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The leader of Hertsmere Borough Council has suggested he is willing to spend thousands of pounds protecting parks across the borough from traveller…

This was police officers pictured in Aberford Park in Borehamwood on Tuesday - and there was an even larger presence today. Credit: Cllr Glenn Briski Police officers from across Hertfordshire were drafted in to help move on a large group of travellers from a park in Borehamwood. Hertfordshire Constabulary says it became "necessary" for officers to take additional enforcement action to tackle the encampment at Aberford Park. The group initially arrived at the park on Tuesday afternoon - at least a dozen caravans were spotted scattered across the grass by the skate park. Hertsmere Borou...

A ROAD is partially closed this evening. Part of Queens Drive is blocked, and diversions are in place for buses 1, 1A, 12, 13 and 14. Swindon’s Buses tweeted: “The following stops will be unserviceable due to this – Ripon Way, Coate Water Roundabout. “Apologies for any inconvenience caused.”   A Wiltshire Police spokesman said: "We responded at approximately 6.40pm today to a medical incident. "Queens Drive was temporarily closed whilst this was dealt with and a man was taken to hospital by ambulance. "The road closure was lifted at 7pm."

A police car in Manor Way a day after a boy was found with a gunshot wound in Borehamwood A teenager has been charged with perverting the course of justice by detectives investigating an attempted murder. She is the third person to be charged by police probing the shooting of a 16-year-old boy, who remains in hospital with life-changing injuries. The boy was found with serious chest injuries near a roundabout in Borehamwood, where Manor Way and Ripon Way meet, at 10.50pm on August 4 last year. Police say he had suffered a gunshot wound. Armed police and the ambulance service attende...

Hertfordshire County Council has reduced the funding for certain highways schemes for the forthcoming financial year. This means a number of projects will not take place as planned. In Borehamwood, this includes the resurfacing of a section of Elstree Way and Balmoral Drive. The Hertfordshire Liberal Democrats have criticised the decision to slash the highways budget for repairing roads by a total of £8m up to 2025. Lib Dem highways spokesperson, Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst, said: "The Conservatives claim that our side roads have improved over recent years. There may have been some...