‘Like Stalag 13’
Old folk living in sheltered housing across Dacorum are joining the backlash against a a health and safety ruling which has forced them to strip communal areas of pretty pictures and other homely...
View ArticleLife begins again at 40 for wannabe filmmaker Mike
A man who gave up his successful online retail business for a career in showbusiness is appealing for sponsorship so he can enter a short film into international festivals.Mike Graham from Berkhamsted...
View ArticleStreet pastors all set to help
Hemel Hempstead will now be kept safer at the weekends as the long-awaited street pastors scheme goes live this week.The initiative has also received a cash boost from councillor for Hemel Hempstead...
View ArticleFunding boost for roadworks
Roads in the Woodhall Farm and Grovehill areas of Hemel Hempstead have received extra funding for improvement works.The boost of £3,085 has come from councillor for Hemel Hempstead North East Colette...
View ArticleCan you hear the strange noise plaguing Bennetts End?
A constant, high-pitched whistling sound is exasperating people in the Bennetts End area of Hemel Hempstead.Natasha Graham, who lives on Partridges, said the incessant din has caused her children to...
View ArticleHospital’s caterers will test for horse DNA
Caterers that supply hospital meals to patients will be DNA testing its processed meats as a precaution following the horsemeat scandal. The Compass Group supplies food to West Herts Hospitals NHS...
View ArticleBBC to help bring music to the mind
A singing group for Alzheimer’s sufferers in Hemel Hempstead will be accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra in three special workshops.Singing For The Brain, a national Alzheimer’s Society project,...
View ArticleGoing flat out to fix the A41
Highways chiefs are working ‘flat out’ to repair the damage done during recent snow – which will mean main roads being closed and major delays on the A41.Herts County Council will fund the work, which...
View ArticleToken gesture for charity
A charity which supports families struggling to cope with bringing up young children has been chosen as a main beneficiary of a supermarket’s Community Matters campaign.The Berkhamsted branch of...
View ArticleWhen petrol cost just 1.65p a litre!
Historic treasures discovered during a loft clear out have been turned into an eye-catching window display. The owners of hardware and ironmongers G Grace and Son decided to put their finds on show at...
View ArticleTwo day summer pop concert planned for Tring
An entertainment firm is celebrating 15 years of being in business by putting on a two-day pop concert in Tring. Chilfest is the brainchild of Pitstone’s Universal Event Production’s director Steve...
View ArticleFirm operating wood recycling centre could lose licence after 12-week blaze
The operators of a recycling centre where a fire raged for three months is set to be stripped of its operating licences.Environment Agency chiefs have served notices on Wood Recycling Services Ltd to...
View ArticleFrosh back on the list as PCC debates replacement
Police and crime commissioner David Lloyd has no short-term plans to replace his former deputy, who resigned amid Twitter controversy in February.Rachel Frosh stepped down from the two day a week...
View ArticleTop street dancers in town
Two of the UK’s top street dancers are heading to Hemel Hempstead on Saturday.Breakz from the successful crew Flawless will be leading a break-dancing workshop from 2.30pm to 4pm at John F Kennedy...
View ArticleWho will win your vote in town’s by-election?
The candidates hoping to win votes in the forthcoming Adeyfield by-election have been announced. It has been called after Labour’s Keith White resigned from the post – following 18 years of...
View ArticleOrganisers hope for a Monster success
There’s no excuse for being brassed off at Pendley’s Court Theatre next Sunday, March 10.The venue will be hosting a Monster Brass Day to provide a cornet cornucopia of education and entertainment.The...
View Article‘They left behind a hammer’
A woman has described her relief that her brother was not hurt when masked raiders broke into the quiet shop below where he was sleeping.The two men wearing balaclavas forced their way into Village...
View ArticleFunding will make sure films can be enjoyed in future
Online television station Dee TV has been given £1,345.82 by councillors. The cash will be used to buy equipment that will allow the storage and archiving of films so that they can be enjoyed by future...
View ArticleChalk mine filling project is under way
Work to fill chalk mines that threatened Nash Mills homes should be completed by the summer.The network of underground tunnels were first discovered in 2007 when a patio collapsed at a home in...
View ArticleGo to Vietnam for good cause
The Hospice of St Francis is inviting people to trek Vietnam to help raise money for the charity.There will be a talk on what the 11-day trip will involve at the charity’s Spring Garden Lane base off...
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