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  • Towering gas holders to be dismantled to make way for housing

    Gas holders that have towered over the community for more than 50 years will be dismantled to make way for housing. The National Grid says the gasometers in Station Road, Borehamwood are no longer needed and work to remove them will begin in July

  • Faulty TVs stolen during burglary

    Five faulty flat-screen televisions were stolen during a burglary in Borehamwood. Police were called to Tempsford Avenue, where the items had been taken from a garage that had been forced open. The incident took place between 11am on Friday

  • Students quiz Tory hopeful

    Schoolchildren heard what it is like to work at the top of government when they met one of their parliamentary candidates. Oliver Dowden, who is standing to be Hertsmere’s next Conservative MP, spoke to Year 10 pupils at Hertswood Academy, in Thrift

  • Nearly 95 per cent given first choice school place

    Nearly 95 per cent of children in Borehamwood were given their first choice secondary school place, figures show. Hertfordshire County Council says that more than five per cent of pupils who applied have not been allocated at one of their preferred

  • 'Talented' children to perform in opera

     Children will step out of their school uniforms and into glamorous costumes when they perform in a classic opera. Pupils from St Mary’s & St John’s C of E School, in Prothero Gardens, Hendon, will join the English Touring Opera (ETO) on Stage

  • Man stabbed in stomach in Borehamwood

    A man was stabbed in his stomach in an attack in Borehamwood. The victim, who is in his 20s, flagged down a passing car and asked for help in Baldock Way at 11.30pm on Friday, February 27. He had an injury to his stomach, believed to have been