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WELL, at least I can pinpoint precisely the moment I officially fell out of love with the Olympics.I know the torch relay is wending its way towards us, I know that the world will be watching as the...
View ArticleMan behind £12k Berkhamsted book find speaks out
THE man who found a first edition of Samuel Beckett’s first novel Murphy in a bundle of books given to Oxfam has spoken about the £12k find.Geoff Smith, 64, who used to work for the British Library,...
View ArticleAxeman on rampage in Hemel Hempstead
SCARED neighbours raised the alarm after seeing a man with an axe running amok in Martian Avenue, Hemel Hempstead.The man was seen swinging the stone-headed axe into a letterbox and walls along the...
View ArticleSupport Jamie’s Disney dream
THE parents of poorly Jamie Hodgson are calling on the community to get behind them one last time to make the youngster’s dream of visiting Disney World come true. Eddie and Christine Hodgson are...
View ArticleBiker runs from scene of crash in Hemel Hempstead
A MOTORCYCLIST ran off following a crash in Rant Meadow, Hemel Hempstead, on Saturday.The accident involved a black bike and a black Toyota Yaris near the junction with Tile Kiln Lane just before 7pm.A...
View ArticleLotto benefit cheat is guilty
Greedy and cheating lottery winner Edward Putman won nearly £5 million, but then had the gall to claim benefits, saying he was penniless, about to be evicted and couldn’t feed himself.Putman wrote...
View ArticleGazette editor John Francis at the Tringe Roving Comedians night
Check out our video of Gazette editor John Francis as he performs at the Tringe Festival’s roving comedy night.And for his full and frank look back at his experiences, pick up a copy of the July 4...
View ArticleWorkshop shows mums-to-be why breast is best
MUMS-to-be are finding out all there is to know about breast feeding at a new workshop for pregnant ladies. Trained midwife Melissa Daniels is running the sessions to give soon-to-be-mums the...
View ArticleBerkhamsted family’s £16k for charity in memory of Zoe, 13
THE family of a 13-year-old who died in April have raised more than £16,000 in her memory to help stop female genital cutting.The money will be devoted to the fight to stop the genital mutilation of...
View ArticleTotal drops plans for a large-scale rebuild at Buncefield
PLANS to rebuild the part of the Buncefield depot wrecked by the 2005 blast to store petrol and jet fuel have been dropped.Oil giant Total, which was prosecuted for safety breaches following the...
View ArticleWalkers don knickers for fundraising stroll
People wearing giant teal coloured knickers over their clothes took part in a 10km Walkathong for Ovarian Cancer Action on Sunday.The fundraising event saw 80 people turn out for the morning stroll...
View ArticleThe hills offer rich pickings for orchids
IT’S not just bluebells that create wonderful natural sights in the countryside.Ashridge Estate ranger Lawrence Trowbridge says that the chalk grasslands of the Pitstone Hills and Ivinghoe Beacon are...
View ArticleOlympic torch visit will set town alight
THE final preparations are under way for the arrival of the Olympic torch in Hemel Hempstead. Torchbearers will carry the Olympic flame from Leverstock Green Road to St Albans Road, then around the...
View ArticleWar heroes finally recognised
THE son of a man who fought for Bomber Command during the Second World War says his father would be “proud” to see the unit being honoured at last.Stuart Green, 48, was in Green Park, London, on...
View ArticleEmergency response to incident in Berkhamsted
AN air-ambulance, ambulance, fast response paramedic and police rushed to an address in Curtis Way, Berkhamsted, just after 3pm today (Wednesday). Herts police spokesman Olivia Finucane said: “We can...
View ArticleHelp officers identify break-in spree suspect
POLICE would like to speak to this man following a series of burglaries in Berkhamsted High Street.Four businesses including a hair salon and a delicatessen were targeted in the raids over two nights...
View ArticleMum-to-be’s 5p bus blues
BUS chiefs have launched an investigation after a heavily pregnant woman was refused travel because she had ‘too many 5p pieces’.Kelly Piercey was trying to catch the 301 bus outside the Midland Hotel...
View ArticlePupils’ work goes on display
A SCHOOL will open its doors to the public tomorrow (Monday) evening for a special exhibition of pupils’ art.From 4.30pm to 7.30pm, work created by students at Kings Langley School in art and design,...
View ArticleGet live torch coverage
GET the latest Olympic torch news live here on hemeltoday. Our reporters will be on the ground this afternoon (Sunday) speaking to people who have turned out to see the torch pass through Hemel and...
View ArticleWoman’s death linked to asbestos exposure
A WOMAN died of a type of cancer caused by asbestos exposure, a inquest heard, in a tragic reminder of how the toxic material is still causing pain to families years after it was banned.Irene Dowling,...
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