Church project offers elderly a holiday at home
A Hemel Hempstead church is gearing up to bring a holiday at home to 30 elderly people, many of whom live alone and have little chance to socialise, next week.The community project run by St John’s...
View ArticleHay-man: A model role at fundraising festival
A selection of the opportunities available this week through Volunteer Centre Dacorum.Could you help out at Flamstead’s fantastic scarecrow festival? Why not have fun and raise money for Herts Multiple...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Hugh Jackman is a muscular Wolverine, but it’s not...
Say hello once more to everyone’s favourite metal- clawed X-Man, easily the most cinematically prolific of the team.Logan, better known as Wolverine, is played for the sixth time by Hugh ‘Les...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: The Incredible World Of Burt Wonderstone, The Paperboy
The world of showbiz magic is the setting for a comedy that conjures few laugh-out-loud moments yet offers enough flourishes and pithy quips to sustain interest.In THE INCREDIBLE BURT WONDERSTONE (15:...
View ArticleMotorway car fire and village lane crash disrupt morning traffic in Hemel...
A vehicle fire caused delays for motorway commuters this morning, while a car accident in Piccotts End also disrupted the morning rush hour in Hemel Hempstead.Fire crews from Hemel Hempstead, St...
View ArticleArson warning as crews tackle three deliberate fires over the weekend in...
A warning has been issued to summer holiday firebugs as crews tackled a series of small, deliberate blazes over the weekend.Two of the incidents happened on Friday in Gadebridge Park, Hemel Hempstead....
View ArticleStormy weather causes freak flooding and lightning strike on Hemel Hempstead...
A lightning strike on a Hemel Hempstead house sparked an electrical fault which caused it to flood.The house in Clyde Square, Grovehill, was unoccupied at the time of the freak incident on Saturday,...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: Your choice, a second helping of Red or blue?
Summer means sequels, as we have already seen, and this week’s release schedule is top-heavy with unashamed retreads of previous hits.To be fair, the main movies in question are as different as chalk...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Isn’t it time to tackle this hot issue and introduce a tattoo tax?
Whether or not the summer has been and gone after that all too brief smuttering of sunshine, there’s no denying that there have been some horrible sights to be seen during the heatwave.Once upon a time...
View Article999 crews point the finger at firebugs after Tring football training ground...
A fire at a football club’s training ground in Tring was tackled by five fire crews this afternoon.Firefighters from stations in Hemel Hempstead, Tring, Berkhamsted and Kings Langley were called to the...
View ArticleGet on your bike for charity with Ivinghoe pub’s cycle challenge
Cyclists are being asked to saddle up for a good cause with a series of sponsored charity rides around Tring.Each of the rides, which vary in length according to cycling experience, start and end at...
View ArticleHemel Hempstead man not seen for three days has been found ‘worse for wear,...
A man from Hemel Hempstead who sparked a missing persons investigation after not being seen for three days has been found, police have confirmed. David Bunting, 30, of The Spires, was discovered safe...
View ArticlePoliticians insist new name suggestion for Berkhamsted road has nothing to do...
Politicians have recommended that a new street is called Townsend Gate – despite fears that the public may think it is named after a member of Dacorum Borough Council.The firm behind plans for 54 new...
View ArticleGenerous Shannen hosts family fun day in aid of Costa Rica trip
A kind-hearted teenager from Longdean School has planned a pub family fun day in aid of her school’s World Challenge project.Shannen Avis, who lives in Northend, Hemel Hempstead, has organised...
View ArticleBreaking the mould in Herts – 111 works!
Health leaders in Hertfordshire have assured patients they can be confident of a good quality service from the non-emergency number 111, despite news that provider NHS Direct has pulled out of...
View ArticleDacorum flies the Green Flag with national awards for three parks
Three Dacorum green spaces have recognised with a prestigious national award.Tring Memorial Gardens, Berkhamsted’s Canal Fields and Chipperfield Common are again among 1,447 UK parks to receive the...
View ArticleWe’re on target for 1,000 homes, but we know some people will never reach the...
Many of us can only imagine what being without a secure home feels like, or how losing our home would affect our lives. For others, high rents and high living costs have put having a secure home beyond...
View ArticleGenerous Shannen hosts family fun day in aid of Costa Rica trip
A kind-hearted teenager from Longdean School has planned a pub family fun day in aid of her school’s World Challenge project.Shannen Avis, who lives in Northend, Hemel Hempstead, has organised...
View ArticleIt’s rush hour on the Nickey Line!
Cyclists steaming along Hemel Hempstead’s Nickey Line have contributed to an explosion in the use of the former railway track.A survey organised by the Friends Of The Nickey Line group which promotes...
View ArticleHertfordshire crime commissioner’s new sidekick approved by panel with eight...
Members of the county’s police and crime panel have voted in support of the appointment of a former Flamstead parish councillor and journalist as David Lloyd’s deputy commissioner.David Gibson, of...
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