Four candidates are vying to fill the vacant Hertsmere Borough Council seat in Bushey North An upcoming by-election in Bushey will be hotly contested as the Liberal Democrats aim to defend a seat they won for the first time in more than ten years. Following the resignation of Andrew Melville, who has moved away from the area, a Bushey North seat at Hertsmere Borough Council is up for grabs. Two golf courses in Bushey have dominated the headlines in recent weeks with redevelopment proposals unveiled for both Bushey Country Club and Bushey Hall Golf Club. We take a look at who is hoping to win your vote in the election on Thursday, May 6.
Elections will take place on May across Hertfordshire A batch of postal votes have been delayed after a member of staff at a printing centre tested positive for coronavirus. Some voters in Hertsmere are yet to receive their postal vote ahead of the May 6 elections after the printing centre was forced to temporarily close on Monday. Hertsmere Borough Council says it is aware of a small number of postal vote applications affected. The council says the postal votes have been sent out to residents in two batches - and it is some residents who are part of the second batch affected.
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General view of fog shrouding the ground before the Sky Bet Championship match at Vicarage Road (Image: Zac Goodwin/PA Wire)
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Plans to build a 5G phone mast that were heavily criticised by neighbours have not been given approval by a council. An application had been submitted to Hertsmere Borough Council to build the mast at the junction of James Close and Aldenham Road in Bushey to provide improved network coverage for Vodafone in the area. The site is currently host to a 15-metre-high street lamp – under the proposals this would have been replaced with a 17.5-metre phone mast as well as three cabinets. The taller pole would have catered for all the data speeds as well as rolling out new 5G connectivity.
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