Berkhamsted schools celebrate amazing A-level results
Berkhamsted’s A-level students have today (Thursday) been celebrating a cracking set of results.At Berkhamsted School there was a 99.6 per cent overall pass rate with 47.7 per cent of pupils achieving...
View ArticleA-level results at Adeyfield, Longdean and Astley Cooper schools
Adeyfield SchoolStudents at Adeyfield School are celebrating the best set of results in five years.Outgoing head Peter Hepburn said the results are a ‘good note to go out on’ as he prepares to...
View ArticleNetball star visits Berkhamsted School
THE latest high-achiever to visit Berkhamsted School was England netball player Karen Atkinson, who popped in yesterday (Wednesday).This follows visits by Freddie Flintoff last week and Strictly Come...
View ArticleWoman lay dead for weeks
A woman lay dead on a sofa for up to three weeks before being discovered, an inquest heard.Herts Coroner’s Court was told Malinda Jones, of Pudding Lane, Hemel Hempstead, was found in the living room...
View Article101 drivers stopped for plates that broke rules
More than 100 cars were stopped in the county by police cameras for having faulty number plates.The 101 vehicles detected by automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras across Hertfordshire made...
View ArticleOlympic park & ride is ‘complete fiasco’
An Olympic park and ride operating out of the Herts County Showground has been slammed as a ‘complete fiasco’ by a neighbour who says it was barely used during the games.Alan Hardy, whose property...
View ArticleDog shelter upgrade needed for recession-hit pets
A dog rescue centre is hoping to update and improve its facilities so that it can cope with twice as many homeless dogs it is having to take in due to the recession.Chairman of Chiltern Dog Rescue...
View ArticleIt’s a hard life shedding pounds in the lap of luxury!
Our poor, hard-done-by reporter Abena Bailey checks in to a Champneys boot campWhen I heard that people were spending up to £2,000 on a Champneys Tring fit camp to get rid of their New Year flab, I...
View ArticlePitstone quarry owner is disappointed the police can’t stop bathers
‘It’s only a matter of time before someone gets killed’, are the words of warning from quarry owner Tim Clark.The director of Pitstone Quarry was supposed to meet with Hertfordshire Police to work out...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Bourne Legacy
“Jason Bourne was just the tip of the iceberg…”The Bourne films have to date been a pleasing mix of crunching hand-to-hand action, chases and general other spy-em-up thrills. So here we are with part...
View ArticleNorthchurch website launched
A village website has been launched.Northchurch Parish Council set up www.northchurchparishcouncil.org to give people information on the area and on its own decisions.It is free for charities,...
View ArticleRussell Brand visits Mount prison for drugs documentary
A drug rehabilitation programme on offer at Bovingdon’s Mount prison was held up as a success story for helping inmates stay clean by comedian Russell Brand. The celebrity visited the prison as part of...
View ArticleFree massages for Balkan War victims from Berkhamsted pair
Two massage therapists will embark on a two-week trip to Sarajevo to help trauma victims of the Balkan War.Carol Quirk and Lucinda Cracknell, who work at BAYoga in Berkhamsted High Street, will give...
View ArticleThere’s still hope for odd jobs handyman scheme
Those behind a threatened charity handyman scheme are hopeful it could still be saved. Dacorum Age Concern has several fundraising events coming up and is in the process of making applications for...
View Article‘Dilapidated’ Grey House homes plan gets the nod
Controversial plans to redevelop the Grey House in Berkhamsted have been given the go-ahead.A meeting of Dacorum Borough Council’s development control committee approved a scheme to renovate the villa...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s cinema guide: The Three Stooges, The Watch
THERE’S something about slapstick that makes it appealing when times are tough. The sight of grown men subjected to cartoon levels of violence is always a hit with the kid inside all of us, and there...
View ArticleFundraisers to honour Billy Dove
Dacorum will have the chance to gather together in honour of Billy Dove as fundraising festivities take place across Hemel Hempstead on Sunday.A Billy Dove Memorial Cup and Community Campaign Day will...
View ArticleGas cylinder explodes in Kings Langley blaze
A large fire has caused a gas cylinder to explode at an industrial unit in Kings Langley.Firefighters were called to the single storey building in Toms Lane at 3am last night and they are still at the...
View ArticleChampion snapper
THE photographer of stars including Pavarotti and Adele visited the slums of Mumbai, India, to capture the warmth of the girls who live there.Vanessa Champion’s snaps will be displayed in an exhibition...
View ArticleAshlyns School students celebrate GCSE results
Busrin Binyakob was especially happy with her results, given that she only moved to the UK three years ago.The Ashlyns School student, who previously lived in Thailand and Malaysia, got an A, three Cs...
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