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On this day: Hertfordshire Archive

Hertfordshire Archive

• Norris nonsense

  February 28, 2001 17:24: Former transport minister Steven Norris complains about Ken Livingstone's "service delivery" (Norris swipe at mayor, February 22). read more

• Ref plays extra-time

  February 28, 2001 16:50: Heckled and derided throughout the land, football referees face a lot of stick so to do the job for 58 years must take the patience of a saint. read more

• Help us find my sister's murderer

  February 28, 2001 17:53: The brother of a woman who died after being battered on her way home from a New Year's Eve church party has begged for help to find her killer. read more

• £68,000 of unpaid Tally Ho market rent written off

  February 28, 2001 18:02: Councillors were last night expected to write off £68,000 worth of debt connected to the arts centre site in North Finchley. read more

• Play is spiced up

  February 28, 2001 18:03: Scenes of explicit sex, nudity and violence are coming to Potters Bar with a controversial new version of Miss Julie this month. read more

• Beacon bids cost £12,000

  February 28, 2001 18:06: Barnet Council has spent thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money on its failed attempts to win a Government award. read more

• Fear of disease forces College Farm to shut

  February 28, 2001 17:45: College Farm has been closed to the public as a precaution due to the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak. read more

• Tax increase will improve policing

  February 28, 2001 16:52: An increase in council tax levels in Barnet will mean a more efficient and effective police force, according to the chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority on a tour of West Hendon this week. read more

• Rugby: Tabard's winning run ended at Redruth

  February 28, 2001 12:03: Redruth 32 Tabard 0 read more

• Waite lets listeners in on Canterbury tales

  February 28, 2001 18:08: The gospel according to Terry: former Beirut hostage Terry Waite captivated his audience at the Benedictine Centre in Southgate on Friday. Mr Waite visited the Bramley Road centre to speak of his captivity in the Middle East and promote his new book, Travels with a Primate, detailing his seven years as a special envoy for the Archbishop of Canterbury read more

• Worse than BSE farmers fear worse

  February 28, 2001 17:57: Farmers around Potters Bar and Barnet are keeping their fingers firmly crossed as the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease sweeps the country. read more

• Subsidence over railway tunnels closes park

  February 28, 2001 15:27: PEOPLE have been told to keep off the grass at North Watford Playing Fields, following the discovery of a half-metre deep hole. read more

• Centre truth

  February 28, 2001 17:25: Sport Centre'In his efforts to explain the Conservatives withdrawal of support for the proposed Burnt Oak Sports Centre, Councillor Salinger implies the borough was negligent in its application to Sport England for a grant (Times Letters, February 22). read more

• Taxing time

  February 28, 2001 17:34: You correctly report that politicians of all Barnet's parties have condemned the unjustifiable 23 per cent hike in the GLA precept, which is going to cost a council tax payer an extra £28 at band D (Times Group, February 22). read more

• Ashia's injury heartbreak

  February 28, 2001 18:02: Ashia Hansen, Shaftesbury Barnet's women's world indoor triple jump champion and record-holder, has a foot injury and won't be defending her title. read more

• Barnet's worst away run for 35 years

  February 28, 2001 18:06: Mansfield 4 Barnet 1 read more

• No points despite brave fightback

  February 28, 2001 18:08: Hull City 2 Barnet 1 read more

• Through to semi-finals

  February 28, 2001 18:00: Hendon Under-14s, in their first season in the Middlesex Youth Cup, are through to the semi-finals after a fine 4-2 away win over Pinnacle Sports, who took a third-minute lead. read more

• Children could be sent home

  February 28, 2001 10:30: Teachers across London this week followed the lead of colleagues in North Finchley in voting not to cover for unfilled posts. read more

• United front to keep foot and mouth at bay

  February 28, 2001 15:16: FARMERS and rural communities throughout Hertfordshire are battening down the hatches in an attempt to keep foot and mouth disease out of the county. read more

On this day: Hertfordshire Archive