Have your say on rise in Dacorum cab charges with online survey
Taxi users are being invited to have their say on changes to the maximum rates cabs can charge in Dacorum.The fares were last set in 2011 and the cost review aims to reflect the rising costs of fuel,...
View ArticleLive-in hospital for mentally ill in Hemel Hempstead re-inspected after bad...
A hospital for adults with mental health problems and other illnesses is expecting new findings from the Care Quality Commission after a damning report earlier in the year.The Priory Grange facility in...
View ArticlePet owners fall foul of Tring Facebook users
An online campaign has branded Tring dog owners who fail to clean up after their pets as “disgusting” and “inconsiderate”.Chris Rickarby and Jo Foxley took to Facebook’s Everything Tring page and...
View ArticleKings Langley scouts’ bumper spuds crop success
Youngsters from 1st Kings Langley Scouts group rolled up their sleeves and got their hands dirty after being given the chance to cultivate an allotment.Abbots Langley Parish Council offered the group...
View ArticleComing your way, a neighbourhood day?
A pilot neighbourhood improvement day in Hemel Hempstead was such a resounding success that council chiefs are planning to roll it out across Dacorum.Locals in Woodhall Farm were invited to the Love...
View ArticleScarecrow contest among the highlights of Sunyside Allotments Open Day in...
A scarecrow competition will be among the highlights of this year’s Sunnyside Allotments Open Day.The event will run from 11am to 5pm on Sunday. Produce and refreshments will be sold and, weather...
View ArticleTring to pilot ‘innovative’ club for those living with dementia
A cognitive therapy club for dementia sufferers is being piloted in Tring to help make a positive difference for people living with the condition in the town.Age UK Dacorum is setting up the COGS group...
View ArticleThe figures add up to so many policing positives in Herts
I have recently presented my first annual report as Hertfordshire’s police and crime commissioner.It charts only my first few months in office, but in those few months I have set a budget, distributed...
View ArticlePuttenham villagers give thanks for soldiers’ safe return
The people of Puttenham welcomed a convoy of more than 30 bikers during a commemorative journey to raise £51,000 for the Royal British Legion.Dougie Bancroft and Medwyn Parry began their fundraising...
View ArticleNature concerns could affect Morrisons development after plans are submitted
Objections to plans for a new supermarket as part of The Link development in Hemel Hempstead have been raised on environmental grounds.Several consultees have opposed the planned Morrisons store on...
View Article‘Worst suffering I have ever seen’ says shocked dog warden
A callous pet owner who tried to pass off her dying dog as a stray has been given a suspended prison sentence after a landmark prosecution by Dacorum Borough Council.Mum of six Ashley Payne, 39, who...
View ArticlePraise for public after four Hemel Hempstead teens are charged with string of...
Police have praised the public for their help in an investigation into a string of offences which has seen four teenagers – the youngest only 14 – facing charges.The 20 offences committed in the town...
View Article‘One day I’ll die, then I’ll be free’ – old poem was an omen of Hemel...
A man who took his own life while awaiting a crown court trial had contemplated suicide a number of times, an inquest heard on Tuesday.Raymond Charles Anderson, 42, of Chambersbury Lane, Hemel...
View ArticleBeauty supplier is set for TOWIE star tanning visit
An Apsley-based hair and beauty supplies store will be getting fruity with a new product launch and a visit from The Only Way Is Essex star Jessica Wright.Jessica will launch her new Fruity Tans range...
View ArticleHundreds sign up to back mail staff privatisation fight
Postmen will be making a special delivery to Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning in the form of 350 postcards supporting their campaign against privatisation.Shoppers in the town centre on Saturday saw...
View ArticleNo casualties reported after blaze on first floor of Hemel Hempstead maisonette
Fire crews have reported that all the occupants of a maisonette in Hemel Hempstead where fire broke out this morning are safe and accounted for.An emergency call reporting the fire, on the first floor...
View ArticleDon’t miss the chance to have your say at neighbourhood meet
Members of the Grovehill Neighbourhood Association are urging people to come along and have their say at the annual meeting this week.Anyone living on the Hemel Hempstead estate is welcome to attend...
View ArticleFriends organise Adeyfield fundraiser to support scaffolder badly injured in...
Friends of a scaffolder left in a coma after an horrific roof plunge will be rallying round his family at a fundraiser this weekend.The charity bash at Adeyfield’s Jubilee pub on Saturday will raise...
View ArticleMy debut album is free so that I can share my music, says Hemel Hempstead’s...
Calling your first album Successtory might be considered to be tempting fate – but up and coming urban artist T.R.E has high hopes for his debutMulapi Muchunga from Damascus Green in Chaulden – he’s...
View ArticleSurvey shows patients are happy – but West Herts hospitals are not complacent
Survey results have revealed that 93 per cent of patients in Hemel Hempstead, Watford and St Albans hospitals would recommend their experiences to others, while a ward in nearby Luton and Dunstable...
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