All aboard for Apsley nursery’s pirate open day
A pirate themed open day is being hosted by a day nursery to raise money for Children in Need.It’s a chance for people to find out more about Positive Steps Children’s Day Nursery in Apsley while...
View ArticleBurglary fight back has a sting in its tail
Police have launched a campaign to target crooks and help people make their homes more secure as part of a national anti-burglary drive. In Herts, the campaign will take two strands – the long-running...
View ArticleShare Great War knowledge for educational centenary DVD on Herts’ home front
The Lord Lieutenant of Herts is urging people to share their handed-down Great War stories and pictures for an ambitious centenary DVD.The feature-length DVD aims to bring back to life stories of the...
View ArticleHemel Hempstead-based drinks giant wins ‘Good Employer’ award
A company which relocated its entire workforce to Hemel Hempstead has won an award for creating a great place to work.Britvic Soft Drinks won the Good Employer title at the Food and Drink Federation...
View ArticleTake part in HIV test campaign in Herts
A sexual health support charity will offer free finger prick tests in Hemel Hempstead during National HIV week.The Herts Aid team will be at clinics and community venues across the county from November...
View ArticleSanta confirms more than 20 appearances in Berkhamsted in run-up to Christmas
Santa Claus will be riding his sleigh through Berkhamsted High Street just after the town’s Christmas lights are switched on at 5.15pm on Sunday.The results of a best dressed shop window contest will...
View ArticleSherry’s saucy cake creation steals the show
A professional cake baker and decorator from Tring scooped a gold award at the Cake Internation show at the Birmingham NEC. Sherry Hostler’s intricate burlesque cake was awarded a gold medal...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Counsellor’s A-list credentials add up to a...
“I suspect that we are ill-formed for the path we have chosen. Ill-formed and ill-prepared. We would like to draw a veil over all the blood and terror that have brought us to this place.“It is our...
View ArticleEarly Christmas gifts in the post for Hemel Hempstead jobseekers
Royal Mail will recruit 600 temporary workers to Hemel Hempstead’s super centre in Maylands Avenue to help sort its Christmas mailbags. The extra posts – available from this month through to January –...
View ArticleAmbulance called to Breakspear Park to help man suffering from chest pains
Paramedics were called to Breakspear Park in Hemel Hempstead this morning to help a man suffering from chest pains. The ambulance service was called just before 8.30am and took him to Watford General...
View ArticleBerkhamsted’s former police station goes on the market again
The former home of Berkhamsted’s police station has now been put on the market.The property, on the corner of Kings Road and the High Street, is being advertised by Lambert Smith Hampton.No price has...
View Article‘The battle against LA3 is not lost yet,’ says action group leader
An action group opposed to the development of Green Belt land at west Hemel Hempstead says it will not be daunted by the adoption of Dacorum’s core strategy.The West Hemel Action Group says it will...
View ArticleSell your wares at festive virtual fair for Dacorum mums
An online mums’ group is holding a virtual Christmas fair to combat the hustle and bustle of gift shopping with young ones in tow.The online fair from Saturday to December 15 will be run from the Mums...
View ArticleTime catches up with Boxmoor business boss who tells loyal customers that...
A newsagents and convenience store which has witnessed many changes over its four decades in operation is to be modernised as new owners prepare to take it on.Parrys in Boxmoor, Hemel Hempstead, has...
View ArticleExperience a white Christmas filled with magic at Leavesden’s Making of Harry...
Harry Potter fans are guaranteed a magical white Christmas if they visit Leavesden’s Warner Bros Studio Tour this festive period.As well as a seasonal makeover for the iconic set of the Hogwarts Great...
View ArticleNorthchurch-based hospice writing contest picks top-selling author as judge
Best-selling British author Catherine Alliott will be judging entries to next year’s Berkhamsted Writing Competition for the Hospice of St Francis. The writer, who has written 13 novels including her...
View ArticlePolitician blasts Dacorum Borough Council for using Berkhamsted’s car parks...
Berkhamsted is being used as a ‘cash cow’ to make money for Dacorum Borough Council, one of the town’s politicians said yesterday.Tom Ritchie spoke out after it was announced that the area’s parking...
View ArticleHead injury caused death of 22-year-old epilepsy sufferer from Hemel Hempstead
An inquest into the untimely death of a young man after he suffered an epileptic fit in a shopping centre was held this morning.Jaffar Ali, 22, of Great Elms Road, Hemel Hempstead, had a history of...
View ArticleSpree of burglaries in Berkhamsted may have come to an end
Police may have finally stopped a spree of burglaries in Berkhamsted after catching the men behind them.The Gazette previously reported that there were 45 burglaries in the area between April 1 and...
View ArticleBerkhamsted and Tring MYPs speak out on lowering the age of consent
Berkhamsted’s member of the UK Youth Parliament has rejected calls to lower the age of consent to 15 – but her Tring counterpart is keeping more of an open mind about it.Kirsty Robertson and Ahmed...
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