Politics

The running of Hertfordshire libraries could be contracted to a outside provider, as part of a drive to save £500,000.

Sir Mike Penning MP has celebrated the legalisation of some cannabis-based products for medicinal use as ‘momentous’.

Residents of Leverstock Green claim their village could double in size as a result of a major housing development.

Hemel Hempstead MP Sir Mike Penning has today launched a blistering attack on the Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal.

A number of pedestrians have been injured after an incident outside the Houses of Parliament, police have confirmed.

Councillors fear that homelessness in Hertfordshire will rise because of Universal Credit’s (UC) failings.

A waste sorting centre in Hemel Hempstead has been given permission to work throughout the night, five nights a week.

A £9,857-a-year school has announced it is closing its doors this week, after a long period of uncertainty.

Independent schools such as RSSKL are not usually inspected by Ofsted.

Hemel Hempstead MP Sir Mike Penning has tabled a series of motions in Parliament to ban cash machines in casinos.

Voters across England will be heading to their local polling station to cast their ballot in the local elections until 10pm.

Gravediggers have become the latest council workers to announce that they will strike in an ongoing dispute over cuts to redundancy pay.

Libraries are set to be “outsourced” across Herts, in a cost-cutting measure by the county council.

Dustbin lorry drivers are set to strike once again over their redundancy rights.

Tesco, Asda and Morrisons have all reduced the amount of sugar in their own-label soft drinks prior to the introduction of the so-called “sugar tax” this week.

Staff rallied on the steps of Dacorum Borough Council on Tuesday, after bosses slashed their redundancy rights.

As the snow swept in and temperatures plummeted to -6 degrees, Tony Muguma sought shelter from the big freeze earlier this month. He didn’t have a roof over his head to protect him.

An elected NHS, police bosses going to prison if they do not prosecute certain criminals, and an Irish policy that could force soldiers back on to the streets of Belfast.