How the National Grid is powering Christmas celebration
National Grid engineers will be working round the clock throughout the festive season to make sure families have a safe, warm and comfortable Christmas.The festive season is a very busy time for...
View ArticleM&S plans to open in 2014
The Marks & Spencer Simply Food store planned for Berkhamsted is now not expected to open its doors until the spring of 2014.The shop will be in the former Royal Mail sorting office, in the town’s...
View ArticlePatient warns others of hip surgery danger
A retired teacher has launched a legal case after discovering her hip resurfacing implants could be poisoning her body.Lottie Clarke was offered hip resurfacing as a less intrusive alternative to hip...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film:Jack Reacher, Parental Guidance
Jack ReacherWerner Herzog is the villain! Werner Herzog is the villain! Werner Herzog is the villain! Forgive my over-enthusiastic opening but it’s a massive deal and the main reason to see this decent...
View ArticleHere’s your chance to be part of Pepper
It’s silver anniversary year for the famous Pepper Show – and you could be on stage to help celebrate this remarkable milestone.New adult singers are being sought for this summer’s shows, and auditions...
View ArticleConcern growing over Marlowes sex bar bid
Controversial plans to open a lapdancing club in the heart of Hemel Hempstead town centre have come under further fire this week.The Gazette reported last week that town MP Mike Penning was planning to...
View Article‘High fuel costs keeping loved ones apart’
More than a quarter of people have been prevented from seeing loved ones this festive season because of the high price of fuel, reveals new research from Green Flag Breakdown. This is an increase of...
View ArticleA new heart in three days, so why not here?
A woman who had a heart transplant earlier this year is backing a national campaign to change the UK’s law on organ transplantation. Campaigners want new rules that will see people having to opt out...
View Article‘Don’t be rash, be aware of meningitis signs’
Up to 34 million people in the UK are risking death with the mistaken belief that the main symptom of meningitis is a rash. As the country finds itself in the peak season for this devastating disease,...
View ArticleDo pub plans benefit area?
Politicians say new signs and lights at a pub would harm an important part of the High Street – but they like its plan for a new beer garden.Berkhamsted’s The Goat wants to install a fence and gates in...
View ArticleSchools can sign up to online sign language lesson
Children can now benefit from an interactive online lesson that has been launched to teach them how to use sign language. Monkey Manor has been created by Digital Giving for the national deaf...
View ArticleGarage fire on Christmas Day morning
Firefighters were called to a garage blaze in the early hours of Christmas morning.Crews from Tring, Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead went to the fire at Church Lane, Hastoe, near Tring, just after...
View ArticleCrime czar snubs call to quit council posts
Prickly police supremo David Lloyd is getting fed up with answering questions about his commitment to the new job.The Hemel Hempstead branch of UKIP is calling on Hertfordshire’s new crime czar to...
View ArticleHemel’s a star in Mr Stink
Hemel Hempstead played a starring role in BBC children’s drama Mr Stink, which aired twice over the Christmas period.In the television adaptation of David Walliams’ children’s novel, Hugh Bonneville’s...
View ArticleThere’s train ticket trouble in Berkhamsted
Travellers faced train trouble after they were left unable to buy a ticket at Berkhamsted station.Both ticket machines were out of service and no-one was manning the ticket desk so travellers were...
View ArticleDog ditched on Christmas Eve by ‘desperate’ owner
Dog rescuers travelled to Wales before Christmas to save eight pets and returned home to discover another furry friend had been abandoned at its doors. The Chilterns Dog Rescue Society is full to the...
View ArticleNew tiger in quarantine at Whipsnade Zoo
A new rare Siberian tiger is in quarantine at Whipsnade Zoo and is almost ready to be seen by the public.The male tiger, called Botzman, is from Russia and has to go through a standard period of...
View ArticleRecycling centre blaze still burns after 47 days but it’s ‘under control’
A fire that started on November 10 is still burning. But the blaze on the border of Hemel Hempstead and St Albans, which forced the closure of roads as smoke made driving dangerous, is now under...
View ArticleFormal application for free school is submitted
The formal application to open a new primary school in Hemel Hempstead has been submitted to education chiefs.West Herts Community Free Schools Trust wants to open the school in 2014 on the site of...
View ArticleCouncil has a rubbish idea
Dacorum Borough Council has come up with an innovative way of ensuring that residents won’t be left down in the dumps over the winter months.Homeowners can find out about changes to bin collections by...
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