agreed to freeze its share of council tax for the seventh year running. The Conservative-controlled authority voted not to raise the amount it charges at its meeting yesterday. An average Band D property in Hertsmere

  • Warning after phone scams in Hertfordshire

    Police are warning residents to be vigilant after a further five attempted phone scams across south west Hertfordshire were reported. All incidents have taken place since yesterday morning. In each case, the fraudsters targeted elderly residents