Another National Fire Strike Set to Affect Hertfordshire
Residents are once again urged to take extra care following the Fire Brigades Union announcement of another national walkout.
31 Oct 2014
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East West Rail Link and Oxford to Marylebone Fast Track gets Green Light
Reproduced from Rail Technology Magazine of 6th September.
12 Sep 2013
Are you a Litter Hero?
Litter remains a huge problem across the country, causing harm to the environment and wildlife, with councils in England having to spend more than £700 million on street cleaning services every year. Dacorum BC are backing Keep Britain Tidy's national litter-picking campaign, the Great British Spring Clean, which aims to encourage 500,000 people to hit the streets and clean up their local communities.
12 Feb 2017
Dorothy Thornhill Re-Elected as Mayor of Watford
Congratulations to Dorothy Thornhill who has been re-elected as Liberal Democrat Mayor of Watford.
31 May 2014
The Croxley Rail Link Takes Another Step Forward
The Croxley Rail Link has taken another significant step towards reality. Hertfordshire County Council, which is the lead partner in this multi-agency project, has appointed Taylor Woodrow to draw up the engineering plans for the project.
15 Apr 2013
Children with Free School Meals are Being Let Down in Hertfordshire schools In Spite of the Pupil Premium
A recent report to the Education and Skills Cabinet Panel on the Standards and Quality in Hertfordshire Schools shows that at Key Stages 2 and 4 children with free schools meals are achieving far lower results than their fellow pupils. The figures are damning. At key stage 2 , 24% fewer children with free school meals made the expected progress in English and Mathematics, 7% worse than the national average and significantly worse when compared with similar authorities. At Key stage 4 it's the same story. Only one third of pupils with free school meals achieved the expected progress from Key Stage 2 to 4, 11% worse than the national average. Last year Hertfordshire Schools received £16 million pounds of additional Pupil Premium funding specifically to improve the education of disadvantaged children.
12 Feb 2013