Three van smash on M1
Three vans were involved in a pile-up on the M1 northbound just before the Hemel Hempstead junction.It happened after one of the vehicles hit the central reservation at around 4.30pm yesterday...
View ArticleHave you seen missing Paul?
Concern is mounting for a 79-year-old man who has been missing for more than a week. Worryingly Paul Kynoch, who was last seen in Tring’s High Street on Saturday, October 20, could have spent some of...
View ArticleLondon Midland under fire for string of train cancellations
The company that runs the trains that pass through Tring, Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead has come under fire for a string cancellations to its services.Reports in the national media said that a...
View ArticleExpert to answer questions on IBD
An expert will be on hand at a meeting of the Hemel Hempstead and Watford Crohn’s and Colitis Group to answer questions about the conditions.Consultant gastroenterologist Dr Bruce Macfarlane will be...
View ArticleCase dropped against priest
A rape case against a Catholic priest has been dropped by police. Father Tim Bugby - a 58-year-old priest at St Mark’s Catholic Church in Holybush Lane, Hemel Hempstead - was arrested on June 27. The...
View ArticleSaturday detentions are wrong, says mum
A mum has refused to let her son attend a Saturday detention because she does not agree with the weekend punishment.Deena Singh says school business should be conducted during weekdays and not at the...
View ArticleSupermarket pickpockets target the elderly
Pickpockets have stolen up to £750 from shoppers in supermarket car parks in a string of recent attacks.The crooks tell elderly victims they have dropped £10 and pinch their bank card while helping put...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Rust And Bone
Rust And BoneOne of the main reasons for the resurgence and rebranding of French cinema recently has been the stunning output of Jacques Audiard. His films The Beat That My Heart Skipped and A Prophet...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Skyfall
“Think on your sins...This is the cyber threat at the heart of Skyfall – a doomsday scenario for the undercover spies the world over.Yes 007 is back (played once again by the excellent Daniel Craig) to...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the pick of the week’s TV
SaturdayThe Late Great Eric Sykes (BBC Two, 8.45pm)Eric Sykes devoted his life to making people laugh, so the world was a lot duller when the final curtain came down on his showbiz career on July 4...
View ArticleBadgers are back in Berkhamsted Castle attack
The badgers are back at Berkhamsted Castle – and this time the damage they have done to its grass is worse than ever before.Site owner English Heritage taped off a previously-undamaged corridor to...
View ArticleVolunteers wanted for trust’s new project
The Box Moor Trust needs volunteers to be part of a new community project called Access All Areas.It aims to develop and support opportunities for people with a range of disabilities to get more...
View ArticleMachines to stretch you into new shapes
The owners of a new business say they have launched the first fully-equipped pilates studio in Berkhamsted.Lucy Walton, Emma Bray and Kemi Roche launched their new classes in BayYoga, above Costa...
View ArticleFire fighters will be looking out for criminals as well as fire
Street wardens and fire officers have been asked to keep an extra eye open in crime trouble spots.This month Hertfordshire police launched Operation Guardian where community services work together to...
View ArticleWatch out for email hacking, warn police
Police have warned the public to be on the look-out for email scams that could wipe all of the information stored on your computer.Neighbourhood Watch liaison officer Andy Reynolds sent a newsletter...
View ArticleCrisis team has to help drunk people in need
The death of a man who had physical and mental health problems has led a Hertfordshire Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (CAT) to change its policy to no longer refusie to visit intoxicated people...
View Article‘Saturday detentions work’
A dad has spoken out in support of Saturday detentions at Hemel Hempstead School after his son was given the punishment.Raymond Smith said he was initially against his son completing the weekend...
View ArticleCrime figures are among the lowest in the county
Despite a spate of burglaries, Tring can still boast one of the lowest crime rates in the county.The town’s quarterly crime figures show a 20 per cent reduction in all crimes compared to last year and...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Silent Hill –Revelation 3D
Welcome to back to Silent Hill, a place formed by the twisted psyche of those who have suffered unimaginable horrors, an alternate dimension ruled by demonic forces… If that sounds like the sort of...
View ArticleCouple will help make Christmas cheaper in Hemel Hempstead
Howard Hyams has opened the Christmas Cut Price Shop in Hemel Hempstead after a 23-year absence from the town’s retail scene.The shop, which he runs with wife Michelle, is where Thorntons in Marlowes...
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