Train firm cannot say how fare rises will affect users
Train operator London Midland says it cannot comment on how yesterday’s rail fare announcement will affect its customers. Commuters have been warned that they will face an average 4.1 per cent rise in...
View ArticleAlcohol group’s warning: Celebrate your results, but don’t go overboard
School-leavers are being urged not to bow to peer pressure as many prepare to get their exam results and begin university or work. The warning comes from the Alcohol Campaigns Group, part of...
View ArticlePolice warn Hemel Hempstead drivers to beware of thieves after two van...
Workmen have been warned to be on the look-out after tools were stolen from two vans overnight.Criminals broke through the back doors of a Ford Transit van in Howards Drive, Gadebridge, between 7.30pm...
View ArticleTown’s beauty is on the inside, says bishop as ‘ugly Hemel’ row rumbles on
Community stalwarts have come to the defence of Hemel Hempstead after it was voted Britain’s ugliest town in an online poll, while prompted a national radio broadcast sneering at the landmark Water...
View ArticleWilstone farm shop pipped to the post in Chiltern Society awards
The P E Mead farm shop on the outskirts of Wilstone village was highly commended in an awards ceremony that took place for the very first time this year.The Chiltern Society Farm Shop Award is a brand...
View ArticleThe date is set for TOWIE visit to Apsley
A hair and beauty product supplier based in Apsley has confirmed a date for next week’s visit from TOWIE star Jessica Wright.Jessica, who has played herself in the ITV2 reality show The Only Way Is...
View ArticleTomb discovered in Hemel Hempstead’s Old Town merits further investigation
A tomb discovered underneath a Hemel Hempstead car park by civil engineers is to undergo further investigation.The secret chamber was first found in June as contractors Jackson, working on behalf of...
View ArticleHold very tight please, vintage buses come to Hemel Hempstead town centre...
If you head along to Hemel Hempstead’s bus station on Sunday you might be forgiven for thinking you have gone back in time.Because all sorts of vintage buses will be on display at the Waterhouse Street...
View ArticleFewer cases of measles reported, but Herts figures still up year on year
Just four cases of the contagious viral illness measles were reported in Herts during June, but figures for the first half of 2013 show a rise from the previous year.In total, just five reports for the...
View ArticleGreen course could help job seekers get back into work
Unemployed plumbers, heating engineers and electricians are being given the chance to learn a new green skill to help them get back into work.The Supporting the Unemployed into Employment Programme –...
View ArticleBitten by an insect? Is it really an emergency?
The ambulance service is urging people to think twice before calling 999 for insect bites or stings. A total of 15 calls were made in one day to the East of England Ambulance Service for people who had...
View ArticleClub’s early Christmas as Santa scheme helps fund charity project
Christmas has come early for a Dacorum charity which is starting up a new club in Berkhamsted thanks to ITV’s Text Santa programme.Age UK Dacorum already runs seven successful day clubs for the elderly...
View Article‘We need to cut car travel to make Berkhamsted’s air safer’
Berkhamsted has been warned that unless it can cut traffic in its high street the area’s air quality will suffer.Dacorum Borough Council has been monitoring levels of nitrogen dioxide – caused by car...
View ArticleKing’s crew is on hand for Downs clean-up
A green waste firm has helped tidy up the popular landmark. A two-man team from Hemel Hempstead’s Waste King spent a day clearing rubbish from Dunstable Downs.The National Trust had wanted to hire a...
View ArticleLock it up or be an easy target for crooks, police warn after spate of...
Police have been hitting the streets to stress the importance of locking up – an obvious crime prevention tip that does not seem to be hitting home with some. Officers were at various locations around...
View ArticleDacorum’s ‘unsung hero’ helped police stop sex attack
A CCTV operator has been commended for his quick thinking after helping police to put a stop to a terrifying sexual assault.Israr Ali, who monitors the 85 CCTV cameras across Dacorum, noticed a man in...
View ArticleRoman soldier’s coins found in Northchurch
Two coins that are more than 2,000 years old have been bought by a history group after being found with a metal detector in Northchurch.The two silver denarii – each a day’s pay for a Roman soldier –...
View Article‘Hemel Hempstead is not ugly’ cry in internet poll backlash
Community groups have joined forces in a backlash against an online poll which named Hemel Hempstead as Britain’s ugliest town.Volunteer-run Radio Dacorum is working alongside contributors to the...
View ArticleIt’s market time again
Stallholders offering local produce and artisan goods will be at this weekend’s Great Gaddesden Community Market.Launched earlier this year, the monthly sale will be held in the village’s parish hall...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Oblivion, The Look Of Love, Scary Movie V, Side Effects
Tom Cruise is good value as a man haunted by snatches of memories of his earlier life in sci-fi adventure OBLIVION (12: Universal).The plot borrows heavily from other well-known films of the genre, but...
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