Matt Adcock’s film review: The Woman In Black
Beware, young Harry Potter fans – the boy who lived now finds himself in much darker territory. In this period tale, Daniel Radcliffe does his best ‘grown up’ face as noobie lawyer Arthur Kripps whose...
View ArticleShow love for a loved one at Love to Give
A CHARITY shop is inviting you to display a Valentine’s love message in its window in exchange for giving it some donations.The notes will go in the centre of heart-shaped cards at Love to Give in...
View Article‘Don’t worry, birds. We’ll keep you fed during cold.’
BIRDS won’t have to worry about running out of food in the cold weather.The children of Victoria C of E First School in Prince Edward Street, Berkhamsted, have made eco-friendly tables for them from...
View ArticleMan dies in digger accident
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a man died in an accident involving a digger at a radar station in Flaunden.The man, believed to be in his 40s, died at the site off Latimer Road, where...
View ArticleSix homes hit with flooding
FIREFIGHTERS have been called out to around half a dozen floodings in Hemel Hempstead caused by the cold snap.Homes in Fennycroft Road, Hobbs Hill Road, High Street and Piccotts End have all suffered...
View ArticlePromised hospital link road now a reality after £7m boost
EMERGENCY access to A&E in Watford is to be revolutionised after hospital chiefs were handed £7 million to pay for a new link road.Work is expected to start next year linking the hospital directly...
View ArticleM1 delays after crash
A SMASH involving two cars on the M1 near Hemel Hempstead caused tailbacks this morning.A blue Ford Fiesta in lane three swerved across lane four into the central reservation where it was shunted by a...
View ArticleHead-on smash on Leighton Buzzard Road
TWO people were taken to hospital following a head-on crash on the Leighton Buzzard Road on Sunday morning.A man driving a black Peugeot 307 suffered a leg injury and a woman in a silver Ford Focus...
View ArticleInspirational teen Geoffrey passes away
AN inspiring young teenager has passed away following a brave battle against cancer.Geoffrey Gower, 14, died peacefully at home after fighting the disease for more than four years.He had been a keen...
View ArticleChurch community hall plans scrapped
PLANS for a new community hall in the grounds of a village churchyard have been scrapped in response to opposition. Proposals for the base at St Lawrence Church in Bovingdon were revealed to the public...
View ArticleHave a tasty treat on us!
Calling all chip lovers! February 20 to 26 marks the UK’s National Chip Week and to celebrate, the Gazette has teamed up with two fish and chip shops to bring you some spud-tastic special offers.Get...
View ArticleEven tortoises shell out a little on Valentine’s Day!
ALL creatures great and small got loved up for Valentine’s Day.Even the animals at Whipsnade Zoo could not escape the love bug yesterday.This pair of endangered baby Egyptian tortoises, hatched in...
View ArticleCarnival back for good
THE organisers behind a revived carnival have said that it is here to stay and will one day rival the town’s biggest events for popularity.Saturday, June 30 has been set for the second Tring Carnival...
View ArticleTradesman’s tools taken
An engineer had a sat nav and hundreds of pounds worth of power tools stolen from his van.He had left it unlocked while working in a house in Nettleden Road, Little Gaddesden, between 9am and noon on...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the pick of the week’s TV
SATURDAYLet’s Dance for Sport Relief (BBC One, 7pm)Charismatic duo Steve Jones and Alex Jones return to host this dance-competition-with-a-twist, which sees all kinds of familiar faces don too-tight...
View ArticleBin fire yobs strike in Warners End
FIRE crews doused a bin fire at Stoneycroft shops in Hemel Hempstead last night – only to be called back to another two blazes in the same spot half an hour later.Yobs are thought to be behind the...
View ArticleRecord number of votes for youth elections
A BUMPER number of young people had their say with a record number of votes being cast in this year’s Herts Youth Parliament election.For the third year running, the number of voters aged 11 to 18...
View ArticleUnconscious man pulled from smoke-filled house
A MAN who had fallen unconscious had to be pulled from his home after a pan on a cooker caught fire.Firefighters had to break down the door of the terraced house in Slippers Hill, Hemel Hempstead, at...
View ArticleDid foreign fish cause killer weed outbreak?
THE outbreak of a killer weed in a village pond may have been caused by people putting their own fish into it, claims a councillor.Crassula originates from abroad – but has been in the Potten End...
View ArticlePeace shattered by village parking wars
COUNCIL house tenants have been told not to “threaten” each other or row about whose car parking space is whose in a tiny village cul-de-sac.Neighbours in Chapel Close, Little Gaddesden, say there are...
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