Mandate Communications blog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
It’s the venue of choice for extravagant fathers of the bride, unimaginative managers planning corporate away-days, and top Premiership footballers playing away (ahem) in London. And now, The Grove Hotel in Hertfordshire is likely to play host to the most powerful men and women in the world when Britain hosts the G20 follow-up summit in April. This [...]
BBC News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Seven people are arrested on drugs charges in a police raid at a gym in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
Boxwish (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
It doesn’t have its name spelt out in 50-foot-high white letters, nor does it have a star-studded boulevard but Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire is for many Britain’s equivalent of Hollywood. Since the now long-gone British National Pictures set up camp in this quite corner of the Home Counties in the late 1920s, building two large sound stages south of Shenley Road in Borehamwood over 500 movies...
UniqueDaily.com (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
“He may be braving four-and-a-half months of solitude at sea but that doesn’t mean teenage sailor Michael Perham can forget about his homework. The 16-year-old, from Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, set off from Portsmouth yesterday on an epic 21,000-nautical-mile journey in a bid to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.” w/ photos
dooyoo newest opinions in UK / Irel (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
a new opinion on www.dooyoo.co.uk about Paradise Wildlife Park written by sam_k Paradise Wildlife Park (PWP) is located in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, easily accessed by road (M25 J25 then off the A10) and rail. Broxbourne main line train station is the closest station and PWP offers a free shuttle bus service to/from the park, ...
Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
A TEENAGER attempting to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world was setting off today. Michael Perham, 16, of Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, was to leave Portsm
dooyoo newest opinions in UK / Irel (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
a new opinion on www.dooyoo.co.uk about Hertford in General written by spykey_uk Hertford is a lovely quaint town, which has managed to still retain its character. It is officially the capital city of Hertfordshire, although you wouldn't know it from the crowds it draws in! The shops leave a little to be desired, there aren't ...
St. Albans Stop Tesco Group (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
The Hertfordshire Mercury reports that Tesco is appealing to the Planning Inspectorate over its plans to double its store in Hertford. Our new friend Nick Gellatly is quoted - regular readers of this blog can probably already imagine the spin he's putting on a very unpopular plan! (PS Nick - any plans for St Albans? You've only a month or so to appeal here.)
Market Wire - Professional Services: Associations (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (MARKET WIRE) Robert Wornham, the father of fire-fighter Jeff Wornham who died at Harrow Court, Stevenage on 2nd February 2005 said:
Zooey Deschanel news, photos, links (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Hertfordshire Mercury - Hertford,Herts,UK ... feuding couple Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel head into the country with others to escape what is at first thought to be a biological terrorist ... See Full Post
iVoucherCodes (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
Save £30, £40 or £50 when you use All Up and On voucher codes. That’s equivalent to 20% discount. All Up and On are based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire and are specialists in Fatboy bean bags, Lighting, Homeware and Storage, Soft Furnishings and Wallpaper. Here at iVoucherCodes we reviewed their site before featuring them and found their website [...]
BBC News (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
A new woodland of 600,000 trees north of St Albans in Hertfordshire is to be called Heartwood Forest.
Cinema Treasures (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
BERKHAMSTED, HERTFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND -- Check out the theater page for the Rex Cinema to see Ian's post on 10/20 regarding the remarkable developments in this one theatre's path back to life.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
In the heyday of Britain’s aeronautical industry, Hatfield, in Hertfordshire was where many new military and civil aircraft took to the air for the first time, among them the Comet, the world’s first jet airliner. Ronald Ashford was a flight test engineer at Hatfield after the Second World War. With half a dozen colleagues he was responsible for ensuring that the new aircraft would fly in safety. He...
The Genealogue (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
Every couple that got hitched in Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England, last year was already cohabitating. All 588 marriages registered in 2007 in the borough show the same address for both bride and bridegroom on the marriage certificate. Registration manager at The Bury in Hemel Hempstead, Hilary Sheppard, said: "Virtually every couple getting married now is living together. "This is true of those getting...
