Teenage girl stuck for an hour in XC caves
FIREFIGHTERS were called to the XC sports centre after a teenage girl got stuck in the caving system.The 16-year-old spent an hour trapped in the 150 metre system at Jarman Park just after 9pm on...
View ArticleLast chance to nominate a young hero
TIME is running out to give a special little one the chance to take pride of place on a parade float coming to town to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Readers have got until Friday to put...
View ArticleToys galore as Hamlins swings open its doors
HAMLINS is the latest shop to swing open its doors to the public in a thriving town centre.The toy shop reopened in Berkhamsted’s Lower Kings Road after its pervious owners moved out and closed the...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to new cinema releases: The Hunger Games, Act Of Valour
IT’S one of the iron rules of Hollywood, which seems incapable of coming up with anything original on its own, that if it’s popular with the kids they’ll make a movie of it.It could be a TV show, a...
View ArticleGig night for young people
A GIG night is being held at the Swan Youth Centre on Friday.It is for those aged under 18 and lasts from 7pm to 10.30pm.Music acts there will include Sam and Alex, Comrade Cycle, Reafs, DJ Dubble B,...
View ArticleStreet lights black out expected to continue for rest of week
ENGINEERS are still working with manufacturers to fix the problem of street lights turning off earlier than planned. On Monday and Tuesday evening lamposts, which have been converted to the part-time...
View ArticleParents back hospice after losing baby Lexi
A COUPLE raised thousands of pounds for a children’s hospice that helped them care for their little one in her final days. Daniel Kerr, 26, and Samantha Charles-Kerr, 25, hosted a quiz night after...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: The Hunger Games, Wild Bill, Act Of Valour
THE HUNGER GAMESThere’s a gap in the world – a large gap of young fiction adaptations with fantasy and science fiction edges. It’s a gap caused by the end of the Harry Potter franchise and the imminent...
View ArticleAn ice little number for an entrepreneur
THE owner of window-cleaning firm Ladies With Ladders has branched out into cold snacks by snapping up a vintage ice cream truck.Hilary Gardener, 43, of South Park Gardens, Berkhamsted, set up her...
View ArticleCigarettes go under cover as new law bites
LARGE shops in Dacorum will soon have to keep the cigarettes and other tobacco products they sell out of sight.The new measures, which come into effect on April 6, mean tobacco products have to be...
View ArticleClub gets ready for Tring railway show
A RAILWAY club will hold its 26th annual show this weekend.Tring and District Model Railway Club will host the exhibition in the Red Cross Hall at Faversham Close, Tring, on Saturday.Mark Bacon, from...
View ArticleSign up now for annual walk that helps runaway children
REGISTRATION for the 44th annual fundraiser of its kind has opened.Participants in the Berkhamsted Walk are asked to donate or raise sponsorship of a minimum of £30 for The Children’s Society.Twelve...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Hunger Games
“May the odds always be in your favour…”Step this way for The Hunger Games, an impressive sci-fi kill-em-up in which kids in the near future are forced to slaughter each other in a sadistic official...
View ArticleFather discovered teacher’s relationship with his daughter through video clip
A music teacher’s secret 10-month sexual relationship with a student was discovered when her father saw a video clip of him performing a sexual act on her computer.Father-of-two Steven Rundle, who had...
View ArticleTop 26 parking trouble spots revealed
A PRIORITY list of 26 roads has been drawn up where verge hardening is due to take place to create extra parking.The list has been whittled down from 152 traffic-clogged areas in Dacorum that were put...
View ArticleBerkhamsted pub The Rising Sun gets ‘pub of the year’ awards
A CANAL-SIDE watering hole has been crowned the best out of 220 pubs within a real ale group’s remit.The Rising Sun, off George Street in Berkhamsted, has been named pub of the year and cider pub of...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVD review: The Awakening, Machine Gun Preacher, Wuthering Heights
GHOST stories are notoriously difficult to adapt for film and wraith relations movie THE AWAKENING (15: Studio Canal) is certainly not a classic.The performances can’t be faulted and there are plenty...
View ArticleBring on pictures of pavement pizza
THERE’S been a fairly sustained period of seething from social drinkers like you and me in the wake of last week’s Budget speech.Forget about grumbling smokers – they’re just puffing pariahs and they...
View ArticleSport Relief takes to Hemel Hempstead slopes
SNOWBOARDERS and skiers took to the slopes on their way to a £5,000 Sport Relief fundraising effort.Events were held at The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead across last week.Staff skied the length of a...
View ArticlePlanning error in loft conversion costs Berkhamsted man £10k
PLANNING officers have ordered a home-owner to move dormer windows to a different part of his roof – at a cost of £10,000.When Richard Moorby installed them as part of a £30,000 loft conversion at his...
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