Harpenden, England News

The A5183 Watling Street in Radlett will be closed from A411 Elstree Crossroads North to the A414 North Orbital Road from 8pm this evening.

A St Albans based film-maker has been inspired to produce a DVD to raise awareness of dementia after his experiences with his own grandfather.

A former St Albans teacher has gone on trial for sexually assaulting a girl he was privately tutoring.

Solicitors from St Albans have raised more than A 5,000 for Carers in Hertfordshire at their annual quiz night.

Harpenden scout members have been left heartbroken after thieves broke in and stole A 7,000 worth of windows as part of their new A 275,000 scout hut project.

A St Albans nursery has raised thousands of pounds for a children's charity after hosting a fundraising ball to celebrate its 10th birthday.

Hertsmere Borough Council is appealing for sportsmen and women to take part as members of Team Hertsmere in this year's Herts Youth Games on Sunday July 6 at Wodson Park Sports and Leisure Centre in Ware.

Dubz musician and Big Brother star Dappy, who lives in Sandridge, has been charged with assault after a fight broke-out outside a nightclub in Essex.

The secretary of state for education, Michael Gove, has promised he will personally intervene to help decide the future of a free school.

St Albans Sea Cadets celebrated another year of success when the Eastern Area Officer, Commander Charles Bagot-Jewitt RN, attended the Westminster Lodge unit for its biennial Royal Naval Inspection.

A budding photographer from Redbourn has won a Hertfordshire-wide competition, which will be featured in an exhibition touring the county.

A man from Tyttenhanger near St Albans who raped a nine-year-old girl when he was a teenager was jailed for four years on Wednesday.

Danny Norman Smith, 46, of Monks Close, St Albans. On October 15, 2013, together with another, stole a blue Honda Civic car belonging to another, Community order made with unpaid work requirement.

An Abbots Langley charity has been given thousands of pounds to invest in a more cost and environmentally-friendly vehicle.

The Hospice of St Francis is celebrating the achievements of its student volunteers, who make up around 10 per cent of its volunteer workforce.

On Sunday, February 23 almost 60 girls and their leaders met at Woodland Lodge for a District Activity Day with a special focus on the environment.

The performance of the Thameslink rail service will be scrutinised at a meeting next month, following recent disruptions and major delays.

Verulamium Museum will open its doors to tell visitors about the lives of writer Charlotte BrontA and the heroine of her novel, Jane Eyre, through the clothes they wore.

Mayor makes cupcakes with Bake Off star to celebrate women's institute's first birthday Mayor, Annie Brewster, makes cupcakes with Bake Off star, Charlotte White, to celebrate Herts Belles Women's Institute's birthday St Albans's Mayor joined members from a women's institute in celebrating the group's first birthday by decorating cupcakes with a ... (more)

Damage incurred by weeks of heavy rain and strong winds have left the county's Highways department and the Fire and Rescue Service busy clearing up the aftermath.