Fancy that! Hemel Hempstead store is hitting All Star heights
A fancy dress store is gaining an A-list customer base as its costumes have appeared on a television show.Backstage Fancy Dress in Boxted Farm, near Hemel Hempstead, had one of its bee costumes rented...
View ArticleManhunt for suspect wanted after double shooting extended to include Herts...
Police who have stepped up their search for a wanted man say that traveller sites in Hertfordshire are an area of focus for their investigation.Francis O’Donoghue is suspected of the attempted murder...
View ArticleDrivers escape unharmed after car and lorry collide on the A41 at Boxmoor
The drivers of both a car and a lorry which crashed this afternoon escaped without injury.A Volkswagen Polo collided with a large heavy goods vehicle believed to have been carrying a tractor or digger...
View ArticleGuided tours to be offered around Berkhamsted funeral home as mayor releases...
Mayor of Berkhamsted Ian Reay will release doves in the High Street at 1pm on Saturday to mark the official opening of a new funeral home.There will also be a piper and a horse-drawn hearse and...
View Article‘On your bike’ call to Maylands workers
Thousands of employees on a giant business park are being encouraged to get on their bikes next Thursday.The Maylands on the Move campaign is promoting Cycle to Work Day as a way of highlighting the...
View Article‘Relaxing yellow line parking will aid businesses in Dacorum’
A Maylands business has stepped up its campaign to support local trade by encouraging people to back a government proposal to relax rules on double yellow line parking.The idea from Just Insurance...
View ArticleAppeal results in happy reunion
An animal lover who saw a dog abandoned in Hemel Hempstead says social media helped reunite the animal with its rightful owner.Mark Goodman of Windmill Road alerted Dacorum’s dog warden after seeing a...
View ArticleArchitect of Tring hotel would ‘turn in his grave’ to see it turned into flats
Politicians said the architect the former Rose & Crown Hotel would ‘turn in his grave’ to see it now being converted into flats.The developer asked Tring Town Council what the name of a new street...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Iron Man 3, Fast & Furious 6, 21 & Over
The armoured avenger is back on track in IRON MAN 3 (12: Walt Disney) by returning to basics after the disappointing first sequel.This adventure, which sees the man-in-the-can hunt for the mastermind...
View ArticleAston Clinton man is charged with burglary, shoplifting and assault in...
A young man has been charged with burglary, shoplifting and assault after police were called to Berkhamsted’s Tesco store on Wednesday evening. Police rushed to the High Street store after reports of...
View ArticleFilming at Jarman Park’s Tesco for supermarket advert
Shoppers and workers at Hemel Hempstead’s Tesco Extra store were filmed as part of the supermarket giant’s latest advert campaign.Film crews were at the Jarman Park store last week. A Tesco spokesman...
View ArticleBerkhamsted garage’s offer: ‘Borrow one of our bicycles while you fix your car’
A Berkhamsted garage has launched a bicycle-loaning scheme, so that its customers can cycle into town while they are waiting for their vehicle to be fixed.DeLisle Car Servicing and Repairs moved from...
View ArticleDeveloper one step closer to building 48 new retirement homes in Berkhamsted...
A developer is one step closer to building 48 new retirement homes in Berkhamsted High Street after planners supported the scheme at a meeting last night.The flats will replace a dry cleaners,...
View ArticleIt’s the Dawn of a dream as mum of two goes for the good life in Gadebridge
A mum of two’s foodie dreams will come true when she opens a new cafe and farm shop in Gadebridge.Dawn Potts, 39, of Hudnall Lane, Little Gaddesden, launches the venture, exotically named Bon Vida –...
View ArticleHome-grown Hemel talent will feature in Grovehill movie director’s flick
A movie director will be filming his latest flick in Hemel Hempstead – and it will star people from the town, too.Former Royal Navy Captain Patrick Moorhouse drew on his own military background to...
View ArticleSummer teen task force has helped to make a difference
Teenagers spent some of their summer holiday break helping to improve their local community. A total of 20 young people took part in the Dacorum Youth Connexions Make a Difference project last month,...
View ArticleBerkhamsted community centre put on Register of Assets of Community Value
The Berkhamsted Citizens Association says it may have saved a community centre from demolition by using new legislation to protect it.Gable Hall, based in the town’s Prince Edward Street, has been used...
View ArticleTownsend-gate: New street is not named after me, says councillor
A politician says he is ‘slightly amused’ that people could think a new street is named after him.The firm behind plans for 54 new homes in New Lodge, Berkhamsted, gave three suggestions for what a...
View ArticleChildren’s ward team gear up for fundraising Lighthouse Ball
The team of nurses, doctors and other staff who run the children’s ward at Watford General Hospital have teamed up to launch the second Light Up The Lighthouse Ball.The event, organised in partnership...
View ArticleHospice Running Club launched by partner in Berkhamsted law firm
A Wednesday morning running programme has been launched to raise money for charity, and the first session will be held next week.Each 10am session costs £5, or you can pay £36 for the full nine-week...
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