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20 Most Recent News Stories
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Fri 4th Apr 2008
Local LibDem councillors have asked the county council why so many lamp posts across the area are waiting to be reconnected by energy company EDF.
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Wed 2nd Apr 2008
Local residents have hit out at Conservative-run Hertfordshire County Council, after the council announced massive increases in home care charges of up to 40% this month, hitting many of the most vulnerable members of the community.
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Thu 27th Mar 2008
LibDem councillor Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst was tonight elected as a a Parish Councillor representing Leavesden ward, with an astonishing 92% of the vote.
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Thu 27th Mar 2008
The Liberal Democrat councillors to contest the Abbots Langley wards in this year's local elections have been announced. In the three local wards with elections this year, the current councillors are standing for re-election. They are: Abbots Langley - Cllr David Major; Langleybury - Cllr Chris Whately-Smith; Leavesden - Sue Bartrick. There are no local elections in Bedmond & Primrose Hill this year.
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Thu 27th Mar 2008
After several months of persistence from the LibDem team, the Conservative-run county council has finally agreed to repaint the safety camera markings in Tibbs Hill Road, near the junction with Jacketts Field. The markings were covered over when the road was resurfaced last September.
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Tue 25th Mar 2008
The absence of a Conservative candidate from this week's Leavesden by-election proves that Watford constituency is a two horse race, according to the local Liberal Democrats.
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Mon 24th Mar 2008
Former Labour Government Minister Charles Clarke has listed Watford's MP Claire Ward 21st in a 'Doomsday' list of seats that Labour will lose on a swing of just 1.5% at the next General Election. Mr Clarke lists the seat as being vulnerable to be lost to the Liberal Democrat candidate Sal Brinton.
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Fri 14th Mar 2008
New angled 30/50 mph signs near the junction of Coates Way and the A405 have finally been installed.
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Wed 12th Mar 2008
After a request from Cllr Matthew Bedford, action is to be taken against those running a car sales business from residential streets and amenity greens in the village.
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Sat 8th Mar 2008
Conservative controlled Hertfordshire County Council is boasting that this year more than 93% of children have been allocated one of their three choices of secondary schools. However the truth is quite different for local children. In Abbots Langley, only 69% of children at Abbots Langley primary school and 78% at Tanners Wood school have received a place at a school that they chose, leaving eighteen children from Abbots Langley school (the highest in Herts) and twelve from Tanners Wood to go to an unwanted school.
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Wed 5th Mar 2008
Three Rivers Council's much-acclaimed Community Safety Partnership with the local police is bringing down crime across the district. The report for the nine months to December shows that total crime is down across Three Rivers by 26%.
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Wed 27th Feb 2008
Well known local resident and Three Rivers councillor Stephen Giles-Medhurst has been selected to stand for the Parish Council by-election in Leavesden ward. The election will be held on Thursday 27th March
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Wed 27th Feb 2008
Leavesden LibDem councillor Stephen Giles-Medhurst has slammed the leader of the Three Rivers Labour councillors, Kerron Cross, for continuing to oppose facilities at the new Woodside leisure centre.
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Sat 23rd Feb 2008
After pressure from Liberal Democrat councillors and users of the services, the Conservative-run county council have been forced to postpone a proposed cut in the Dial-A-Ride service.
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Wed 20th Feb 2008
Commenting on the Conservatives' attempt to propose a budget for Three Rivers, Abbots Langley councillor and Deputy leader of Three Rivers Matthew Bedford said, ""The Conservatives' budget is full of holes. They have made wild assumptions about future savings, without telling people which services they will cut to achieve these savings. In order to cut Council Tax, they are slashing the council's investment programme by up to 70% in future years - this will affect especially leisure facilities like play areas.
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Wed 20th Feb 2008
Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst has been in contact with the development company that owns the shops and car park at Katherine Place and asked for a number of improvements.
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Tue 19th Feb 2008
LibDem-run Three Rivers council has agreed not to raise its level of council tax this year., by setting a 0% increase. The combined effect of the council tax decisions by LibDem led Three Rivers District Council and Abbots Langley Parish Council means a cut of £1.63 for the average local home.
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Sun 17th Feb 2008
A Fairtrade Fair will be held in the Henderson Hall on Saturday 1st March, between 10am & 12.30pm, as part of Fairtrade Fortnight..
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Fri 15th Feb 2008
The Conservative-run County Council have been blasted by a local disability group, after proposing further cuts to is set to Dial a Ride. The service is relied upon by thousands of elderly and disabled residents to carry out daily tasks and visit friends and family.
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Wed 13th Feb 2008
After closing down the village youth club two years ago, the Conservative-run County Council are making even more cuts to the youth service.
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