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A project called Operation Onion has been launched by a new hospital boss to improve care. It is exploring changes to help ensure emergency patients are treated quickly, efficiently and correctly,...
View ArticleMy life in Berkhamsted, by TV star
A TV actor will give a talk next Thursday about his life and work, and why he lives in Berkhamsted.Adrian Scarborough will speak at Berkhamsted Town Hall from 8pm on April 11. Entry is free for...
View ArticleSolar panel website gives owners power
A Berkhamsted man has started a free independent not-for-profit community website for householders who have installed solar power panels on their roof.Simon Spurling, of Upper Hall Park, has launched...
View ArticlePlanning bulletin: Dacorum Borough Council, published March 30, 2013
Recent details of applications made to Dacorum Borough Council for planning permission to carry out development include the following proposals. 4/00243/13/TCA, Works To Trees, Markyate Cell, Markyate...
View ArticleGeoff Cox DVDs: Silver Linings Playbook
Using mental illness to get laughs might seem a poor substitute for genuine, character-based humour.And when Hollywood actors put on their no-make-up, serious faces to play people in psychiatric...
View Article‘Big lunch’ party aims to be a right royal celebration
Organisers of a summer celebratory lunch in Adeyfield are calling for people to get into the community spirit.The Big Coronation Lunch on Sunday, June 2 will encourage neighbours to get together and...
View ArticleEntries open for midnight walk fundraiser
You can now sign up to the seventh annual Midnight Walk for The Hospice of St Francis.The annual fundraiser begins at Hemel Hempstead School on Saturday, June 29, but is so popular people are already...
View ArticleMake a fire safety pledge this weekend
Keep your children safe from fire by checking your smoke alarm when the clocks go forward on Sunday.That’s the message in a heart-wrenching video from the Fire Kills campaign.It shows a young boy...
View ArticleBird-lovers plan a busy programme of events
The Hemel Hempstead group of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was entertained at its Cavendish School venue by the RSPB’s Date With Nature leader Stephanie Morren. She gave an illustrated...
View Article‘Smart’ Maree gets big thanks from boss
Maree Atkinson is well-known across the Hertfordshire business community for being the woman in the little Federation of Small Businesses-branded Smart car.She has been zipping around Herts and South...
View ArticleFury over ‘creche to call centre’ change
A mum-of-twins has reacted with fury to the news that the creche in Hemel Hempstead’s Sportspace will close on Friday to be replaced by a call centre.Its owners say the only alternative would have been...
View ArticleBenny’s charity fun day is set to be a ball
A prostate cancer survivor is organising a celebrity six-a-side football tournament and family fun day to raise funds and increase awareness of the disease.Berkhamsted man Benny Mitchell, 62, and his...
View ArticleHeadteacher’s departure leaves school in shock
A school community has been left in shock after its headteacher suddenly resigned following a bout of illness. Matthew Heasman from Adeyfield’s Broadfield Primary School will officially step down at...
View ArticleDolly is a delight for fans of evergreen musical
The Kings Langley Light Opera Company’s production of Hello Dolly, which ran for five days earlier this month at the Kings Langley Community Centre, proved to be a bit hit with audiences.Theatre goer...
View ArticleShare classroom memories for 60 year celebration
A school that is preparing to celebrate 60 years since it doors were first opened wants to hear from past pupils. Adeyfield School is asking former students to write in with memories from their time in...
View ArticleHoliday launch for new-look play areas
New look children’s play areas are being launched during the Easter school holidays.Dacorum Borough Council spent £300,000 installing new equipment in play areas and is inviting families to test it...
View ArticleFriends plan for Water Gardens’ future
A committee dedicated to restoring Hemel Hempstead’s historic Water Gardens met for the first time last night to discuss the progress of the project.Garden historian Kate Harwood introduced the meeting...
View ArticleMike welcomes housing bigwigs to Westminster
Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning welcomed chief executive David Bogle and chairman Mike Bailey along with other members of staff to Parliament .The association was holding a special event for their...
View ArticleChief executive’s early retirement is given the go ahead
A proposal for Dacorum Borough Council’s chief executive to take early retirement has been given the green light. The council’s cabinet signed off plans for Daniel Zammit to leave later this year on...
View ArticleProbe after dogs seized
Animal welfare charity the RSPCA is investigating after 10 dogs were removed from a traveller site. Officers from the good cause went into the Three Cherry Trees Lane base on March 13 as part of a...
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