One of the most dangerous roads in the district is to see new speed limits introduce in a bid to improve safety. Following consultation with local residents, 40mph and 50mph limits are to be introduced on the notorious A5183 Redbourn Road. A three-mile section of the road between Batchwood Drive in St...
The backlash against SADC’s proposed removal of free car parking across the district has resulted in further condemnation from businesses. The budget-saving exercise is part of a wider review of on-street car parking taking place over the coming months, and could mean the end of one and two hour free parking...
The Conservative and Liberal Democrat candidates for the new constituency of Harpenden and Berkhamsted have dismissed suggestions that Labour could win the seat in the next General Election. A new poll of 15,000 people by agency Survation on behalf of the Best for Britain campaign group was published in the Sunday...
Sweeping changes to parking regulations across the district – including scrapping free places in Harpenden, Redbourn and elsewhere – are being mooted as part of a major council review. Meanwhile, older residents face losing their senior citizen parking permits, with any renewals now subject to means-testing following a decision at the...
This week we take a look at Harpenden highlights, what’s on in Wheathampstead, and Redbourn red-letter days as part of our preview of events taking place across the whole of 2024. Harpenden Gang Show runs from January 9 to January 13, with the 74th event promising to once again wow audiences...
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...
Churches across St Albans, Harpenden and the district around will be celebrating the birth of Jesus, the new-born king, in services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Here the St Albans Times publishes a round-up of many of those services, showing the range of celebrations on offer – from midnight Mass...
Proposals to change the speed limits on the A5183 Redbourn Road are now out for consultation. The scheme will cover the stretch of road between Batchwood roundabout (A4147) and the Redbourn roundabout junction (B487/A5183), and was originally proposed by former county councillor Annie Brewster (pictured). Letters sent out by HCC to hundreds...
Redbourn villagers are celebrating scooping three top awards in the annual Britain in Bloom competition. The accolades were Gold in the Best Small Town category, a Certificate of Achievement in the Young People's category for St Luke's School, and a Community Champion award for Redbourn in Bloom's Pat Schofield. Run entirely by...
There has been another fatality on one of the most notorious – and dangerous – stretches of road in the district, but promised safety measures have yet to be introduced. A three-mile section of the A5183 Redbourn Road between Batchwood Drive in St Albans and Redbourn High Street Roundabout has witnessed...
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