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  • St Albans Market pledge

    THE district council is pledging to do its best to open the city centre market as usual in St Albans tomorrow despite snow still on the ground and the prospect of more freezing conditions tonight. Chief excecutive Dan Goodwin said: “We are

  • St Albans family spend first Christmas away from home

    While people are looking forward to a sub-zero white Christmas, one St Albans family are preparing for their first festive season away from home - in blistering temperatures Alison and Alan Cowan, formerly of Burnham Road, St Albans, upped

  • Helioslough: "Council ignored the first inspector"

    THE council was so desperate to refuse the railfreight project it did not properly consider Helioslough's planning application, the company's barrister has claimed. Martin Kingston told inspector Andy Mead: “Simply disagreeing with the Secretary

  • Council: "We have acted reasonably"

    THE council refused Helioslough planning permission on a sound, legal and reasonable basis, barrister Matthew Reed has argued in response to the company's costs applicication. He said: “The council has given justification for its reasons for

  • Helioslough: "Railfreight will not merge towns"

    NOTHING has changed to alter the first inspector's conclusion that the railfreight depopt will not merge towns and villages, Helioslough's barrister Matthew Reed has told the inquiry. Summing up his case this morning, he said: “The council and

  • Helioslough: "Council has wasted time and money"

    THE district council has wasted both its own money and Helioslough's by objecting to the railfreight depot on grounds dismissed by the first inspector, Helioslough's barrister has told the inquiry. Arguing for the company's partial costs claim

  • Helioslough: "There is no sound railfreight alternative"

    ALL the alternative railfreight sites suggested by the council in the north-west sector of the M25 have serious flaws, Helioslough's barrister has told the hearing. The council's preferred location of Colnebrook near Slough, he said, had been

  • Helioslough: "Our approach has official support"

    THE NEED for a railfreight depot in the north-west sector of the M25 is clearly backed by official planning policy, Helioslough's barrister Martin Kingston has told the inquiry. Justifying the company's decision to restrict its search for alternative

  • Helioslough: "Council wants the impossible"

    THE lack of certainty over capacity for freight trains on the Midland Main Line can not justify refusing Helioslough's proposal, the company's barrister has told the hearing. Network Rail, although it backs the project, says it can not guarantee

  • Missing Welwyn Garden City man found

    A 63-YEAR-OLD MAN who went missing from his Welwyn Garden City home last weekend has been found safe and well. Peter Cowley, from Cole Green Lane, was found this morning after disappearing from his home in Cole Green Lane on Saturday, December 5.

  • Council: "There are plenty of better railfreight locations"

    HELIOSLOUGH has completely failed to show the former Handley Page airfield is the only suitable site for a railfreght terminal, the council's barrister Mattthew Reed has told the inquiry. Continuing his opening statement this morning, he mounted

  • Helioslough: "Park Street is an ideal site"

    THE need for a railfreight depot on the former Handley Page airfield has wide support across the industry, Helioslough's barrister Martin Kingston has told the inquiry. Continuing his closing statement this afternoon, he said: “Railtrack had

  • Helioslough: "Traffic fears are groundless"

    FEARS of major traffic congestion are based on a misundertanding of Helioslough's plans, the company's barrister Martin Kingston has told the inquiry. Continuing his closing statement this morning, he said: “There have been repeated mis-statements

  • Order prescriptions before Christmas breaks

    Patients in Hertfordshire have been reminded to get their repeat prescriptions before pharmacies and GP surgeries close their doors for the Christmas break. Some practices could be closed for up to five days between Christmas Eve and Tuesday, December

  • Helioslough: "Railfreight will not merge towns"

    NOTHING has changed to alter the first inspector's conclusion that the railfreight depot will not merge towns and villages, Helioslough's barrister Matthew Reed has told the inquiry. Summing up his case this morning, he said: “The council and

  • Tesco keeps its eagle eye on London Road

    TESCO has not taken its eye off London Road as the favoured site for a supermarket, despite confirming its plans for a new express store in St Albans City Centre. The supermarket giant has confirmed it has exchanged contracts to buy the empty Woolworths

  • Review of the Year: April

    THE SLEEPY village of Wheathampstead was rocked at the beginning of April by the gruesome discovery of a hand on Nomansland common. The finding followed the discovery of a leg in Stevenage just days before. Wheathampstead district councillor

  • Council: "There are plenty of better railfreight locations"

    HELIOSLOUGH has completely failed to show the former Handley Page airfield is the only suitable site for a railfreght terminal, the council's barrister Matthew Reed has told the inquiry. Continuing his opening statement this morning, he mounted

  • Railfreight hearing defies the snow

    DESPITE the heavy snowfall, the railfreight enquiry got underway this morning on time at 9.30am. Helioslough's barrister Martin Kingston warned that more snow was forecast this afternoon and asked inspector Andy Mead if he could read out a shortened

  • Railfreight hearing defies snow

    DESPITE the heavy snowfall, the railfreight enquiry got underway this morning on time at 9.30am. Helioslough's barrister Martin Kingston warned that more snow was forecast this afternoon and asked inspector Andy Mead if he could read out a

  • More snowfall forecast for Hertfordshire

    THE PUBLIC is being advised not to travel unless it is necessary following heavy snowfalls overnight. The Met Office has issued another severe weather warning for the home counties, including Hertfordshire. Police have asked drivers

  • East of England Ambulance Trust infection control improves

    An ambulance service's attempts to address serious infection control problems has been met with positive praise by the Government's health watchdog. The Care Quality Commission completed an unannounced visit this summer to seven stations belonging