Green-fingered volunteers can help centre bloom
A community centre is calling all gardeners for help to fill and look after its empty-looking flower beds.Volunteers at the centre in Bennetts End, Hemel Hempstead, hope to take in donations of surplus...
View ArticleAll change – green light for town centre bus shake-up
A proposal to move Hemel Hempstead’s town centre bus station has been given the green light. Dacorum Borough Council’s cabinet has approved in principle a new bus interchange in Marlowes and Bridge...
View ArticleRubbish dumped in countryside cleared within hours of website post
Rubbish dumped in the countryside was cleared within hours of an article being published about it on this website.Our report yesterday had also contained a picture of the mess abandoned in Cupid Green...
View ArticleTown to become more memory friendly
A committee set up in order to steer Tring towards the status of ‘dementia friendly town’ met for the first time last Tuesday.Chairman John Allan said: “We aim to make Tring a community where those...
View ArticleDo you know wanted man?
Police are appealing for help in tracing a man wanted in connection with dealing class B drugs in Hemel Hempstead.Ronald De-Winter’s last known address was in Rumballs Close, Bennetts End. Officers...
View ArticleNo jail time for prison officer with drug supply at home
A prison officer with more than a kilo of cannabis in his home will not go to jail.David Lawson, 46, was told by a judge that if he had intended to take the drug into Bovingdon’s Mount prison the...
View ArticleFind a way out of the red with free money help
A free course that helps people get their finances in order is on offer in Berkhamsted.Christians Against Poverty is behind the workshop that will deal with money matters on Tuesday, May 14 at the Make...
View Article‘Sort out town paving slabs’
A pensioner is calling for a review of paving slabs in Hemel Hempstead’s town centre after he tripped over. Tony Anderson was left with badly bruised ribs and a black eye. The 72-year-old, of Mayflower...
View ArticleHave a say on housing plans
People are being invited to have their say on future housing plans for the borough. The draft Housing Strategy sets out the long-term vision for how homes in Dacorum will meet people’s needs.It...
View ArticleSeventh walk is the hardest
A woman who is about to embark on her seventh consecutive Midnight Walk says this will be the most poignant as her dad passed away last year.Christina Meddeman, of Hetchleys, Hemel Hempstead, enjoys...
View ArticleNo change in Dacorum, but UKIP celebrates after county vote count
It was a no-change night for Dacorum as tellers totted up the votes in yesterday’s election for Herts County Council, but a surge of support for UKIP candidates saw them take second spot in virtually...
View ArticleTwo cyclists hit by car in Redbourn – one in critical condition
Two cyclists who were injured after colliding with a car in Redbourn are still in hospital two days later.Police and paramedics were called to the A5183 between the M1 and Redbourn at its junction with...
View ArticleWatling by-election results
The Conservative Party has held its seat in the Watling by-election, following the departure of police and crime commissioner David Lloyd. Hilary Jane Killen has been elected to the ward, which covers...
View ArticleCyclist’s life ‘hangs in balance’ after Redbourn collision with car
A father-and-son have been named as the two cyclists who were badly injured after colliding with a car – and one of them is now fighting for his life.Steve Clarke (above), 59, and his son Ross, 28, who...
View ArticleRaiders rocked by a kit store inferno
A community football club has appealed for donations after losing thousands of pounds worth of kit and equipment to a mystery shed blaze on Monday.Firefighters rushed to Berkhamsted Sports Ground after...
View ArticleSign up now to cycle on Sunday
It’s still not too late to sign up to a circular cycling challenge that is being staged on Sunday.There will be 50km and 70km routes during the Oakman Shires Sportive, which begins at The Kings Arms in...
View ArticleMayor: ‘Enjoy your football’
The mayor of Berkhamsted began a fun day of football for youngsters on Saturday.Arsenal Football Club coaches taught skills to children in school Years 1 to 4.There were also two four-a-side...
View ArticleIt’s well worth being there!
A wellbeing event being billed as Hertfordshire’s answer to the national Mind Body Spirit Festival is still searching for exhibitors.The stalls at Rudolf Steiner School’s Wellbeing Festival are set to...
View ArticleStop horsing around and audition for Full Monty
Tring Festival Company is still struggling to recruit an ethnic actor to play the part of Horse in a production of raunchy stage show The Full Monty.Despite public appeals and three rounds of...
View ArticleOut of control bonfire alert
Firefighters were called to a Hemel Hempstead farm after a bonfire got out of control. Crews were called to Westwick Row in Leverstock Green just before 9.30pm on Thursday and used hose reels to reduce...
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