Planning bulletin: Applications received by Dacorum Borough Council,...
Recent details of applications made to Dacorum Borough Council for planning permission to carry out development include the following proposals. Details Of Hard And Soft Landscaping As Required By...
View ArticleM&S workers at Hemel Hempstead get themselves into a spin with fundraising pedal
Workers from Marks and Spencer are jumping in the saddle to raise cash for good causes.Staff at the store in Hemel Hempstead’s Marlowes Shopping Centre are taking it in turns to pedal on a spin bike...
View ArticleMBE the perfect sign off for man who helped the Olympics run smoothly
There was no chance of Bryn Aldridge getting big-headed when he was one of the people awarded an medal in the Queen’s Birthday Honours.Bryn, 65, of Windermere Close, Hemel Hempstead, said the reaction...
View ArticleGroup meets hospital boss
A health chief has committed to regular meetings with the Dacorum Hospital Action Group. Samantha Jones, chief executive of the West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Hemel Hempstead’s Urgent Care...
View ArticleIt’s a long goodbye as Jeoff decides that it’s time to go
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 ArticleHemel Hempstead’s buses of years gone by – all aboard for a trip down memory...
The news that the existing bus station in the former market square in Hemel Hempstead is to be replaced as part of the town’s regeneration led me to discover more about the story of the station bus.The...
View ArticleBerkhamsted church youth group members lobby treasury minister David Gauke...
Eight members of a youth group from Berkhamsted’s Sunnyside Church have lobbied South West Herts MP David Gauke to urge the government to end tax trickery by multinational companies.They told Mr Gauke,...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: World War Z is middle-ranking brain-munching fare
“Life as we know it will come to an end in 90 days. It’s on us to change that…”Zombies are hot property this year with the pleasing zom-rom Warm Bodies, undead cop thrills in R.I.P.D and The Returned...
View ArticleMotorist cut free from car after crashing into railings in Leverstock Green Road
A motorist had to be cut free from his car by firefighters after crashing into railings.Fire crews were called out just before 11pm to Leverstock Green Road in Hemel Hempstead on Sunday. The driver’s...
View ArticleEmergency call out to make smoking Highfield road sign safe.
A smoking road sign in Highfield was made safe by firefighters on Sunday afternoon. An electrical fault with the sign in Fletcher Way, Hemel Hempstead, was causing the problem. Firefighters left the...
View ArticleFirefighters called to Hemel Hempstead house tumble dryer fire
A tumble dryer that burst into flames was dragged into the garden by the householder before firefighters arrived. One hosereel was used to put out the fire at Chipperfield Road in Hemel Hempstead on...
View ArticleMini overturns in ditch along A41
A woman was taken to hospital after his red Mini Cooper overturned into a ditch along the A41. The accident happened just before the Bourne End junction at around 7.40pm on the bypass as the driver...
View ArticleDixons is going ‘headlong’ into challenge of another year
Hemel Hempstead-based electrical giant Dixons Retail reported a year of mega losses but the boss reckons they’re making ‘significant progress’.The multinational firm, based in Maylands Avenue, recorded...
View ArticleTeam Natalie get zany with zumba for a good cause
A team of mums who helped raise more than £16,000 for the treatment of a cancer-stricken woman have planned their next zany fundraiser.Team Natalie, made up of parents from St Rose’s Catholic Infants’...
View ArticleTring dish firm on top of the world at event on Everest
Antennas made by a firm in Tring helped Nepal Television record an historic event on top of Everest.Red Bull Media marked the 60th anniversary of the ascent of the world’s tallest mountain by getting...
View ArticleGreen light for compromise deal on future shape of Maylands
Businesses and the council have reached a compromise over future developments to be allowed in a giant business park.Firms on Maylands Business Park, in Hemel Hempstead, are keen to stop the area from...
View ArticleAlan Dee: What drives money junkies to turn to a Wonga fix?
If you’re looking for a life plan that will steer you clear of some of the potential pitfalls that await us all, it’s a pretty good rule of thumb to avoid any business that advertises itself on a...
View ArticleFair weather for Frogmore’s Summer Fayre will help keep canal boat afloat
Organisers of Frogmore Paper Mill’s next seasonal fayre are keeping their fingers crossed they won’t have another weather washout.The historic attraction’s Spring Fayre in March was almost frozen out...
View ArticleCounty’s police and crime commissioner is now on the hunt for a new deputy
Hertfordshire’s police and crime commissioner David Lloyd has launched an open application process for a new sidekick.The crime czar postponed appointing a new deputy when the former holder of the...
View ArticleUnemployment rate among the young hits 18% in east region
Joblessness among the 16-24 age group in the east of England, which includes Dacorum, has hit a staggering 18 per cent.But online learning provider learndirect says it has 18 vacancies for apprentices...
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