Bad weather botches resurfacing job on Hemel Hempstead’s Link Road
Work to resurface part of Hemel Hempstead’s Link Road last week was left looking less than professional after bad weather botched the job.The work was done on Tuesday, July 30, as part of a programme...
View ArticleBudding young poets could help set up dementia sufferers’ club
A Hemel Hempstead supermarket has teamed up with Age UK Dacorum to help set up a cognitive therapy club for dementia sufferers in the town.A COGS club is already being piloted by the charity in Tring...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Trance, Stolen, Small Apartments, Dark Skies
Widely praised for his work as artistic director of the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony, Danny Boyle soon went back to making movies.His densely plotted psychological thriller TRANCE (15:...
View ArticleCoroner’s warning after Bovingdon prisoner dies from liver cirrhosis
A coroner has warned the public of the dangers of excessive drinking after a prisoner at Bovingdon’s The Mount died from blood loss brought on by liver cirrhosis.The inquest of David McAllister, 55,...
View ArticleBerkhamsted production designer says: ‘Leave me with Dickens and self-firing...
You know you’ve made it big when your life becomes a feature on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.The iconic interview show has been going since 1942 and explores the life of a different celebrity...
View ArticleDecision due to be made tonight on works plan for Tring’s New Mill
Council officers have recommended that permission is granted for a plan to demolish the former New Mill Social Centre in Tring and build six new houses in its place.Dacorum Borough Councillors will...
View ArticleBerkhamsted High Street car wash to go after three years
A car wash business will have to cease trading by next Thursday after operating for the last three years without planning permission. Dacorum Borough Council has given it until that day before...
View ArticleDacorum Borough Council and Herts County Council defend their zero-hours...
Dacorum Borough Council has revealed that it employs 36 staff on controversial zero-hours contracts – while Herts County Council employs 701 workers on them.Under the system of employment, staff are...
View ArticleFire crews called to ‘noxious fumes’ flat alert in Leverstock Green Road
A plumber was taken to hospital for precautionary checks after a 999 alert in Hemel Hempstead’s Leverstock Green Road this evening.Fire crews from the town’s Queensway base – including a unit specially...
View ArticleBorough responds to Morrisons concerns
Planning bosses have responded to objections raised by the Environment Agency against the development of a supermarket on Marlowes in Hemel Hempstead.The body was just one of three consultees, which...
View ArticleDomino’s chiefs come up with a topping way to mark 2,00th store in Hemel...
Bigwigs from one of the biggest names in food are heading for Hemel Hempstead next week – and you can grab a pizza the action.The new Domino’s Pizza outlet at Kier Park in Hemel Hempstead – part of the...
View ArticleAnd the lucky winner is... Honda dealer backs Volunteer Centre with top...
When Volunteer Centre Dacorum manager Heather Allen took her car in for a service, she got into gear with a sharp sponsorship request.And that’s how Brayley Honda at Two Waters Road, Hemel Hempstead,...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: The Place Beyond The Pines, Evil Dead, Good Vibrations
A motorcycle stunt rider is reunited with his lost love and finally meets his son for the first time in THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES (15: Studio Canal), a crime melodrama giving Ryan Gosling the chance...
View ArticleBerkhamsted’s Poppy Appeal after new organiser steps forward
Berkhamsted’s Poppy Appeal has been saved after Keith Bayliss stepped in to become its new organiser.The year-round fundraiser for the Royal British Legion – which centres around Remembrance Day on...
View ArticleCheers! Bob and Jan say cheerio to pub life
It’s been all change in the village of Wilstone as everybody said a fond farewell to former Half Moon pub landlords Bob and Jan Findlay, who had pulled pints at the village’s watering hole for nearly...
View ArticleControversial plans for New Mill Social Centre delayed by councillors
A controversial plan to demolish a social centre and replace it with six houses was delayed last night against the advice of borough council planning officers.The officers had said that permission for...
View ArticleMore than 100 council homes for Dacorum in historic works programme
A plan to build new council homes in Dacorum for the first time in more than 20 years has begun with proposals for more than 100 of them.They include 15 one-bed and 21 two-bed flats in Apsley opposite...
View ArticleEncouraging figures show house burglary rate is reducing in Herts
Latest crime figures show household burglaries in Herts have decreased across the summer, while positive year-on-year reductions also continue.On Friday, August 2, no household burglaries were reported...
View ArticleNumber of carriages on commuter trains between Dacorum stations and London to...
Already busy commuter trains linking Dacorum and London Euston will be even more jam-packed during August as London Midland plans to run fewer carriages.The train company says it needs the carriages...
View ArticleHay you, don’t miss open day at Berkhamsted’s Sunnyside Allotments
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...
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