£15m cost to NHS of ‘baby boom boozers’
Health bosses say tackling alcohol misuse is a top priority after it was revealed that over-drinking baby boomers are draining resources. The first ever map of alcohol-related health costs by Alcohol...
View ArticleGang attacked man and left him bleeding on the floor
A gang kicked a vulnerable man in the head and left him bleeding and lying in the street. The group of five set upon the man, aged in his 20s, in St John’s Road, Hemel Hempstead at around 8.40pm on...
View ArticleRotary can help volunteers stay in the game
Anyone whose appetite for volunteering was whetted by this summer’s many Olympics events has been offered a way to stay in the game.Rotary Club members were among the thousands of volunteers who helped...
View ArticleLonger nights could be behind spate of Berkhamsted burglaries
Police say a spate of recent burglaries may have been carried out by crooks who target homes as the nights get longer.There have been seven burglaries in the Berkhamsted area since mid-October.These...
View Article‘We’re bigging up Dacorum’
Dacorum’s leaders were in no doubt that spending money on a campaign to promote the area is a good idea when they spoke out about it at a business expo.The Dacorum Look No Further campaign involves the...
View ArticleA414 fire update
People in the Leverstock Green area of Hemel Hempstead will be sent emergency water supplies because firefighters tackling a blaze at a nearby recycling plant are using up the water.Affinity Water is...
View ArticleBerkhamsted seagull targets dog in string of “dive-bomb” attacks
A seagull has swooped down on a young dog in series of attempted “dive-bomb” attacks, her owner says.Bridget Ruffell, 52, of Doctor’s Commons Road, Berkhamsted, first noticed the seagull’s aggression...
View ArticleCommunity order for man who touched teen
A wheelchair-bound man who sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl was found to have more than 300 indecent images of children when the police examined his computers.Anthony Styles, 46, was sentenced to...
View ArticleLife’s a beech for Oakman
Tring-based pub company Oakman Inn has added a sixth site to its growing portfolio.It has planning permission to change the use and extend a shop in Beaconsfield to create a pub called The Beech...
View ArticleDecision on A414 reopen to come
Highways officials are in talks with the police and the fire service about when to reopen the A414 from Hemel Hempstead to St Albans.The road has been closed since Monday because of a massive fire at a...
View ArticleProperty market ‘moving towards stability’
Chartered surveyors across the east of England, including Dacorum, are reporting the emergence of stability in the residential property market.New buyer enquiries, properties on the market and price...
View ArticleTring Park girl wows X Factor judges
A 16-year-old former student of a Tring school is now the last girl left on TV talent show The X Factor – and she’s still wowing its judges.Ella Henderson sang Tinie Tempah’s Written In The Stars on...
View ArticleParking: Is a decision on the way?
A network of new parking permits could be given the go-ahead within a fortnight.Berkhamsted Town Council has been considering plans for the residents-only zones around the train station and Charles...
View ArticleA414 update: road hit by new closure
There’s another morning of delays in store for commuters with the closureof the northbound carriageway of the A414 between the A405 and its junction with the M1 due to the continuing fire at the nearby...
View ArticleThere were warning signs before fire killed Kings Langley woman
Support agencies for old people will enter into contracts to ensure elderly people’s homes are better protected, following the death of a woman who died in a fire at her home.There were tell-tale signs...
View ArticleGood hospital provisions mean patients fund in Tring laid to rest
A charity that provides medical equipment to people who have been discharged from hospital has disbanded because it is no longer needed.Tring Patients Medical Fund, which will wind up today at its...
View ArticleHelp make Christmas extra special for someone
A good cause is appealing for donations of gifts to bring a smile to the faces of old folks this Christmas. Age Concern Dacorum is throwing three festive bashes where Christmas dinner will be served up...
View ArticleFull story on recycling centre fire
Experts still can’t say how long it will take firefighters to put out a giant blaze at a recycling centre on the borders of Hemel Hempstead and St Albans.The mountain of wood waste at the site in...
View ArticleGoldie’s village home for sale
Famous musician and DJ Goldie has put his Bovingdon home on the market. The three bedroom detached property in Vicarage Lane has an asking price of £750,000.It is being marketed by Castles estate agents.
View ArticleMinister profits from flat you helped to buy
Treasury minister David Gauke profited from a rise in the value of his second home, bought with help from the taxpayer before new rules outlawed the practice.Mr Gauke, MP for South West Herts, bought...
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