Put your feet up at The Hospice of St Francis
THE Hospice of St Francis is inviting carers and their companions to a garden tea party next Thursday.THE Hospice of St Francis is inviting carers and their companions to a garden tea party next...
View Article“Genius idea” for super-fast Little Gaddesden broadband shot down by village...
VILLAGE leaders have been promised super-fast broadband – but are yet to hear how it will be funded, a meeting heard on Monday.The government has pledged that 90 per cent of the UK will have it by 2015...
View ArticleAffordable homes plan delayed after Little Gaddesden leaders split
A PLAN to build 12 affordable homes has been blasted by two village leaders.A land-owner has proposed to build the properties between St Peter and St Paul Church in Little Gaddesden and the rest of the...
View ArticleBerkhamsted commuters targeted by robbers
COMMUTERS walking home from Berkhamsted Railway Station were targeted by thugs during early morning street muggings.The attacks happened in the town’s Castle Street, Lower Kings Road and Manor Street –...
View ArticleAll welcome at memorial football fun day for Billy Dove
HEMEL Hempstead Town Football Club is to host a football fun day in memory of murdered Billy Dove.The Billy Dove Football Memorial Day is being organised by members of the 21-year-old’s family and will...
View Article‘Impotent MP has done nothing to stop Dale Farm 2 near Little Gaddesden’
AN MP has been branded ‘impotent’ for his response to gypsies who parked their caravans in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.Little Gaddesden Parish Council chairman Douglas Adams said the site...
View ArticleHospice to benefit from Moor End camera fines
UNCLAIMED fines from the Moor End Road traffic camera will be given to the Hospice of St Francis in Berkhamsted.Fined motorists are to be given a deadline of the end of the year to respond to an offer...
View ArticlePolice officers sign up to Midnight Walk
TWO police officers will be donning pink T-shirts and pounding the pavement along with many more in the Midnight Walk. Police community support officer Kim Ashworth and PC Stuart Francis are the latest...
View ArticleLittle Gaddesden jubilee party raises £10,000
A VILLAGE jubilee party took in £10,000, a meeting of Little Gaddesden Parish Council heard on Monday.The event on Tuesday, June, 5, included historic tours, fancy dress, children’s shows, maypole...
View ArticlePoliticians demand Little Gaddesden sign is replaced
VILLAGE leaders have been waiting for a year for a knocked-down sign to be replaced by Herts Highways.The sign, which let drivers approaching from Hudnall Lane know that they had arrived in Little...
View ArticleIf you have to log on, you’re a loser...
CULTURAL commentators have been tutting and pursing their lips about a survey which is said to prove that nosy neighbours are turning into internet snoopers thanks to 21st century technology.It’s all...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s guide to new DVDs: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and more
WHEN I booked into THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (12: Twentieth Century Fox) at my local multiplex in February, I didn’t expect any surprises.This manipulative charmer does exactly what it says on the...
View Article‘Business as usual’ as doctors prepare to walk-out
HEALTH chiefs say it will be ‘business as usual’ for most services during the planned doctors’ strike tomorrow. The Primary Care Trust said all GP surgeries will be open. However, some routine...
View ArticleBerkhamsted School students win best firm accolade for profit-spinning...
A PLAN by 10 teens to revitalise High Street firms has won them the title of best Young Enterprise firm in Herts.The Berkhamsted School students devised a booklet, called Community Coupons, full of...
View ArticleThe Rotary Club of Berkhamsted Bulbourne takes elderly on trip to Forties...
THE Rotary Club of Berkhamsted Bulbourne took 18 elderly people from Berkhamsted to the Forties Experience in the grounds of the former Bushey Hall near Watford.They were shown around the former base...
View ArticleWoman from Kings Langley drank fatal amount of alcohol because of cancer...
A WOMAN who had quit drinking started again because of the trauma of having a mastectomy and breast cancer treatment, an inquest heard.Herts Coroner’s Court was told Carol Donovan, of Water Lane, Kings...
View ArticleActor in Gavin and Stacey to compere Berkhamsted Cricket Club show
A SHOW at Berkhamsted Cricket Club will be compered by Adrian Scarborough, best-known for playing Pete in Gavin and Stacey.The event. from 5pm to 7.30pm on Sunday, will feature jazz, opera and dancing...
View ArticleMusical memorial
A SCHOOL hopes to raise thousands of pounds for an armed forces charity in memory of fallen airman Ryan Tomlin. The 21-year-old’s former teacher at Hemel Hempstead’s Astley Cooper School, Bex Howe, has...
View ArticleThousands of chickens being slaughtered in ‘appalling conditions’ every month...
MORE than 130,000 chickens a year were being killed on a farm in “appalling conditions” in Bovingdon, a court heard.Farmer Robert Skerry, 54, operated an illegal slaughterhouse at Game Farm off...
View ArticleFitness First avoids administration
A GYM firm facing financial troubles has avoided administration after creditors voted through a restructure of the company’s property portfolio. Creditors for Fitness First, which has a gym in...
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