Eye-opening Third World experience
A GROUP of teenagers had an eye-opening experience during a visit to a Third World village.The youngsters aged 16 to 18 went to Wamba in Kenya on a trip led by Berkhamsted’s Swan Youth Centre...
View ArticleCrime fighting service is too pricey, say firms
A CRIME-FIGHTING organisation wants to expand its services, but high street business owners say it is too expensive.Dacorum Business Against Crime, which already represents 64 shops in Hemel Hempstead,...
View ArticleGet set for first ukulele festival
SCORES of people are expected at a town’s first ukulele festival.The Ukes for Unicef event is at Berkhamsted Civic Centre in the town’s High Street from 11.30am to 5.30pm on Saturday. Entry is £5. All...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Project X
Been to any good parties recently?Here’s one to which you’re invited and it is the biggest, wildest high school party you’re ever likely to witness. There are two ways you can look at Project X, and...
View ArticleMan arrested in tree prang
A MAN was arrested for drink-driving after he crashed his truck into a tree.He had to be taken to Watford General Hospital with minor injuries after he pranged his Renault Tipper on Hempstead Lane,...
View ArticleFive year old boy hit by car
AN air ambulance was called to Bovingdon on Saturday after a boy was hit by a car.Paramedics were called to the High Street at 10.39am.Ambulance service spokesman Gary Sanderson said: “The young boy,...
View ArticlePeople cut free from M1 smash
Five people were cut free by firefighters after their car was involved in an M1 crash on Sunday morning.It happened northbound between J8 and J9 at 11.57am, when the car hit a lorry.Those rescued were...
View ArticleHave you seen missing man?
POLICE are appealing for the public’s help in tracing a missing man.Jamie Girdlestone, 20, last seen leaving his Milton Keynes home at 1.30pm on Friday, phoned a relative to say he had disembarked a...
View Article30 years in jail for drug smuggler
A man from Hemel Hempstead has been jailed for 30 years for smuggling millions of pounds worth of drugs into the UK.Adegboyega Adeniji, 49, of Sandmere Close was caught at Heathrow Airport in April...
View ArticleIf you think you’ve got all the answers, teamwork is the key
BUSINESSES who put their best brains forward for next month’s annual Dacorum Big Business Quiz will need to produce a real team effort to take the title, says the man who is setting this year’s...
View ArticleWill Diamond Jubilee grant be used for Chirstmas tree?
VILLAGE leaders plan to spend a £1,000 grant for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee on a new Christmas tree.Dacorum Borough Council is giving a grand to parish council leaders in each of its 14 villages,...
View ArticleVIDEO: Military funeral for Ryan
THE start of Ryan Tomlin’s funeral was marked at 12.30pm today (Monday) with the flying past of a tornado. The senior aircraftman’s coffin was then carried into St Mary’s Church in High Street, Hemel...
View ArticleHelping hands bring life to secret garden
IT’S all hands on deck for volunteers at a community garden project as it heads towards its launch date in May.Hemel Hempstead Conservation Volunteers (HHCV) is the latest group to help out with the...
View ArticleBrothers to meet duke after 40 years service
TWO brothers will be rewarded for long service to a charity branch set up by their mother around 40 years ago.Tony and Tom Wheeler will be given medals by the Duke of Kent on May 17 for their...
View ArticleEngelbert’s great, but Arnold is ideal
THERE may have been snorts of derision galore, but I think the decision to stick 75-year-old Engelbert Humperdinck up on stage as the UK’s entry for the Eurovision song contest is an absolute...
View ArticleFarm declares new tea room ready to trade
A FARM shop staff raised their mugs to toast their new tea rooms.Dunsley Farm opposite Tesco in Tring opened the rooms on Thursday.Colette Marks, who runs the farm alongside husband Philip, said:...
View ArticleMuseums forge a link to teach town history
TWO of a town’s top tourist attractions have teamed up to teach visitors about its past.The Rothschilds in Tring walks from the Natural History Museum in Akeman Street to the Local History Museum in...
View Article‘Tesco: every village ought to have one,’ says chair
A COUNCILLOR has said that every village should have its own Tesco after the supermarket chain moved into his area five months ago.Northchurch Parish Council chairman Alan Fantham said there is a...
View ArticleCould you be part of a dream team?
A GOOD cause is on the hunt for some special volunteers to form a charity dream team. Helpers will need to be able to spare an hour or two every few months in the run up to big fundraising events like...
View ArticleLottery winners help to save scout centre
A LOTTERY set up to save Phasels Wood scouting centre has produced 20 winners from Hemel Hempstead in less than a year.Two £1,000 jackpots have been handed to people from the town and latest winner...
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