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Art and craft sessions for residents at a Watford care home have been boosted by an allocation from a councillor’s Locality Budget.

Anyone planning to travel by road in Hertfordshire in the next few days is being warned to take extra care as low temperatures, icy conditions and the possibility of light sleet or snow are forecast.

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Hertfordshire County Council has installed free electric vehicle charging points at County Hall in Hertford.

Obesity, crime and unemployment were just some of the issues up for discussion as the county’s most influential figures met to discuss the 'State of Hertfordshire' on Friday 20 January.

Brent Pelham & Meesden Parish Council will be able to install a new village notice board thanks to funding from a county councillor.

A charity in Hitchin will be able to equip their new office thanks to a grant from three county councillors.

A bowling club in danger of closing down due to the state of the clubhouse roof has been saved thanks to the help of a local county councillor.

On 6 February Hertfordshire Highways will start a £214,000 programme of essential maintenance work on bridges in the Ware area.

Young Songwriters from Hertfordshire can win the chance to perform at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the Hertfordshire Songwriter 2012 competition.

Solar eruption causes strongest radiation storm for seven years as particles hurtle towards Earth - The solar flare occurred on Sunday and will hit Earth with three different effects at three different times.

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New Evening Classes - New evening indoor puppy and pet dog training classes will be starting Tuesday 31st January 2012 at St James’ Hall, Downley. The puppy class will start at 6pm and the pet dog class at 7pm.

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iPhone 5 to be waterproof?

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Chinese-Shandong Heavy Buys Italy's Luxury Yachts Maker Ferretti - Ferretti to be sold for £247 Million to a Chinese state-owned conglomerate. The group includes CRN which builds 85 metre mega-yachts for oligarchs. Riva the 170 year old company plus 6 other famous brands.
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Polish prosecutor Mikolaj Przybyl shoots himself after news conference - Mikolaj Przybyl shot himself in his office in Poznan after reading a statement in which he defended a military investigation into leaks related to a plane crash that killed Poland's president two years ago. [

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Terminally ill given less than a year to live 'should have right to ask their doctor for lethal drugs' - The report, financed in part by assisted suicide backer Sir Terry Pratchett, pictured, stopped short of recommending euthanasia of the kind practised by the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland. [

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Affordable housing shortage fears - Changes to benefits could mean that in many parts of the UK there won't be enough affordable housing for families on a low income, experts warn. [BBC Politics]

Single Ensuite from £49.00 per night This includes vat.

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Illegal tyre dumping 'nightmare' - A warning is issued of the dangers of illegal tyre dumps as officials start to clear 7,000 left on farmland. [Front Page News]

Ship sinking costs Carnival $95m - The sinking of the Costa Concordia could cost parent firm Carnival up to $95m (£62m; 75m euro), the firm says. [Front Page News]

Sherlock Holmes WILL return for a third series next year, BBC confirms - Audiences were left unsure if the cantankerous detective would return after he appeared to 'die' with his reputation in tatters in Sunday night’s show. [Show Biz]

Luton airport planning expansion - Plans to increase annual passenger capacity to 18 million at London Luton Airport and create 6,000 new jobs are revealed. [Business]

Yummy mummies take to the catwalk as New York Fashion Week set to star a mothers-only runway show - Strut: The Fashionable Mom Show will give women inspiration when it comes to wearing outfits that can be easily transformed to take a mom from homes to evenings out. [Femail]

British surgeons pioneer surgery with robotic arm to fix blood vessel - Doctors at St Mary's Hospital in London have saved a man's life by performing a world-first heart operation using robotic technology. [Health]

Nationwide launches market-leading 18 month 0% purchase credit card - but there¿s a catch - Nationwide Building Society is launching an 18 month 0 per cent interest purchase credit card tomorrow – but you must be a current account customer to get it. [Money Mail]

Sainsbury's lands latest blow in supermarket petrol price war with '10p off a litre' promotion - The promotion will last from tomorrow until Sunday, and also applies to online shopping. Morrisons are also slashing prices at the forecourt from Monday. [Money Mail]

Games legacy boost for graduates - Glasgow City Council is unveiling a £10m scheme that aims to provide 1,000 jobs for graduates as a 2014 Commonwealth Games legacy. [Front Page News]

Nasa announces 2014 test flight of its Orion deep space capsule - The Orion capsule, which is being developed by Lockheed Martin Corp, would fly aboard a Delta 4 or Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. [Sciencw]

Colombia fashion week 2011: Butt implants and 'mountains of cocaine' - A behind-the-scenes look at Colombia fashion week makes up the latest installment in the Fashion Week Internationale series - and reveals the Colombian obsession with plastic surgery. [Femail]

Thousands join remembrance events - Thousands of people of Wales across are joining remembrance events as a weekend of tributes begins to war victims. [Front Page News]

High fibre diets CAN reduce the risk of bowel cancer - By compiling existing research involving data from almost two million people, scientists found that a high-fibre diet offers significant protection against the disease, the third most common form of cancer in Britain. [Health]

UK could face double-dip recession, warns EU as Britain prepares for economic 'Armageddon' - David Cameron and Vince Cable put on a united front as a report was published that laid bare the toll of the turmoil in the eurozone on our economy. [Money Mail]

Jilly Cooper silenced by a Woman's Hour question about her husband's love affair - When Jilly, pictured with husband Leo Cooper, wrote a book of advice for married women, one tip was that a wife should sometimes turn a blind eye to her spouse’s affairs because they can blow over. [Femail]

The minor injuries unit at Herts and Essex Hospital has expanded and opened to patients on Monday 23 March, providing a new reception with a larger waiting area and an extra treatment room.

An exciting new GP surgery – Spring House Medical Centre – opens today (Monday 1 June) in Welwyn Garden City.

NHS Hertfordshire today announced that a collaboration between the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and Assura Lea Valley LLP, have been successful in their bid to run two new urgent care centres (UCCs).

An exciting new GP surgery - West Herts Medical Centre - opens in Hemel Hempstead on 1 June.

It is under a month now until new urgent care centres open at Hertford County and Cheshunt Community hospitals in October 2009. Urgent care centres are a new service for people with relatively minor injuries and ailments that might otherwise have had to travel to an A&E department, to get treated much closer to home. The new centres will provide urgent care for people who do not have a life-threatening illness or injury. The centres will include diagnostic services such as x-rays and blood tests along with treatment areas for wound stitching, sprains and plastering minor fractures.

A new GP-led health centre is set to open its doors at the QEII Hospital in Welwyn Garden City later this year after the PCT signed a contract with local GPs to provide the service.

First issue of Stakeholder Bulletin.

Boards of the four NHS organisations involved in the Delivering quality health care for Hertfordshire consultation met yesterday (19 December 2007) to make decisions that map out the future of Hertfordshire’s health services.

Wednesday, 19 December 2007 is the date when the boards of the four consulting health service organisations will come together to make their decision on the outcome of the recent Delivering quality health care for Hertfordshire consultation. The meeting, which will be open to the public to attend, will be held at the Fielder centre in Hatfield.

Public consultation on ‘Delivering quality health care for Hertfordshire’ has now come to an end – the deadline for responding to the proposals was yesterday (Monday 1 October).

Driving west along Ballslough Hill is a pothole right where peoples wheels go. Its getting bigger as are all the other holes along this awful road
Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): Ballslough Hill, Kimpton
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There has been in recent weeks increasingly ploughed up grass on the west side of the crossing by the sculpture of 'Dawn'. It would appear that some heavy vehicle is now in the habit of cutting this corner. The mud needs clearing, grass replacing - and could a few bollards be put there to deter such damage in future?
Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): Parkway, Welwyn Garden City
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The street light outside 38 Edinburgh avenue is often off when all the others in the road and queens drive are on. It eventually comes on but only after an hour or so.
Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): 42 Edinburgh Avenue, Rickmansworth
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A deep pothole has appeared on the northbound lane of the A1000, close to the centre of the road. It is impossible to see at night and therefore difficult to avoid. It is approximately 175 yards north of of the junction of the B158 (Kentish Lane)
Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): Great North Road, Brookmans Park
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Pothole on west bound carriage way between A505 Baldock Bypass and Junction 9 of the A1
Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): A505, Letchworth
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Driving South on Three Houses Lane is a pothole just south of The Cottage where the wooded area of the road opens up into the open area. At the moment the pothole is hidden under a huge puddle, therefore not being able to see it.
Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): Three Houses Lane, Codicote
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Driving north up Three Houses Lane is a huge pothole on the left hand side of the road just before the house at Crouch Green.
Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): Three Houses Lane, Codicote
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Driving south from the Whitwell- Codicote road towards Kimpton Mill there is a pothole on the left hand side of the road about half way down before you get the dip and crest in the road.
Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): Codicote
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Driving west towards Kimpton is a huge pothole about 3 metres long on the edge of the road which always fills up with water hiding the hole. The hole is between the sewage works and the sharp bend east of the works.
Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): Kimpton Road, Kimpton
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Recent work by a utilities company on this stretch of footpath on right hand side of entrance to Tennis Courts has been poorly finished. The footpath surface is uneven and the grass/mud spills onto the tarmac. They need to return and make good this and a nearby section of pathway, tidy up the grassed area and re-seed the grass.

Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): 9 Meadow Way, Rickmansworth
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The street light outside my house (59/61 sheldon way, berkhamsted) keeps turning on and off every few minutes
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On industrial estate side of road, opposite bus shelter.
Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): Radlett Road, Watford
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Street light outside 237 Gammons Lane is damaged and needs fixing/replacing.
Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): 171 Gammons Lane, Watford
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There is a blue car two doors in at number54, number plate in frout window it is, if one where it is it only stuck on.
Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): Weall Green, Watford
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Second column down the alley between Nightingale Road and Meadow Way as you walk down hill is off

Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): Nightingale Road, Rickmansworth
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Box is wide open with all wires and connections showing. Please can you repair asap. This box is always open and probably needs a new one.
Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): 82 Leaford Crescent, Watford
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The accuracy of the report is slightly off. Specific location is: On/near the pedestrian crossing on St.Albans Road, between the school and the exit from the Asda Superstore. Was not like this yesterday/weekend, is therefore deteriorating very rapidly. If a cyclist/moped/motorbike strikes this at the right angle, it will throw them off. Strong smell of drains, too.

Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): 14 Leggatts Wood Avenue, Watford
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There is a large pothole in Alexandra road, opposite number 12.
Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): 22 Alexandra Road, Well End
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This pothole has been filled at least twice before but keeps re-appearing
Nearest road to the pin placed on the map (automatically generated by Bing Maps): 41 Ludlow Way, Croxley Green
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There is a light out in Richmond Walk about half way up which makes this area very dark.
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