SEVEN undercover female police officers posing as addicts have disrupted a gang dealing cocaine in and around St Albans city. Five men were jailed for a total of 18 years five months after covert recording of drug deals by undercover officers
LIVES will be lost in traffic accidents if the railfreight terminal goes ahead, a Frogmore resident has told the hearing. Robert Webb said: “If this proposal were to go ahead, a number of local residents will be killed as a result.”
THE railfreight scheme will ruin the identity of Park Street, a villager has told the hearing. Eve Brown said: “There is a real sense of community in Park Street – people talk to each other in the street. “It has really kept its village identity.
THE railfreight terminal will mean floods in the Frogmore and Park Street area, a local man has told the hearing. Joe Carter of Smug Oak Lane, who works in Frogmore, said: "Our rivers are full. Frogmore already suffers from rainfall running
A PARK STREET villager has supported the claim that the size of the proposed railfreight warehouses proves that many more lorries will use the depopt than predicted by Helioslough. Retired bank worker Chris Brown told the hearing: “Mr Parry
A volunteer from St Albans who has dedicated more than 40 years of her life to helping adults with special needs has been crowned this month's winner in the Review's search for a community hero. The Community Gold Award scheme has over the
A London Colney villager has attacked the county council for failing to support the fight against the railfreight project. Ken Peak of Richardson Close told the hearing: “Hertfordshire Highways have been asked for help on several occasions, but seem
THE benefits of the country park proposed by Helioslough to compensate for the harm to the Green Belt are far from clear, a countryside campaigner has told the inquiry. Chris Pudsey of the St Albans Community Forest association said: “Most
THE Wheathampstead Beavers delved into the history of St Albans District Council last week when they were educated on the Mayor's ceremonial clothes. Councillor Chris Oxley together with the Macebearer were invited to the troop's weekly meeting
THE second railfreight planning application has generated even more opposition than the first one, district council leader Robert Donald has told the inquiry. He said: “One might have thought residents would meet this second planning application
CELEBRITY chef and Radlett local Gino D'Acampo is the red hot favourite to win this year's I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. The Italian TV chef, who owns a business in Radlett, is the bookies favourite to win Friday night's final with Ladbrokes
LIB DEM critics have slammed a major county council reorganisation which is going millions over budget as costs soar. The project, known as the Way We Work (TW3) has involved the progressive closure over the last two years of nearly 50 offices
THE railfreight terminal will devastate the picturesque Ver valley and bring thousands of lorries onto narrow country roads, according to campaigners in Radlett. Graham Taylor of the Radlett Society told the hearing: “The compact Ver valley is a local
ROADS around Chiswell Green are certain to fill with traffic if the railfreight project goes ahead, a Chiswell Green resident has told the inquiry. John Bell of the Chiswell Green Residents' Association said: “This is an appallingly designed scheme,
LIB DEM critics have slammed a major county council reorganisation which is going millions over budget as costs soar. The project, known as the Way We Work (TW3) has involved the progressive closure over the last two years of nearly 50 offices and
Hertfordshire Highways have got gritters on standby as plummeting temperatures and icy conditions lurk on the horizon . The forecast for a cold snap earlier this week comes on top of heavy rainfall and is likely to lead to icy roads.
THE airfield where the railfreight terminal is proposed is a grassland providing a useful feeding area for rare barn owls and kestrels, a parish councillor has told the inquiry. Lib Dem St Stephens parish councillor David Parry said that barn
THE former airfield where Helioslough wants to build a railfreight terminal plays a crucial role in isolating St Albans, the chairman of St Albans Civic Society has told the inquiry. Peter Trevelyan said: “If this appeal goes ahead many thousands
A NEW action plan to tackle the rising levels of pollution at a traffic blackspot in the centre of St Albans is to be discussed by the district council next week. Campaigners living in Holywell Hill set up an action group more than five years
A railfreight terminal will put a huge strain on the Midland main line, threatening to delay express as well as local trains, a former timetable manager has told the inquiry. St Albans city centre resident Eric Roberts drew on his railway career
A RISK assessor considering an application to resurrect Buncefield Oil Depot says there is no clear way of reducing the danger of a further, potentially fatal, explosion. The Hemel Hempstead oil depot could rise from the ashes if St Albans
PEOPLE who live in Park Street know a railfreight inquiry will mean serious traffic problems, despite the lack of official support or evidence, a villager has told the hearing. Ian Lariviere said : “We don't need people with 'expert' badges
A railfreight terminal will be bad for Radlett, Elstree and Borehamwood, according to a former county councillor for the area. Retired architect Martin Saunders told the inquiry: “I represent 10,000 residents of the Watling division.
THE boss of First Capital Connect has been invited to the House of Commons next week to meet with MP Anne Main over the on-going drivers' dispute. For more than a month commuters travelling on the Thameslink line – which runs through St Albans
THE railfreight terminal will ruin a crucial part of Britain's heritage by destroying views of St Albans, Lib Dem parliamentary candidate Sandy Walkington has told the inquiry. He said: “The strategic place of the city of St Albans in the history
ST ALBANS MP Anne Main has launched a strong attack on Network Rail, calling for bosses to be called to the inquiry to justify their support for the railfreight project. She said: “Network Rail's evidence is on shaky ground – it should be treated
JOIN parents and pupils at a Harpenden school this weekend for some festive fun. Crabtree Junior School's Parents' Association has organised a Christmas Fayre full of traditional games and a Santa's grotto. On Saturday, December 5, between
As many as ten nomination forms have been submitted for the London Colney Parish Council by-election. Mike Lovelady, the returning officer for St Albans District Council, said: “We can confirm that we have received a valid request from ten
TRAFFIC was brought to a standstill on the A1(M) following an accident earlier this morning. One car is believed to have been involved in a collision on the southbound carriageway near junction one (M25/St Albans). Motorists were halted
