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Plans to cut library hours in Watford and Hertfordshire return (opens the original)
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Plans to cut opening hours at Watford Central Library and five others in Hertfordshire have been unveiled just weeks after plans to shut them on Sundays were shelved. Ending Sunday openings in Watford, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, and Bishop’s Stortford was planned in a bid to cut costs by £129,000 before protests forced a U-turn. However, it left officials scrambling to find alternative hours reductions - with those revised plans now confirmed and published by Hert
Hertfordshire parents fined £468k for taking children on term-time holidays (opens the original)
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Parents in Hertfordshire were fined £468,150 for taking their children out of school for holidays during the most recent school year. Education officials handed out more than 5,000 fines, according to data obtained by the Local Democracy Reporting Service. Since 2024, parents who have opted for lower-cost, term-time holidays have faced stricter and steeper fines for their childâs absence from school. The number of fines issued has steadily risen over the last few years (Image: PA) The fines â
What happened at the contentious Hertfordshire 'Council of Sanctuary' meeting (opens the original)
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A Labour councillor’s call for Hertfordshire to consider becoming a Council of Sanctuary has been supported. Cllr Alistair Willoughby (Labour, Baldock and Letchworth East) put the proposal to a meeting of the county council’s public health and community safety cabinet panel on Monday, September 14. As a result of the vote, the cabinet will now be asked to determine whether the council should seek further information and consider working towards “Council of Sanctuary” accreditation. In the run-up
Plans to replace Hertfordshire councils with four unitary councils paused (opens the original)
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Plans to split Hertfordshire into four unitary councils have been paused – and will now be reviewed by the government. Reacting to the move announced today (September 7), Watford's Liberal Democrat mayor Peter Taylor said the government is treating councils "appallingly", adding: "This is a terrible way to treat residents, businesses and everyone involved in local government." Hertfordshire County Council and the county’s 10 district and borough councils would have been abolished in 2028 and rep
Calls for council to cut 60mph speed limit on 'dead end' road (opens the original)
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More than 100 people have backed a petition calling for an "inappropriate and unnecessary" 60mph speed limit to be reduced. According to the petition – which is running on the county council’s website – the limit on Long Lane in Rickmansworth should be cut to 30mph or 20mph. “The road is effectively a dead end, with two residential crescents branching off to the right, meaning there is no justification for vehicles travelling at such high speeds,” it states. “The road itself is narrow, unlit, an
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