Could you be a host family?
Spanish students are looking for Dacorum families to put them up during a four-week long trip to England. It is hoped that householders in Hemel Hempstead and surrounding areas will welcome 30 keen...
View ArticleFive booming businesses up for gold awards
Five Dacorum businesses have been shortlisted for gold in next month’s Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards.Bourne Leisure in Hemel Hempstead is in the running for three accolades in tourism, customer...
View Article‘That was a great start – but now we want to grow’
Organisers of a new charity challenge for sixth form students at Dacorum schools hope that interest in the project will mushroom this year.The inaugural Dacorum’s Dragons’ Apprentice scheme came to a...
View ArticleHow you can be a character in Aston Clinton author Teri Terry’s next novel
Have you ever wanted to be a character in a book? Those dreams could become reality after a groundbreaking idea from author Teri Terry.To coincide with the launch of her latest teen novel, the Aston...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Let’s all sit back and watch the housework on TV
When John Logie Baird enjoyed his first fleeting successes with his infant television technology – thus securing his place in the record books even though his version was pretty pants and soon...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s cinema preview: Oblivion, Scary Movie 5, The Place Beyond The Pines
There are a number of phrases that leap out from a film’s marketing push that immediately make me want to consign it to the ‘don’t bother’ dump.Any reference to found footage, teenage werewolves, the...
View ArticlePolice plan ‘builds on strong foundations’
Community-run speed cameras are just one of many groundbreaking proposals outlined in the county’s first official police and crime plan.As reported in last week’s Gazette, police and crime commissioner...
View ArticleAdults, get your skates on
Following the popularity of children’s roller skating classes in Berkhamsted, new courses are being offered to grown-ups.Amanda Constantinou will run the new classes in the town’s Sportspace centre on...
View ArticleService will mark 25 years since PC’s death
Police are hoping to track down the retired colleagues of a fallen officer ahead of a memorial dedicated to him. Frank Mason was off-duty when he was shot in the back while bravely trying to stop an...
View ArticleCanal water drinker’s anger at poison peril
A man who draws his water supply from the canal believes a raw sewage leak is posing a danger to his health.The man, who wishes to remain unnamed, lives off the beaten track at Tringford, near...
View ArticleMarathon Matthew nearly halfway there
The man who is attempting to run 30 marathons in 30 days is now approaching the half-way point of his task.Matthew Loddy, 47, is running around the UK to raise money for the Teenage Cancer Trust and...
View ArticleBest pub in the Chilterns
The landlord of The Red Lion is ‘over the moon’ after it was named Mid Chilterns Pub of the Year.The scenic Marsworth free-house did not even make it into the 2012 Good Beer Guide by the Campaign for...
View ArticlePolice appeal after trio try to rob pair in Hemel street attack
Two men were attacked by a teenage trio and ordered to hand over their mobile phones during an attempted street robbery. Police are hoping to track down a motorist in a blue vehicle who drove past at...
View ArticleAuthor’s talk on Berkhamsted postcards
The woman who made a book out of her collection of used early 20th century postcards from Berkhamsted will now give a talk about the history behind them.Postcards of Berkhamsted 1902-1945 by Mary...
View ArticleHemel’s MP pays tribute to Thatcher
Hemel Hempstead’s MP has expressed his sadness at the news of Margaret Thatcher’s death earlier today. The Conservative politician, who had met the former Prime Minister several times, said: “She is a...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Spring Breakers
“…God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.”I have to admit to being surprised when...
View ArticleTring dealer urges drivers to spend two minutes on simple checks before an MoT
A nationwide campaign backed by Specialist Cars in Tring and 5,545 other manufacturer main dealers across the UK launched this week to help motorists put a brake on MOT failures.Research from the...
View ArticleDisabled husband’s battle over benefits
A couple have been left frustrated by the new bedroom tax after council administrators listed their home as three bedroom instead of two. The blunder meant disabled Anthony Styles and wife Catherine...
View ArticleDo you dare to enter the den?
Fledgling businesses and those aiming to set up on their own could bag cash grants. Business brains can find out more during the launch of the borough council’s Dacorum’s Den. It is being held at the...
View ArticlePlan to help home owners
A plan has been drawn up to give home owners financial help to improve their properties. It means Dacorum Borough Council will be able to give loans so that those most in need can repair, improve and...
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