Harpenden MP Victoria Collins is under fire after waiting almost a month to declare a VIP package for this year's Glastonbury Festival paid for by a music industry lobbyist ahead of a House of Commons speech on copyright. Back on June 26, Victoria accepted a gift of Glastonbury event tickets, accommodation,...
A new exhibition has opened in Harpenden’s Museum providing a picture of what life was like in the village before the outbreak of the First World War changed life forever. In 1979 Harpenden’s History Society ran a competition asking for personal recollections from the period before 1914. It attracted 15 contributions...
Deborah Heath is at the Eric Morecambe Centre for the Harpenden Musical Theatre Company's latest production...
The sudden and unexpected loss of two staples of the city centre’s independent retail scene has cast a fresh shadow over the robustness of any local business to weather the current economic crisis. Last week saw the closure of both The Pudding Stop and Lawes and Sons butchers, two businesses with...
A Harpenden secondary school has introduced a ban on smartphone use for pupils joining Year 7 next September. St George’s School has updated its policy in the wake of a decision by the majority of the town’s primary schools to introduce similar measures from the start of this autumn term. From September...
A six-strong delegation from Gansu Province in China has visited Harpenden to explore the hometown of local hero George Hogg. Gansu is in the north-west of China through which the ancient Silk Road passed. Shandan, located in Gansu Province, is the town to which Harpenden schoolmaster George Hogg led 60 school...
A huge fight broke out in The George pub in Harpenden High Street on Saturday night before spilling out into the road. The incident kicked off just before midnight between two groups of men, and witnesses say as it escalated those involved were pushed out of the premises, where a video...
An inspirational Harpenden mother is celebrating her 10-year milestone free from cancer in the best way she knows how; by giving back and supporting others. A decade ago, Angel Ashcroft was facing the unthinkable. She had a diagnosis of triple negative grade 3 breast cancer while 22 weeks pregnant with her...
Harpenden Town Council is considering commissioning a third party market research firm to survey local residents and retailers about the impact of on-street parking charges. Town clerk Carl Chivers has already written to SADC seeking a review the current policy ahead of the start of SADC's September budget-setting process given the...
The Inn on the Green in Harpenden is set to reopen with an improved look and feel this autumn following a six-figure investment. Situated on Leyton Road overlooking the village green, the Greene King pub will temporarily close to the public from Monday whilst renovations take place, with the upgraded venue...
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