Stark campaign launches to help avoid car crash heartache
A Valentine’s-inspired road safety campaign hopes to avoid the heartache of traffic tragedies.Herts County Council is aiming to educate young men about the number of people injured or killed on the...
View ArticleQuiz to find brainiest firm
The title Brightest Business in Dacorum is up for the taking at a quiz night on March 21.The evening at Shendish Manor Hotel, in Apsley, will raise money for Community Action Dacorum and Connect...
View Article‘I can teach you to help yourself’
A self-defence teacher who was called in by worried parents after a teenage girl was attacked in Berkhamsted has now launched a class for everyone. Colin Lee Berry, who has trained London police...
View ArticleHospital’s transport service to be scrapped
A transport service that ferries patients and staff between hospital sites will be scrapped from April.The service – running between Hemel Hempstead’s Urgent Care Centre, Watford General and St Albans...
View ArticleA Hollywood biopic that’s far from run-of-the-mill
To be included in the Gazette Leisure listings contact James Willoughby on 01665 602234 or email james.willoughby@northeast-press.co.uk Entries must be submitted by 9am on the Thursday prior to...
View ArticleTell the world how you feel and you could be a winner
Share your letters of love this Valentine’s Day and you could win a romantic break for two.Have you ever wanted to surprise the love of your life in an extraordinary way, but didn’t know how?The...
View ArticleAre you brave enough to take the plunge for hospice cause?
Daredevils are needed to take on the latest exhilarating challenge set by the Hospice of St Francis. Hemel Hempstead firm Dixon Retail is allowing the charity to run a sponsored abseil off the side of...
View ArticleVolunteer lock keepers needed to keep waterways moving
A charity is looking for an army of volunteers to become lock keepers on the Grand Union Canal near Tring.The Canal and River Trust – which cares for 1,654 locks in England and Wales – is looking for...
View ArticleTime for a winter warmer
A coffee morning will raise vital funds to help keep older folk warm during the winter months. Age UK Hemel Hempstead is hosting the cuppa congretation on Friday, February 8 to raise funds on Bobble...
View ArticleCooking up a storm? Stay safe
With around half of all accidental home fires starting in the kitchen firefighters have issued a safety warning in the run up to Shrove Tuesday and Valentine’s Day.Herts chief fire officer Roy Wilsher...
View Article‘Cut our speed limit or someone could die’
Neighbours say proposals to extend Berkhamsted High Street’s 20mph zone will not protect the part of town where driving is most dangerous.The zone now goes from Beech Drive to St John’s Well Lane, but...
View ArticleCharity’s bespoke boat offers holidays for the disabled
Waterways charity ReachOut Plus has been chosen to run a newly-refurbished boat designed to accommodate wheelchair-users.The Jubilee boat, donated by disability charity Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation,...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Zero Dark Thirty
“I’m going to smoke everyone involved in this op and then I’m going to kill Osama bin Laden.” Saddle up for Kathryn ‘The Hurt Locker’ Bigelow’s heavy duty Homeland-esque take on the hunt for Osama bin...
View ArticleCalls to early hours car fire
Eight emergency calls were made to the fire service about a car blaze in a quiet cul-de-sac. Firefighters were called to Briarcliff in Hemel Hempstead just before 5.30am on Sunday, where they...
View ArticleForce backs catalytic converter theft campaign
A campaign to tackle the theft of catalytic converters from vehicles is being backed by Herts Police.The force is putting its weight behind The Lost CATS campaign launched by charity Crimestoppers. The...
View ArticleAwards for men who helped attack victim
Four men who saved a woman from a street attack have been given prestigious awards. Peter Buckley, Jason Evans, Michael Wildey and Duncan Walton all leapt out of their cars to help a woman who had been...
View ArticleAuthor’s book launch may be her big Break
A county pool team manager has dramatised her experiences of the game in her first published novel.Myella Jayne McCarthy of Grovehill said her love for writing was influenced by Call The Midwife author...
View ArticleTring Brewery gets a walk-on part in Brit flick
The team making a new Brit flick featuring Hot Fuzz stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost has called on Tring Brewery to make sure their pub scene is as true to life as possible.The World’s End, filmed...
View ArticleCanal overflowing in Berkhamsted
Waterways maintenance teams are on their way to Berkhamsted this afternoon after reports that the Grand Union Canal is overflowing behind the town centre Waitrose store. A spokesman from the Canal and...
View ArticleUpdate: 180 face redundancies at Hemel’s Wickes depot
Bosses at Wickes have confirmed that they are considering closing a distribution centre in Hemel Hempstead. Insiders at the depot revealed that a staff meeting was held this morning to announce that...
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