Hertfordshire

New playground 'for older people'

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Two new activity parks aimed at the over 60s are unveiled by a Hertfordshire council.

Gallows Play New Material At Secret Party Set In London

F-News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

Gallows played a raucous gig at a party in London's Shoreditch last night (July 23) for energy drink Relentless. The Hertfordshire punk band's frontman Frank Carter kicked out the venue's security after just 30 seconds as they stopped fans from moshing during the first song. "Those guys are going home so please look after one another and we're gonna have a party!" declared Carter from the stage. Gallows...

This is how anti-terror laws get used

Pickled Politics (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008

From the BBC: A police force has apologised after a disabled child and his parents claimed they were detained at a Channel crossing point under the Terrorism Act. Julie Maynard, of Ware, Hertfordshire, was taking a day trip to Calais through the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone, Kent. The detective constable accused Ms Maynard and her husband Leslie [...]

• Terror police detain disabled boy - Prophecy Fellowship Forums
• Apology over 'terror detention' for parents - The Independent
• See the 4 articles on the same subject

George Udenkwo’s stunning debut: Golgotha Falls

FantasyBookReview.co.uk blog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

George Udenkwo lists his influences as Philip K Dick, Jeff Noon, Chinua Achebe and Michael Ondaatje amongst various others. He lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and has just completed the second book in the Golgotha Falls series. Golgotha Falls is a stunning debut, Udenkwo’s intelligence and passion come through clearly in his work [...]

Animation: Diversion

Digital Urban (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Diversion from Digital Animation Herts Uni UK on Vimeo . Produced at the University Of Hertfordshire by Simon Reeves and Aidan Gibbons h3da.co.uk | simonreeves.co.uk | aidangibbons.com . Just sit back and watch, your never feel the same about road signs again, lovely and superbly done.

Green technology speeding ahead at IMechE FS

TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk blog (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

IMechE Formula Student (FS) launched the world’s first low carbon racing event (Class 1A) at Silverstone last weekend. Hertfordshire University’s entry raced to pole position in the environmental stakes when they won the world’s first low carbon racing event (Class 1A) with their virtually emission free hydrogen powered car, which produced just 144g CO2 per [...]

LED ZEP PLAN MEMORABILIA SHOW FOR 40TH

PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

LED ZEPPELIN are to celebrate their 40th anniversary with a charity exhibition of band keepsakes. Britain’s fabled superconcert venue Knebworth House in Hertfordshire is to host a month-long Led Zeppelin Memorabilia Exhibition throughout August (08). The show will give fans the chance to check out trinkets, gifts and merchandise the rock legends have collected over the years. The [...]

• Led Zeppelin - Led Zep Plan Memorabilia Show For 40th - Contactmusic Ltd

Charges after two men are stabbed

BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Three men from London are charged in connection with the stabbing of two men in Hertfordshire.

Web Expert Marc P Summers to Reveal Top Secret SEO Tips! [Marc 'SEO Trainer' Summers]

Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Web Expert Marc P Summers to Reveal Top Secret SEO Tips! Monkey Design House announces Birmingham Secret SEO Seminar date Hertfordshire, UK (WENG) August 2008 - Internet Expert Marc P Summers will be giving away Top Secret Search Engine Optimization tips at Monkey Design House's SEO Seminar at the Birmingham NEC on the 3rd October from 10-4pm. Top Internet Consultants Monkey House Design are offering...

Stanley Kubrick's Boxes

MilkandCookies.com (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

Two years after Kubrick's death, Jon Ronson was invited to the director's estate to explore the hundreds of boxes the legendary film director had collected during his decades at Childwick Manor in Hertfordshire. He's been returning ever since, and the story of Kubrick and the archive, now housed at University of the Arts London, is revealed in this fascinating documentary.

Youths deny park stabbing murder

BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

Two youths accused of murdering a man who was stabbed in a Hertfordshire park deny the charge.

Two men stabbed in attack at bar

BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008

Two men are stabbed and three people arrested in an incident near a bar in Hertfordshire.

Police seek two for C&W network robbery

Arkytek Ltd :: Blog (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008

Routers and software taken Hertfordshire Police are searching for two men suspected of involvement in last week’s robbery from a network centre in Watford.… Full published article at: http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/17/energis_network_robbery/

Police seek two for C&W network robbery

The Register (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008

Routers and software taken Hertfordshire Police are searching for two men suspected of involvement in last week's robbery from a network centre in Watford.…

Child records released in error

BBC News (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008

Confidential information about schoolchildren in Hertfordshire is sent by mistake to a parent.