Historic Mickey Mouse comic for sale at Berkhamsted Book Fair
The 1930-published first copy of the Mickey Mouse Annual will be displayed at the latest Berkhamsted Book Fair on Saturday.The event is free to enter and will be held in the Court House, near St...
View ArticleJacqueline’s creation is whipping up a storm
A jewellery designer from Berkhamsted had her first big break after her work was seen on the red carpet at a London charity event.Model of the moment Cara Delevingne wore Jacqueline Wharam’s black...
View ArticleHow will multi-storey car park be paid for?
A report due out in mid-August will disclose whether a plan to build a multi-storey car park is financially viable.The idea was mooted as a potential solution to the lack of parking spaces in...
View ArticleHemel Hempstead mum launches appeal in memory of her son, 27
The mum of a 27-year-old who died while playing football just eight weeks before he was due to get married is fundraising in his memory.Former student of Hemel Hempstead’s John F Kennedy Catholic...
View ArticleWeb cafe is wired after new laptop locality gift
An internet cafe welcomed three brand new laptops to its weekly session after a locality budget boost.Hemel Hempstead North West councillor Terry Douris, granted £1,000 to the Warners End Neighbourhood...
View ArticleStream team chalks up a win for Bulbourne project
A chalk stream project which looks after the River Bulbourne has received the national Bowland Award.The Chilterns Chalk Streams Project has been conserving the Bulbourne for 13 years and the coveted...
View ArticlePrizes for the Berkhamsted Walkers who raised hundreds of pounds for charity
Prizes have just been handed out to the people who raised the most sponsorship money from taking part in a charity fundraiser.The annual Berkhamsted Walk – held this year on Sunday, May 12 – took in...
View ArticleSchool calls for safer roads for children in Berkhamsted
A string of changes to the roads are planned to make it safer for children to walk to school – and there’s a week left to have your say on the proposals.Herts County Council and Westfield First School...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The word in the street is that The Heat is pretty...
Watch out boys, there’s a new cop buddy team on the block – they’re armed, sassy and they’re all female…Meet FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock), a super cop who has closed more cases than...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Hair’s a strange way of doing nothing and asking me to pay for it
I rarely pester people for sponsorship but I hope you won’t mind if I make an exception, because I’ve come up with a bright idea which could be a real charity goldmine.Now I don’t know about you, but...
View ArticleSpecials log on to blog about their varied role
One of the part-time police specials based at Hemel Hempstead’s town centre station has been signed up to join a band of bloggers.Volunteer police officers who give up at least 16 hours per month of...
View Article£800 from County Hall chest helps foot Foodbank’s bills
Increasing numbers of people are turning to Dacorum’s Foodbank team for help when they face a crisis – and the charity has just received a welcome windfall to help balance the books.The Foodbank...
View ArticleBaker’s bucket mission was the end of poor Jimmy, 72
In the 21st century, when we are lucky enough to live in a society which takes water for granted, it’s hard to believe that not too long ago maintaining a steady supply of water involved hard work on a...
View ArticleCharity asks for batteries
A charity is appealing for batteries to power new syringe drivers to give pain relief to the terminally ill.New legislation means Tring’s Rennie Grove Hospice Care nurses has to replace the batteries...
View ArticleRead all about it: New book on Quaker killer who came from Berkhamsted
A book about a Quaker who poisoned his mistress to cover up their affair will be published next month.John Tawell lived in Berkhamsted after spending 15 years exiled in Australia for forgery. He had...
View ArticleHope for homeless in Dacorum is just round the corner as hostel plans with...
Long-awaited plans for a hostel for the homeless in Dacorum have now been submitted to planning bosses for consideration.The application is for a 41-bed shelter with part basement and car parking in...
View ArticleModel pupil Ross from Hemel Hempstead is set to make it big in Milan after...
A 16-year-old is swapping his text books for catwalks after winning a modelling competition he was persuaded to enter while shopping with his mum.Ross Trevillion, of Walnut Grove, Hemel Hempstead, had...
View ArticleGreat War centenary plans under way in Herts with just a year to go
With exactly a year to go until the official centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, a heritage project is gearing up to mark the solemn occasion.The Herts at War scheme has already launched...
View ArticleHemel Hempstead neighbours push for return of scrapped bus routes
Neighbours say a string of recent bus route changes in Hemel Hempstead have left them cut off or struggling to get home from work.The 758 route now supplies three extra buses between the town and...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: from Norwich, it’s the hit of the week, it’s Alan...
It probably has the lowest budget of the week, but there’s no doubt which movie will be attracting comedy fans to the box office – welcome to the big screen, at long last, Mr Alan Partridge.There is,...
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