Castle Food & Wine in The Wash face losing their license after selling alcohol to a 15-year-old.

The sale took place as part of a sting operation conducted by police and trading standards officer in April last year. 

The Premises Licence will be reviewed by the district council's Licensing Sub-Committee on Monday 11th March.

The Pinehurst Community Committee has been allocated a grant of £1,000 to help support the redevelopment of the playground and open spaces on the Pinehurst estate.

County Councillor Sally Newton has allocated the funding from her locality budget to pay for a consultation on plans for the redevelopment of the open spaces on the estate.

The Pinehurst Community Committee runs activities and support services for residents on the estate and, following the consultation, will be raising the funds and managing the redevelopment.

The YMCA are to open a charity shop in Maidenhead Street.

The shop in Maidehead Street was until recently Stead & Simpson. 

The outlet joins 5 other charity shops in the town, making up 2.3% of all retail premises.

Evening parking charges for the town's car parks were approved at a meeting of the Joint Scrutiny Committee on 12th February.

A charge of £1 will be applied to parking between 6:30pm and 9:00pm from Monday to Saturday.

There is also a change to the daytime parking charges, with the two and three hour band being merged at the existing 2 hour price of £1.50. Therefore a three hour ticket for the town's car parks will come down from £2.20 to £1.50.

The scheme is to run for a trial period of a year and is subject to ratification by the Council Executive.

Muggers struck in Post Office Walk on Thursday evening when a 20 year-old woman had her handbag snatched.

Police have released footage from a CCTV camera as part of an investigation into the robbery, which took place shortrly after 11:30pm.

The victim was approached from behind by two offenders, one of whom grabbed the woman's bag, causing her to fall to the ground. During a struggle the strap of the bag broke and the offenders took it before running from the scene. The bag contained a purse and mobile phone.

In the video the two men can be seen on the same side of the street walking past the camera at 23:30:45 and 23:31:13.

Detective Sergeant Lee Waller is leading the investigation and said: "Firstly may I reassure you that incidents of this nature are not a regular occurrence in the area and people should feel confident to go about their daily business. Crime overall remains low however, as a precaution we are increasing high visibility patrols in the area at this time.

"It is important for us to trace those responsible as quickly as possible. Whilst I have a number of detectives working on the case I would appeal to members of the public to look closely at the CCTV and call police if you have any information about the identity of the people pictured as we would like to speak with them as part of our inquiries."

Anyone with information is asked to contact DS Lee Waller on 101 quoting crime reference number: A1/13/382.

Barbara Martin Studios in St.Andrew Street is closing down, currently offering 50% off stock until 24th February.

The shop relocated to the former antiques shop from two doors up back in July last year.

Beauty salon The Beauty Boutique have closed their Bircherley Green outlet and joined the team upstairs at HOB Salons.

The retail outlet was cleared this afternoon and all staff moved to HOB, where they will continue to offer the same services and products.

The population of Hertford increased by 9% between 2001 and 2011 according to census data.

In 2011 the four wards of Bengeo, Castle, Kingsmead and Sele were home to 26,765 people, an increase of 1927 (9.3%) over ten years.

Developers planning 9 flats and a commercial unit at Beeson's Yard are to hold an exhibition of the plans tomorrow (Saturday 16th February).

The exhibition will be open from 10am to 4pm on the site in Railway Street adjacent to The Lord Haig public house.

Plans for a retirement home on Green Belt land west of Hertford have been turned down by the District Council.

The Development Control Committee agreed unanimously with the Planning Officer's recommendation that the proposals be refused.

Grounds for refusal included harm to the woodland character of the area and insufficient information about access and the affect on traffic. This was in addition to the fact that the land was Green Belt and contrary to a raft of local planning policies.