‘Discounts for heroes’ call to Herts companies
Herts businesses are being urged to give money off discounts to retired and serving armed forces personnel in the county.It’s part of a campaign called Proud to Support Hertfordshire Heroes, run by...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Rise Of The Guardians, Alex Cross, Great Expectations
Rise of the GuardiansAfter the surprise success of Shrek heralded a new rival to Pixar and Disney, Dreamworks really took their foot off the gas, delivering average movie after average movie, pretty...
View ArticleWill public land go up for sale?
Little Gaddesden Parish Council has been approached by someone who wants to buy land it owns behind the village’s Peel House in Church Road.Councillors chose to have the small, landlocked area valued...
View Article‘I’m tired of never-ending grass-cutting arguments’
The vice-chairman of Little Gaddesden Parish Council has resigned because he got fed-up with all the paperwork.David Brattle, who has been a councillor there for 10 years, said much of what the council...
View Article‘Our military marriage, courtesy of Berkhamsted garage’
A pair of lovebirds have decided that they will be driven to the church where they will marry in military vehicles.Tom Belcher, 21, first came up with the idea after proposing to Lorna Towens-Grubb,...
View ArticleDacorum Christmas festival police warning
Visitors to Christmas lights events in Dacorum are being warned by police to be aware of pick-pockets.Sgt Adele Hopkin of the Tring Safer Neighbourhood team said that this year there has been a marked...
View ArticlePavilion to get £77k overhaul
A £77,500 complete overhaul of the Little Gaddesden sports pavilion is due to begin in January.The Church Road venue, which was built during the 1970s, will be given a new roof, cladding, windows,...
View ArticleRothschilds thank the people of Hastoe
Crowds gathered at Hastoe Village Hall to celebrate its restoration and reopening by Lord and Lady Rothschild.The village hall trust has been working for the past two years on the £150,000 project to...
View ArticleWind, rain and bees cause £10,000 worth of damage to Ashridge House
Freezing temperatures, nesting bees, gushing winds and lashings of rain are to blame for an estimated £10,000 worth of damage to a Dacorum landmark.Scaffolding was erected at Grade I-listed Ashridge...
View ArticleMums and dads get it all out for the Berkhamsted Raiders
Mums and dads from the Berkhamsted Raiders youth football club have been getting their kit off for a fundraising calendar.Here’s Mr July aka Tony Power, 41. He was manager of the under-9s, under-10s...
View ArticleTreats start going out to troops after appeal
The first batch of treats for our troops on the frontline have been sent out to those in Afghanistan and the Falkland Islands. Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning, who launched his annual appeal for...
View ArticleExtension tax to help plug council cash gap
A levy on residential and shop new builds and large extensions is set to help a council pay for community projects in Dacorum.The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) could charge up to £250 per square...
View ArticleRoad reopened after Tring ditch plunge
Wingrave Road was closed this morning for more than two hours after two cars involved in an accident ended up in a ditch.Police were called at 8.18am and closed off the road while a Jaguar XFS and a...
View ArticleBurglars hit the homes with unlocked doors
Homeowners are being urged to lock their doors following a spate of burglaries where thieves have simply let themselves in.There were 12 incidents in Tring during November where intruders stole items...
View ArticleMan arrested for Highfield robbery
A man has been charged in connection with an armed robbery at an off-licence where a worker was shot in the face with an air gun. The armed man shot the victim, who needed surgery to remove pellets...
View ArticleHemel man admits Tesco knife-point robberies
A man has pleaded guilty to threatening shop staff with a knife and forcing them to hand over cash in two separate attacks. John Simpson, 24, of Waterhouse Street, Hemel Hempstead, admitted two counts...
View ArticleJudy wins support for shorter switch-off plea
Town leaders have backed calls for more streetlights to stay on between midnight and 6am in Berkhamsted.They have been turned off between those times since February as part of a Herts County Council...
View ArticleJobs: Battle of the sexes is heating up
The battle of the sexes is no more fiercely fought than over the thermostat in the office, say environmental consultants.In 84 per cent of cases, women want offices to be warmer and men want them...
View ArticleQuiet, please, it’s time for words to leap from page
It’s a crisp, cold Thursday night in the back streets of Boxmoor and the reading team are well wrapped up as they approach the silent studio.We’re at the Social Centre For The Blind in Alston Road, and...
View ArticleSign on the dotted line to join the dash for hospice cash
This dashing group will be turning out for a fundraising run in aid of the Hospice of St Francis on Sunday, December 9. Hemel Hempstead’s Riverside Shopping Centre has put together a team to take part...
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