Hemel Hempstead youth group’s multicultural campaign is a winning idea
A church youth group hopes to spread an important message about the dangers of drugs as part of a multicultural awareness campaign.The Winners, part of a church and charity group based in Hemel...
View ArticleA royal thank you to Hemel Hempstead subjects for baby Prince George’s card
A letter from Kensington Palace is the crowning glory of Hemel Hempstead’s Riverside Shopping Centre.A royal thank-you note sent on behalf of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge addressed to centre...
View ArticleHemel Hempstead mum’s warning as teens learn sordid ways of becoming famous...
A mum who heard her daughter of 13 discussing how to make a sex tape to get famous has issued a warning to other parents.The worried mum, of Bennetts End, Hemel Hempstead, told the HeraldExpress her...
View ArticleSpecial delivery for 2,000th European Domino’s Pizza store in Hemel Hempstead
A Hemel Hempstead Domino’s Pizza store was a slice above the rest last week as company representatives from Europe, the Middle East and Africa visited the Maylands Avenue site.The new Kier Park outlet...
View ArticleSmall business? Get help and advice from Dacorum’s forum
Entrepreneurs from across Dacorum are invited to a new business forum next month.The free monthly sessions – held at the Maylands Business Centre – aim to help small businesses with 50 employees or...
View ArticleSo impressed by the support offered by hospice team
The House of Commons doesn’t sit in August which means life for MPs takes on a different rhythm than most of the rest of the year. There is no need to be in Westminster for debates and votes but that...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Kick Ass really does what it says in the title...
“You don’t have to be a bad-ass to be a superhero. You just have to be brave.”When Kick Ass burst onto the cinema scene in 2010, Mark Millar kinetically blew the doors off the whole comic book genre -...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Olympus Has Fallen, Chronicle, I’m So Excited, Rebellion
The influences are clear to see in fast-paced action movie OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (15: Lionsgate).If you substitute the White House with a Los Angeles skyscraper, you’ve essentially got the first Die Hard...
View ArticlePolice appeal to track down Courtney Scrimshire from Hemel Hempstead
Police want to track down a man who failed to appear in court last month.Courtney Scrimshire, 33, whose last known address was Livingstone Walk, Hemel Hempstead, failed to attend St Albans Magistrates...
View ArticlePucker up for charity with a lip-smacking fundraiser from The Body Shop in...
A cosmetics store is encouraging shoppers to get loose-lipped for a good cause this bank holiday weekend.From tomorrow until Monday, The Body Shop in the Marlowes Shopping Centre will be collecting...
View ArticleMan tried to force his way into woman’s car in Abbots Langley late night...
A man believed to be brandishing a weapon tried to get into a lone woman driver’s car late at night. But before the man could force his way into the vehicle the motorist managed to drive off. The...
View ArticleDiabetic from Berkhamsted did not take his own life, rules coroner
Police were called in when Andrew Stacey was discovered dead in bed by his carer because of fears he may have taken his own life. But an inquest into his death on Thursday concluded that diabetic Mr...
View ArticleWatford rail works to create chaos for Dacorum commuters in 2014
An £81 million series of improvement works to one of the UK’s most intensively used sections of train track will mean disruption for railway commuters throughout Dacorum next year.The upgrade to the...
View ArticleBag it up for British Heart Foundation’s latest campaign in Hertfordshire
A heart disease charity is calling on Hertfordshire to donate a million bags of unwanted items for its Great British Bag-athon in September.The British Heart Foundation’s biggest stock appeal...
View ArticleIt’s back! Showcase is set to shine at Shendish Manor
A showcase event for businesses across Dacorum is returning to Shendish Manor Hotel in Apsley and promises to be bigger and better than last year’s launch.Dacorum Showcase 2013 has been organised by...
View ArticleMusicians wanted for Love Actually wedding scene recreation
A dad has put out an appeal for musicians so that he can recreate the wedding scene in chick flick Love Actually when his own daughter ties the knot next month. The father, who is organising a...
View ArticleHemel Hempstead youngster Louie p-p-p-picks up a prize from Disney’s Club...
Online gaming fan Louie Ryan was one of five lucky children to win a day at Disney’s Club Penguin headquarters after entering competition to learn more about how the web moderation team keep them...
View ArticleDiamonds are a girl’s – and a man’s – best friend! Berkhamsted pair celebrate...
A couple from Berkhamsted are still sparkling after 60 years together and have just celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary.Rita and Peter Gent marked six decades together at a party with family...
View ArticleMan died of cancer 50 years after asbestos exposure
A elderly man who was otherwise in good health died from mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos around 50 years earlier.William Wade, who passed away at St Joseph’s care home in Tring, was...
View ArticlePolice called in to investigate after stolen car is torched in Hemel Hempstead
An investigation has been launched after a stolen car was dumped and set alight in Hemel Hempstead. Firefighters were called to Holtsmere End Lane just before 11pm on Thursday. They used one hose reel...
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