This week coronavirus restrictions began being eased across England.

As I contemplated this week’s topic, all seemed good with the world. It was a Friday and the early spring sun was shining through the apple tree despite a frosty nip in the air. It was the last day of educating from home, and I had a light teaching...

Tom Kerridge's Pub in the Park is set to return to Hertfordshire this year with headline acts including Basement Jaxx and All Saints.

A whole year has gone by and most of us may very well be a few pounds heavier.

Schools will be renovated with modern boiler systems and over a hundred county council buildings will have solar panels installed as Hertfordshire County Council secures £23.5m to combat climate change.

Police were targeting speeding drivers in St Albans along a road that some have been using as a "race track".

A new principal has been appointed at Oaklands College.

One of Hertfordshire's busiest recycling centres will be open seven days a week due to increased demand.

Election results in Hertfordshire could be delayed this year – with plans being drawn-up to quarantine marked ballot papers for 24 hours.

An unlucky couple from Hertfordshire agonisingly missed out the £182m EuroMillions jackpot when their numbers came up but their ticket payment failed.

Officials have been making a series of unannounced visits to supermarkets in Hertfordshire – to check they are complying with measures designed to limit the spread of Covid-19.

A coroner has “real reservations” about care given to a traumatised 13-year-old, originally from Hertfordshire, who took his own life last year.

Crucial works on the auto-wind mechanism of St Albans’ medieval clock tower are underway following a grant from Historic England.

Most people with severe mental illnesses in Watford, Hertsmere and Dacorum missed crucial health checks last year - despite being at risk of premature death.

A busy junction has been partially closed after a traffic light was damaged in a crash.

Two new road safety camera vans are to be deployed in areas within Hertfordshire with speeding concerns.

A trailer overturned on a busy dual carriageway near a major roundabout yesterday.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be giving the latest on the pandemic on the day when schools reopened to all pupils after a two-month lockdown.

Weather experts have warned strong winds may bring disruption to Hertfordshire this week.

People aged between 56 and 59 are being invited to book Covid-19 vaccinations this week, NHS England said.

The press conference will start at 4pm, an hour earlier than the usual time 5pm due to internal diary considerations in No10.

Tomorrow coronavirus restrictions will begin being eased in England.

Hello, my name is Moo and I’m a 14-year-old British Short Hair girl looking for my new home. I came to the National Animal Welfare Trust in January as I was too scared to eat because of the dogs in my previous home.

Temporary changes will also be introduced which allow licensed premises to sell alcohol for takeaway purposes.

Hello again to my fellow travellers down Memory Lane. I hope you are all holding onto the wreckage as the end of lock down is now hopefully in sight and the pub garden beckons.

I am rather partial to an urban myth. My favourite of all time is, sadly, not fit for family viewing and involves a young man still living at home with his parents, a music player, headphones and a cup of tea. It is my myth of choice as I witnesse...

The M25 has reopened after being closed when a lorry crash spilled fuel on the road surface.

I don’t think it’s an overstatement to claim that box sets have been a sort of therapy for millions of us during lockdown.

The M25 near St Albans has been closed after a lorry shed its load.

The latest list of local testing sites for people with no coronavirus symptoms has been released ahead of the return to school.

JD Wetherspoon has revealed that 394 of its UK pubs will reopen on April 12 - and 12 of them are in Hertfordshire.

A new coronavirus strain that is believed to have originated in the UK is being tracked by scientists, as efforts increase to suppress variants of concern.

A man was punched unconscious in St Albans in what police have called an "unprovoked attack" in broad daylight.

We will be bringing you the latest updates throughout the day as Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivers the next budget.

A car has broken down on the M1 near Hemel Hempsread

Businesses along a road which has been shut at one end for more than half a year say they feel "disregarded and ignored".

Hotel giant Travelodge wants to open more new venues in and near to South West Hertfordshire.

THE search for the mystery person infected with the Brazilian mutation of coronavirus is continuing.

The hunt for an unidentified person with the Brazilian variant of coronavirus has been narrowed to 379 households in the South East of England.

The budget airline is hopeful it can fly 60-70 per cent of normal traffic volumes this summer.

Plans to move specialist cancer services from north-west London to a hospital in Watford would be feasible, an NHS trust says.

It was a year ago today that the country's chief medical officer reported the first patient in Hertfordshire had tested positive for coronavirus.

Boris Johnson’s road-map out of lockdown has offered hope that non-essential retailers could open as early as next month.

A hunt is under way to locate one of the first people in the UK believed to have contracted the Manaus variant of coronavirus, a new strain that may spread more rapidly and respond less well to existing vaccines.

A new closure at a busy junction has been enforced after barriers and cones were introduced, latest pictures show.

Is it me or are the weeks flowing past at a rate of knots but on the positive side bringing closer the days when I can sit in the garden and read a good film biography?

Work is to begin next month on a new £220,000 children’s playground in St Albans.

Services at a specialist cancer centre in north-west London could be moved to Watford after a review found the current site is not fit for purpose.

From an entirely selfish perspective, I find lockdowns fail to live up the negative hype. Yes, I fully concur that if alone, at whatever age, you must spend your time going stir crazy as you rattle around the house, contemplating breaking the law ...

I sit back into my sofa and open a brand-new hardback. I’ve been looking forward to reading Bill Gates’ new book How to avoid a Climate Disaster.