Door to store shop scheme
Community Action Dacorum has launched a shopping service for the elderly and disabled in Bovingdon and Kings Langley.The Door To Store project picks up 10 people from their homes in each village on...
View ArticleIt was ready, teddy, go! at church heritage fun day
Despite the changeable weather, the Friends of Tring Church Heritage’s annual fun day saw a healthy turnout this weekend and saw just over £4,100 added to the community group’s funds.Between 10am and...
View ArticleGet a wig on for charity
A woman with alopecia who launched her own range of wigs is using her business to support a children’s cancer charity.Sam Barnes, who grew up in Bovingdon and launched her TANGLED Wigs series in Hemel...
View Article25 per cent support? Not such a bad start...
Not a bad start, was it? 25 per cent of the vote for a party dismissed as clowns and fruitcakes!Not a bad start, given most of those standing as UKIP prospective candidates in the Herts County Council...
View Article‘Our Top 10 rating a reflection of a real team effort’
The county’s crime-fighting force has been ranked among the top ten police groups in the country. Latest national police performance statistics show that Herts Constabulary remains one of the best...
View ArticleOur borough can thrive, says new chief Sally
A new top dog has been announced to take up the chief executive post at Dacorum Borough Council. Sally Marshall – the council’s current finance and governance corporate director – will take over from...
View ArticleBogus callers in clothing con are cheating charity
A pensioner says she will no longer leave out bags of goods for charities after suspecting she was stung by bogus callers. Christine Terry of Bennetts End believes she has been the victim of scam...
View ArticleGCSE girl subjected to a drunken sex assault
A hospital technician who sexually assaulted a teenager has been jailed for four years and banned from being in a house with any girl aged under 16 for the next 12 years. Ronald Lalley’s victim was...
View ArticleFall victim, 87, waits and waits for ambulance
An 87-year-old was made to wait more than an hour and a half for an ambulance after a fall.And the passerby who helped him has spoken of his outrage about the delay.A 999 call was made shortly before...
View ArticleNurse in running for ‘pioneering’ award
A nurse who helps young people change from children’s care to adult services has been shortlisted for a national award.Transition nurse co-ordinator Debbie Kelly, who works for Hertfordshire Community...
View ArticleCan you help with spring tidy up at baby memorial garden?
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 ArticleBe on guard for ‘spiking’ danger
Revellers are being urged to protect themselves from becoming victims of spiked drinks after an alleged drugging incident left a girl seriously ill in hospital.Two girls had been on a night out in...
View ArticleCigarette caused early morning flat blaze in Tring
An accidental fire at a first-floor flat in Tring is thought to have been started by a cigarette.The people living inside the block above shops on Miswell Lane had escaped the flames before...
View ArticleOut of control garden bonfire tackled in Hemel Hempstead
A fire crew from St Albans were called to deal with a large, out of control bonfire in Hemel Hempstead.The unattended blaze in a garden in Saturn Way was put out using a hose reel.Firefighters from...
View ArticleNew Dacorum Mayor is elected
Popular Dacorum mayor Bert Chapman stepped down from the first citizen post last night after a year in office. He made way for Councillor Penny Hearn, from Tring, to take up the prestigious position....
View ArticleLift rescue at civic centre
Two people who were setting up for Dacorum’s mayor making ceremony had to rescued by firefighters when they got stuck in a lift. The mayor’s secretary Jenny Barrett was trapped along with a caterer in...
View ArticleThief responsible for more than 40 break-ins
A man who had been charged with five burglaries in Harpenden has admitted to committing another 40 across the county - including crimes in Berkhamsted and Tring.Dennis Skiller, 32, of Eagle Close in...
View ArticleParish’s seven year switch
Bovingdon Parish Council has elected its first new chairman for six years. The council’s former leader Tony Trigg decided not to stand as chairman for a seventh year, but he will remain a committed...
View ArticleApprentice Natalie’s boardroom battle
Apprentice contestant Natalie Panayi managed to avoid being on the receiving end of Lord Sugar’s trademark ‘You’re Fired’ finger pointing last night, despite being the project manager on the losing...
View ArticleBourne supremacy as leisure company scoops top awards
A privately owned travel company that owns some of the best known brands in the UK has scooped the Business of the Year title at this year’s Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards.Bourne Leisure employs around...
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