John Pilgrim: Some things are still worthwhile and free
I’M beginning to wonder just why I made all that fuss in the summer regarding home made jam and stuff. I made a half-hearted effort last weekend to tidy up the cupboards and shelves in the kitchen and...
View ArticleRevellers urged to cutback on their alcoholic tipples
DRINKERS are being urged to cut down on how much booze they knock-back in a bid to reduce crime and accidents in 2012. The plea from The County Community Safety Unit comes following the recent...
View ArticleHamlet will double in size
PROPOSALS that will double the size of a hamlet with the building of 26 homes have been given the thumbs up by councillors. Developers have been working for three-and-a-half years to put together the...
View ArticleTV spotlight for twins as midwife drama begins
MUM Gemma Saad has already set her television to record the six-part BBC series Call The Midwife – because her twin daughters Layla and Lilia will be appearing in it.The 10-month-old youngsters from...
View ArticleSupport for shop hit by burglars
DONATIONS have been flooding in to a charity shop which was targeted by burglars who even helped themselves to a cup of tea while they were on the premises.The HeraldExpress reported last week how...
View ArticleOnline Owl reaches 10,000
THE online neighbourhood watch initiative OWL has reached a milestone with the registration of its 10,000th scheme. It means more than 78,000 homes and businesses are receiving alerts and updates...
View Article£300 grant will aid church revamp
SCHOOL pupils will be helped in their bid to decorate a church in Hemel Hempstead with a cash boost.Pupils from the Collett School are helping to decorate the parish room and paint a mural at St Paul’s...
View ArticlePolice stress safe driving tips as temperature falls
Widespread frost and tricky driving conditions have prompted police in Herts to issue a ‘let’s be careful out there’ call to motorists.Experts have drawn up a list of essential safer driving tips along...
View ArticleMerging units will save police six-figure sum
Savings of around £640,000 could be on the table as three police forces merge their units that investigate corruption, complaints and misconduct.Herts Constabulary launched the joint Professional...
View ArticleBanning order first for Herts
A MAN who was jailed for grievous bodily harm after jumping on and kicking another man at a party has now been banned from pubs, hotels, bars and nightclubs in four counties. In the first order of its...
View ArticlePopular police support worker gets promotion
A POPULAR police community support officer will become a full-time police officer from Monday.Steve Patton, 26, has been a PCSO in Berkhamsted for the past 51/2 years, but will now move onto new...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: War Horse
Hello horse fans, you join us for the first marathon World War One big screen steeplechase – the going is good to firm but bogged down with far too many soggy areas… Soft-hearted billionaire director...
View ArticleElectric car charge point fails to spark any interest
AN electric car charging point opened to much fanfare on the Maylands Business Park last August has not been used once.The charging post, costing £7,000, was installed as part of efforts to encourage...
View ArticleMP attacks new ‘shed weight or no op’ rules
MP Mike Penning has condemned a new policy of refusing operations to obese patients in Dacorum.The Hemel Hempstead MP has written to health chiefs outlining his concerns about the regime, which means...
View ArticleNeighbours shocked and disgusted by brutal attack
THE landlord of a Grovehill pub has spoken of the community’s ‘shock and disgust’ following a violent attack on a couple in their 60s.Sean Kelly, landlord of the Greenacres II in Henry Wells Square,...
View ArticleMan injured in two-car crash
A MAN suffered back injuries in a car smash this morning in Breakspear Way, Hemel Hempstead.Two cars were involved in the accident on the roundabout at the junction with Green Lane at 8.30am.Ambulance...
View ArticleHooves been framed
Firefighters were alerted after a horse got a window stuck round its neck on Sunday.The animal had poked its head through an open window at the stable in Hamberlins Lane, Northchurch, but ripped the...
View ArticleCold case cops plea: Don’t suffer in silence
POLICE are appealing for women to come forward if they think they may have been a victim of sex beast John Walker.Officers have combed through cases involving unsolved rapes on their files and ruled...
View ArticleSociety offers charity funds
Charity: A theatre society is offering to donate money from ticket sales to clubs and charities.The Artfully Reliable Theatre Society will perform Shushan at The Court Theatre in Tring from February 15...
View ArticlePeople ‘priced out of fun’
FEARS have been expressed that high profile new leisure spots in Hemel Hempstead have priced out families living nearby.The cost of using the XC, the Snow Centre and the coming revamped LeisureWorld...
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