A Harpenden town councillor has urged his Lib Dem colleagues to come together and devise a solution to scrapping free car parking in order to raise desperately-needed revenue. Richard Scott, who represents Harpenden North Ward on HTC, also chairs the corporate policy and finance committee, and is responsible for the economic...
Harpenden Highland Gathering returned to Rothamsted Park on Sunday with the usual array of Scottish-themed activities. The event, which is organised by Harpenden Lions, included a marching pipe band, Highland dancing, Highland Games, arena displays, stage performances, children’s races, live music, archery, go-karting and haggis hurling. Funds raised from this year’s Gathering...
The ballot papers have been stored away, the Champagne bottles and campaign posters are in the recycling and sleep-deprived supporters, volunteers, council officers, journalists and candidates are starting to feel normal again after a weekend spent recovering from the overnight count. So what now? With Daisy Cooper and Victoria Collins having...
“I think there's a real sense of hope that things can change, but I also know that newly elected MPs need to work hard to regain public trust in politics.” In the early hours of Friday morning, Victoria Collins became the first MP for the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted,...
What do you get when you cross a drag queen turned sorceress, a rather charming member of the royal family, and a princess with a penchant for snoozing? It can only be the launch of Harpenden’s Christmas panto, this time getting in ahead of the more widely-publicised Alban Arena to...
Liberal Democrat candidate for Harpenden and Berkhamsted Victoria Collins has been elected as the new constituency's first MP. The results were: Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrats) 27,282 Paul De Hoest (Green Party) 1,951 Nigel Gardner (Conservative Party) 16,574 Zara Layne (Labour) 4,061 Mark Patten (Social Democratic Party) 223 Saba Poursaeedi (Reform UK) 4,245 The election turnout was 75.49%. ...
Five weeks after he cooked up a storm at a Harpenden school, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey wrapped up the party’s campaigning in the constituency with a second visit to the town. Hundreds of party campaigners greeted the arrival of his battle bus - which had already called in at seats...
Unusually for a Friday afternoon, there is a big buzz of people gathered in The Oddfellows Arms in Harpenden’s Leyton Green, while outside a large security detail of men in suits and earpieces wait near their black Jeeps and monitor the situation. It was upstairs at the pub that Conservative prospective...
Harpenden's Katherine Warington School welcomed actor Jonny Weldon as keynote speaker for their second annual Arts Awards Evening. Jonny, who played Ian in hit series One Day, delivered an inspiring and entertaining speech that resonated with students, parents, and arts enthusiasts alike. He said: “Having loved the arts from a young age...
Harpenden Photographic Society has announced the winner of its biggest annual accolade. The society, now in its 88th year, holds five internal competitions throughout the season, where HPS members enter colour prints, monochrome prints or digital projected images (DPI). The top scoring images in each competition, as determined by an external judge,...
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