Club at risk as funding is cut
A volunteer-led group that aims to promote tourism in a historic town says it is still at risk of closure.The Gazette reported in April last year that the Berkhamsted Community Partnership would close...
View ArticleCheck-in yourself at town clinic
NEW touch-screen computers have been introduced at Hemel Hempstead hospital’s fracture clinic in a bid to speed up the time taken for patients to check-in for their appointments.Patients check-in on...
View ArticleWhy not help yourself to Julie’s breakfast service?
A MUM who struggled to foot hefty bills for childcare is launching a breakfast club for little ones. Julie Hunt, who lives just up the road from Leverstock Green Primary School, is taking advantage of...
View ArticleSchool place plan could see choice increase
A CONSULTATION has begun on plans to increase the number of schools parents can apply to in the future.Currently mums and dads in Herts can choose three school preferences for their children.Now the...
View ArticleSmiles all round for groups given money by comedy club
STARS of the comedy world drew crowds to raise thousands of pounds for organisations in Tring.The Explorer Scouts, Iain Rennie Grove House Hospice, Help For Heroes and campaigners raising money to...
View ArticleDrama keeps memory of Jennifer alive
The family of a bestselling author whose memoirs have been adapted for a primetime BBC series speak to Abena Bailey about how visiting the film set helped them cope with her deathIt’s rare that soon...
View ArticleLie detectors for sex suspects
LIE detector tests have been brought in under a trial with the county’s police force for use on suspected sex offenders.A trial involving 25 ‘low level’ suspected sex offenders took place recently in a...
View ArticleAffluent business school basks in gold standard
ASHRIDGE House is certainly the place to be now that it has been voted one of the number conference centres and one of the number one venues in the UK.Set in the National Trust forest in Berkhamsted,...
View ArticleLive launch for Rrants anthology
GAZETTE Laureate Jean Hayes joined other members of Rrrants as they launched their new publication The Big Bardaid Book with live performances outside Waterstones in Hemel Hempstead on Saturday.Despite...
View ArticleBooze yobs blight for neighbourhood shops
BOOZED-up teenagers are blighting businesses and shoppers at stores in Warners End.The yobs are shoplifting, badgering passers-by to buy them alcohol and cigarettes, harassing security guards and even...
View ArticleHave a ball to help Millie get lifesaving treatment
IT worker Laura Rampley is organising a masquerade ball in a bid to raise cash towards a little girl’s life-saving treatment. She decided to put on the fundraising event after learning that her boss’s...
View ArticleCommunity hub’s £16k revamp
THE oldest community centre in Hemel Hempstead is to get a £16,000 overhaul.Adeyfield Community Centre in Queens Square will get a lick of paint and a new kitchen and CCTV during the work.The refurb...
View ArticleGo buy local products and support Fairtrade
WITH Fairtrade Fortnight on the horizon people will be able to find out about local produce while schools can enter a national competition to win £350.The Tring branch of the foundation has printed a...
View ArticleSolar panels to be fitted at sheltered housing schemes
SOLAR panels are to be installed at seven sheltered housing schemes across Dacorum.The panels will be fitted at schemes in Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted and Tring to cut electricity bills.The seven...
View ArticleMoor End markings ‘non compliant’
CAMPAIGNERS say it is ‘quite likely’ roads chiefs will have to return fines dished out to motorists using Moor End Road.Traffic camera action group NoToMob claims the markings around the bus lane do...
View ArticleHospital chiefs ‘don’t know where to turn’
CAMPAIGNERS have accused health chiefs of ‘mishandling’ Hemel Hempstead Hospital as it emerges a decision on the future of the site has been put back for a second time.A decision over whether to refurb...
View ArticleOlympic park-and-ride plans for Redbourn’s Hertfordshire showground given...
PLANS to create an Olympic car park on a county showground were approved by councillors last night.Councillors from St Albans District Council agreed with the plans for 2,754 car park spaces on Herts...
View ArticleHelp is on offer to keep cosy during the winter months
HELP is on hand to keep people warm and healthy this winter. Funding from the Department of Health means those on low incomes can get emergency heaters and help with insulating their homes. The Keep...
View ArticleBeware if there’s no score on the door, diners are told
PUNTERS are being urged to watch out for eateries that do not display new hygiene scores that come into effect from the end of January.All the borough’s 1,399 restaurants, pubs and cafes have been...
View ArticleYoung drummers hypnotize fellow pupils
Year 4 pupils mesmerised their fellow students with the drumming they learnt.The youngsters from St Mary’s First School in Northchurch were able to show off their skills in assembly last Thursday.For...
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