Can you help police in their search for a wanted Hemel Hempstead man?
Herts Police are appealing for help in finding a wanted man who failed to turn up to court to face a driving offence charge.Kevin Wood’s last known address was in Shrubhill Road, Hemel Hempstead. The...
View ArticleCounty Hall cash boost helps Berkhamsted’s Bikefest hit the road
A free cycling event in Berkhamsted has been given a funding leg-up from County Hall.Councillor Ian Reay donated £500 from his locality budget to support Bikefest – organised by Transition Town...
View ArticleLots of work opportunities on offer at Asda Hemel Hempstead’s recruitment...
Up to 35 part-time jobs will be up for grabs at a recruitment open day in a Hemel Hempstead supermarket.The newly-redesigned Asda on Hillfield Road will be offering a range of work opportunities...
View ArticleSleep-out against bedroom tax could help spark change in Dacorum as petition...
The organiser of a mass sleep-out in Hemel Hempstead to raise awareness of the so-called bedroom tax has described the event as a success.Ed Colenutt planned the town centre event as part of a national...
View ArticleUse of DENS night shelter depends on demand in Dacorum when universal credit...
The chief executive of Dacorum’s homelessness charity DENS has said the future of its current night shelter depends on demand, if plans for a 41-bed hostel go ahead.Andrew Liversidge hopes that if the...
View Article‘Carers do a wonderful job’ say relatives of loved ones living at Mountbatten...
Relatives of loved ones living at a home for old folk that has been ordered to shape up by a health watchdog have spoken out in support of the care it provides.Hemel Hempstead’s Mountbatten Lodge has...
View ArticleCan you help mitochondrial disease suffer James’ fund with a spectacular prize?
Friends and family of a four year old with a life-limiting illness are appealing for a spectacular prize for their fundraising race night.The October event in Boxmoor Hall is almost sold out, and some...
View ArticlePolice send out a strong caution to would-be hare coursers in Herts
Police have issued a stark warning to would-be hare coursers in rural areas as the new season looms.Hertfordshire’s rural operational support team has warned it will not tolerate the activity, which...
View ArticleWar heroes’ battle wages on against Tring car parking charges on Remembrance...
A war veteran is now campaigning for the third year in a row to get council chiefs to relax parking charges in Tring for Remembrance Day.Tom Payne, former vice chairman of the town’s Royal British...
View ArticleVet’s sadness at dog hit-and-run horror
The vet who tended to a dog that died after a hit-an-run incident outside her surgery has told of the moment the collision happened.Katy Mackenzie, who works at the Risedale Road branch of Medivets in...
View ArticlePICTURE SLIDESHOW: Open day for donkey sanctuary near Potten End raises about...
Folly’s Farm Sanctuary for Donkeys, in Nettleden Road, near Potten End, raised about £2,500 from its open day on Sunday afternoon.The sanctuary looks after 22 animals and needs about £350 every week to...
View ArticleCampaigners call for town health campus
A campaign group has sprung into action in a bid to secure a health campus for the people of Dacorum as hospital chiefs draw up a plan for the future of emergency medical care.Bosses at the West Herts...
View ArticleHP must stand for high praise for our posties
Royal Mail is celebrating a target-beating performance in the Hemel Hempstead postal area for the months of April and June.More than 95 per cent of mail sent by first class stamps within the HP...
View ArticleGreen for go: Kings Langley energy group’s project gets under way
Work has begun on the first solar panel project run by a Kings Langley community energy group.Planning permission for more than 180 solar panels on the roof of Rudolf Steiner School was granted earlier...
View ArticleDevelopment plans for Green Belt land in west Hemel Hempstead are deemed ‘sound’
A planning inspector’s report into the Core Strategy for housing development in Hemel Hempstead has been received by Dacorum Borough Council.The report, which considered building proposals including...
View ArticleBilly’s Kings Langley pub fundraiser smashes £1,500 target
A charity pub event in aid of anti-knife crime charity Billy’s Wish exceeded its £1,500 funding target despite the damp bank holiday weather.The Rose and Crown pub in Kings Langley held the family fun...
View ArticleLittle Gaddesden murder suspect Ian McLoughlin to appear before Old Bailey
A trial date will soon be set for the man accused of murdering a 66-year-old have-a-go hero during a suspected robbery at his paedophile neighbour’s home.Little Gaddesden grandfather-of-two Graham Buck...
View ArticleFilm crew shoot scenes for futuristic 3D movie at Hemel Hempstead Hospital site
Scenes for a superhero film adapted from a cult comic book series have been shot at the Hemel Hempstead Hospital site. Guardians of the Galaxy - the name of the superhero team that the 3D film is based...
View ArticlePolice search Hertfordshire traveller sites as hunt for armed gunman goes on
Police are searching traveller sites in Hertfordshire for a suspected armed gunman who is wanted for attempted murder.Francis O’Donoghue has been urged to hand himself in following the shooting on a...
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