Matt Adcock’s film review: Rush provides five star thrills and is a motorhead...
“Everyone’s driven by something…”Vroom vroom – buckle up for some seriously entertaining race drama action from two-time Academy Award winner Ron ‘A Beautiful Mind’ Howard. Rush is a full-on...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Kit colour clashes should be booted out right now
I’m not sure I would have been a willing guest if invited round to break bread with Henry Ford. By all accounts he wasn’t a bundle of laughs, you have to wonder whether perfecting the production line...
View ArticleGreat Gaddesden’s feast of food, music and flowers fills the weekend
Bread, cakes, cheeses, chocolates, Christmas puddings, fruit and veg, farm foods, ice cream, fresh meats, sweets, olives and more will be on offer during Saturday’s Great Gaddesden Food Fayre.There...
View ArticleSix-year-old Bovingdon boy killed in Chesham crash
A six-year-old boy from Bovingdon was killed when his mother, who was driving a black Ford Ka, lost control and crashed. The accident happened in Ley Hill Road, Chesham, on Friday at 4.15pm. A...
View ArticleBouquets of flowers to be left in and around Tring
Thirty vases of flowers will be left in and around Tring to mark the 30th anniversary of Magnolia florist shop in the town’s High Street.The vases will be appearing this week on park benches, bridges,...
View ArticleChinese government officials go West for Aldbury village tour
East met West Herts over the weekend as more than 30 senior Chinese government officials got a taste of rural English life with a visit to Aldbury.David Cobb, who lives in the village, organised the...
View ArticleMan, 20, charged over Hemel Hempstead taxi case
A man accused of directing a taxi driver to a dead end before attacking him and stealing his phone and digital device has been charged with robbery and assault.Ben Connelly, 20, of no fixed address, is...
View ArticleDog snatched from car parked at Berkhamsted’s Waitrose
A dog was snatched from a car while its owner was shopping at Waitrose in Berkhamsted. The brindle wire-haired dachshund, which is almost two years old, was taken from the black Suzuki saloon car,...
View ArticlePanicked pensioner thanks delivery boy for his help in Hemel Hempstead
An elderly woman recovering from heart surgery says she wants to thank the newspaper delivery boy who helped her out of a precarious situation.Frances Cooper, 85, of Jocketts Road, Hemel Hempstead,...
View ArticleVital hospital funds raised by Berkhamsted family are just the ticket
A young heart surgery patient from Berkhamsted presented a cheque with her family for more than £2,000 to a specialist cardiac hospital in London.Four-year-old Olivia Furmston underwent open-heart...
View ArticleRock it man Andy’s barn-storming Hemel Hempstead sessions
A group of budding young rock stars raised the roof of a converted barn during the holidays with the help of their enthusiastic teachers.The KZR Rock Sessions – held at Hemel Hempstead School’s Heath...
View ArticleHemel Hempstead Street Pastors scheme launches next phase thanks to grant
A scheme to introduce caring street pastors to Hemel Hempstead’s night scene is celebrating its sixth month. The band of street pastors have been patrolling the town centre on Friday nights since they...
View ArticleHastoe village to have a brush with famous artist on Sunday
An award-winning portrait painter is paying a visit to the village of Hastoe near Tring on Sunday.Artist Peter Keegan will be sharing his secrets to painting the perfect likeness between 2pm and 5pm at...
View ArticleCourt hears of ‘deadly end to booze addicts love triangle’ as manslaughter...
A former soldier was killed after ‘hitting on’ another man’s woman during a drinking session, a jury was told.Mark Hopkinson, 36, angered Mark Fagence, of Apple Cottages in Bovingdon, when he ‘shared a...
View ArticleMP with Army roots is ‘humbled’ by new post
Former soldier and now MP for Hemel Hempstead Mike Penning has been appointed Honorary Colonel of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, Army Cadet Force. His first job was to present operational...
View ArticleCherie Blair pops in for a spa day at Tring’s Champneys
The wedding of Tony and Cherie Blair’s son Euan to his long-term girlfriend Suzanne Ashman was helped along by a Tring spa.Cherie was given a free day at Champneys by owners Dorothy and Stephen Purdew,...
View ArticleNew funding will help us develop joined-up services to help people in need
Since joining Dacorum Citizens Advice Bureau in July, and gleefully giving up the daily trek to London, I am happy to say that I now both live and work in Dacorum. This has given me the chance to see a...
View ArticleAnti-crime ideas based in Hemel Hempstead given cash boost from...
Hemel Hempstead-based crime reduction initiatives are among 17 projects chosen by Herts’ police and crime commissioner David Lloyd to receive vital cash grants.The allocations, from the commissioner’s...
View ArticleVideo shows that history repeats itself with Old Town revamp
A video that dates back to 1969 shows how Hemel Hempstead’s historic High Street was previously revamped to compete with the new town.The video put online by British Pathe shows how the Old Town’s...
View ArticleIt’s time to have your say on proposed new school for Highfield
People can now have their say on plans for a new school to meet the growing number of children in the area. The people behind Hemel Hempstead Community Free School, which will be based in Highfield,...
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