Like a bit of Strictly? Try it out for yourself...
As Strictly Come Dancing kicks off, two Hemel Hempstead instructors are hoping to entice people onto the dance floor with a free taster session.Brian and Shirley Cusworth will be giving wannabe movers...
View ArticleFormer Hemel Hempstead sports writer Brian Woolnough dies
Tributes have been made to top sports correspondent Brian Woolnough who lost his fight to bowel cancer today, aged 63.Known as Wooly, the big-hitter of the sports-writing world previously worked on the...
View ArticleSports club takeover bid on council pitches
A SPORTS club has launched a bid to take over council-controlled football pitches that are regularly allowed to fall into an unusable state.The under-13s Berkhamsted Raiders home game on Sunday,...
View ArticleSee new coverage from BerkoFest here!
You’ve had the sneak preview of our BerkoFest video – now here’s the full feature.Yesterday we uploaded a short version of Saturday’s music and comedy festival at Berkhamsted Sports Club.Now here is...
View ArticleOff the sofa – and across the ocean!
A FORMER video games addict who would spend more than six hours a day on his console now aims to become the youngest person to row the Atlantic.Charlie Bicknell, 19, of High Street, Berkhamsted, hopes...
View ArticleSmash victim is still waiting for crucial op
An operation to repair a motorbike rider’s broken femur after it failed to heal properly following a road accident last year has now been cancelled three times. Dean Chatfield, who has to use crutches...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Sharing is good, but you have to share equally
THE demon drink gets more than its fair share of bad press these days, so it’s always good to hear about research that redresses the balance a bit.Most of us cling to maxims about Guinness being good...
View ArticleSneak peek at Tring’s movers and shakers...naked!
The Gazette will publish a select few pictures from the naked calendar that is raising money (and eyebrows) for The Court Theatre in Tring.The town’s socialites packed out The Akeman bar and restaurant...
View ArticleBerkhamsted drug dealer pleads guilty
A man has admitted possessing class A drugs with intent to supply.The Gazette reported in July that Daniel Laskowsky, 20, was arrested after his Robertson Road home in Berkhamsted was raided by...
View ArticleOnline life but not as we know it for trekkie crew
Fans running a website dedicated to all things Star Trek held a 24-hour podcast to raise charity cash. Dad-of-one Wayne Emery, from Kings Langley, Paul Drinkwater, of Nash Mills, Hemel Hempstead, and...
View ArticleAntiques Road Trip stops off to film auction house
Hundreds of people enjoyed the buzzing atmosphere at the auction rooms where television cameras filmed an episode of BBC Two’s Antiques Road Trip.Popular Tring Market Auctions usually attracts 600 to...
View ArticleBerkhamsted multi-storey car park plan latest: group considers legal action...
A public consultation into parking permits could be declared ‘null and void’ after politicians sent out a document that could influence people’s responses, a meeting heard on Monday.Berkhamsted Town...
View ArticleCadets will take to the streets
Under the cover of darkness on Saturday more than 250 air cadets will compete in their annual overnight orienteering exercise. Supported by RAF Halton, more than 30 squadrons will enter teams of air...
View ArticleYour chance to quiz police commissioner candidates
People will have the chance today (Tuesday) to meet and question the candidates vying to become the county’s first police commissioner.David Lloyd – currently chairman of Herts Police Authority, deputy...
View ArticleTown shop site sorted for M&S Simply Food
A NEW Marks & Spencer store won’t be opening in Berkhamsted until Christmas 2013 at the earliest.An archaeological dig will be carried out at the former mail delivery office, in High Street, before...
View ArticleYou’re all hired says council as it snaps up 15 young apprentices
A council has started to practice what it has been preaching to businesses about taking on young apprentices.Some 15 young people have been hired by Dacorum Borough Council as part of its commitment to...
View ArticleFund set up in car crash teen’s name
Family members still grieving for a teenager killed in a car accident have set up a charity in his name to keep his name and spirit alive, and say their first fundraising event has been a huge...
View ArticleMan robbed by teens pretending to help with shopping
An elderly man was robbed in Hemel Hempstead by two teenagers pretending to help him with his shopping.The victim was at Stoneycroft shops in Warners End last Thursday (September 20) at 11.40am when he...
View ArticlePrison drug rehab is making big difference
A former heroin user who spent much of his life in and out of jail now helps inmates at Bovingdon’s prison get off drugs and make a fresh start. The programme, led by Nick Messikh from rehab charity...
View ArticleChopper is chopped as police trim air cover
Cutbacks to save cash will see one of the emergency police choppers axed at the end of this month. Herts Constabulary currently has access to two helicopters but from Monday just one will be on offer,...
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