Hemel Hempstead’s business successes ‘outnumber failures’ says MP
THERE is more good news than bad in the Hemel Hempstead economy, according to the town’s MP.MP Mike Penning gave a morale-boosting speech at the first Dacorum Business Expo yesterday, Thursday, April...
View ArticleMoor End Road motorists: ‘Don’t call us, we’ll contact you’
COUNTY Hall bosses are telling motorists nabbed by the Moor End Road camera to sit tight until they receive a letter.Every driver fined for using the bus lane will be sent a letter ‘over the next...
View ArticleBerkhamsted traffic warden hit by furious motorist
AN irate driver is believed to have hit a traffic warden deliberately after he was challenged for parking in a disabled bay. The traffic warden was carried about 20 yards on the bonnet of the car...
View ArticleWarning as vehicle crime numbers peak across Dacorum
VEHICLE owners are being warned to be vigilant after an increase in car crime across the borough.Statistics from Neighbourhood Watch show 72 vehicle crime offences took place during the first three...
View ArticleElvis and Buddy to appear at the club
TRIBUTES to a pair of classic acts are coming to a town as part of a night of music.Deak Rivers will be performing his Buddy Holly and Elvis Presley tribute acts at Tring Park Cricket Club on...
View ArticleMan in London siege believed to be from Hemel Hempstead
THE man behind a siege in London today (Friday) is believed to be from Hemel Hempstead.Social networking sites say the man who entered an office block in Tottenham Court Road with gas canisters...
View ArticleThieves target bus firm diesel
THIEVES stole £120 worth of fuel from a coach company.Smiths Coaches based at Chesham Road in Wigginton was targeted by offenders on Monday night.Police are appealing for anyone with information to...
View ArticleNationally acclaimed authors drop in at Berkhamsted pub
TWO highly acclaimed authors will lead a literary lunch at a town centre pub on Wednesday, May 2.Thomas Penn and Stephanie Merritt, who writes under the pseudonym S J Parris, are due at The Kings Arms...
View ArticleForever in our hearts, forever under our skin
DOZENS of people trying to come to terms with the death of airman Ryan Tomlin have had tattoos in his memory. Following last week’s Gazette article on sisters Melissa and Siobhan Ford, who were inked...
View ArticleIs there a stargate in my superstore?
having considered the matter long and hard, having consulted the finest scientific minds and having taken all their conclusions into account, there’s no avoiding the unpalatable truth. You might find...
View ArticlePeachy Pics marks Jubilee by putting firms in the frame
A PHOTOGRAPHY firm is putting small businesses in the picture to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee.Family-run Peachy Pics, founded by Tring resident Andrea Lane in 2010, is calling for companies in Tring...
View ArticleGirl, 10, to take part in Berkhamsted Walk to help needy children
A GIRL aged 10 plans to walk six miles through the countryside for charity.Amy-Rose Entwistle has registered to take part in the Berkhamsted Walk on Sunday, May 13. The Leighton Buzzard girl will be...
View ArticleMum’s placenta pills to banish the baby blues
NEW mums, here’s an offer that’s unlike anything else you’ll have heard before – Lynnea Shrief will collect your placenta from the hospital and grind it down into pills that she guarantees will make...
View ArticleInquest opens into rail death
An inquest has been opened and adjourned into the death of schoolgirl Zoe Miller.The 13-year-old, who lived at George Street in Berkhamsted and was a pupil at Abbot’s Hill School in Hemel Hempstead,...
View ArticleLast chance to register your jubilee street party
ANYONE wanting to hold a street party to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, involving the closure of a residential road, must apply today.Herts County Council is not charging communities to close...
View ArticleBerkhamsted schoolgirl, 12, beat off man with lacrosse stick, court is told
A 12-year-old girl hit a man with her lacrosse stick after he grabbed her in an alleyway in Berkhamsted.The youngster was on her way back to Berkhamsted School after a PE lesson on the school playing...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie guide: American Pie Reunion, The Lucky One, Safe
EVERYBODY politely stood to one side as the Marvel Avengers assembled themselves in your local multiplex last week, so this week there’s a bit of a logjam on the new release front.Teenage boys and...
View ArticleBerkhamsted businessman, from Kings Langley, has completed 100 marathons in...
MATTHEW Loddy has now completed his 100 marathons in 100 days charity challenge – but he’s still short of his £100,000 fundraising target.So far, the 46-year-old managing director has raised almost...
View ArticleBailey from Berkhamsted is our top dog
A JACK Russell cross was jumping for joy when it was a runner up in a national competition to find a canal loving canine to front a marketing campaign for a new charity.Bailey was photographed at the...
View ArticleFive open air theatre shows coming to Berkhamsted Castle
FIVE more open air theatre shows will be performed in the grounds of Berkhamsted Castle after the success of The Pirates of Penzance last year.The September performance was the first public event at...
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