Archive for the 'Abbots Langley' Category
Herfordshire families at risk from poor ante-natal screening
Yazan: Sara | 01 February 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Abbots Langley, health, Watford
The Telegraph carries a report into the postcode lottery of screening for Down’s syndrome, which is putting the pregnancies of many local women at needless risk. Other hospitals are using methods which falsely identify too many pregnant women as “high risk,” putting thousands under needless pressure to undergo invasive procedures which increase their risk of miscarriage. [...]
England's number 1 – que?
Yazan: sarabedford | 04 May 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Abbots Langley, Arsenal, Soccer specials
Stories have abounded this week that Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia should play for England when he qualifies as a home player in the summer. The Spaniard has said he would consider playing for England saying, “They [Spain] have never, never called me. If other people want me, I have to study my situation and take a [...]
Do you want to live in Hogwarts?
Yazan: sarabedford | 07 April 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Abbots Langley, films
News that the town of Wincanton in Somerset has named streets after locations in Discworld, got me thinking. The parish of Abbots Langley is home to Leavesden Studios, made famous as the location of the Harry Potter films. In Wincanton, twinned with the city of Ankh-Morpork from Terry Pratchett’s fantasy novels, two roads on a new housing [...]
A happy ending, for Pete's sake
Yazan: sarabedford | 14 August 2008 | 2 Comments
Categories: Abbots Langley, health
I am delighted to hear that Kings Langley man Pete Nash is in good health and is able to work again, after the return of his driving licence. In 2004 at the age of 37 Pete, the father of three teenage boys was diagnosed with a large Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) in his brain. It caused [...]
Between the lines
Yazan: sarabedford | 10 August 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Abbots Langley, casework, council, newspapers, Three Rivers
Just because Three Rivers has been a LibDem run council since 1994, and I have been a councillor since 1996, it doesn’t mean that I have to agree with everything it says and does. Today is certainly one of those days. This week’s Watford Observer carries a report of a resident who received a parking ticket after parking [...]
