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Schoolboy sues for £32k over his lost finger

20.07.11
A boy whose finger was torn off on a sharp school fence as he tried to retrieve a football is suing for £32,000 at the High Court... more

Elton John still standing despite rain storms at Magic Summer Live

18.07.11
Sir Elton John praised his fans for braving the rain at the first ever Magic Summer Live... more

Smarte work goes Morgan Sindall's way

06.04.11
These are tough times for the building industry, but Morgan Sindall has some cheer having landed a slice of £500 million in construction work up for grabs from three local councils... more

M25 closed after transporter crashes

18.03.11
Thousands of motorists were hit by traffic chaos on the M25 today after a car transporter overturned causing tailbacks of four miles... more

Auction time for rare sundial

18.03.11
Stone sundial discovered in a village garden and used by its owner to grow strawberries is expected to fetch about £7,000 at auction in London ... more

Olympic velodrome to cost public £400,000 a year

23.02.11
The Olympic velodrome will require a public subsidy of £400,000 per year, even though it is the sports venue most likely to have year-round use after the Games ... more

'Suicide' sparks major chemical alert

27.01.11
Police were forced to cordon off a road due to a chemical incident sparked by a suspected suicide... more

Mother at inquest of son she murdered

25.01.11
A mother serving at least five years for murdering her brain-damaged son was let out of jail to attend his three-day inquest... more

Two rail firms face prosecution over Potters Bar crash

10.11.10
Network Rail and maintenance company Jarvis are to be prosecuted over the 2002 Potters Bar rail crash in which seven people died, it was announced... more

Balfour Beatty wins three-school deal

27.08.10
Balfour Beatty shows some local councils are still spending money, winning an £80 million deal to build three schools ... more

Companies face huge fines for Buncefield oil depot blaze

18.06.10
Three companies face potentially unlimited fines for health and safety breaches over the explosion at Buncefield oil depot in Hertfordshire in 2005... more

Rapids of Rockies come to Herts for 2012 Olympic canoeists

24.05.10
Olympics chiefs are putting the finishing touches to a £31million project to recreate the rapids of the Rocky Mountains in a Hertfordshire nature reserve... more

Get a life at The Grove

03.03.10
Hotel review: Liz Hoggard stays in The Grove near Rickmansworth, where she was offered the chance to do a "best life" retreat run by life coach Nina Grunfeld... more

Met chief: My job should not pay a bonus

09.10.09
Sir Paul Stephenson hit out at the practice of police chiefs receiving bonuses and vowed never to take one himself... more

Girl 'critical' in hospital after schoolmate kills himself

01.05.09
A schoolgirl was left fighting for her life in hospital hours after a fellow pupil apparently took his own life... more

Hands of jigsaw man 'buried in Epping Forest'

28.04.09
The missing hands of "jigsaw" murder victim Jeffrey Howe may have been buried in Essex, it has emerged... more

Nine arrested and seven women saved in brothel raids

21.04.09
Police have arrested nine people suspected of running a network of brothels across London and Hertfordshire... more

Police in body parts case to reconstruct face of victim

14.04.09
Police hunting the killers of a man whose body parts have been dumped in the countryside say they want to create a facial reconstruction of the victim this week... more

Knebworth is back with 2-day festival

09.02.09
Knebworth House is to be revived as a major festival venue this summer when it stages the European leg of rock event Sonisphere ... more

2012 stadium bill goes through roof

05.02.09
The cost of the 2012 Olympic stadium has soared again — by almost £50 million, the Government admitted... more

Snow havoc returns to roads and we’re running out of grit

05.02.09
Heavy snow showers swept across central and southern England again, causing travel disruption and a fourth day of school closures... more

Fergie loses family photos in burglary

17.12.08
A laptop owned by the Duchess of York containing hundreds of intimate family photographs has been stolen... more

Workman dies after gas canisters turn to 'missiles'

06.11.08
A construction worker was killed when gas canisters turned into "missiles" and tore through a warehouse... more

Phone robber arrested after he gave victim his own mobile

28.10.08
A robber was arrested after he gave his mobile phone to one of his victims as compensation for a phone he had just stolen... more

Beckham house staff held for theft

13.10.08
A COUPLE who worked as housekeepers at David Beckham’s Hertfordshire mansion have been arrested for theft, it was revealed... more

Making new connections

04.07.08
The National's annual New Connections Festival is now upon us. Nicholas de Jongh looks at Scenes From Family Life and A Vampire Story. ... more

Developers offering home owners huge sums to sell off their gardens

22.02.08
Property developers trawling for space to build on are pursuing homeowners in the hope they will sell off their gardens... more

Three lost Kubrick works found

02.11.06
Three film projects from Stanley Kubrick that have been hidden for more than half a century are to be shown on the big screen.... more


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