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EMERGENCY admissions to Hemel Hempstead Hospital will end in early March next year when a new 120-bed acute admissions unit (AAU) opens at Watford General. The AAU unit was due to open in October but has been put back because of the need for an additional... Full Story »
12:35 - 03 July 2008
A TEENAGE girl was pulled into St Albans city-centre graveyard and assaulted yesterday (Wednesday) evening. It happened at around 8.20pm in the graveyard at St Peter s Church. The 14-year-old victim was inappropriately touched according to police who a... Full Story »
09:20 - 03 July 2008
A STRUGGLING St Albans secondary school has been placed in special measures because standards of achievement have not improved sufficiently in the past year. Francis Bacon in Drakes Drive, St Albans, had been served with a Notice to Improve in March 2007... Full Story »
FURTHER arguments against building a giant rail freight terminal at Park Street have been lodged with the Secretary of State by St Albans District Council (SADC) because a similar scheme has already been given the go-ahead in Kent. When the planning inqui... Full Story »
A DECISION on whether or not a massive rail-freight depot can be built in the district is unlikely to be known until the autumn. The planning inspector who heard the inquiry held late last year into the scheme for the former Radlett Airfield in Park Stree... Full Story »
ON May 5, 1858, when the first London & Northwestern Railway steam train rolled into St Albans Abbey Station, it was met by crowds of people cheering and dancing in the street. The highlight of the day was a triumphant procession which marched through the...
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