Saddle up to take advantage of this free police session
Police have sounded a recruiting call for riders keen to pull the reins in on crooks to mount up and join them at a free security session this weekend.The Herts Police rural operational support squad...
View ArticleApsley pharmacy team have a prescription for consultations by computer
A pharmacy base in the heart of Apsley has been picked to be at the centre of a growing company’s online prescription operation.The Medicx Pharmacy chain only opened its first branch in 2009 but...
View ArticleOn the home stretch: Herts prisoners will end their sentence in Bovingdon...
Plans to place prisoners from Herts in Bovingdon’s HMP The Mount for the final months of their sentences could drive down reoffending rates, says the county’s police and crime commissioner.David Lloyd...
View ArticleAppeal to trace owner of lost gold bangle
A woman who found a piece of jewellery with obvious sentimental value is embarking on a mission to find its owner.Kathryn Crooks discovered the gold bracelet while walking in Woodhall Farm on Friday,...
View ArticleGCSE students at Hemel Hempstead School told that coursework must be repeated...
A class full of students preparing for GCSE exams later this year must repeat coursework after concerns were raised about the amount of help the teenagers were given.Hemel Hempstead School has launched...
View ArticleSkier killed in avalanche was former Hemel Hempstead schoolboy
A man killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps ski resort Col de Forclaz was a former student of Hemel Hempstead School.The snow-buried body of Chris Longbottom, 39, was discovered by mountain rescue...
View ArticleThe Winter Olympics bug hits hard at The Snow Centre
The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead experienced its busiest day ever last weekend as the nation was hit with Winter Olympics fever.Snowboarder Jenny Jones won Team GB’s first ever Winter Olympics medal...
View ArticleBerkhamsted Raiders parents reach their weight loss goal
A team of Berkhamsted Raiders parents led by group co-ordinator Pete Roberson have clubbed together to lose weight, get fit and raise £1,000 for the U7 team and for the Hospice of St Francis.Coached by...
View ArticleHemel Hempstead woman died after gallstones procedure, inquest hears
A patient died from a very rare condition after going through a procedure to remove gallstones in her bile duct, an inquest heard yesterday.Anthony Leahy said that less than one per cent of people who...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Get Her, Spike Jonze comes up with another...
“Anybody who falls in love is a freak. It’s a crazy thing to do. It’s socially acceptable insanity…”Hello reader. It looks like you’re searching for a review of the new movie ‘Her’. Luckily for you I...
View ArticleTweed skirts and lots of space: memories of Hemel Hempstead’s St Nicholas School
The ‘mystery picture’ of St Nicholas School featured recently in the Gazette brought several responses from local people, including one from a former pupil and one from a former teacher.Sonia Waterton,...
View ArticleKate embarks on a gruelling triple test to support her sick sister
After supporting her brave sister’s battle against a rare medical condition Kate Couchman decided she needed to do something special.And that something is taking on three of the UK’s most gruelling...
View ArticlePhone fraudsters are still targeting Hertfordshire warn police
Crooks who phone victims in a bid to get their hands on bank details and cash cards are still targeting people living in Herts. Police say the fraudsters, who pretend to be police officers or a bank...
View ArticleFootpath will not pass through centre of Berkhamsted’s Waitrose after all
Bureaucrats have decided they will not install a footpath through the middle of Berkhamsted’s Waitrose supermarket after all.The idea was mooted 17 years ago in an attempt to stop the store from being...
View ArticleWater bills promise: rise will stay below inflation, and more help for those...
Water firm Affinity says it will be keeping any increase in charges below the rate of inflation for the coming year – and making life easier for people on lower incomes.Water bills for many households...
View ArticleNorthbournd A41 closed for almost 90 minutes as paramedics treat driver of an...
The northbound A41 was closed after an accident caused a car to flip onto its roof early yesterday afternoon.Emergency services were called to the Bourne End junction of the dual carriageway at about...
View ArticleJustice for firebugs, but club still without its home ground
A football club whose original home was destroyed in an arson attack last summer has seen justice served on the teenage firebugs responsible.Two boys aged 15 and 16 and a 16-year-old girl all pleaded...
View ArticlePlan your big day with the help of two brilliant birdies in Berkhamsted this...
A pair of friends and events planners are showcasing the best local suppliers at a wedding fayre this weekend.Pals Meredith Hepner Chapman and Victoria Scriven – also known as Brilliant Birds – have...
View ArticleOn the home stretch: Bovingdon’s The Mount prison to become county’s chokey...
Plans to place prisoners from Herts in Bovingdon’s HMP The Mount for the final months of their sentences could drive down reoffending rates, says the county’s police and crime commissioner.David Lloyd...
View ArticleFlooding will be on the agenda at environment group’s meeting
Flooding issues will be on the agenda when the Dacorum environmental Forum meets on Thursday, February 20.The proposed LA3 west Hemel Hempstead Green Belt land development will also be discussed at the...
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