The return of Captain Panshanger

SUPERHERO and fundraising marvel, Captain Panshanger, hung up his cloak earlier this year – any regular reader of the WHT would know that! However, after being away from any form of charity work for five months he is back, but this time unmasked. “I

Bunting banter in Welwyn

ANYONE sauntering through Welwyn village during its festival period will notice the lack of bunting along the High Street. As reported in a previous edition of the WHT, this is due to officious fire bosses vetoing their staff from hanging the jovial

Do the write thing for post offices

I WOULD be lying if I said I was a frequent user of post offices. However, I am still startled that a service as integral to any community can be so recklessly discarded. To read that the Marsden Road office is set for the chop is even more shocking.

All in the line of duty for Shapps

POLITICIANS have a pretty tough life. Constantly meeting constituents, jeering opposition members, going on pub crawls… That’s right, MP Grant Shapps (a man after my own heart) took a day out of his busy schedule last week to sample some of the finest

Look no further fore 'talent'

In this week's WHT (and somewhere on this website, no doubt) you’ll read about a WGC woman who has been crowned Herts Worst Golfer. It’s a title that has caused great debate among the swingers (can I say that?) in the WHT office. Both my esteemed

A nice clean window on MPs' pampered world

WITH the cost of living on the up and up, these are worrying economic times.Thousands of families are well and truly feeling the pinch as it gets ever more expensive to fill up with petrol or put food in their mouths.But at least our political representatives

You could be left feeling blue!

TOMORROW is polling day – and a dark cloud is looming over Welwyn Hatfield. For there is a real chance that come Friday morning, the make-up of the borough council will be all blue. The council is currently made up of 35 Conservatives, 10 Labour and

Now that's what I call value for money...

WITH the cost of healthcare becoming more and more expensive, the body that governs our hospitals appears to have built a new wing for next to nothing! Our disbelieving news editor opened an email this week, from an East and North Herts NHS Trust official,

Potholes

I CAN’T be the only one who is annoyed with the state of our roads at the moment. Hertfordshire Highways really do have a lot to answer for. Potholes are everywhere. And when people do complain – the council comes along with their trusty white spray-paint

Motorists you have been warned!

LIKE speed cameras for the police, parking tickets are seen by many as just a revenue earner for the council. So when something happens that might bring the cash flooding in, you’d have thought those at Welwyn Hatfield Council would keep quiet about

Motorway madness?

SO I see there is going to be traffic lights on the A1(M) slip roads at the two Hatfield junctions. Now, I’m used to stopping at lights at the end of a slip road when coming off a motorway, but never going on to one. I can see the slip road becoming

TV's Lewis spotted

A GEORDIE television star has been spotted in Times Territory apparently filming a programme about his family heritage. Kevin Whately, or as he may be better known detective Robert Lewis from the ITV hits Morse and Lewis, was seen in Watton-at-Stone

Welcome All!

Well, as promised in today's WHT, I have now joined the blogging community on the wonderful world of the web. It might take me a bit of getting used to though, so please bear with me. For those who don't know me or seen my column in the paper before,