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Grandad's plea for missing Welwyn Garden City teen

10:49 - 20 August 2008

A GRANDFATHER has made an emotional plea for his missing 13-year-old grandson to come home. Young Dillon Cooper has not been seen for two weeks and grandad Bernard is frantic with worry. Mr Cooper said the family were holidaying at Butlins when they heard...

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Welwyn school worker killed in crash

12:46 - 19 August 2008

A FAMILY man who worked at a primary school has died, following a scooter accident. Dad-of-two Ian Bell worked as site manager at Oaklands Primary School in Welwyn. The 41-year-old died after he collided with a car, near Panshanger Aerodrome on the B100...

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Medal win for Potters Bar's Justine

10:58 - 20 August 2008

TRANSPLANT survivor Justine Laymond has won a bronze medal at the British Transplant Games. The event which kicked off alongside the Olympics in Beijing saw the former Potters Bar girl in action just two years after her double-lung...

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James Linton second left with school pals Ryan Han, Joseph D’mello and Simon Han

Potters Bar pupil celebrates six As

16:00 - 15 August 2008

Potters Bar pupil James Linton is celebrating six As at A-level. The 18-year-old from Allandale Crescent, Potters Bar is off to University College...

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Video & Gallery: One year on from Hatfield fire

ONE year ago, flames and smoke engulfed an entire street in Hatfield after a huge inferno in a block of flats. The blaze which was over 100ft high destroyed the unfinished building and left many of the houses opposite on Lemsford Road damaged. People were...

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Formula 1

Hamilton to hit the streets of Valencia for European GP

THE next stop off on the Formula 1 calendar sees the drivers competing at the street circuit of Valencia in the European Grand Prix. The season is currently taking a two-week break before practice starts on August 22, and it will give each team plenty of...

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Olympics 2008

Silver for rower Stallard

TEWIN Olympic rower Tom Stallard and his men s eight crew were disappointed despite collecting a silver medal in Beijing. The eight had high hopes of coming home from China as Olympic champions. Just last month Stallard had told the WH Times that he felt...

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