Alan Dee: Can’t be bothered to vote? This would encourage you...
In idle hours I cast my mind back to the dullest jobs I’ve ever had to tackle.A particular night from my youth springs to mind – I’d snaffled what was expected to a plum ‘tips galore’ gig running the...
View ArticleGet your motor running for Dacorum car tour
Historic cars will be touring around Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted and Tring on Sunday (May 5).The Spirit of Dacorum Car Tour is being held to raise funds for Dacorum Community Trust and will see...
View ArticleWho will get your vote in Thursday’s county election?
This Thursday (May 2) voters will be turning out to have their say at the polling stations on who should represent them on Herts County Council. But who will get your vote? If you’re still undecided...
View ArticleMan in his 70s hit by car in Hemel Hempstead
A man in his 70s was taken to hospital with a head injury after being hit by a car this morning.Paramedics rushed to the scene in Combe Street, near Hemel Hempstead Library, after a 999 call just...
View ArticleAdvice day is open to all
A help and advice day at Bennetts End Community Centre welcomes anyone wishing to get information about subjects from benefit entitlement to drugs.Representatives from agencies including Druglink, Age...
View ArticleCommissioner defends new ‘PR guru’ role
Police and crime commissioner David Lloyd is defending his decision to appoint a new PR top dog after criticism has flooded in against the role which pays up to £75,786 a year.The proposed director of...
View ArticleAldbury all set for May Fair
The village of Aldbury is making its final preparations ahead of the May Fair being held on Monday. The event, sponsored by Tring Brewery, will feature traditional maypole and morris dancing, climbing...
View ArticleFirefighters battle wood blaze in school field
Around 50 tonnes of wood in a school field went up in flames on Monday night. Firefighters were called to Hemel Hempstead’s Westbrook Hay School in London Road just before 9pm and were battling the...
View ArticleMake your mark, it always matters
It’s that time of the year – frequent knocks on door, leaflets through the letterbox, polite smiles and questions asking about how you are planning to vote, all leading up to tomorrow’s Herts County...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: 21 And over, All Stars, Dead Man Down
Here’s what the breathless world has been waiting for – Superbad meets The Hangover in a knowingly ‘just crude enough’ comedy.21 And Over finds sensible student Jeff getting ready for a crucial medical...
View ArticleHappy birthday to us: school marks 125 years of education for girls in...
Berkhamsted Girls’ School celebrates its 125th anniversary today – and students are having a series of celebrations to mark the big occasion.The school, which now has 332 pupils, began its life at 222...
View ArticleCheck where to go to vote
A polling station in Berkhamsted has been moved from its normal place for tomorrow’s (Thursday) Herts County Council elections.The polling station that is usually at Bridgewater School will be held...
View ArticleLate grandmother’s ring was taken in jewellery shop raid
A woman has told of heartbreak after her late grandmother’s ring was snatched during a raid at a jewellery shop. Tracey Thomas had put the antique rose gold signet ring in for re-sizing when a stun...
View Article‘The regeneration of the town begins here’
The plans for a new Morrisons superstore and state-of-the-art college in Hemel Hempstead town centre have been unveiled at a public exhibition.Planners hope the scheme – dubbed The Link – will help...
View ArticleRubbish dumped in the countryside
Birthday cards, an employee handbook, letters about a couple getting divorced and two passport-sized photos of a woman were among the items dumped at the side of a country road.They were found at the...
View ArticleTwo men found guilty of Ashridge deer poaching
Police have warned deer poachers to beware after two men were punished for the crime in court.Police stopped 26-year-olds James Allen-Harvey and Barry Moss in Nettleden Road, Little Gaddesden, on...
View ArticleTributes to Kings Langley man who died in car smash
A driver who died after his car plummeted through a children’s play area has been named as a father from Kings Langley.Graham Phillips, 51, was declared dead at the scene of the accident in Park Street...
View ArticleDaughter’s praise for care given to dad, 85, after fall caused his death
A retired chauffeur died after falling and hitting his head on the pavement while collecting some shopping from his car, an inquest heard today.Ernest Wood, 85, of Bank Mill, Berkhamsted, had been...
View ArticleBert checks out world-beating firm
Mayor of Dacorum Bert Chapman was a special guest at the Kings Langley headquarters of world-beating firm RES, which last week won a coveted Queen’s Award for Enterprise for the second time.The...
View ArticleDoing the ‘Dickinson Dash’ for paper mill boat
An intrepid team of boaters aim to recreate history as they set off on a canal dash to raise money for the Paper Trail at Apsley.The team’s target sponsorship of £1,000 will go towards restoring the...
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