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Strange Justice (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Injured woman tracks down attacker herself after British police fail to help And it only took her a few hours When police drew a blank in the hunt for the woman thug who nearly blinded her in a vicious nightclub attack, Jennifer Wilson did not let the matter rest. Instead, the 20-year-old turned detective herself, and used Facebook to trace the stranger who had rammed a glass into her face. She recognised...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Prolific, sharply witty writer of fantasy novels for all ages A self-professed scatterbrain whose childhood was spent thinking up stories, Louise Cooper, who has died from an aneurysm aged 57, became one of Britain's finest authors of epic fantasy novels for both adults and children. Born Louise Antell in Barnet, Hertfordshire, she had a happy childhood in which lessons were often neglected in favour...
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BBC News (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The ex-bishop of St Albans in Hertfordshire writes a book of special prayers for commuters under stress.
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EADT24 - News (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
THE East of England to have its first tram service of the modern era. Two services an hour will operate between Watford and St Albans under a plan announced today by Hertfordshire county council and transport secretary Lord Adonis.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/10/2009
Examiners ordered to tighten marking, says chairman of Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference Thousands of pupils taking AS-level exams this summer received lower grades because examiners were told to toughen their marking, the head of a coalition of private schools has claimed. Andrew Grant, chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), called for an urgent explanation of...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
• Credit crunch yet to trouble Eton, St Pauls and Winchester • Other schools offer discounted fees to attract pupils The number of pupils in elite private schools has increased this term, but one in 10 headteachers still have doubts about whether their school can withstand the recession, a survey of leading independent schools reveals today. The credit crunch has yet to trouble the best-known...
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In My Day (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
Today I had a long day yesterday. I drove to Leamington Spa and back for the purposes of an English Concert Singers rehearsal. We're all off on a concert visit to Salzburg at the end of next month and there were a lot of new pieces to sing and our conductor Roy had to weld us into some kind of ensemble. We meet irregularly, usually for a few Sunday rehearsals, before a big concert. Yesterday there...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009
Archaeologist and historian specialising in the Beaker culture Humphrey Case, who has died aged 91, was a prehistorian and archaeologist whose pursuit of the subject, in the field and at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford – where he was keeper of antiquities from 1973 to 1982 – set a pattern for a generation. An authority on the Beaker culture – the Neolithic people characterised by their...
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Reece Chapman - Movement | Film Making | Life. (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
This week has been a really good week for development of Herts Parkour. With a new look forum and Tshirts/Website designed and on there way Hertsparkour is begginging to look more official. www.hertsparkour.co.uk . I have also become part of SA:PK (the St Albans Parkour team) which for me means alot after training with the group for around 3 years. More posts will be made as Herts projects unfold....
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Studiopjj (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
I love butterflies. Butterflies are also barometers for our environment. I have also learned a lot about colors watching butteflies. Hats off to Clive Farrell for building the world’s largest butterfly dome in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Someday I would like visit the dome to learn more. Useful link: www.butterfly-world.org
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HERTFORDSHIRE BIRDING (Free subscription) | 01/09/2009
Following Sunday's OSPREY at Tringford Reservoir, another was seen in Hertfordshire today....... ''My drive home from work was made considerably more enjoyable by seeing an OSPREY heading south over Park Street in St Albans. At first I thought it was a Red Kite having seen one near Park Street station earlier in the summer. But as it came closer that thought was quickly dispelled. It followed the course...
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Albany Focus Group (Free subscription) | 30/08/2009
SHAME Saturday 10 th October 2009 10am – 4pm Presented by Michael Whan Shame is one of the most fundamental and troublesome of our feelings. It appears to be inherent in the development of our self experience and experience of the other. Analytically, we find it behind much of what people bring to the psychotherapeutic setting. In addition, it is found in the therapeutic process itself, in training...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/08/2009
• Tottenham midfielder Bentley admits drink driving offence • 24-year-old drank four pints and two spirits at gig The Tottenham and England midfielder David Bentley has been banned from driving for a year after admitting to driving whilst under the influence of alcohol. Bentley pleaded guilty during the hearing at St Albans magistrates court to drink driving on 13 August in Northaw, Hertfordshire....
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Streatham & Brixton Chess Club (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
Horton v Tirapo Larcuen, Aragón Individual Championship, round two, position after 89...Nxa6 . I played the longest game of my life on Sunday evenings. 125 moves and we were on our third scoresheets before we were done. I'm pretty sure if not been beyond move eighty before. It was, as well, the first time in my life I had the chance to mate with bishop and knight against king. I've occasionally...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 22/08/2009
Here's something to relieve the tedium of the M25: see if you can spot a 26ft-high terracotta pot near junction 2(12A). The pot, together with an equally large hand fork, is a new landmark to fanfare Butterfly World near St Albans, Hertfordshire. It is currently in Phase I of its £27m development, but already open to visitors. The giant props will eventually be dwarfed by a large, glass dome...
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