Between May 11 2023 and July 2 2024, Harpenden businessman Barrie Woolston, the owner of Molasses House art gallery, campaigned to get Herts county council to tackle repeat flooding in Station Road. His pleas for action were met with sarcasm and a refusal to accept any responsibility. Here, he reveals his...
When the St Albans Times first met Zoe Traynor, she was taking part in a city centre demonstration highlighting the need for improved funding for children with Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Last October’s protest was organised by SEND Reform England, a group set up to fight for more specialist...
Harpenden businesses have been forced to install flood defences at their own expense to prevent rainwater from bursting into their properties every time there’s a deluge. Molasses House art gallery and News 4 U newsagent in Station Road have both resigned themselves to taking matters into their own hands after persistent...
After three winters of extreme flooding, residents of a small village lane can look forward to the problem being resolved.Homeowners in Longmead Lane in Ayot St Lawrence have endured a "river" of rainwater rushing past their houses every time there is a deluge. One resident, who asked not to be named...
A St Albans Parliamentary candidate is calling on the county council to scrap its roll-out of 20mph speed zones.John Dowdle, who represents Reform UK in the constituency race, says the cost of the project is unjustified at a time when the HCC director of finance has warned all county councillors...
“Hertfordshire County Council is a disgrace, and you can quote me on this.” That is the damning opinion of St Albans council leader – and county councillor – Chris White in the wake of weeks of disruption caused by roadworks across the city centre. Temporary traffic lights, closed roads, queuing vehicles, noise...
Historic 100-year-old features have been ripped up from one of St Albans’ most prestigious roads – and will be re-used by Herts Highways elsewhere in the county. The stone setts – large heritage cobbles used to line roads and dropped kerbs in Park Avenue - have been dug up and either...
The indications on the doorsteps were reassuringly positive, but did anybody really expect the Harpenden Rural by-election to see one of the biggest swings ever recorded at County Hall? The resignation of Annie Brewster as county councillor earlier this year opened up her former ward for a fight between Liberal Democrat...
The Liberal Democrats have overturned a 1,580 Conservative majority to win the Harpenden Rural seat in yesterday's county council by-election. Alison Wren received 1,474 votes, compared to 766 for the Conservatives, 168 for Labour and 119 for the Greens, taking the seat vacated following the resignation of Conservative Annie Brewster to...
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