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  • Families in Hertfordshire prefer Obamas to Osbournes

    Families in Hertfordshire would much rather model themselves on the families of Barack Obama or David Beckham than the Royal Family. In a survey to find the best celebrity family, the Obama family came out on top, with 23 per cent of people

  • Hertfordshire County show defies the weather

    CROWDS are defying steady and persistent rain at the Hertfordshire County show near Redbourn. Several thousand people are on the Friars Wash showground, enjoying the livestock judging, displays and attractions. Mark Franklin of the Hertfordshire

  • Respite carers needed in St Albans district

    VOLUNTARY respite carers are being sought in the St Albans district. Breakaway for Carers is looking to recruit volunteers to sit with elderly and disabled people for a couple of hours a week to give their full-time carers some time to themselves

  • Galleria's first food festival launches today

    THE Galleria in Hatfield will host its first food festival this weekend. Two popular TV chefs will show off their culinary skills to kick-start event. The festival, which is being launched by the Galleria shopping centre, will run from

  • Crowds already at Hertfordshire County Show

    A POOR weather forecast has done little to dampen spirits at the Hertfordshire County Show, with several hundred visitors arriving in the first hour alone. About 30,000 visitors today and tomorrow are expected to cram into the Friars Wash showground

  • Support Grove House at the Herts County Show

    GROVE House will be once again joining in the fun at the Herts County Show this weekend. Today the hospice's stall at the show on the Redbourn py-pass will hold a tombola with 1,000 prizes to give away and volunteers are determined they will

  • Flat fire in St Albans city centre

    FIREFIGHTERS had to break through a plaster ceiling to extinguish a blaze in a roof cavity in a flat in central St Albans last night. They were called to a first floor flat above Jennings bookmakers in St Peter's Street at 11.10pm. St