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Schools across Herts miss out on £1.9 million of free school meal funding

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Maya Derrick

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More than 1,500 children are hit by the funding changes, most of them of primary school age.
A woman walks past the shops in Porthcawl, Wales, during a heavy downpour. Picture date: Saturday Ma

Lockdown Easing | Video

What will the weather be like when lockdown lifts?

Maya Derrick

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County councillor Richard Roberts

Local Elections 2021

Richard Roberts set to become leader of Herts County Council

Deborah Price, Local Democracy Reporter

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David Lloyd - Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Elections

David Lloyd 'delighted' to be re-elected as Police and Crime Commissioner

Deborah Price, Local Democracy Reporter

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Hertfordshire police and crime commissioner David Lloyd is calling for the withdrawal of digital con

Local Elections 2021

Conservative David Lloyd re-elected as Herts Police and Crime Commissioner

Anne Suslak

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Daniel Craig as James Bond prepares to shoot in No Time To Die.

Film | Video

6 blockbuster movies and family films coming to the cinema in 2021

Alan Davies

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The Radlett Centre is a popular local entertainment venue

Local Elections 2021

Four councillors elected to South Mimms Parish Council

Anne Suslak

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The Herts Health Ride is taking place this summer to raise money for local hospitals

Get on your bike to support local hospitals

Akshay Raja

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The Abbey Theatre auditorium in St Albans adapted for a COVID-19 safe audience.

Arts & Culture

5 venues and leisure attractions that can reopen from Monday, May 17

Alan Davies

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Michael Chilvers, medical director at the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

Hospital reopens all operating theatres as waiting lists get longer

Deborah Price, Local Democracy Reporter

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The Luna Cinema at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire

Film

Open-air cinema returns to Knebworth House this summer

Alan Davies

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Herts County Council's party leaders Cllr Judi Billing, Cllr Teresa Heritage and Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst

Councillors' 'disappointment' at High Court judgement on remote council...

Deborah Price, Local Democracy Reporter

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The restored Shrine of St Amphibalus at St Albans Cathedral.

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Medieval shrine of St Amphibalus restored at St Albans Cathedral

Alan Davies

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Hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash has been added to the Standon Calling 2021 festival line-up.

Music

Jake Bugg and Grandmaster Flash added to Standon Calling festival line-up

Alan Davies

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Cockpit fun for a young visitor in a de Havilland Vampire jet fighter at the de Havilland Aircraft Museum.

Heritage

Aircraft museum launches appeal to raise funds for children's play area

Alan Davies

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Trudie recovering at RSPCA Southridge on April 17.

Pets

'Miracle' cat Trudie recovering at Southridge after being hit by a bus

Alan Davies

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This week's series 12 of Great British Railway Journeys brings Michael Portillo to Hertfordshire.

TV | Updated

Michael Portillo's Great British Railway Journeys visits Hertfordshire

Alan Davies

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Twirlywoos Live! will be the final show on the current Hertford Theatre stage.

Theatre

Twirlywoos live on stage to entertain little ones at Hertford Theatre

Alan Davies

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The majority of COVID-19 infections in Hertfordshire were contracted in schools and shops, the latest data shows.

COVID marshals to be recruited in Herts amid fears of a third wave

Deborah Price, Local Democracy Reporter

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Jessica Aubrey, Merryl Ansah, Alistair So and Jack Reitman will perform at the Roman Theatre Open Air Festival.

Theatre

West End stars announced for musical theatre concerts at Roman Theatre

Alan Davies

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King Lear

Theatre

Watch live-streamed production of Shakespeare tragedy King Lear

Alan Davies

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A family with the T-Rex at World of Dinosaurs at Paradise Wildlife Park.

What's on this weekend? 9 ideas for things to do this May Bank Holiday

Alan Davies

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A happy housewife woman pictured in a laundry room with washing machine

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Opinion: How much money do you need to be happy?

Peter Sharkey

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David Greaves London Marathon

Could you run the London Marathon to support Herts Community Foundation?

Dan Mountney

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Quentin Baker, Herts County Council chief legal officer 

Hertfordshire County Council

Council hopes of continued remote meetings are dashed by High Court

Deborah Price, Local Democracy Reporter

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Elstree Screen Arts Academy students joined Sky Studios COO Caroline Cooper in a steel signing ceremony

Film

Sky Studios announces new partnership with Elstree Screen Arts Academy

Alan Davies

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Polling stations are open until 10pm tonight for this year's local elections.

Local Elections 2021

How to vote safely at polling stations on May 6

Anne Suslak

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Lily Peterkin and Peter Heppelthwaite of Limitless receiving a trophy from the then-mayor Councillor Barbara Fitzsimon

Theatre

The show must go on! Welwyn Drama Festival heads online this year

Alan Davies

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The casts for Peter Pan, The Comedy of Errors and The Winter's Tale have been announced.

Arts & Culture

Casts announced for major productions at Roman Theatre Open Air Festival

Alan Davies

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The candidates for Police and Crime Commissioner in Hertfordshire

Who are the candidates for Police and Crime Commissioner in Herts?

Anne Suslak

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