Julian’s musings (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Attended the East of England Labour Party Regional Conference in Stevenage this weekend. The good news for me was that I have another year on the Regional Board. I spoke at an anti-fox hunting fringe with Dan Norris MP, Minister for Rural Affairs. The main speaker at the conference dinner was Ray Collins, General Secretary [...]
gaskella (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
It was the Mostly Bookbrains litquiznight last night. As questionmaster, if I say so myself, it went really well. We had a packed house and everyone seemed to have fun. Mark from Mostly Books was a brilliant help as scorer, Ali from the shop made a wonderful trophy - see it here . As any proceeds from the quiz were being donated to charity, we were grateful to The Manor Prep School who let us use the...
MuggleNet.com (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
The Hertfordshire Mercury has a new interview online with James Williamson, who will be playing an unnamed Death Eater in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows . In the interview, he discusses how he's been getting ready: At the moment James does not know if he will have any lines. He will find out only when he begins filming on Thursday. The former Bishop’s Stortford College student has been...
Harry Hotspur (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Martin Chivers. One of the finest strikers of his generation. A genuine White Hart Lane Legend. Big Chiv is Martin Chiver's incredibly readable story of events on and off the pitch in the late sixties and early seventies. From the prologue, ' With the ball at my feet, I headed towards the Paxton Road end. I knew Smith was chasing me, but I also knew he wasn't going to catch me. Not that day - I had...
Andy Peacock (Free subscription) | 13/10/2009
It is hoped that a new £38m biotech science park in Hertfordshire will create up to 1,500 new science jobs and rival not only near-neighbour Cambridge but also Boston, California and North Carolina in the US as a Life Sciences cluster of global standing. The campus will be sited at GlaxoSmithKline's Stevenage research base and is to be funded by the Government, the Technology Strategy Board and...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
Stevenage MP backs prime minister in announcement that she will stand down Labour minister Barbara Follett announced today that she will be standing down at the next general election. The MP for Stevenage in Hertfordshire said it was "with great sadness" that she told the prime minister and her local Labour party she would not be contesting the seat again. The 66-year-old mother of three,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
I must take issue with Mike Pitts, the editor of British Archaeology, regarding his statements concerning the valuation of the Anglo-Saxon treasure recently discovered in Staffordshire ( Anglo-Saxon gold hoard is the biggest – and could get bigger , 25 September). To assume that a valuation committee will have to take into account the "depressive effect" of unleashing such a hoard...
Marketing Jobs (Free subscription) | 23/09/2009
Circa £45k: STEVENAGE HOMES For more Housing jobs and jobs in Hertfordshire visit Guardian Jobs
Melissa in a Market Town (Free subscription) | 21/09/2009
As I've mentioned before, I live in Biggleswade. It's a quaintly pretty market town in Mid Bedfordshire next to the River Ivel and half an hour from Cambridge, Stevenage, Bedford and London (on a good day.. on a bad day it takes 45 minutes and shudders to a standstill at every small hamlet between Biggleswade and Kings Cross) If you are fortunate enough to catch Biggleswade on a bright Autumn Saturday...
Letchworth Girls' Rugby (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
A call has gone out for all girls to go along to the county "trials" on Sunday - especially U15s - even is they are new to the game. Greg Maxwell, the Herts U15 head coach, says: "Please could every Under 15 girl come to Welwyn this Sunday for county training. We are very keen to have two teams this year so everyone will play for Herts no matter if new to rugby or an old hand . It is...
Boxwish (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
A naughty filmmaker has received a telling off from police after setting in motion a murder hunt in the Hertfordshire town of Stevenage. Director Geoff Searle had forgotten to clear up all his props after filming his short horror film Meat After School (get it') in a local woods when a teenager walking the dog soon found the gruesome ‘body’, setting the wild goose chase into motion. A...
Cool Science News (Free subscription) | 30/08/2009
The rocket and fuel tanks of the Lisa Pathfinder satellite, which will be launched in 2011 and pave the way for new scientific experiments on gravitational wave detection and black holes. From The Daily Mail: You might think Nasa is the only pioneer of space technology, but this £200m satellite (below) is being built not in Houston but at a sleepy industrial estate in Hertfordshire. It's so tantalisingly...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 26/08/2009
• Job losses account for almost 10% of Fujitsu's UK workforce • Move follows loss of contracts and company-wide pay freeze Japanese IT group Fujitsu is axing 1,200 jobs, almost 10% of its UK workforce, as the recession sees corporate clients and public organisations try to conserve their cash. The company, which has a number of contracts with government departments including the Ministry...
The highs and lows of modern motherhood (Free subscription) | 25/08/2009
Well the summer holiday has ended for me as I go back to work on Wednesday. I wish I could have gone out more with the kids but they are Ok. We went to Standalone Farm which is a city farm. The boys loved it and Son no1 said that he's having a wonderful holiday. The highlight of the visit was a trailer ride. A trailer with seats was attached to a tractor and it took us to a spot on the farm which was...
Dark Rock Diaries (Free subscription) | 14/08/2009
There is a good chance I may get to see two former Grecians in action tomorrow afternoon, and both will playing for Stevenage Borough. I’m off to Holker Street, home of Barrow F.C. for their Blue Square Premier fixture against the Hertfordshire club. Bayes was the Grecians regular keeper for a few seasons, whilst Boylan only featured in a handful of matches, and went on to become a top-class...
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