Firefighters help mum get into home, and put out wheelie bin and industrial...
Firefighters rushed to the scene of a blaze in Water End this morning (Tuesday).When they arrived at Noake Mill Lane at about 8.20am, crews found the ducting of a single-storey industrial unit alight....
View ArticleSee a snapshot of the animal kingdom
There will be some spectacular sights on display when the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opens at The Natural History Museum in Tring on Saturday, December 1.This...
View ArticleMP: ‘She’s not doing her job’
Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning is the latest to criticise House of Commons colleague Nadine Dorries for heading off to the jungle. The Mid-Beds Conservative MP has sparked anger for taking part in I’m...
View ArticleWill parking permits go ahead or not? Find out on Monday
A decision on whether to draw up residents-only parking permits will be made in a meeting on Monday.Berkhamsted Town Council has proposed that they be drawn up around the town’s train station and...
View Article‘Let’s talk sex,’ says youth club
A sexual health information and support service has been launched at the Swan Youth Centre in Berkhamsted High Street.Youngsters will be able to pick up free condoms and get screened for chlamydia...
View ArticleFootballer’s home goes up for sale
England football star Theo Walcott’s lavish home has gone up for sale. The six bedroom, four reception room mansion in Felden, built five years ago, is on the market for £1,695,000.The property, which...
View ArticleEatery defends its new flooring
A restaurant named after a celebrity chef was found in breach of planning rules by Dacorum Borough Council.Carluccio’s applied for permission to install a new floating timber-effect floor in its...
View ArticleSo who’s the poo bag thief?
A dog poo bag thief could be on the loose in a village near Ashridge.Little Gaddesden Parish Council agreed to place an order for hundreds more of the bags during a meeting on Monday night.Clerk Fiona...
View ArticleTime to renew your bus pass?
The team which administers the national bus pass scheme for the over 60s and disabled passengers has issued an early alert about the need to renew permits.There are 180,000 bus passes issued in Herts...
View Article‘Help us catch drivers who park poorly,’ says Little Gaddesden Parish Council
Village leaders are asking the public to send them photos of drivers parked poorly outside of a village pub.Virginia Westmacott, from Hudnall, told a meeting of Little Gaddesden Parish Council that...
View ArticleBaby batterer sentence to be reviewed
The jail term of a man who beat a baby so badly that she will need care for the rest of her life could be extended.Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning wrote to the Attorney General asking for the sentence...
View ArticleFree seminar for charities
A law firm has teamed up with a charity fundraising and management consultancy to host a free seminar for good causes. Pictons, which has offices in Hemel Hempstead and Tring, is working with Midas...
View ArticlePolice raid suspected cannabis factory
Police are currently at the scene of a suspected cannabis factory. Officers have arrested two people today (Wednesday) at High Herts Farm in Bedmond Road, Pimlico.The investigation is ongoing.
View ArticleX Factor stars visit Amazon to wrap album
Warehouse workers had a little glamour added to their day on Monday when last year’s X Factor winners Little Mix dropped by the Amazon site in Hemel Hempstead.The girls were there to celebrate the...
View ArticleMan arrested at Hemel Hempstead taxi rank
A man has been arrested for driving while banned at Hemel Hempstead’s town centre taxi rank.Two police cars were called out to the Marlowes by a beat bobby just after 1.20pm today (Wednesday).The man...
View ArticleHemel drug dealer jailed for six years
A man has been jailed for six years for dealing Class A drugs.Farhanul Islam, aged 32, of Cleves Road in Hemel Hempstead, was arrested by undercover officers on June 22 after being stopped in The...
View ArticleFirefighters ready for whatever weather throws at them at Appspond site
Firefighters say they are fully prepared to keep the Appspond Lane fire under control as bad weather grips the area.They are regularly dampening down areas around to the giant mound of wood that is...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Silver Linings Playbook, Gambit, End Of Watch
Silver Linings PlaybookThe Fighter was a return to the filmmaking arena of the fascinating talent David O. Russell, who had been on hiatus since the glorious folly of his existential comedy I Heart...
View ArticleCar on its roof
A car flipped onto its roof after crashing into a parked vehicle this morning (Thursday).Police and paramedics were called to the accident near The Swan pub in Bedmond just after 7.05am, where they...
View ArticleDogs now seen as disposable items says worried warden
Dogs are being treated like ‘disposable’ items according to the borough’s dog warden. Sarah Lewis, who picks up abandoned and lost dogs across Dacorum, said: “I think they have become a bit disposable,...
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