Alan Dee: It’s never great to decide not to punctuate
So its crunch time tomorrow on whether councillor’s in Mid Devon decide to banish apostrophe’s from street signs.If you read the preceding paragraph without tutting, or even realising something was...
View ArticleRevellers in hospital after Potten End party drug binge
Young revellers were rushed to hospital after taking the Class A drug 2CB. Ten people became ill in the early hours of Saturday morning after taking the ‘club drug’ during two separate house parties in...
View Article‘Time to Czech out if exporting can be good for your business’
Businesses across the East of England, including Herts, are being invited to sign up for an international matchmaking event in the Czech Republic in April.Enterprise Europe Network and UKTI are...
View ArticleFirm sings the praises of Tring as it celebrates a key milestone
It’s quite an achievement to keep a business going for longer than about three years, so no wonder a Tring firm is keen to shout about its 10th anniversary.Healthlogistics, which is based in Akeman...
View ArticleTraders warned: Stay clean or face the courts
A man faces a bill of more than £7,000 following a rat infestation in his Tring shop last summer.Gurunathan Prapaharan, owner of The Old Stables general store in Miswell Lane, was prosecuted by Dacorum...
View ArticleFirefighters called to Berkhamsted house blaze
A woman was taken to hospital after a fire at a house in Berkhamsted on Saturday.The blaze broke out on the ground floor of the terraced house on Ridgeway at around 2.15pm.Fire crews from Tring and...
View ArticleNew bike shop opens in Berkhamsted
Biking enthusiasts in Berkhamsted now have a new shop to cater for all their cycling needs.Lovelo Cycle Works opened its doors yesterday at its newly renovated site behind Proffitt & Holt estate...
View ArticleBlooms will help attract the bees
Parts of Hemel Hempstead are set to undergo a blooming great makeover as Dacorum Borough Council works to introduce wild flowers to the town.The flowers will be planted on the Marchmont Arms and...
View Article‘Cut High Street speed to 20mph’
The mayor of Tring has called for a 20mph speed limit to be imposed throughout the town’s High Street.Nick Hollinghurst, also a Herts county councillor for the area, wants the zone to stretch from the...
View ArticleWorld Cup qualifier cameo for Archie, 11
A football-mad 11-year-old strode onto the pitch with Wales footballer Joe Ledley ahead of the national team’s 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Scotland.Archie Jacobs, of Park Road, Tring, won the...
View ArticleMasked raider strikes at Hemel betting shop
A masked raider went into a Hemel Hempstead bookies on Sunday evening, pulled out a gun and ordered that the worker there hand over cash.The terrifying attack happened at Ladbrokes in Marlowes at...
View ArticlePolice investigate late night car blaze
Police are investigating the cause of a car fire that broke out in Hemel Hempstead just after midnight on Tuesday. Firefighters were called from their nearby Queensway base to tackle the blaze in a...
View ArticleTown gets 11 traffic busting road signs
A total of 11 ‘live traffic’ signs – costing £123,000 – are being installed across Hemel Hempstead to help keep the roads moving.The seven traffic information signs and four car park management...
View ArticleOxfam children’s sale raised a bumper £10,700
A bargain childrens clothes sale raised a massive £10,700 in less than three hours. The ever-popular Oxfam Children’s Wear sale will help families abroad, including those struggling in war torn Syria....
View ArticleIain Rennie: ‘Snow won’t spoil the Chilterns Cycle Challenge’
The popular Chilterns Cycle Challenge will now take place on Sunday, April 7, after it had to be cancelled on March 24 due to snow.The event, in aid of Tring’s Iain Rennie Grove House Hospice Care,...
View ArticleRegister now for scenic race
Entries are now open for a brand new half-marathon through a scenic countryside beauty spot.The off-road race is being staged by Tring-based Iain Rennie Grove House Hospice Care and will begin and end...
View ArticleHemel Hempstead man ‘found with huge stash of Class A drugs and thousands of...
A Highfield man will appear in court after being arrested for having 17 wraps of cocaine, five grams of heroin, eight ecstasy pills and £3,204.71 in what police have described as ‘criminal’ cash.Fardin...
View ArticleEggcellent cookery classes on offer
Parents wondering how to amuse their little ones during the Easter holidays can get them busy in the kitchen as a local cookery school expands into Hemel Hempstead.How2BoilWater’s new Easter...
View Article‘Destroyed by cruel system’
A couple say they are caught up in a nightmare with no end in sight after social services took three of their children away just days before Christmas. The Hemel Hempstead pair, who cannot be...
View ArticleDisappointment for health campaigners
Health campaigners say they have been left disappointed by a new body that will be responsible for Dacorum’s health services. Local patients handed over a petition – signed by 1,792 people – to the...
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