Alan Dee: Warning, these signs could kill you if you read them too closely
There I was, enjoying a Sunday afternoon drive along a sweeping country road.The sun was shining, the motor was purring, there was the prospect of a stroll and a pub lunch on the horizon – all was good...
View ArticleRead all about it: Berkhamsted’s £2.3 million water mains upgrade
The firm behind Berkhamsted’s water provision has released further details of a £2.3 million upgrade to the town’s piping system ahead of a public Q&A session next week.Affinity Water says the...
View ArticlePlan for town centre Exchange bar includes more drinking time
The owners of a late night bar which has been standing empty have asked councillors to give permission for extended drinking hours as they put together plans to reopen the venue. Hospitality firm...
View ArticleBilderberg bigwig beanfeast bill will cost us £490,000
The full cost of policing a secret conference for some of the richest and most powerful people in the world has been revealed as £990,000.The organisers of the Bilderberg Conference held at The Grove...
View ArticleCrews called to a series of ‘deliberate or doubtful’ fires in Hemel Hempstead...
Fire crews were called to a number of suspicious blazes within one hour yesterday evening.Hemel Hempstead firefighters were called to an industrial wheelie bin that was well alight behind the Jubilee...
View ArticleDebt charities’ advice to cash-strapped in Hemel Hempstead: ‘Don’t suffer in...
A debt charity has revealed that many Hemel Hempstead households are falling short of what they need to cover essential living costs by an average of £23 a month.In the first six months of the year,...
View Article‘Just like Top Gear in your own back garden’
Neighbours living near an airfield strip say noise from screeching cars is like listening to an episode of Top Gear in their back gardens. Brad Gunn, who heads up the newly formed Bovingdon Action...
View ArticleThumbs up in hospitals poll
A survey has revealed that many patients who are treated at Hemel Hempstead’s Urgent Care Centre, Watford or St Albans hospitals would recommend the service to their family and friends. During July,...
View ArticleBreak the silence with new lip reading class
A woman whose hearing was restored when she was fitted with a cochlear implant wants to help others who have suffered the devastation of deafness. After losing her hearing in her late 20s Molly Berry...
View ArticleComplaint over lack of action on bollard concerns: ‘They’re abusing the...
Council chiefs have responded to safety concerns about bollards erected in a Hemel Hempstead street – almost a month after they were first raised.The bollard bother began when a series of fixed wooden...
View Article‘Time to debunk myths about disability’
A meeting in Hemel Hempstead aims to debunk myths about employing disabled people.The Accessible Dacorum event on Friday, September 13, will hear from employers from many sectors and their employees...
View ArticleJobs boost on way as data kings plan massive new HQ
A Hemel Hempstead firm has applied for planning permission to build a huge new HQ and data centre in Maylands business park.Gyron Internet wants to bring together its sites in Boundary Way and Maylands...
View Article‘Vicious attacker’s sentence is too soft’ says agoraphobic victim from Hemel...
A man with agoraphobia and anxiety issues says an unprovoked attack which left him needing dental treatment has now made him terrified of leaving his house.Mark Baker, 28, a keen photographer despite...
View ArticleHoliday horror as Hemel Hempstead family is struck by violent illness
A family taking legal action against a holiday company say their two-week trip to Turkey was ruined by a nasty bug which left members of their party bed-bound and even hospitalised.Katie Seamons, 30,...
View ArticleThree teenagers on the spot after police investigation into Tring clubhouse...
Police believe they have identified the teenage firebugs who set alight a Tring Athletic clubhouse.The three youths, aged 15 and 16 – who cannot be identified for legal reasons – have been interviewed...
View ArticleBerkhamsted couple ask: ‘Did neighbour key our cars to mark parking territory?’
Neighbours have spoken out about their fears that a vandal is targeting cars in their street to deter people from parking there.A husband and wife say both of their cars have been keyed – and on both...
View ArticleYoung man discovered dead in Hemel Hempstead’s town centre
A man was discovered dead in Hemel Hempstead’s town centre on Tuesday morning.Police are not treating the death of 24-year-old Paul Cook as suspicious and will be referring the case to the coroner for...
View ArticleHemel Hempstead mall’s monthly kids club has plenty to offer for young ones
Parents can sit back and let Marlowes Shopping Centre entertain the kids with a monthly club which kicks off this weekend.The Snapperjaxx sessions are aimed at children aged four to 11, and will change...
View ArticleChequered history of Victorian home on Roman site
Boxmoor House is a building on a site with a wealth of history – much of it lost in the mists of time where a Roman villa is believed to have once stood.The eventual Victorian mansion was once the home...
View ArticleInternal investigation is launched at charity that helps borough’s old folk
A charity that helps old folk has launched an internal investigation. The probe involves Age UK Dacorum’s chief executive Aftia Ali-Khan, who is currently on long-term leave from the...
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