Top of the world feeling for team who set their sights on Everest
Nine supporters of charity Reach Out Plus have trekked to an Everest base camp to raise a total of £17,000 for the Hertfordshire charity.The team included Jeanette Lendon from Redbourn and Chris and...
View ArticleSanta helps with school fundraiser
A parents and teachers group is celebrating a £2,000 fundraising total after just 12 weeks of work- thanks to a helping hand from Santa.Staff at Great Gaddesden School can now fund future trips out and...
View ArticleNo hot water again for tenants at Bovingdon’s Dudley House
Old folk living at a sheltered housing complex that has been plagued by boiler problems found themselves without hot water on New Year’s Day. Tenants at the Dacorum Borough Council-run Dudley House in...
View ArticleHemel baby boy is first to arrive at Watford hospital on New Year’s Day
A Hemel Hempstead baby was the first to be born on New Year’s Day at Watford’s maternity unit. The baby boy came into the world at 1am. The second baby to be born was also to Dacorum-based parents and...
View ArticleCommuters hit with new year fare hikes
Commuters were welcomed back to work on Wednesday with news that they are being hit in the pocket by new year rail fare increases. An annual season ticket to travel from Hemel Hempstead to London has...
View ArticleSweet Stink of success!
One of the top TV shows of the Christmas period put Hemel Hempstead centre stage as the town played a starring role in BBC children’s drama Mr Stink, seen by millions as it aired twice over the holiday...
View ArticleNew Year’s Eve was ‘relatively quiet’ says police chief
Police were called out to a total of 91 incidents in Dacorum from 7pm on New Year’s Eve and 7am the following day. Dacorum Chief Inspector Mike Pryce said: “It was relatively quiet in Dacorum during...
View ArticleBerkhamsted Lions raise thousands for good causes
Santa and his team of volunteers from the Berkhamsted Lions helped raise £6,470 for good causes during their December outings.The sleigh journeys around the town, which were accompanied by...
View ArticleSlimming duo meet TOWIE TV star Mark
A fat-busting duo are hoping to get the people of Hemel Hempstead shedding the pounds this year after meeting reality television star Mark Wright at Slimming World’s annual awards ceremony.Tina Barnes...
View ArticleHerts crime czar sets out his plans for year ahead
Herts police and crime commissioner David Lloyd writes about the challenges ahead in 2013:A full month into my new role as police and crime commissioner, my thoughts are firmly focused on the future –...
View ArticleFears over call for means-tested winter fuel payments
A good cause that helps the elderly hopes it will not be left out in the cold over the winter fuel allowance debate.A Liberal Democrat MP has said the allowance – given to pensioners and worth up to...
View ArticleVomiting bug takes toll on supplies of blood
The recent outbreak of norovirus has had a knock-on effect, as blood donors have had to cancel appointments.O Rh negative (O-) donors are urgently being asked to come forward to give blood now. Blood...
View ArticleFiguring out life in Dacorum
Fascinating facts on Dacorum have emerged from an analysis by one of the country’s leading banking chains.Information just released by Halifax in its Quality of Life 2012 survey shows that our gross...
View ArticleHurt shopper declares war on mobile phones
A shopper is calling for mobile phones to be banned from supermarkets after being injured twice by chattering shoppers.Debby McArdle wants Hemel Hempstead’s three major supermarkets – Asda, Sainsburys...
View ArticleHalfords L-test a step nearer
The go-ahead has been given for a Halfords store to host driving tests, leading the way for Hemel Hemsptead to soon be doing the same. Halfords in Wellingborough will be the first to participate in the...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs can buzz off... to a networking event
Buzzing business owners in Hemel Hempstead have been invited to attend a networking meeting in a pub on Thursday morning (January 10).The Olde Kings Arms, in High Street, plays host to Business Buzz...
View ArticleCar flips over in Redbourn
A car that flipped onto its roof this morning may have slid in an area where there was flooding, said police.They were called out to the A5183 in Redbourn about 300 yards south of the Shell petrol...
View Article£214,000 bill for one teenager’s education
Education chiefs are spending £214,000 of taxpayers’ cash to educate 15-year-old special needs pupil Lewis Jones for a year after his mum took them to a tribunal.Although that is more than six times...
View ArticleJessops store ‘closures inevitable’
Photographic retailer Jessops has gone into administration putting jobs across the area at risk.The major high street retailer has two stores in Milton Keynes and one each in Hemel Hempstead, Luton,...
View ArticleDieting tips from mum who lost 20st
A woman who lost more than 20st is launching her own weight-loss programme to help others.Sarah-Jane Jones, 35, of Spring Lane, Warners End, weighed between 33 and 35 stone in 2004, but now tips the...
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