Murder update: Police hunt for ‘very dangerous man’ with stash of £20 and £50...
Police are still searching for a ‘very dangerous man’ after a murder in Little Gaddesden yesterday afternoon - and have warned the public not to approach him.A man in his 60s - previously thought to be...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: del Toro’s Pacific Rim delivers an ocean of...
“Today at the edge of our hope, at the end of our time, we have chosen to believe in each other! Today we face the monsters that are at our door, today we are cancelling the apocalypse!”There are...
View ArticleA rattling way to give money to good causes
A three-dimensional piggy bank on a charity donation firm’s new app will be turning people’s mobile phones into collection tins. The micro-giving website ploink.co.uk, based in Lakeside, Tring, has...
View ArticleMurder update: police release CCTV pictures as hunt for Little Gaddesden...
Detectives have released CCTV images as they continue their hunt for a man they want to speak to in connection with Saturday afternoon’s shocking Little Gaddesden murder.Det Chief Insp Martin Branning...
View ArticleWas Little Gaddesden murder victim killed coming to aid of elderly neighbour?
The victim of Saturday’s shocking murder in Little Gaddesden was coming to the defence of an elderly neighbour, the latest reports suggest.The man has been identified by police as 66-year-old Graham...
View ArticlePolice name victim of Little Gaddesden murder as Graham Buck, 66.
Detectives heading a manhunt in the wake of Saturday’s shocking slaying in Little Gaddesden have confirmed the name of the victim this morning.Although a formal identification process has not been...
View ArticleTring restaurant is the star of the show for sustainability
The boss of Tring restaurant The Akeman has congratulated his staff after the eatery was awarded its first SRA star by the Sustainable Restaurant Association.Oakman Inns chief executive Peter Borg-Neal...
View ArticleManhunt update: Little Gaddesden murder suspect was on day release from...
A convicted killer on day release from the Aylesbury Vale jail where he was serving life is believed to have murdered a grandfather-of-two in Little Gaddesden before fleeing the area in a taxi.Police...
View ArticleAlan Dee: A party planning primer for the watermelon wannabes
Although I often try to offer helpful suggestions about how the world could be a better place, I don’t see it as part of my wide-ranging remit to set out the standards society expects when it comes to...
View ArticleAdeyfield School opts for academy status from October
The first of Hemel Hempstead’s ‘new town’ secondary schools is to switch to academy status in October, governors have confirmed.The move will mean that Adeyfield School has a better chance of securing...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: The World’s End is a smooth conclusion to Cornetto...
In case you’ve missed the steamroller cum snowball of perfectly polite hype that’s been building over the past few weeks, this week’s big film is The World’s End and that’s a reason to be cheerful.Why?...
View ArticleParliament starts its summer recess – but that doesn’t mean a holiday
Parliament breaks up for the summer recess this week. That does not mean – as you might read in some newspapers – that MPs begin a six week holiday. Constituency work remains much the same with visits,...
View Article‘Not trusting my gut instinct got me the sack’, says BBC Apprentice...
Fired BBC Apprentice contestant Natalie Panayi says the television competition has taught her to trust her gut instincts more. The 31-year-old, who used exposure from the popular show to give her...
View ArticleLittle Gaddesden murderer made his getaway from Ashridge Business School – by...
A convicted killer coolly asked someone to call a taxi for him shortly after the murder of a grandfather in nearby Little Gaddesden, police revealed today.The call came in from Ashridge Business...
View ArticleNo closure for ‘murder without a body’ family of Murray Thompson
There’s grief without closure for the family of murdered electrical parts delivery driver Murray Thompson.The body of Mr Thompson, born in December 1975, has not been found since he disappeared in...
View ArticleHighfield burglar Butler is jailed after failing to take up chances to change...
A burglar who was given two chances to go straight has now been jailed for 30 months. In March last year, John Butler, of Thriftfield, Highfield, admitted conspiracy to commit non-dwelling burglaries...
View Article‘Lock up your bikes’ urge police after double theft in Hemel Hempstead
Fans of pedal power are being urged to lock away their bicycles after two thefts in Hemel Hempstead. A yellow men’s mountain bike was taken from Gade Place in Cotterells on Friday, July 5 and Monday,...
View ArticleIt’s full steam ahead for Potten End hospice fundraiser
An annual charity event for all the family will puff its way into the village of Potten End later this month.The Dacorum Steam and Country Fayre has raised £75,000 for Northchurch-based Hospice of St...
View Article‘Ugly’ fence triumph for neighbours in Tring
A 6ft high fence branded an ‘eyesore’ will to be pulled down following a campaign for its removal.Locals were upset when the fence – which was erected to combat anti-social behaviour – was put up...
View ArticleTring mum-of-three helps draw up damning NHS report
A student nurse from Tring formed part of the elite national panel that drew up the headline-grabbing Keogh Mortality Review, published yesterday.The panel assessed 14 hospital trusts that were...
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