If the boat race is anything to go by, I might skip the Olympics
GIVEN that the length of Chiswick Bridge across the Thames is some 606 feet and just a lick and a spit away from the end of the Boat Race I begin to fear for the rowing skills of both Cambridge and...
View ArticleSam wows judges at next stage of live competition
A SINGER from Redbourn has been put through to the area final of a music competition, wowing the judges despite having a cold.Sam Jones, 22, of Hilltop, who has previously been a support act for Pixie...
View ArticleGet out about with the dog
Dog owners are being invited to stretch their legs in the countryside while raising cash for good causes. The Berkhamsted Lions K9 9K Dog Walk will kick off from the grounds of the Hospice of St...
View ArticleSkate park users are canvassed on their ideas for future
SKATERS and BMX riders are being encouraged to have their say over future improvements to the skate park in Gadebridge Park, Hemel Hempstead.From 10.30am to 2.30pm tomorrow staff from Dacorum Borough...
View ArticlePlans agreed for £36m road repairs across Herts
MORE than £36 million worth of repairs have been planned for Hertfordshire’s roads.The works, to be carried out over the next two years, were agreed at a Herts County Council cabinet meeting.Details of...
View ArticleSaving lives in son’s memory
A TEACHER is keeping the memory of his late son alive – while also helping to save the lives of others. John Pope, the head of expressive arts at Hemel Hempstead’s Cavendish School, and his family have...
View ArticleCan you take on hospice triathlon event?
A BRAND new sponsored triathlon will take place later this month, giving athletes of all fitness levels the chance to have a go at a triathlon and raise money for charity.Iain Rennie Grove House...
View Article‘We don’t want to be lumped on to Hemel’
THE Hemel Hempstead parliamentary constituency could get a new name in the future if plans to change the voting boundaries gets the go-ahead.The constituency could become Hemel Hempstead and South West...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Cabin In The Woods
You think you know the story – five teen friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, bad things start to happen. So what is the secret lurking beneath the stereotypical creepy cabin? And...
View ArticleYour best time is not spent running
I’VE got it in the neck before on this, but I’m prepared to have another go. Thousands of runners are lacing up their trainers and stuffing themselves full of pasta in preparation for this weekend’s...
View Article£500 for shop that has been through ‘all but the locusts’
A CHRISTIAN book shop and post office that has been through ‘all but the locusts’ has been given £500 to help it recover.The cash was given to Mike Tatum, chairman of Berkhamsted High Street’s The Way...
View Article‘Bad press is part of politics,’ says under-fire Treasury minister David...
THE Treasury minister has defended his government’s policy of cutting the tax-free allowance for pensioners and capping tax-free relief for charity donations.David Gauke, who is also MP for South West...
View ArticleBerkhamsted Chamber of Commerce ‘must do more to survive’
THE new treasurer of a town’s Chamber of Commerce says he will turn it around from being a loss-making organisation.The Berkhamsted club made a loss of £1,648.64 in the last financial year and were...
View ArticleFreak twister in Potten End destroys a greenhouse
ALLOTMENT holders had a shock when a mini tornado swept through their plots destroying pots and a greenhouse in its path.It happened while the members of the Potten End Allotment committee were having...
View ArticleHelp DENS celebrate end of Dacorum mayor’s charity of the year
A HOMELESS charity wants a great turnout for its final fundraiser as The mayor’s charity of the year.Dacorum Emergency Night Shelter (DENS) has had a number of events with mayor of Dacorum councillor...
View ArticleCancer care will be a help for Tring bosom buddies club
A SUPPORT group for women affected by breast cancer is being helped by a charity to enable its leaders to perfect their skills.Macmillan Cancer Support has offered training to Sue Gore and Tracey...
View ArticleCottage pies fit for a king – or a hero
Head chef Paul Sim cooks cottage pies fit for heroes at The Kings Arms in Berkhamsted High Street.Not only that – 50p from each one sold goes to Help for Heroes, which gives aid to injured servicemen...
View ArticleToy company ‘Revelling’ in top industry award victories
TOYS ain’t what they used to be... and a Tring team is celebrating a string of awards for the company’s products. The United Kingdom HQ of multi-national toy brand Revell is in High Street, where three...
View ArticleStep into the blue as unusual weather brings early buds in Berkhamsted
WARM weather earlier in the month has teased out the first buds of bluebells that are beginning to form a carpet of blue on the forest floor.Our photographer snapped two-year-old Erin Bowers from Hemel...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s guide to new DVDs: Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Trespass, Switch
AFTER seeing the complete Swedish film trilogy spawned by Stieg Larsson’s international best-sellers, I feared the material would be too familiar for the Hollywood version of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON...
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