The new Whistling Duck restaurant in Lower Hatfield Road was opened by The Mayor on Tuesday.

The restaurant is situated in the grounds of the Riverside Garden Centre and offers a breakfast, lunch and evening dinner menu.

Overlooking the River Lee, the stylish bar and restaurant are open 7 days a week, with breakfast served from 8am-11am, lunch from midday and dinner between 6pm and 10pm.

This year's pantomime Snow White opens at Castle Hall this evening.

The show runs until Saturday and tickets are £11 from the Castle Hall box office on 01992 531500. Concessions are £9. Friday's shows are just £8.50.

Show times are 7pm tonight, Wednesday and Saturday, with Friday's show at 6pm. There are two manitees at 2pm on Friday and 2:30pm on Saturday.

Hertford Post Office was built for the Hertford Poor Estate in 1890 by H.Norris at a cost of £2000.

The Estate owned the site, on which stood Savage's Cooper and Basket shop, with Chequer Yard to the rear.

The new Post Office was let to The Government for £120 a year until 1911, when it was sold to The Government.

The first floor was occupied by the first telephone exchange, whilst at the rear was the sorting office. The original entrance was on the left of the building, which can still be seen, but this was altered to a side entrance when the telephone exchange and sorting office were relocated to Greencoates.

The upper floors are now rooms for the adjoining Master's House Hotel.

The original post office was on the site now occupied by Saks hairdresser.

The Met Office have issued a further weather warning, with up to 5cm of snow predicted tonight.

Sleet turned to snow shortly after dark this afternoon, causing disruption during the evening rush-hour.

Update @19:08: Eastbound traffic on the A414 is moving very slowly with traffic backed up in Mill Road and Ware Road.

Update @19:35: Serious congestion reported in North Road and Port Hill.

Opening times for Tesco, Waitrose and M&S Food for the coming week are:

Speed cameras in Ware Road have been upgraded to record digital images.

Hertfordshire Safety Camera Partnership started the countywide upgrade programme last year, identifying 25 sites for new equipment.

Theresa Casbard, Head of the Road Safety Unit at Hertfordshire County Council, said: ‘We are the first Partnership in the country to place an order for these fixed digital cameras. They should make a big contribution to casualty reduction. The wet film cameras that we have been using will need to be phased out as they become obsolete.”

Apart from modifications to the housings, the upgrade to digital includes a separate night flash pole.

The MET Office have issued a severe weather warning, predicting a 60% chance of up to 4 ins (10cm) of snow over from 21:00 tonight and into Friday.

The last significant snowfall in Hertford was on the 1st February this year, which caused rush-hour chaos the following morning

Planning Officers are recommending that councillors approve Tesco's expansion plans at tonight's Development Control Committee meeting.

The 21 page recommendation includes a number of conditions, including a new store entrance in Mill Road, revised car park and Pick up Point layout, and improvements to the north projection of the store.

Hertford Town Council have objected to size of the expansion, complaining that "any increase has the potential to damage other major retailers and the choice of outlets."

There were 38 letters of objection, with local residents voicingtheir concerns about the impact on the town centre, traffic and parking problems, lack of measures for pedestrian and cyclists and the appearance of the enlarged elevation to Railway Street.

Hertford Civic Society support the proposals in principle, but say the impact on town centre trade has not been assessed.

The meeting will take place at the council offices in Bishops Stortford and starts at 7:30pm.

Update: Planning permission was granted by councillors at the meeting.

Timetable changes introduced this week will see additional services running from Hertford East.

The last train out of Hertford East on Tuesdays to Saturdays will now be at 00:07, although the service only stops at Broxbourne and Liverpool Street. Previously the last train was at 23:39.

There will also be additional trains on Sundays evenings, with a half-hourly service replacing the the previous hourly schedule.

Commenting on the new timetable, Andrew Chivers, Managing Director National Express East Anglia said: “I am pleased to announce these improvements to our Sunday services on the Chingford, Enfield Town and Hertford East lines. Extending the frequency of services on Sundays will provide our customers with a consistent pattern of service throughout the day and a greater choice of trains, and I hope this positive move will encourage more people to consider taking the train.

A new kitchenware shop has opened in Railway Street.

Peter's Table is in the former Starfish shop at 10 Railway Street and stocks brand name china, tableware and kitchenware, including crockery, cultery, pots, pans and kitchen accessories.