Hertsmere planning applications this week include new homes in Radlett and Potters Bar, a Borehamwood leisure venue, extensions, an HMO and tree works.

Here are the latest planning applications validated by Watford Borough Council, including proposals for rear extensions, home alterations and new flats.

The Christmas And The City theme greets shoppers at all the department store’s UK outlets this festive season.

Just 55 of billpayers are in credit this year to their energy supplier this year, down from almost two-thirds (64) in 2022, Uswitch found.

Some 9.6 of people aged 16 and over are estimated to have been the victim of domestic abuse in the year to March 2026.

Residents may hear a helicopter circling overhead and “gunfire” sounds at night soon – here is why. Mammoth Productions Ltd has written to Bovingdon Airfield Studios’ nearest neighbours warning them ...

National Highways is carrying out M1 maintenance in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire this week, with a series of scheduled closures.

Rickmansworth’s Royal British Legion launches Sunday Sessions, offering free live music slots for local soloists, bands, choirs and emerging performers.

The incidents are heightening concerns about female politicians’ safety and raising fears about security in a country where politicians are highly accessible to the public. Poli ...

Two “beautiful” lion cubs have been born at Edinburgh Zoo, marking the first new arrivals of the endangered species in seven years. Keepers announced on Thursday that Asiatic lion parents Jayendra ...

The gender pay gap for full-time employees has continued to decline in the UK. It was 6.8 % in April 2026, down from 7.2% in April 2025. This compares with 9.4% a decade ago and 16.4% 25 years ago.