People who are struggling to pay for counselling services in St Albans North will be able to turn to Relate for help, thanks to funding from their local county councillor. Cllr Allan Witherick (St Albans North) awarded Relate Central and Northern Hertfordshire £200 from his locality budget to fund counselling for vulnerable constituents. The charity, […]

Foster Care fortnight might be ending on the 29 May, but the need for Foster parents sadly hasn’t ended. Councillor Allan Witherick said “At 11 my mother passed away and the scary thing was realising I was just one accident or incident away from being an orphan.  Thankfully I had a supportive family around me […]

For most people reading this title the first instinct is to think of how you’d react to hearing the alarm go off.  But what if you couldn’t hear? Councillor Allan Witherick said “A fire alarm is important in any home, but even more so when you might not be able to detect some of the […]

If you want to have your say on the future provision of bus services in Hertfordshire, make sure you respond to Hertfordshire County Council’s draft bus strategy consultation by June 6. Liberal Democrat Councillor Allan Siao Ming Witherick, said: “Public transport provides a vital lifeline from all sorts of people, from students right through to […]

The Reference library is set to move from New Barnfield, south of Hatfield to the Campus West library in WGC. But lack of space means not all the other collections will continue to be available for the public to browse and borrow. Malcolm Cowan, Lib Dem county councillor for Handside and Peartree said: ‘While it makes sense not to lavish huge […]

The Lib Dems have challenged figures produced by the county council which show that the council taxpayer will in effect be paying £5 million to a private development project. This is due to the decision to move Southfield Special School on a temporary basis and to move the Park Education Support Centre permanently to make […]

Work towards implementing a 20mph zone around the Cathedral area has started with a consultation to residents.  Although small in scope it is a clear move forward towards a wider roll out. Liberal Democrat County Councillor Allan Siao Ming Witherick said: “Whilst this won’t directly benefit all residents in Marshalswick South, we will be watching […]

After a record breaking Spring, forest and heath fires, summer could be a danger… Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service is urging residents to take care with fire after a record-breaking spring heatwave.  The warmest April on record has seen firefighters receive more calls to small fires in rural areas and to deliberate fires started in […]

A free service for people with physical and/or mental health problems is providing care and support to more and more people. From this month, ‘Hertfordshire Enablement – helping you to keep your independence’, a partnership between Hertfordshire County Council and Goldsborough Home Care, is delivering benefits in Hertsmere and St Albans. Any adult who has […]

Walk to School Week kicked off on May 16 and over 200 primary schools and nurseries and 27 children’s centres in Hertfordshire will be taking part. Councillor Allan Witherick said “Today is the second of the week and a good reminder that the benefits really kick in when you do things on a regular basis.  […]