Matt Adcock’s film review: We’ve heard a lot about 12 Years A Slave. It’s all...
“Laws change. Social systems crumble. Universal truths, though, are constant. It is a fact, it is a plain fact, that what is true and right is true and right for all. White and black alike.”History can...
View Article‘Don’t doubt that our village version of play is a cracker’ says village...
The curtain goes up on Little Gaddesden Drama Club’s production of Jeffery Archer’s Beyond Reasonable Doubt later this month.The play follows the trial of distinguished QC Sir David Metcalfe after he’s...
View ArticlePolice called to Hemel town centre teen fight
Police rushed to Hemel Hempstead’s town centre after a fight broke out on Saturday. The altercation just before 6pm in Marlowes is believed to have involved a group of teens, with one reported to have...
View ArticleAnother week, another string of road smashes on the A41 after extreme weather
Multiple accidents forced police to close the A41 after extreme weather for the third time in less than three weeks.Police had to close the road yesterday morning after vehicles began skidding on the...
View ArticleDrop in to Hemel Hempstead’s Sportspace to give blood on February 2
People are being invited to give blood during a one day donor session at Hemel Hempstead’s Sportspace. The Park Road leisure centre is hosting the donor event on Monday, February 2 from 9.30am to...
View ArticleArchitect of new sports hall at Berkhamsted’s Ashlyns School says: ‘My plans...
Borough planning officers are backing the concept of a new sports hall for Ashlyns School despite concerns that its concrete cladding could violate the Grade II-listed site.Architect Bob Thompson met...
View ArticlePensioner’s cry to bring Boxmoor back to life
A pensioner has described his neighbourhood as ‘the outcast of Dacorum’ due to its lack of social amenities and public transport services.Barry Newton believes many of his elderly Boxmoor neighbours...
View ArticleA supportive ear for special needs parents in Tring
A support group for parents who have children with special needs is encouraging new members to join them tomorrow.Special Needs Parents Tring will host a friendly coffee social at The Akeman between...
View ArticleTring planning chief says: ‘Let signs go ahead. This area can’t get any uglier.’
Tring Town Council has supported a firm’s plans for new illuminated signs – as long as they don’t annoy neighbours at night.The authority’s planning committee heard yesterday that they would help...
View ArticleWheelchair-bound slimmer beats his battle of the bulge
A super slimmer has put other dieters to shame after shedding four stone in 18 months – despite being in a wheelchair.Paul Gavin, of Apsley, suffers from spina bifida which causes paralysis down his...
View ArticleWoman in her 80s is in critical but stable condition after Redbourn road smash
A woman in her 80s is in a critical but stable condition after a Redbourn road smash yesterday morning.The collision was between a silver Ford Focus and a grey Peugeot 206 at the junction between Luton...
View ArticleStop working out and eat as Tring gym plans to change
The business is above the petrol station in Brook Street.Dacorum Borough Council will decide whether or not to allow the change to happen.A gym in Tring could soon become a restaurant after planning...
View ArticleDwindling numbers puts Hemel Hempstead brownie groups at risk of closure, but...
Brownie groups in parts of Hemel Hempstead are at risk of closure due to dwindling numbers – but meetings in Berkhamsted are booming and need more volunteer leaders. Girlguiding is the leading charity...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Hoorah, young people are so thick there is still hope for me
It’s a great comfort to me, as the knees creak, the memory fumbles and I find myself making involuntary grunts as I rise from any form of chair, that young people are, to use modern parlance, as thick...
View ArticleA new chapter for Herts libraries thanks to share in £93k funding pot
The county’s libraries are in for a funding boost after being chosen among 10 services in the east of England to benefit from a £93,000 grant.The funding will be split across the local authorities,...
View ArticleTring Town Council’s council tax precept could go up as its spending goes down
Plans to raise council tax by four per cent at the same time as cutting public spending have been put forward by a town’s leaders.The cost of living in a Band D household will go up by £1 per year from...
View ArticleGarden homes plan gets the thumbs down at Tring planning meeting
Plans for four new semi-detached homes in the gardens of two existing houses came under fire at a planning meeting on Monday.Neighbours of the proposed homes - which would fall between Station Road and...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s film preview: The wolf is at the door again, but Scorsese and Di...
It may be dripping with star names and cinema class, but is there really an appetite in these tough times for a glitzy tale of corporate excess?Movie legend Martin Scorsese certainly thinks so, and has...
View ArticleI’ve been converted to Twitter, and here’s the reason why...
Some months, if not years, after many MPs took up Twitter, I have finally signed up. Gazette reporter David O’Neils was quick to ask me – on Twitter, of course – to explain why, but I didn’t think I...
View ArticlePolice stop drivers going at 105mph and 94mph during speed checks on A41 and M1
Police caught one driver going at 105mph on the M1 and another going at 94mph on the A41 during speeding patrols last night.The checks were undertaken by the Beds, Cambs and Herts Roads Policing Unit...
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