Geoff Cox’s DVD reviews: Jack Reacher
Tom Cruise’s workmanlike crime caper JACK REACHER (15: Paramount) offers an underwhelming start to a potential franchise.This brash action yarn sees military cop-gone-maverick Reacher (Cruise) joining...
View ArticlePC Frank Mason’s gallantry medal will be displayed at station as a lasting...
The widow of police officer Frank Mason has presented his Queen’s Gallantry Medal to Hemel Hempstead police station on the anniversary of his death. It was awarded in PC Mason’s name after he was shot...
View ArticleLearn football Arsenal’s way
Arsenal Football Club coaches will teach skills to Berkhamsted youngsters before a four-aside game for older children.The free event, for boys and girls, will be at the town’s Lagley Meadow astroturf...
View ArticleAnger at Asda after £109 shopping error
It took almost a week for grocery giant Asda to act after an online delivery went wrong – and by then the food had started to smell.The delivery reached mum-of-two Lyndsey Carder’s door in Hill Common,...
View ArticleRail fans will make tracks for a Saturday steam dream
Little boys of all ages will be making tracks to one of the rare open days hosted by the Brambleton Model Railway Club, just up the road in Harpenden, today, Saturday.The gates will be open at the...
View ArticleGroups team up to offer advice
Help is on hand to those struggling to get their heads around the recent changes to benefits, dealing with debt problems or searching for a job. Adeyfield Community Centre in The Queen’s Square, Hemel...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Cut out the calories the Castro way
It’s all gone quiet on the fasting front, hasn’t it?Only a few weeks ago it seemed as if every other person I know was raving about the latest fad diet.This one, you may recall, didn’t rely on...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Oblivion
“Is it possible to miss a place you’ve never been? To mourn a time you never lived?”My name is Jack Harper, known as Tech 49, and I’m one of the last humans on earth – 60 years ago, we were attacked...
View ArticleAir ambulance scrambled after car crashes into front garden
A car hit a lamp post and crashed into a front garden of a house in Northchurch High Street this morning.The emergency services were alerted at 7.40am and an ambulance, a response car and the East...
View ArticleSubcontracting work up for grabs in building trade
Building giant Kier is looking for subcontractors, suppliers and tradespeople to help it deliver social housing construction projects in the Hemel Hempstead area.Initial work will cover aids and...
View ArticleFire service issues advice after bonfire call-out
Herts Fire and Rescue Service has been using its Twitter account to spread bonfire safety advice to the masses over the weekend.A crew from Hemel Hempstead fire station was called out to an incident on...
View ArticleFastest finish yet for marathon mad Matt
A man who is in the middle of attempting to run 30 marathons in 30 days got his fastest finishing time yet in the Brighton Marathon.Boss of Framework Scaffolding Contractors Matthew Loddy, 47, did...
View ArticleDiner assault witness call
An alleged assault in a Marlowes restaurant has police appealing for information from around 10 other diners who may have seen what happened.A man was left with cuts and bruises to his head and back...
View ArticleDuke is still a chart topper
Tring’s chart champ DJ Duke Dumont has managed to stay at number one in the UK Top 40 chart for the second week running.Duke, real name Adam Dyment, stopped Ding- Dong! The Witch Is Dead from reaching...
View ArticleElderly woman in M1 collision
A woman in her 80s was taken to Watford General Hospital for minor neck injuries after a two-car crash on the M1 on Saturday evening.The inside lane on the southbound road between junctions 7 and 6a...
View ArticleCat owners warned after spate of poisonings
Cat owners fear for the safety of their pets after a spate of poisonings – all in the same part of Berkhamsted.Julie Rookley, 41, of Westfield Road, Berkhamsted, got home at 7pm last night to discover...
View Article‘We have spaces for the first time in six years’
An allotment site in Tring has free plots for the first time in six years, according to Tring Town Council.After a growing-your-own boom in previous years ensured every available pitch was cultivated,...
View Article‘We deserve better sport’
Tring School headteacher Sue Collings wants to revamp its sixth-form centre and sports complex.She spoke out at the town’s annual meeting in Victoria Hall, Akeman Street, on Monday.She said: “We have...
View Article‘Stop using my car park’
The owner of a nursery says people using the building next-door are clogging up his car park.Owner of Heirs and Graces Day Nursery Keith Baker says they use it before going to the Temperance Hall in...
View ArticleCharity moves out of hall it can no longer afford to pay for
The British Red Cross is to move out of its base in Tring after 41 years of leasing the hall.The hall will be handed back to Tring Town Council from June, as the charity can no longer afford to...
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