Students play music for you
SCHOOLCHILDREN will play music in Berkhamsted’s branch of the Waterstones bookshop chain on Tuesday (February 21).It will be the first of a series of public lunchtime recitals staged by Berkhamsted...
View ArticleInquest opened into student’s death
AN INQUEST has been opened following the death of a student on Hemel Hempstead Road.Craig Burns, 18, of Keats Close, Hemel Hempstead, was a pedestrian when he was hit by a Citreon C3 near the junction...
View ArticleNeighbours flee after fire in block of flats
NEIGHBOURS have described their escape from a smoke-filled block of flats after a fire broke out just before 6.30am on Sunday.Some leapt from a first-floor window to escape, while others braved the...
View ArticleAirman Ryan’s body to be brought home to UK
THE body of a Hemel Hempstead serviceman killed in action is due to be brought home to the UK tomorrow. Senior Aircraftman Ryan Tomlin, 21, was fatally wounded by small arms fire from an insurgent...
View ArticleAlan Dee: How purple paint could prick the binge booze boil
SO, our whole economic system is suffering from a massive hangover but it’s binge drinking that’s going to get sorted out.You may wonder whether that nice Mr Cameron has got his priorities right – but...
View ArticleIt’s the final countdown – the big Strictly dance-off is this weekend!
THE final countdown to the big Strictly dance-off has officially begun and, with just a few days to go, practice sessions have gone into overdrive. I was pretty impressed when I totted up the hours...
View ArticleHeadteachers back holidays crackdown
Headteachers across the borough and an MP have backed a crackdown on parents who take pupils for school holidays during term time.There was widespread support for Education Secretary Micheal Gove’s...
View ArticleHigh pods are set to open up a new market for hilltop zoo
EIGHT “luxury camping pods” are being planned at Whipsnade Zoo as charity chiefs aim to make it a year-round attraction.The Lookout Lodge pods are set to open up a new market for the 80 year-old...
View ArticleFootbridge’s £65k repairs
A footbridge is being repaired at a cost of £65,000.Dacoum Borough Council will fit replacement timbers and new handrails to the Canal Fields footbridge in Berkhamsted to help keep it safe.Work will...
View ArticleCash prizes for fun run fancy dress participants
TO celebrate the 30th anniversary of a town’s annual running challenge, a fancy dress contest has been added to the event’s programme.The Berkhamsted Half Marathon will begin at the town’s cricket club...
View ArticleYes she will!
A MAN who proposed to his partner by taking out a newspaper advert got the answer he was hoping for. Doug Drury popped the question the day after Valentine’s by paying for a half page ad in last week’s...
View ArticleLive in home of author’s aunt
A HOUSE that used to be owned by the aunt of Graham Greene is up for sale for £850,000.The Berkhamsted High Street home has a swimming pool and four bedrooms, and is being sold through Fine and Country...
View ArticlePlea for street lights to be turned back on
A DOG owner is calling for street lights to be switched back on after he fell over while walking his four-legged friend. Michael Sturman says all of the lighting has been turned off in the Grovehill...
View ArticlePub chair thief nearly caught?
A LANDLORD believes he may have identified the woman who stole a chair from his pub.Mick Owens rang the Gazette after the theft – which we reported with CCTV footage in our last edition of the paper....
View ArticleFox on film: Safe House, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Safe HousePrepare to see a lot more of director Daniel Espinosa in the next few years as his action-packed thriller Safe House, starring Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington, promises to please, writes...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s guide to new DVDs
TOM Hardy certainly has a commanding screen presence, as witnessed by his remarkable turn as Luton-born jailbird Charles Bronson.And his performance is as powerful as one of his knockout punches in...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to new movie releases: Safe House, One For The Money
FANS of the Carry On series will recall the cheap and cheerful comedy brand’s take on package holidays, when a clutch of English stereotypes headed off to Spain to find that their hotel hadn’t been...
View ArticleMindless yobs go on a ‘village vandals’ spree
YOBS threw dog mess all over a village green and chucked three of pub’s parasol stands into the nearby pond during a spate of “mindless vandalism.”The mess was discovered by early morning walkers in...
View ArticleCelebrity chef comes to town
Firefighters fought black the flames of a ground floor flat fire on Sunday morning.Paramedics and fire engines rushed to Pheasant Close, Berkhamsted, nearThe Rex cinema, after being alerted at about...
View ArticleFashion store shuts
CLOTHING store Peacocks in Hemel Hempstead has shut down as part of a deal to save the ailing chain.The closure is one of 244 shutdowns across the country following a buy-out of the debt-ridden firm by...
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