Good cause given almost £3k
THE winner of a supermarket charity contest has thanked all of the people who voted for it.Each month, every branch of the food chain Waitrose is given £1,000 to distribute between three good causes...
View ArticleA-maze judges with labyrinth designs
A COMPETITION has been launched to transform Hemel Hempstead’s Market Square. The area has been mostly empty since the town’s main market moved into Marlowes, but now plans are afoot to create a...
View ArticleGreat clothes and £115 for charity at shop show
A CLOTHES shop has raked in £115 for The Hospice of St Francis by staging an in-house fashion show.The event at Walton Clothing in Berkhamsted High Street is held in the spring and autumn each...
View ArticleFun learning on offer at Tring firm
business: Staff at a Tring firm are being treated to a fun day to celebrate national Learning at Work Day. This year’s theme is Learning for Growth so Grass Roots is giving employees the chance to take...
View ArticleLittle Gaddesden Bowls and Croquet Club saved by clubhouse
A STRUGGLING bowls club has been saved after 20 new members signed up at the launch of its new clubhouse.It had last year introduced croquet as a sport there, becoming the Little Gaddesden Bowls and...
View ArticleBerkhamsted School zumba, skiing, governors and visit by Inspector Morse creator
Berkhamsted School students have been busy.Its Amnesty Youth Group set up a fundraising Zumba work out for staff, students and parents at its Deans Hall site.Member Arianna Albayati, from Year 11,...
View ArticleBid to stop Berkhamsted’s parking permits plan fails
POLITICIANS will push ahead with a plan for two residents-only parking zones despite an emergency meeting called to review the scheme.Berkhamsted Town Council wants to create two parking zones around...
View ArticleHigh hopes for Ashridge Plant Fair profit
Thousands of plants will be up for sale at an event on Sunday, May 13.The 16th annual spring plant fair will be at the Ashridge Estate Visitor Centre from 11am to 4pm.The event had about 4,000 plants...
View ArticleFirst-time buyers aided by £2m mortgage plan
A NEW scheme is being introduced to help give first-time buyers a leg up onto the property ladder.The Local Authority Mortgage Scheme is a government initiative to be run locally by Dacorum Borough...
View ArticleArmy nurse from Berkhamsted to walk for nation’s injured troops
AN army nurse is going to walk 62 miles from London to Brighton to raise money for the soldiers she looks after.Louise James, 30, from Swing Gate Lane, Berkhamsted, has been in her job for nine years,...
View ArticleFood court sets sail
WORK is under way in Marlowes to build a new outdoor food court ahead of the Jubilee and Olympics.The ‘street market style’ dining area will feature different food vendors, seating and a large,...
View ArticleFree compost for gardeners
Free compost is being given away to gardeners to celebrate Compost Awareness Week, running from Sunday (May 6) . Householders can take their own bags to Cupid Green Depot in Redbourn Road, Hemel...
View ArticleVote gives thumbs up to 357 new homes plan
PLANS to build 357 new homes on the outskirts of Hemel Hempstead took a giant leap closer to being realised after Davorum Borough Council agreed to endorse them.The planning application to build the...
View ArticleJoin the walk and fun day at Nash Mills
Reachout Plus and Sunnyside Rural Trust are joining forces to host a canal side walk and fun day on Sunday, May 20.The walk will start at Berkhamsted Station at 10am and end at The Red Lion pub in Nash...
View ArticleRobbers prey on the vulnerable
PEOPLE with learning difficulties are being frogmarched to cashpoints and robbed, a meeting was told.They also face being abused and followed home but are often too embarrassed to report the crimes.A...
View ArticlePub-goers get on their bikes for charity cycle ride from Frithsden
DRINKERS raised thousands for charity by cycling 45 miles between five pubs.They began at The Alford Arms in Frithsden, then went to the four other Chilterns watering holes that make up the Salisbury...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Dictator
‘Aladeen, my friends – welcome to the nation state of Wadiya, I am your benevolent dictator Admiral General Aladeen, and it is I who keep everything Aladeen in this great place.’ The Dictator breaks...
View ArticleSome vital lessons for every parent...
THERE may be those who huff and puff about parenting classes being the thin end of the nanny state, but if you ask me the drive to educate tomorrow’s mums and dads about what they’re letting themselves...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s guide to new DVDs: The Artist, Shame, Chronicle
THINGS have changed since the last time a silent movie won an Oscar.First World War saga Wings picked up the Academy Award for best picture in 1929 when the ceremony lasted only 15 minutes as the...
View ArticleWoman with learning difficulties ‘assaulted’
A YOUNG woman with learning difficulties was sexually assaulted in a park by a man she knew, a jury heard on Monday.The 20-year-old was persuaded by Ali Akkouche to go to the Memorial Gardens in Tring,...
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