Demolition starts at old Royal Mail site
DEMOLITION has begun on the former Royal Mail site in Hemel Hempstead despite calls to save it.On Wednesday a digger moved onto the Park Lane site and began tearing down buildings, even though The...
View ArticleShow off your pooch
DOG owners can show off their pooches at the fundraising Nash Mills Pet Dog Show. The event this Sunday will be at the Village Hall in Lower Road, Hemel Hempstead. Entrants should book their dogs in...
View ArticleSecond Hemel school torched within a day
A FIRE was deliberately started in a school yesterday (Thursday), the day after a special needs school was also set alight.A PCSO discovered the fire in a library at the disused Martindale School in...
View Article‘Don’t use quarry for cooling weekend dip’
A POLICE officer has warned of the dangers of swimming in a quarry lake after 200 cars were reported at the Pitstone site as revellers took the plunge to cool off.PC Rachel Vaughan, from Tring’s Safer...
View ArticleRaise cash for children with night at the dogs
A NIGHT at the dogs will be held to raise money for orphaned, poor and exploited children across the world.Tickets for the Hope for Children charity event at Wimbledon Stadium on Saturday, June 16,...
View ArticlePony sanctuary marks one year with open day
A PONY sanctuary will celebrate its first year of helping unwanted animals by opening its doors to the public.Carol Buchorski started off helping ponies but now takes in all sorts of animals including...
View ArticleWork pals tackle half marathon in aid of poorly colleague
FOUR colleagues are getting set to run a half marathon in aid of a woman who suffers from an untreatable liver condition.Michelle Williams, who works for publishing services organisation ABC in...
View ArticleTwo Waters School celebrates 100 years
YOUNGSTERS buried a time capsule to mark the centenary year of Two Waters School on the Manor Estate in Apsley.The capsule, which includes photos and essays the children have written, will be dug up in...
View ArticleSoap star backs walk and makes patient Terry’s day
SOAP star Katherine Kelly, who played outspoken Becky MacDonald in Coronation Street, visited the Hospice of St Francis to do some surprise filming for ITV’s This Morning. The actress made patient...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Red Tails
“From the last plane, to the last bullet, to the last minute, to the last man, we fight! We fight! We fight!”Get ready to take to the skies with this ‘inspired by true events’ tale of wartime heroics...
View ArticleMan charged with Hemel murder
A MAN has been charged with the murder of a woman in a Hemel Hempstead home.Miroslav Wosik, 41, stands accused of the murder of 30-year-old Bernadeta Jakubszyk who was stabbed to death at her home in...
View ArticleSmash on A41 closes lanes
PART of the A41 was closed yesterday (Sunday) after a car crashed into the central barrier.A white Audi A4 hit the barrier near Kings Langley while travelling southbound at around 1.30pm. A woman in...
View ArticleRain takes its toll on Dacorum roads
ROADS in Dacorum have been hit by flash flooding as wet weather continues to hit the borough.Cars on Leighton Buzzard Road in Hemel Hempstead, pictured, have been forced to struggle through rain-hit...
View ArticleLet’s address this rubbishy attitude
NEVER let it be said that I don’t have my finger on the pulse of the nation, regularly pinpointing issues which others have failed to spot – and kicking up such a stink that something gets done.Well,...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVD guide: Woman In Black, Carnage, Safe House
THE melodrama creaks as much as that famous old rocking chair in classy but cliche-ridden ghost story THE WOMAN IN BLACK (12: Momentum).Competently adapted by Jonathan Ross’s missus, Jane Goldman, from...
View ArticleWoman found dead in Woodhall Farm
A WOMAN has been discovered dead inside a car that was parked in Woodhall Farm, Hemel Hempstead. Emergency crews were called to a garage block in Shenley Court off Shenley Road at around 9.30am this...
View ArticleVIDEO: High-speed grannies are a Specsavers treat for town
GRANNIES on motorised shopping trollies brought smiles to shoppers faces when they descend on Hemel Hempstead’s town centre. The quirky act Granny Turismo was booked for Saturday by Specsavers in...
View ArticleA marathon effort in tribute to Billy
FRIENDS of murder victim Billy Dove, right, laced up their trainers as they took part in last weekend’s St Albans Half Marathon in his honour.A group of 40 people, including runners and walkers, took...
View Article£4m winner in dock for fraud
A MAN who won more than £4 million on the National Lottery jackpot appeared in court yesterday charged with claiming around £15,000 in benefits.A national newspaper has reported that Edward Putman, 46,...
View ArticleApprenticeship scheme to boost economic regeneration
TEN apprenticeships are to be created at Dacorum Borough Council to help boost economic recovery.Two graduate trainee positions will also be set up under the scheme, which will offer on-the-job...
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