Crime stats fall in Dacorum
CRIME has fallen by almost 10 per cent across Dacorum – despite a 2.2 per cent rise in Tring, new figures show.The crime level in Hemel Hempstead fell by 11.1 per cent between April 1, 2011, and...
View ArticleKey player in rebirth of London Docklands dies at 86
A BUSINESSMAN who helped oversee the transformation of British industry in the 1980s has died at the age of 86.Victor Grellier Paige CBE, of Benningfield Gardens in Berkhamsted’s Castle Village for the...
View ArticleNew electronic tags let police track crooks 24/7
Pioneering electronic tags first introduced by police in Herts could be rolled out across all forces nationwide.Older tags can only tell police whether criminals were in a certain place or not, and...
View ArticleInspiring Phil is still counting his blessings
A FORMER football and cricket club star who lost both legs through diabetes had his second prosthetic limb fitted yesterday.Phil Waller, now 65, of Granville Road, Northchurch, was the leading...
View ArticleHerts avoids ‘catastrophe’ chopper alert
HERTS Air Ambulance chiefs are reassuring the public that their two choppers have not been affected by a rotor hub crack that could have caused ‘catastrophe’.The fault, which was discovered in an EC135...
View ArticleAward in memory of Frank Mason
A POLICE award in memory of an officer gunned down in Hemel Hempstead will be presented to an outstanding copper on Friday. Frank Mason, 27, was off duty when he was shot in the back while trying to...
View ArticleHerts County Council roadworks site attracts record level of visitors
A RECORD number of people are checking the internet to find out when and where roadworks are being carried out in Herts.Since August 2010, more than 1,000 information bulletins on roadworks across...
View ArticleBerkhamsted annual meeting will be held soon
THE 39th annual town meeting will be held in Berkhamsted Town Hall next Thursday at 7.30pmTopics on the agenda for meeting, led by Berkhamsted Town Council, include the grants given to community groups...
View ArticleNationally-acclaimed dancers coming to Berkhamsted
Nationally acclaimed dancers are on their way to Berkhamsted.Current and former dancers from the English National Ballet and Royal Ballet will perform at the Espinosa Chute Dance Centre in Northbridge...
View ArticleRock for charity
A HOMELESSNESS charity is inviting you to Rock The Night Away.The event, headlined by Mr Kite’s Benefit Band, is at Berkhamsted School’s Deans’ Hall from 7.30pm on Saturday, April 28. Tickets cost £10...
View Article‘Crime is up since street lights were switched off’
A NEIGHBOURHOOD Watch co-ordinator insists that crime has risen since street lights have been turned off – despite a police report stating the opposite.Brian Smith, of Hasedines Road, Hemel Hempstead,...
View ArticleIllegal immigrants found in lorry
A PAIR of illegal immigrants were detained in Hemel Hempstead yesterday evening (Wednesday) after fleeing from a lorry trailer.The Albanian duo – one of whom was aged just 16 – were caught in...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the new movie releases: Battleship, The Cabin In The Woods
IT seems likely that, in what passes for a garret in the fleshpots of Hollywood, some ambitious young screenwriter is even now working on a big budget movie treatment for the rainy afternoon favourite...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s guide to new DVD releases: The Deep Blue Sea, Snowtown, Keith
LOVERS are at loggerheads in 1950s-set drama THE DEEP BLUE SEA (12: Artificial Eye), a heart-rending adaptation of a Terence Rattigan play.Hester Collyer (Rachel Weisz), the wife of respected judge,...
View ArticleDiagnosis key to fighting dementia rise
THE number of people suffering from dementia in Hertfordshire is set to rise by 37 per cent over the next 10 years according to the latest research.A survey carried out by the Alzheimer’s Society...
View ArticleNSPCC: We need help to tackle child sex crime
A TOTAL of 150 children were victims of sex crimes including rape, incest and abuse through prostitution and pornography in Hertfordshire last year, it has been revealed.The data, released by the NSPCC...
View ArticleBadges of honour
VETERANS badges have been presented to the latest group of former servicemen and women by Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning. Among them were the parents of fallen airman Ryan Tomlin. Kevin and Diane...
View ArticleReunion helps make sure Dexion book stacks up
FORMER workers at the Dexion factory in Hemel Hempstead held a one-off reunion yesterday to help with the writing of a new book.The book will be an updated and more in depth look at the life and legacy...
View ArticleHemel Hempstead remembers PC Frank Mason
A MEMORIAL service was held today (Friday) to remember gunned down police officer Frank Mason.The 27-year-old was shot in the back by robbers as he tried to stop the armed raid of a security van in...
View ArticleDacorum business trio inspire the Chamber judges
THREE Dacorum businesses have been shortlisted for Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce awards.The Inspiring Hertfordshire 2012 Awards, aim to celebrate success and achievement and boost business...
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