The façade collapsed in 2017 in Hatfield town centre
- Credit: Archant
Since the industrial decline in Hatfield during the 1990s, residents and politicians started examining whether the New Towns worked.
But even during this period between 1990 and 2000, plans were afoot to develop new areas of Hatfield with the Galleria, expansion of the University of Hertfordshire and Hatfield Business Park being the most notable example.
The development of the Galleria proved controversial, with developers of the site, the Carroll Group, going into receivership and later it becoming part of a legal battle. Landsec, its current owners, took it over in 2005.
What makes the Melbourne Fashion Festival special
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By Rachelle Unreich
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The fashion festival turns 25. Who better to tell its history than its participants?
JEFF KENNETT, Former Victorian Premier, Fashion Festival founder: “The whole concept had never been thought of before. Between the period of 1992 and 1996, we were very much aware that we have to address the economic imbalance in the state, which was in a parlous condition, but on the other hand build up the things we thought our community would respond positively to. One of the things I have always been cognisant of is the creativity that exists within fashion. I made head of Just Jeans Craig Kimberley – an enthusiast and optimist beyond compare – our first chairman. We wanted to build up hope in the community and promote the concept of fashion in Melbourne.”
1 March 2021 • 12:01am
A hairdresser at work in Vienna, but April 12 is the earliest salons may open in England
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SIR – We are concerned that the fiscal impact of the Government’s lockdown measures on women is being overlooked.
The virus has taken its toll on a great many people in Britain, but a significant number of female employers, entrepreneurs and employees are being affected – and the damage could take decades to repair.
More women than men work in sectors that have shut down. Mothers are almost 50 per cent more likely than fathers to have lost their jobs or been forced to leave because school closures have created a childcare crisis.
Business leaders and MPs sign Telegraph letter urging Government to back Britain s working women in Budget
Leading names have joined forces to urge Government to safegaurd the retail and beauty industries
1 March 2021 • 6:00am
Prominent names have backed a letter published in The Telegraph urging action to halt the fiscal impact of the pandemic on women
The Daily Telegraph, leading names including Dame Helena Morrissey, Dame Jenni Murray and former home secretary Amber Rudd have joined the British Beauty Council in urging the Government to commit to safeguarding the retail and beauty industries.
The letter, also signed by Trinny Woodall, Mary Portas, Cherie Blair QC, Tamara Gillan and Baroness Bertin points to evidence that the clock is being turned back on Britain’s working women, and urges the Government to halt the reversal by “properly assessing the impact the pandemic has had on women’s lives in the UK”.
Do you want to understand what is wrong with the BBC, why it is in crisis and why so many people are refusing to pay their licence fee?
Look no further than Gordon Ramsay s new game show, which began with much fanfare on Wednesday night.
For the next three weeks, Gordon Ramsay s Bank Balance (BBC One) will be broadcast three times a week at prime time, a harsh punishment for those of us seeking a spark of fun and lockdown relief amid this purgatory of restriction and constraint. Is this really on for a whole hour? I whimpered after 15 minutes of grown adults bickering with each other while trying to answer imbecilic questions and then balance plastic bricks on a shelf. Honestly. You d get more thoughtful discourse and intelligent reasoning in a tumble-tots class.