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Popular cinema saved from 'devastating' closure

Golf buggy at the Sky Studios Elstree Pop-Up Cinema.

Sky Studios Elstree celebrates completion milestone with pop-up cinema

The Great British Bake Off are taking applications for next year

Great British Bake Off accepting applications for 2024 - here's how to apply

The crowd at Classic Ibiza.

Classic Ibiza 2024 tickets on sale for Hatfield House concert

Sky Studios Elstree main archway.

Sky Studios Elstree hosting free pop-up cinema during October half term

The Urban Soul Orchestra on stage at the Classic Ibiza concert.

Chance to win pair of tickets to Classic Ibiza concert at Hatfield House

The Battle Proms concert

Win SIX tickets and exclusive backstage tour at Battle Proms in Hatfield

The Urban Soul Orchestra on stage at Classic Ibiza.

Classic Ibiza organisers reveal details of biggest and best show yet at Hatfield

A number of local radio stations have united to form the group.

'Restricted' community radio stations apply to go digital

Vin Diesel and Daniela Melchior in Fast X, directed by Louis Leterrier.

6 blockbuster movies to see at the cinema filmed in Hertfordshire

Battle Proms at Hatfield Park is a summer celebration.

Pomp and ceremony with The Battle Proms at Hatfield Park

The St Albans-born star was found dead yesterday afternoon.

St Albans-born S Club 7 star dies aged 46

The crowd at a previous Foodies Festival with St Albans Saturday headliner Natalie Imbruglia and The Great British Bake Off 2022 winner Syabira Yusoff pictured inset.

'Gastro-Glasto' Foodies Festival to visit Hertfordshire for the first time

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh with CEO of Sky Studios, Cécile Frot-Coutaz, at the opening of the final sound stage at Sky Studios Elstree.

The Duke of Edinburgh officially opens final sound stage at Sky Studios Elstree

The mural/ the block of flats - in Balmoral Drive

School's mural 'a beacon of hope' after flat fire

The Waterboys will headline Folk by the Oak 2023 in Hatfield Park.

The Waterboys set to headline Hatfield music festival Folk by the Oak

Showbusiness Nostalgia I booked Kevin Keegan and Luke Skywalker to visit the local youth club

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Martin Lewis was on Good Morning Britain this morning as he tried to help people save money amid soaring energy costs

Martin Lewis reveals how to work out exact cost of household appliances as energy prices soar

Paul Welsh recalls his encounters with the police in Hollywood. Photos: Newsquest/Pixabay

The real life Hollywood police were not like the ones on the television

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EastEnders is shot at the BBC studios in Elstree. Photo: Andrew Stuart/PA Wire.

Showbiz Nostalgia Future of BBC Elstree Centre has been saved

They named a pub after teetotal Titanic survivor

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Couple take on bold sloping site build on new Grand Designs (PA)

Couple take on bold sloping site build on new Grand Designs

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield break silence over Queen 'queue jumping' row.

Holly and Phil break silence over Queen 'queue jumping' row on This Morning

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Barbara Windsor with Queen Elizabeth II during a royal visit to Elstree Studios where EastEnders is filmed.Photo: Fiona Hanson/PA Wire.

Showbusiness Nostalgia Royal visits to Elstree Studios - and meeting the future King

Is TikTok down? Why the app keeps crashing and closing down (PA)

Is TikTok down? Why the app keeps crashing and closing down

BBC to livestream Queen lying in state ahead of state funeral - how to watch. (PA)

How you can see The Queen lying-in-state from your home to pay your respects

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Costa Coffee recall and ‘do not eat’ warning over possible health risk (PA)

Costa Coffee recall and ‘do not eat’ warning over possible health risk

S Club 7 star Jo O’Meara updates fans ahead of emergency back surgery.

S Club 7 star rushed to hospital for emergency surgery amid message to fans

The fast food restaurant chain has announced its opening hours on the day of the Queen's funeral (PA)

McDonald's shares major announcement for the day of the Queen's funeral

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Couple take on modernist home with £1.3 million on new Grand Designs (PA)

Couple take on modernist home with £1.3 million on new Grand Designs

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Showbusiness Nostalgia Saving Private Ryan film prop was so realistic it worried airport security

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Everything you need to know for Pub in the Park at St Albans

Everything you need to know for Pub in the Park at St Albans

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Get the last few reaming tickets for Pub in the Park in St Albans

Get the last few remaining tickets for Pub in the Park in St Albans

You could own Sir Elton Johns 1992 Bentley Continental R as he sends it of to auction

You could own Sir Elton John's 1992 Bentley Continental R as he sends it off to auction

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Andy Clarke Pub in the Park. Picture: Pub in the Park

TVs Andy Clarke tells you everything you need to know about Pub in the Park

Find out how to get cinema tickets for just £3 this Saturday (Canva)

Find out how to get cinema tickets for just £3 this Saturday

Paul Welsh believes the BBC should face an indepedent investigation over the way it uses licence payers' money

'BBC needs independent probe into how it spends licence fee'

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Sophie Ellis-Bextor and her husband Richard Jones will be cooking some of their favourite recipes. Picture: Pub in the Park

Food and music festival is back with superstars Sophie Ellis-Bextor and McFly

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BBC Studioworks produces and develops several shows at Elstree Studios including Strictly Come Dancing. Credit: BBC/PA

Company behind Strictly and The Chase extends stay at Elstree Studios

The British cinema great who wanted a simple funeral, not a memorial service

Paul Welsh recounts how No Hiding Place star Raymond Francis would forget his lines on live television. Photo: Pixabay

Showbiz Nostalgia No Hiding Place for an actor who can't remember his lines

Paul Welsh explains why some actors might need to appear at fan conventions to earn money

Showbiz Nostalgia Don't judge when actors earn money for appearing at conventions and signing autographs

(Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter)

Dark Arts returns to Harry Potter Studios London this September

Elstree Studios in Borehamwood

Hertsmere set to form television and film partnership with Israel

Elstree Studios in Borehamwood

Hertsmere set to form television and film partnership with Israel

Netflix announces 'magical' new feature for fans of Stranger Things and more. (PA)

Netflix announces 'magical' new feature - everything you need to know

A new sign has appeared at Elstree Studios following the completion of two new stages. Pictured are studios historian Paul Welsh, left, and chairman of the board of directors at the studios and Hertsmere Borough Council leader Morris Bright

Showbiz Nostalgia It's fantastic that Elstree is expanding - but the bar's name is the best bit

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Minions: The Rise Of Gru. Credit: AP/PA

Treat your little minions to these toy bundles as The Rise Of Gru hits cinemas

(Left) Bernard Cribbins and (right) David Warner

Showbiz Nostalgia Remembering two of the great character actors

Paul Welsh looks back on meeting Tom Cruise at Elstree Studios. Photos: PA/Newsquest

Showbiz Nostalgia I recommended a restaurant to Tom Cruise and he didn't even ask me to join him

Enjoy a summer of wellness with Holland & Barrett huge sale on over 1000 products (Holand & Barrett)

Enjoy a summer of wellness with Holland & Barrett huge sale on over 1000 products

Customers will be able to personalise their beer cans with their own texts and images (BrewDog)

BrewDog unveils range of beer cans that you can add your own personal touch to

A new sign has appeared at Elstree Studios following the completion of two new stages, known as Platinum Stages. Pictured is studios historian Paul Welsh, left, and chairman of the board of directors at the studios and Hertsmere Borough Council leader

Platinum Stages name up in lights at Elstree Studios

Richardson is suffering with memory loss due to a unspecified infection (PA)

Dancing on Ice star Matt Richardson admitted to hospital with amnesia