A BUS driver who killed a disabled man riding an electric scooter across a dual carriageway in Welwyn Hatfield has been ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work. Steven Conisbee, 54, of Hanover Green, Hemel Hempstead, was sentenced to a community
STAFF and pupils at a St Albans nursery took a step back in time today during their 70th birthday celebrations. In the 1940s Muriel Green Nursery started off in Lemsford Road looking after evacuee children. Before the actual educational
THREE people were arrested and two vehicles seized during a police crack down on criminals using the county's roads. The Automatic Number Plate recognition, code-named Operation Sentinel, targeted criminals and unsafe drivers using roads in
A GROUP of young textile students from Beaumont School have been making cushion covers to demonstrate the importance of recycling and raise money for the Third World. The nine girls, all 13 or 14, have given their brightly covered covers to
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy from Redbourn battling an extreme strain of epilepsy is desperately hoping for a dietary treatment to put an end to his suffering. Since James Trayling was diagnosed with epilepsy, aged three, he has suffered at least 30
AN inquest into the death of a Hatfield woman whose body was discovered in woodland weeks after she was reported missing will take place next week. Janet Read, of Walsingham Close, disappeared on Thursday, June 4, last year. A missing
A SENSORY and sound garden at a St Albans school for deaf children was unveiled this afternoon. Christine Gilbert, the cheif inspector of schools, was invited as a special guest to Heathlands School. The children, who have been celebrating
Saracens take on defending champions Leicester Tigers in the Guinness Premiership final at a sold-out Twickenham tomorrow. The Men in Black have the chance to win their first Premiership title and major trophy since the Tetley's Bitter Cup
A BODY-BUILDING granddad is set to become Mr Great Britain after impressing judges with his powerful physique. At 51, Kevan Wilson of Bullens Green Lane, Colney Heath, is living proof that age is nothing but a number. The father-of-two
THE desperate situation a city centre arts base is facing was revealed last night. The Maltings Arts Theatre, which was once a thriving hub from which a variety of theatres performances and children's workshops took place, seems to be slowing
A MOTORCYCLIST suffered a serious leg injury following a crash in London Colney yesterday. At 3.30pm the 40-year-old man and a van collided in Shenley Lane. The motorcyclist was stabalised at the scene and taken to the QEII Hospital
A HARPENDEN law firm is forming an alliance with another practice to offer a specialist service to housing associations to rival the largest firms in the country. Perrins, based in Station Road, together with Peterborough firm Buckles, launches
THE leader of St Albans Labour group has slammed the hike in hospital car parking charges. Yesterday the West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which manages the city hospital, announced parking for patients and visitors would rise by 50 pence
