Summary

  • The latest updates on the 2019 local elections in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire

  • Conservatives lose St Albans and Welwyn Hatfield to No Overall Control

  • In St Albans, Tory leader Alec Campbell loses his seat to Liberal Democrat Will Tucker

  • Conservatives hold Broxbourne, Hertsmere, Dacorum and East Hertfordshire

  • Labour hold Stevenage and Luton

  1. Plans for £64.6m bypass win backingpublished at 11:12 British Summer Time 12 September 2019

    The plans met opposition but backers say the new route will "relieve congestion".

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  2. Voters' 'help needed' to change ward boundariespublished at 16:25 British Summer Time 27 August 2019

    Electoral planners are re-arranging wards with the aim of giving voters "equality".

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  3. Thousands fined since red routes introducedpublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 20 August 2019

    A council issues thousands of penalty charge notices to motorists parking or waiting on roads.

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  4. Cremation costs vary by hundreds of poundspublished at 01:08 British Summer Time 9 August 2019

    Prices at council crematoria range from £392 to £960 and have risen by more than inflation since 2015.

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  5. Call to protect 1978 mural from demolitionpublished at 17:24 British Summer Time 6 August 2019

    Aldi has been given permission to demolish a derelict retail centre which is home to a 1978 mural.

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  6. Peace Day riots remembered 100 years onpublished at 13:53 British Summer Time 19 July 2019

    A town hall was burnt down in 1919 as people protested against a range of post-WW1 problems.

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  7. Mayor's anger over 'oppressive' flats planpublished at 00:09 British Summer Time 18 July 2019

    Converting an industrial unit into flats would create homes that lack light and space, critics say.

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  8. New museum finally opens after six-year argumentpublished at 13:07 British Summer Time 6 July 2019

    The six-year dispute over the main entrance has now been resolved.

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  9. Planner replaced before 'huge' warehouse approvedpublished at 15:53 British Summer Time 4 July 2019

    A planning officer's removal from the controversial scheme "rang alarm bells", a councillor said.

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  10. Three-tier cake fly-tipped at roadsidepublished at 18:11 British Summer Time 2 July 2019

    Officers are trying to trace the owners of the cake which was decorated with ribbons and flowers.

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  11. Demolition of housing estates 'will not happen'published at 15:09 British Summer Time 2 July 2019

    Some £1bn was originally earmarked to redevelop 8,500 homes in one of England's new towns.

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  12. 'Dangerous' road to be closed for monthspublished at 12:48 British Summer Time 26 June 2019

    The busy road is being rebuilt after the foundations collapsed, the council says.

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  13. Anti-gang and knife crime units get £800kpublished at 11:56 British Summer Time 25 June 2019

    The Home Office funding will make a "huge difference", police say.

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  14. Rare Roman floor and museum vandalisedpublished at 18:09 British Summer Time 18 June 2019

    Vandals damaged the museum removing flints from the building's walls to smash windows.

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  15. Council to probe waste after Malaysia findpublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 10 June 2019

    Milton Keynes Council orders an independent audit after its waste was found in Malaysia.

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  16. Airport's noise assessment 'inadequate'published at 11:23 British Summer Time 5 June 2019

    London Luton Airport is trying to lift a planning condition designed to control noise.

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  17. £20m leisure centre reopens without a poolpublished at 09:51 British Summer Time 3 June 2019

    The multimillion-pound refurbishment project has been beset with problems and delays.

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  18. Harry Potter map inspires street art trailpublished at 07:22 British Summer Time 2 June 2019

    The Marauder's map, which only activates when magic is used, gives a street artist an idea.

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  19. Sit-in delays bus shelter demolitionpublished at 14:57 British Summer Time 30 May 2019

    Villagers vow to stay in the brick shelter for "as long as it takes" to stop it being knocked down.

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  20. Bridge rebuilding to close road for monthspublished at 11:12 British Summer Time 29 May 2019

    The demolition and rebuilding of a bridge over a railway line will take until spring 2020.

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