84 sign up to petition asking for Chaulden play equipment to be moved
The people behind a petition to remove and relocate children’s play equipment on a playing field in Jocketts Road, Hemel Hempstead, have dismissed claims that the protest was hard to pin down.When...
View ArticleNew hospital parking regime ‘will be revealed by end of July’
New parking charges at hospitals are being drawn up after health chiefs agreed to introduce a new sliding scale for motorists. West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust chief executive Samantha Jones said the new...
View ArticleParty outdoors to help bring in cash for our soldiers
A town centre bar is hosting an outdoor music festival to pull in cash for soldiers. The car park at Olly’s Bar in Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, will be transformed for the Outback Music Festival on...
View ArticleCommunity fair plans a packed day at Hemel Hempstead bandstand
Children’s fun rides, dance performances and charity stalls will be on offer at the Hemel Hempstead bandstand in Marlowes on Sunday, June 30. The Bandstand Community Fair is being run by Community...
View ArticleSportspace car park signs not clear enough, says disabled driver who fell...
A disabled motorist fined £75 while waiting to collect his daughter after her gym class has criticised signs at the Sportspace car park.Blue Badge holder John Barrett waited in a disabled bay at the...
View ArticleTwo illegal workers detained after immigration officers visit Abbots Langley...
An illegal worker at an Indian restaurant attempted to flee out of the eatery’s back door when immigration officers came knocking. Officers visited the Viceroy Brasserie in High Street, Abbots Langley,...
View ArticleHospice cookery course is a great help to grieving youngsters
Teenagers who are grieving the loss of a loved one are being offered a new course which uses cookery as therapy while also providing some vital life skills. The initiative – the first of its kind in...
View ArticleNew date set for Highfield murder case
The trial of a man charged with murder will not be heard until January next year.James Carbott, 30, of Epping Green, Hemel Hempstead, is accused of killing 63-year-old Thomas Baird of Westerdale, in...
View ArticleDepressed Tring widower found hanged a month after wife’s death, inquest hears
A 76-year-old man killed himself a month after his wife of 42 years died of cancer, an inquest heard today.A doctor who had been seeing John Baldwin in the run up to his death said he and wife Enid had...
View ArticleStone Roses concert had violent encore at Kings Langley, say police
Three men were arrested when a row that started on a train spilled out onto the station platform when it arrived at Kings Langley. The trio - aged 54, 24 and 22 - were arrested on suspicion of affray...
View Article‘Please save Slough bus I use to get to work in Chesham’
A bus-user has reacted with fury after hearing that the route she uses to travel to and from work is under review.Service provider Arriva says usage of its 353 Hemel Hempstead to Slough service is...
View ArticleIs HQ cop shop’s front desk in line for chop?
Hemel Hempstead’s town centre police station could shut its doors to the public completely as part of continuing cost cutting measures. Front desk services at Berkhamsted and Tring stations have...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Broken City
Hollywood’s most unlikely leading man, Mark Wahlberg, looks nonplussed from the start (nothing new there) in old-fashioned crime thriller BROKEN CITY (15: Studio Canal).He plays Billy Taggart, a cop...
View ArticleNew Hemel Hempstead photography studio will be giving away free snaps at...
Photography mascot Pixel the Bear will be welcoming visitors at the opening of a new town centre picture studio.The cuddly bear will be just one of the attractions when The Picture Company opens its...
View ArticleOnly a few days left if you want to get on board Kings Langley energy offer
There are only a few days left if you want to take advantage of the Grand Union Community Energy share offer.You can find out more online at www.guceltd.com and at the Kings Langley Carnival on...
View Article‘Tide of homelessness hits poorest hardest’
A Dacorum charity has called for more government support as benefit cuts continue to drive up the number of homeless people.Homelessness has increased by six per cent in the east of England, while the...
View ArticleHemel Hempstead shoppers urged to be keen and green
Supermarket shoppers were ‘winning it instead of binning it’ as part of Recycle Week.They were encouraged to go green and were given free kitchen kaddies and recycling goodies by Dacorum Borough...
View ArticlePaul has more fun as a fundraising blonde
Dad-of-two Paul Kirk will be donning a blonde wig for the third year running to join the Midnight Walk in memory of his wife Sue.The 60 year old from Woodhall Farm has raised more than £700 for the...
View Article‘It’s time for us to grieve in private’
The mother and sisters of murder victim Billy Dove say they’re taking a step back from fundraising in the 21-year-old’s memory so that they can grieve in private. Thousands of pounds have been raised...
View ArticleShopkeeper takes on grocery giant Tesco
A shopkeeper has taken on supermarket giant Tesco with his first store. Grovehill Express in Henry Wells Square, Hemel Hempstead, is in the same parade of shops as a Tesco Express. But businessman...
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