AN accident on the M1 motorway is causing delays for rush hour commuters between junctions five (Watford/A41) and six (North Watford/Bricket Wood). The collision, involving one vehicle, on the northbound carriageway of the motorway happened
TOWN councillor Daniel Chichester-Miles has been nominated for election as the next Mayor of Harpenden. Although he will not be formally confirmed in post until the town council's annual meeting on May 17, the nomination was agreed on Monday
ST Albans MP Anne Main has been invited to apologise and asked to pay back thousands of pounds in public money for allowing her daughter to live rent-free at her second home. The Parliamentary Standards Committee ruled Mrs Main had breached
SINGLE pregnant women are not always given priority for housing in St Albans, the district council has admitted. After reporting on the plight of Deonne Smith of Wheathampstead, still waiting for a flat when her daughter Riley was seven months
SHADOW minister Andrew Lansley has pledged to try to halt the transfer of hospital services from Welwyn Garden City to Stevenage if the Conservatives win power. Mr Lansley visited Welwyn Hatfield this week to discuss with MP Grant Shapps the
ST ALBANS MP Anne Main accused the Government of ignoring the problems of local commuters in a parliamentary debate on First Capital Connect yesterday. Speaking not in the House of Commons but in Westminster Hall, she told rail minister Chris
THE closure of a Harpenden respite centre providing vital breaks for severely disabled children looks all but certain to go ahead despite the worries of parents. The county council wants to close the Stairways Centre, run by Mencap in Douglas
DIABETICS in the St Albans area are risking blindness by ignoring invitations for routine tests, health chiefs are warning. Everybody with diabetes over 12 is offered a test for the early stages of retinopathy, the most common cause of blindness
St Albans MP Anne Main preffered to charge the taxpayer for a second home in her constituency than face 'soulless' overnight stays in hotels. In an inteview with the Standards Commissioner, John Lyon, during an investigation into MP's parliamentary
St Albans MP Anne Main has agreed to apologise for overclaims on her parliamentary expenses and repay £7,100 in allowances. Sir Thomas Legg, who carried out the review on expenses in relation to MPs' second homes, said she must repay £7,100
Agreed Note of interview with Mrs Anne Main MP, 30 November 2009 Present: Mr John Lyon (JL) Mrs Anne Main MP (AM) Friend of Mrs Main Notetaker JL Thank you for coming in. And I’m grateful to your friend for accompanying
HARPENDEN MP Peter Lilley has fought off a parliamentary expenses repayment claim of more than £40,000 with the largest successful appeal of any member. Sir Thomas Legg, who was brought in to examine claims for second homes back to 2004, asked
St Albans MP Anne Main has also been invited to apologise in writing for expenses claims. She must pay back a total of £7,100: £2,100 in respect of sums wrongly claimed for food in the period 2005 to 2008. A further £5,000, which is one seventh
St Albans MP Anne Main has been ordered to pay back £7,100 of taxpayers money following an investigation into Parliamentary expenses. Full story to follow.
CRITICS who have called for First Capital Connect to lose the right to run trains between St Albans and London have misunderstood its deal with the Government, the rail firm is insisting. Luton MP Kelvin Hopkins and Bob Crow, boss of the train
A 38-year-old woman from Welwyn Garden City wept in court as she admitted causing the death of a cyclist by careless driving. Kenneth Lush, 47, died instantly when he collided with a car on the A414 on May 13 last year. Debra Kelly,
“When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, its sound is often no louder than the beating of your heart and it is very easy to miss.” This is a quote is from my friend’s autography. The author, who leads a busy life as a well-known traditional
SCIENTISTS at Harpenden's Rothamsted Research have been using its historical archive of seeds and leaves to probe how a fungus affecting crops changes over hundreds of years. Using the store of samples taken from on site cultivations from 1860
TESCO has been in discussion with education bosses over developing a primary school in London Road, St Albans, to ease the shortage of places in the district, the Review can reveal. Councillor Richard Thake, Hertfordshire's cabinet member for
A FORMER staff accommodation block at the QEII hospital in Welwyn Garden City is about to be demolished to make way for extra public parking. The two-week demolition of Burnham House near the casualty department is scheduled to start on Monday
