Two apartments plan for rear of Parry’s shop
A businessman has been given the green light to develop a plot of land behind his shop. Richard Davies, who owns Parry’s newsagents in St John’s Road, Boxmoor, wants to build three two bedroom...
View Article‘Once Green Belt land disappears, that’s it’
A Sunday summit about the proposed development of west Hemel Hempstead was attended by around 130 concerned people.The meeting at Chaulden Infants’ School was only the third held by the West Hemel...
View Article‘Ashlyns will benefit from raft of changes’
A total of 13 new classrooms are to be added to an expanding school to help it cope with a seismic shake-up in Berkhamsted’s education system.Ashlyns School will have to take on an extra 570 pupils...
View ArticleScrum on down for a chance to go crazy for a local charity
Organisers of a charity golf day in Hemel Hempstead are on the look out for corporate sponsors.The Crazy Golf and Rugby event at Hemel Stags, in Pennine Way, on Sunday, July 7, will involve teams of up...
View ArticleKings Langley football hooligan given three year ban after verbal assault
A football hooligan from Kings Langley has been banned from attending games for three years after verbally abusing a rail guard when the team he supports lost a match.Graham Dillingham, 33, of...
View ArticleRay of Sunshine for gun trade as Ronnie aims high
A Berkhamsted rifle, archery, knife and outdoor store is on a mission to change the way guns are viewed in the community.Ronnie Sunshines, in Canalside, Northbridge Road, went part of the way to doing...
View ArticleSam wins wig war in papers
An alopecia-sufferer who launched her own range of wigs in Hemel Hempstead has had her opinions and photo printed in the Daily Mail.Samantha Barnes, of TANGLED Wigs, wrote to the paper in response to a...
View ArticlePolice search for woman after attempted fraud at Hemel Hempstead bank
A suspected fraudster who tried to take thousands of pounds from an elderly woman’s bank account is being sought by police.Officers investigating the crime want to speak to a woman who entered the...
View ArticlePCSO offers advice after church burglary
The PCSO for Boxmoor and Chaulden held his monthly surgery at St John’s Church on Thursday and sent out a message of reassurance to locals - even though the church itself was recently burgled.In a...
View Article‘I had not been drinking’ says driver of car that flipped over in high street
A driver arrested on suspicion of drink-driving when his Ford Mondeo hit a parked car and flipped onto its roof was later de-arrested by officers. The accident, which happened on Thursday, June 6 in...
View ArticleOld Town is headed in one direction for MP
Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning has expressed his delight at seeing work on the project he first campaigned for in 2008 finally get started.Preparatory work to transform the Old Town into a one-way...
View ArticleA book on failure, by man who closed A&E
The man who oversaw the closure of Hemel Hempstead Hospital’s accident and emergency unit has published a new management guidebook about how to avoid failure.Jan Filochowski helped improve the rankings...
View ArticleJeoff decides on a long goodbye
One of the best known figures in the Dacorum business community has decided to retire.Grandfather of four Jeoff Colls, 65, the part-time manager of Connect Dacorum, has decided the time is right to...
View Article‘Pick up after yourselves’
Clear up after yourself - that’s the message from the chairman of a community group.Katy Brookes-Duncan, from the Berkhamsted Citizens Association, has highlighted the problem of dog fouling in the...
View ArticleTakeaway sounds warning about fake £20 notes that are doing the rounds
A takeaway business has issued a warning about fake £20 that are doing the rounds in Hemel Hempstead. Staff at The May Fu Chinese and fish and chip shop in Gadebridge have had three incidents of...
View ArticleCall for more support for the Tringe Festival
The organiser of the Tringe Festival says the take-up of a new scheme to promote the event in Berkhamsted has been slow.Ben Moorhouse has 14 life-size cardboard cartoon stand-up images of comedy stars...
View ArticleGet a sneak peak of Diana movie, which saw top stars come to Hemel Hempstead...
Here’s a sneak peak at the blockbuster film Diana, which saw production crews descend on Hemel Hempstead for filming.Movie makers came to town during the summer last year to shoot parts of the film...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Man Of Steel
What if a film dreamed of becoming something other than what society had intended?What if a filmmaker aspired to something greater?The result would be a fantastic cinematic experience – it could be...
View ArticleVideo: When the going gets tough, the tough get up and get on with it
A Dacorum business believes when times are tough you’ve got to get up and get on with it.Ecological tree surgeon firm Treelife Ltd, based in Great Gaddesden and Berkhamsted won the Dacorum Business of...
View ArticleInquest opens after Berkhamsted man dies in track death tragedy
A Berkhamsted man died after being hit by a train near Bedford on Wednesday, police have confirmed.Stephen Gilbert Hockley Grace, of Oakwood, suffered multiple injuries in the incident near Kempston...
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