Use No Smoking Day as a kickstart to quit
With No Smoking Day approaching, county health chiefs are urging smokers to consider kicking the habit. Around 8,000 people are helped to give up by the Herts Stop Smoking Service every year and many...
View ArticleDebt charity warns against payday loans
A debt centre manager has voiced concern over the potential dangers of taking out a pricey payday loan.Owen Cooper of the Hemel Hempstead branch of Christians Against Poverty (CAP), said: “Although I...
View ArticleGeoff Cox DVDs: Argo, Gambit, Love Bite
Fresh from its Best Picture success at the Oscars, gripping fact-based drama ARGO (15: Warner) arrives on DVD.Directed by and starring Ben Affleck, a story involving the CIA, Hollywood and the...
View ArticleBusiness awards deadline looming
Businesses and organisations have until next Friday, March 8 to show the world how inspiring they are.The 2013 Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards are open to businesses, social enterprises and individuals...
View ArticleMega marathon man enlists two chums for big challenges
The man who ran 100 marathons in 100 days has got two others to join him in a new charity challenge.Framework Scaffolding Contractors managing director Matthew Loddy ran from Lagos, Portugal, to London...
View ArticleBoxmoor Hall thrives today as it did back in the 1960s
The Boxmoor Arts Centre for Young People was founded in 1963, using money from the Margaret Lloyd Trust.It was housed in the Boxmoor Hall premises at Heath Park and was managed by a charity committee...
View ArticleCar fire on Nickey Line
Police were called in to investigate after firefighters battled a car blaze on the disused Nickey Line. One crew from Hemel Hempstead was called out to the fire at the rear of Mimas Road, Hemel...
View ArticleFriday night fire at village home
Firefighters were called to a blaze at a detached home in Wigginton on Friday night. Crews from Tring, Berkhamsted and Bucks went to the property in Chesham Road just after 10pm. A downstairs room was...
View ArticleChief Inspector’s message of reassurance after murder
A message of reassurance to the community of Hemel Hempstead has been put out by the new top cop in charge of crimefighting in Dacorum following the murder of Thomas Baird. It comes as police reveal...
View ArticleCashpoint caution after suspected fraud device found
A warning has been issued to cashpoint users after a card-cloning device was found attached to an ATM in Stoneycroft, Hemel Hempstead.Herts police are investigating a suspected fraud offence after the...
View ArticleVote for Tring’s Get Stuffed in the 2013 Chortle Awards
Tring’s comedy club Get Stuffed has been nominated for the Best Venue in the South in the annual Chortle Awards – and you can help the Pendley-based comedy crew to the title.Comedy fans can vote online...
View Article‘Don’t waste our cash on publicity for councillors’
Opposition councillors say County Hall spin doctors have sent out 2,500 press releases about minor grants in less than three years and condemned the exercise as a waste of time and money.Every...
View ArticleStop telling me to keep calm, this bandwagon is over
I’m going to try and keep this buttoned down, but this particular subject seems to be calculated to get areas under my collar overheated in short order.So, deep breath, count to ten, think about cool...
View ArticleHemel man charged with murder
A Hemel Hempstead man has been charged with murder this morning following the death of Thomas Baird. The 63-year-old was discovered dead at his home following a blaze at the bungalow in Westerdale,...
View ArticleMoor End Road is back on agenda
The conundrum of how to stop motorists from illegally driving through the infamous Moor End Road bus lane is once again being examined by highways bosses. Tens of thousands of drivers were issued with...
View ArticleBurnt cooking 999 fire alert at Hemel flat
A pizza left cooking for too long sparked a 999 fire alert.Two firefighting crews from Hemel Hempstead rushed to the ground floor flat in St Albans Road just before 6.30am on Sunday. It is believed the...
View ArticleThis plan aims to involve everybody
Since my last report on January 23, I have launched my draft police and crime plan for consultation.It sets out three key development areas for my term as Hertfordshire’s first police and crime...
View ArticleNeil Fox films: Oz The Great And Powerful,Parker
Oz The Great And PowerfulA fabulous female cast (and James Franco) can’t save this lush-looking prequel to the legendary Baum story being a disappointment. It’s also jarring, as his immortal Evil Dead...
View ArticleSchool pays tribute to one of its own family
Tributes have been paid to a bubbly teaching assistant and mum-of-two who has lost her battle with cancer. Sharron Wootton, 48, was a nurse but returned back to work in 2009 after having children as a...
View ArticleDacorum share of council tax bill increases by 1.9%
Council tax is set to rise after Dacorum councillors voted in a 1.9 per cent increase. The budget was signed off at a full council meeting on Wednesday despite calls from Liberal Democrats to freeze...
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