Team Natalie exceed £5k, but the sky is the limit
Parents from St Rose’s Catholic Infants School have smashed their original fundraising target for a cancer-stricken mum, but say there is more to be done to help save her life.Just a fortnight after...
View ArticleUpdate: sick man at job centre is taken back to prison for breach of licence
Ambulance and police were called to Hemel Hempstead’s job centre on Friday afternoon. They were responding to a call - made just after 2pm - that a man had fallen ill inside the Waterhouse Street base....
View ArticleAstley School community link brings a bench bonus
The Interact group – a young Rotary group based at Hemel Hempstead’s Astley Cooper School – got stuck in with one of their first community-based conservation projects. They helped Dacorum Borough...
View ArticleCavendish pupils on parade for Duke’s award
Pupils working towards their Duke of Edinburgh awards have started the skill section of the scheme with Hemel Hempstead fire station. For the next three months they will be attending the Queensway...
View ArticleMan, 34, died of a lethal cocktail of drugs and alcohol
A man with a history of drug use was discovered dead at the home of a friend with whom he was staying, an inquest heard. During the hearing held in Hatfield on Thursday, Herts deputy coroner Graham...
View ArticleCCTV images released in hunt for shoplifters
Police have released CCTV images in a bid to track down a string of suspected shoplifters. They want to speak to a man in connection with a stolen bottle of Champagne taken from Waitrose in St Johns...
View ArticleCan you help with baby memorial garden clear up?
Helpers are needed to lend a hand with a spring tidy up at a garden dedicated to babies who died at birth or during pregnancy. Still birth and neonatal death charity Sands wants people to turn out on...
View ArticleWhat a stinker – no BAFTA for TV show filmed in Hemel Hempstead
A Christmas-time children’s comedy which kicked up a stink in Hemel Hempstead lost out on a BAFTA television award last night.The one-off show Mr Stink, based on David Walliams’ novel and filmed partly...
View ArticleFollowing in the footsteps of Great War soldiers
An educational tour of the battlefield site Ypres will kick-start a county-wide remembrance project in line with the First World War centenary next year.Dan Hill of the Herts At War scheme said:...
View ArticlePolice alert – don’t tweet your holiday plans to burglars
Don’t advertise you’re going on holiday via Twitter or Facebook – that’s the advice from Herts Police who say it could act as a green light to would-be thieves.They point out that burglars could target...
View ArticleWave of a magic wand will usher in a new era for market
A new era for Hemel Hempstead’s town centre market will be ushered in with a day of magic and celebration on Saturday.The market’s newly appointed operator Saunders Markets says it hopes to make...
View ArticleCould you help most vulnerable children?
More foster carers are needed to look after our most vulnerable children, says the man responsible for children’s services at Herts County Council.As part of a nationwide campaign to promote foster...
View ArticleHunt for two men after handbag snatch in Tesco
Police are searching for two suspects in Hemel Hempstead’s Leisure World complex after a handbag was snatched in the nearby Tesco Extra megastore.A 999 emergency call was made at 10.49am today after...
View ArticleGarage blaze was deliberate
A fire at a garage in Markyate was started deliberately, say Herts Fire And Rescue Service.The blaze, which happened at the rear of houses in Corner Wood, was reported at 8.37pm on Monday night....
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: The Great Gatsby, Fast & Furious 6
Yes, I know, I know – it’s a dream team, isn’t it?Director Baz Luhrmann has the dash and artistic eye to make the most of a story set in the Roaring Twenties. Look at what he did in Moulin Rouge.Leo...
View ArticleMayor Berts pops along to see Pixies project
The school council of Pixies Hill School in Long Chaulden, welcomed the mayor of Dacorum, Bert Chapman, to the school to inaugurate and open officially their new Pixies garden, which they want to...
View ArticleVillage airfield flights row has erupted again
A campaign has been mounted against a bid that could see hundreds of aircraft take to the sky over village homes.Letters have been sent out to Bovingdon householders urging them to object to the latest...
View ArticleCharity raffle helps autism
An evening of fashion fun will be held at a restaurant in aid of a national autism charity and community group Tring Together.The Akeman in Tring is hosting this year’s summer fashion show on Monday,...
View ArticleA summer symphony for a Hastoe audience
The refurbished Hastoe Village Hall will open its doors for a classical concert this summer in a bid to raise much-needed funds for the hall trust.The Victorian venue will host an evening with the...
View ArticleThree, two, one... group looking for firm ideas to launch
A group has been given £10,000 in government funding to improve Hemel Hempstead town centre.One of the ways Hemel Hempstead Town Centre Partnership intends to do that is through Hemel Launch Pad which...
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