Inspectors say patient care at hospice is great
HOSPICE care has been described as ‘excellent’ after a surprise inspection two weeks ago.The government’s independent Care Quality Commission interviewed 23 staff, more than 10 volunteers, several...
View ArticleMovie will document journey to South Pole
FILM buffs will celebrate the centenary of Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s trip to the South Pole by showing a recently restored 1924 movie.The Great White Silence will be shown by the Berkhamsted Film...
View ArticleGazette fuel campaign has support from MPs
MPs Mike Penning and David Gauke have voiced their support for the Gazette’s campaign to tackle fuel disparity in the area.On the whole prices for fuel are higher across Dacorum than in surrounding...
View ArticleOfficials cover up misleading sign
HIGHWAYS officials have covered up a traffic sign to avoid yet another eruption of complaints from motorists.The warning sign giving notice that the notorious camera on Moor End Road bus lane in Hemel...
View ArticleSilver lining as jobs queue continues to inch down
THERE is some comfort for the borough’s jobless as the number of unemployed people in Dacorum is slowly decreasing, according to the latest figures.And the percentage of people in Dacorum claiming...
View ArticleDon’t put off your smear test
WOMEN are being encouraged to make sure they are up to date with their smear tests in Cervical Cancer Prevention Week.Around 900 women die each year from the disease but all women aged between 25 and...
View ArticleCouncil tax freeze could be on the cards for next 3 years
COUNTY council chiefs are planning another council tax freeze for this year.The move, contained in Herts County Council’s Integrated Plan for 2012 to 2015, would make it the third year the tax has not...
View ArticleOur community is back on the air
A CHARITY is investing £10,000 to bring back an online radio station to the borough.The team at Community Action Dacorum thought it was such a shame to lose Hemel FM last year that it has got the...
View ArticlePolish trucker’s diesel distress
Crooks siphoned about £700 worth of diesel from the tank of a sleeping Polish lorry driver.They got 500 litres after breaking through the faulty filler cap of his white Scania Elltrans lorry between...
View ArticleWhy the honours list should have a dark side
When I suggested last week that anyone who featured on the honours list who then proved to be a bit of an embarrassment to the gong and garlands brigade didn’t need to have their title rescinded, just...
View ArticleTouch of fame is nice on the ice as Chico visits
REALITY TV star Chico visited a Hemel Hempstead ice rink to practice his routine for this week’s Dancing On Ice.Chico Slimani visited the Planet Ice rink at Jarman Park on Wednesday afternoon with his...
View ArticleChurch to host daily food bank
The Tring Team Parish is setting up a branch of the Dacorum Food Bank at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Church Yard.Church leaders are recruiting volunteers for the food collection and...
View ArticleCrooks strike at three shops in two nights
POLICE suspect burglars are using an Audi A3 as their getaway car after they targeted three shops in three nights.The first victim was The Village Shop in Gossoms End between 7pm on Monday and 6.15am...
View ArticleHealth chiefs: ‘Keep warm and you will keep well’
COUNTY council bosses want to emphasise the importance of keeping warm as the cold snap bites.The cold can make medical conditions worse and those on low incomes or struggling to heat their homes are...
View ArticleScorpion team strikes out
The streets of Dacorum are a safer place thanks to cops tasked with driving down thefts.Operation Scorpion – a team made up of a sergeant and seven officers – has cut incidents of muggings by almost...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVD guide: Drive, The Debt, Crazy Stupid Love, Melancholia, The...
FORMER child star Ryan Gosling seems to have been around forever, but the Canadian actor is still only 31 and his career has really taken off over the past couple of years.And two of Mr Gosling’s...
View ArticleSmacking never did me any harm says MP
AS the debate heats up on whether it is ever right for parents to smack their little ones, Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning said it did him no harm. This week the transport minister revealed he was...
View ArticleDawn raid on crooks
A GANG believed to have burgled more than 30 properties across three counties were arrested during early morning raids.Under codename Operation Chap, police officers swooped on two homes in...
View ArticleBattle begins to keep water fun park afloat
BOSSES at Aquasplash have launched a campaign to save the attraction after it emerged there are no plans for it in a revamped LeisureWorld.Work is due to get under way in the summer overhauling the...
View Article999 plea as cold snap continues
With forecasts of potentially adverse weather conditions in the region over the next few days, bosses at the East of England Ambulance Service are calling on the public to use common sense and only...
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