A festive display of nativity cribs at Leverstock Green’s Holy Trinity Church
A three day display of nativity cribs will be held at Leverstock Green’s Holy Trinity Church. More than 100 cribs from the congregation, church groups, local shops, schools and businesses are expected...
View ArticleNHS can learn from Mid Staffs by peeling back West Herts’ Onion
A brainwave from West Herts hospitals’ top dog has been highlighted by the government in its response to a public inquiry into the high-profile failures of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust.The...
View ArticleCelebrate Berkhamsted’s history at library event
The history of Berkhamsted will be celebrated during an event at the town’s library on Friday, December 13 from 10.30am to 12.30pm. Historian Ken Wallis will talk about the book Berkhamsted Through...
View ArticleOther possible uses for Leisure World’s Planet Ice drawn up as part of...
Alternative uses for the space taken up by Leisure World’s ice rink have been drawn up by site operators in case talks to keep Planet Ice open fail to succeed.Negotiations are continuing but site...
View ArticleJoin Leverstock Green Cricket Club for fundraising coffee morning
A cricket club is hosting a coffee to raise money for refurbishment works. Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning will be attending Leverstock Green Cricket Club’s fundraising event on Saturday, running from...
View ArticleWitness appeal as would-be robbers attack in Hemel Hempstead alleyway
Two men have been arrested in connection with an attempted robbery in Hemel Hempstead town centre on Sunday, but police are still appealing for witnesses to come forward.The incident happened between...
View ArticleBovingdon pub that was turned into a home could more than double in size
A planning loophole means that a pub controversially closed to the public so that it could be made into a home could more than double in size. The owners of Bovingdon’s Royal Oak have applied for...
View ArticleListen to a lesson on winter wildlife at College Lake this weekend
Nature lovers will have the chance to join reserve warden Owain Hegarty and his team on a guided walk around the College Lake on Saturday.Visitors can see lake’s various wildfowl and other creatures up...
View ArticleDrinkers get into Christmas spirit at The Rising Sun
Drinkers got into the Christmas spirit a few weeks early at The Rising Sun’s beer festival.There were about 40 different ales and ciders at the pub, which sits beside the Grand Union Canal in...
View ArticleSarratt post-medieval silver thimble find is a real treasure
A lucky treasure hunter struck silver when metal detecting near Sarratt in June, an inquest heard today.At the hearing Herts coroner Edward Thomas recorded the remarkable find, of parts of two mid-16th...
View ArticleMan jailed for stealing replica rhino horns from Tring museum
A man has been jailed for 10 months after stealing replica rhino horns from Tring’s Natural History Museum. Darren Bennett, 42, of Battenberg Road, Leicester, was sentenced on Friday, following an...
View ArticleShop locally this Saturday, because small businesses need our support if they...
Throughout the month of November I have been lending my support to the national Movember charity campaign. and like many others I have been growing a moustache to raise awareness of men’s health...
View ArticleA busy time helping new laws make progress, but see you on Berkhamsted market...
Life in Westminster life has been very busy of late. Much of my time has been spent in the Treasury, in preparation for the Autumn Statement. As the Chancellor makes the statement to the House of...
View ArticleDerelict farmhouse blaze causes rush hour road closure in Tring
A road was closed in Tring during rush hour this morning after a fire at an abandoned farmhouse.Four fire crews tackled the blaze in Bulbourne Road at around 7.45am, with engines arriving from Tring,...
View ArticleTraffic warden slaps £65 fine on broken down 4x4 in Tring’s High Street
A motorist was slapped with a parking fine by an unsympathetic traffic warden when his 1951 Land Rover broke down. Musician John Cadman was unable to move his vehicle off double yellow lines in Tring...
View ArticleGet your gifts all wrapped up for Christmas and donate to a good cause too
Take the stress out of wrapping all of your Christmas presents this year and help a cancer charity at the same time.The Riverside Shopping Centre in Hemel Hempstead is teaming up with Macmillan Cancer...
View ArticleAnnual advent fair pulls in the crowds to Rudolf Steiner School
An early-awaited Advent Fair has been hailed as a huge success after drawing bumper crowds. The Rudolf Steiner School fundraiser featured craft and wellbeing stalls and refreshments including a...
View ArticleHemel Hempstead mother took her own life less than a month after coming off...
A woman who took her own life may have been dead in the bedroom of her shared house for days before she was discovered, an inquest heard today.Mother Elise Gibbins, 38, was discovered in Windmill Road,...
View ArticleTown’s mind-friendly title is now all tied up
The Alzheimer’s Society has awarded Tring official Dementia Friendly status as part of the government’s Dementia Challenge scheme.The town’s day centre welcomes those with dementia, and the COGS club...
View Article‘My driving did not kill my wife, and I proved it’
A grieving pensioner who was stripped of his driving licence and fined £865 after being convicted of killing his wife through careless driving has cleared his name. Arthur Berry, 82, launched an appeal...
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