Police have issued an image of a man they would like to identify following a burglary last month. Officers are continuing to investigate a burglary in Paynesfield Road, Bushey Heath, on February 11 between 6pm and 7pm. A property was broken into and various power tools were stolen. PC Rhian Roberts, who is investigating, said: “We would like to speak to the man pictured as we believe he was in the area around the times specified, and may have vital information to help us progress the investigation. “If you recognise him, or if you have any information, please get in touch.”
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Bushey Country Club is one of the car parks where charges are due to increase from April 1. Photo: Google Street View The cost of local authority residents’ parking permits and car parks in Bushey is set to increase from April 1. A notice from Hertsmere Borough Council in this week’s edition of the Watford Observer outlines the full schedule of charges that are due to take effect from the start of next month. These apply to on-street permit holder parking places, pay and display and on-street parking charges, off-street car parking areas and permits for business and school parking.
Bushey Meads School, part of the Bushey St James Trust. Credit: Google Street View Education unions have called on the leader of an academy chain to reconsider practices they say endanger staff, students and the wider community with coronavirus. Urgent meetings have taken place over concerns raised this month by staff at Bushey Meads Secondary School, Hartsbourne Primary School and Little Reddings Primary School in Bushey. The schools are all part the Bushey St James Trust – an academy trust led by executive principal Jeremy Turner. The National Education Union (NEU) in Hertfordshire wrote to Mr Turner last week after the
Rolling Stone Menu Drummer Simon Phillips on His Years With the Who, Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, and Toto
The journeyman drummer has also played with Judas Priest, Jeff Beck, and Jack Bruce, and appeared on Pete Townshend’s “Let My Love Open the Door”
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Rolling Stone interview series Unknown Legends features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and veteran musicians who have toured and recorded alongside icons for years, if not decades. All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public. Here, these artists tell their complete stories, giving an up-close look at life on music’s A list. This edition features drummer Simon Phillips.
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