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Oyster card extension
Commuters will be able to use Oyster cards to pay for train journeys from Borehamwood before the end of 2008, Transport for London announced this week. The pre-pay cards have been in use on the Underground since 2003. The scheme will be extended to all
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New shops coming
Seven major high street names will be appearing in less than three weeks' time at Borehamwood Shopping Park. The sign for the Outfit retail outlet was unveiled on Wednesday at the former bingo hall in the retail park, ready for the June 8 opening. The
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Suspicious death riddle
Police are investigating the sudden death of a 38-year-old man in Borehamwood. Officers were called to Academy House, Station Road, at 3.50pm on Wednesday, May 3, by a neighbour. On arrival they found the man dead in his living room. The death is being
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Drive to protect school transport
Angry parents clashed with county council representatives this week at a public meeting to discuss the proposed abolition of free home-to-school transport for faith schools in Hertfordshire. The meeting, held at Hertswood School on Monday, was the
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£250k to improve housing
Houses deemed not decent enough to live in will be revamped thanks to a £253,000 grant from the Government and the Housing Corporation. Hertsmere Borough Council will spend the money on 640 so-called non-decent' housing association homes occupied by
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Fined for parking outside my house
A fed-up Borehamwood resident spoke of her frustration this week after receiving five parking tickets in four weeks for parking outside her own house. Rita Church, 51, of Lexington Close has a yellow line right outside her home, in a residential
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Scouts honoured
Three teenage scouts from Elstree and Borehamwood have been honoured with the top award in scouting, the Queen's Scout Award. Jonathan Ainley,18, Toby Chaplin, 18, and Joel Seshold, 17, also completed the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award through their membership
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Chess stars reach Gigafinal
Seven boys and girls from Aldenham School in Elstree are celebrating their success at the recent UK Chess Challenge Megafinal held in Stevenage on Sunday. The winners include the U18 and U17 girls' suprema, the U17 and U16 boys' runners-up, and an U13
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OAPs do like to be beside the seaside
Pensioners yearning for a day at the seaside this summer can book tickets for 13 different trips thanks to Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council. The day trips, which include destinations such as Clacton, the Cotswolds and Canterbury, cost £5 each to
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Backs-against-the-wall Belstone do the job
Belstone 1 Broadfields 0 Harrow Sunday League Belstone edged their Harrow Sunday League encounter with Broadfields on Sunday. The game saw Belstone under pressure from the first to the last whistle as Broadfields came out looking to post their
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Shenley play through the rain barrier but collapse
Shenley Village II 110 Waltham Cross Rosedale II 140 Saracens Herts League Division Nine Waltham Cross Rosedale won by 30 runs Shenley Village II are looking back on the game against Waltham Cross Rosedale in disbelief. Firstly because the full
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Hertfordshire fall short after dramatic run chase
Wiltshire 206 Hertfordshire 192-9 Minor Counties One-Day Trophy Wiltshire win by 14 runs The knowledge that they had come so close to winning was scant consolation for Hertfordshire who lost a desperately tense One-Day Trophy match at Cobden
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Rain stops play
Bad weather decimated the opening weekend of the Hertfordshire cricket season, with rain affecting more than 50 matches in the Saracens Herts League. Radlett Cricket Club's first team travelled to Winchmore Hill for a warm-up game on Saturday and were
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Phoenix from the flames
Yet more of Borehamwood's past was left to the mercy of bulldozers this week, as the town's oldest state school was finally demolished. Furzehill School, which shut in 2001, will be remembered to many as the phoenix that rose from the ashes of a devastating
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Out for the count
As the votes were counted at last Thursday's local elections, candidates waited anxiously for the results. TOMMY NORTON was there on a night of highs and lows for the political parties on Hertsmere Borough Council As Labour reflect on a disastrous
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A Hollywood name game
Apparently, a number of readers appreciate it if I report on some of the familiar screen faces who have gone to that big studio in the sky. Over the past month or so those who have taken their final curtain call include veteran television wrestler
