Year 11 pupil is nuts about saving hospital
A fully-functioning hospital is so important for our community, says a student whose intolerance to nuts could kill her.Danine Eary, 15, of Bennetts End, feels so passionately about Hemel Hempstead’s...
View ArticleOpen day for theft victims
More than 150 garden and power tools recovered from a London house-search will go on show at a police open day on Saturday, February 16.Anyone who has had similar items stolen in the past six months is...
View ArticleAwards season sparks rush for tickets to Rex
Record sales are being celebrated by the team at Berkhamsted’s Rex cinema after people began queuing for tickets to this month’s programme at 7.30am on the day they went on sale.Since then 31 of the 47...
View ArticleCharity needs help with keeping afloat
Disability charity ReachOut Plus is hoping to set the sail for its 2013 programmes with an unusual fundraising idea.The team will don fancy dress on-board a dinghy at the Best Business Expo at Shendish...
View ArticleCanal overflows after boater leaves lock paddles open
Boater error caused the Grand Union Canal at Berkhamsted to overflow.Waterways maintenance teams rushed to the canal that runs behind the town centre Waitrose on Monday afternoon after reports that...
View ArticleMP disappointed by gay marriage result
Hemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning has admitted that he is ‘disappointed’ by the result of the controversial vote on same sex marriages which prompted a Tory revolt in the House of Commons on Tuesday...
View ArticleRoyal connections that helped town to thrive
The second part in our series on The Bury, covering the Hemel Hempstead landmark from the 13th to 16th centuries.The long history of the manor house or Bury which sits in the oldest part of Hemel...
View Article‘This could have been so much worse’
A woman and her child were lucky to escape unscathed when an object was hurled at their car, causing a rear window to shatter. The unknown object was thrown at the moving vehicle as the mum and...
View ArticleEnjoyable tale to help make Disney the top dog again
Wreck-It RalphJohn C. Reilly voices a bullish video game villain unhappy with his lot in Disney’s latest attempt to regain top dog status in the animated film game.He wanders off to be a hero, dealing...
View ArticleIt’s time to fall in love with volunteering!
Firms are being encouraged to host speed dating events to match employees with volunteering opportunities.Volunteer Centre Dacorum, in The Roundhouse, Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, launched its Speed...
View ArticleHemel’s HMV store is not among closures
Hemel Hempstead’s HMV store is not among the list of shop closures announced by administrators today. The Riverside Shopping Centre branch is not listed among 66 loss-making shops that will close...
View ArticleDacorum divers have been making a Splash
Divers who train at Hemel Hempstead’s Sportspace have played an important role in the show that helped bring their sport into the public eye.Members of Dacorum Diving Club were chosen to act as...
View ArticleDark age won’t stop paper mill
Staff at Apsley’s Frogmore Paper Mill are reminding visitors they are still open, despite various setbacks which force them to run their power through a back-up generator. Although the problems have...
View ArticleGym-goer’s fatal heart condition was ‘not uncommon’
The sudden death of a young man who collapsed while working out and later died was down to natural causes, an inquest heard.Security officer Damien Woods, 25, of Strandburgh Place in Northend, Hemel...
View ArticleFirefighters prevent Sarratt blaze from spreading to fuel tankers
An arson investigation has been launched after the cabs of two fuel tankers went up in flames. Luckily firefighters managed to stop the blaze from spreading to the actual fuel tanks of the vehicles,...
View ArticleCaretaker cops it in film shoot
A total of 14 students from a Hemel Hempstead school and its caretaker got to appear on camera when film crews paid a visit. The weekend filming at Adeyfield School in Longlands for a tongue in cheek...
View ArticleMarathon man Callum urges others to back charity
Hemel Hempstead runner Callum Morris has secured a place in April’s London Marathon and is urging other runners to join him in supporting the NSPCC’s services.Callum, 20, is a student studying History...
View ArticleStore stumps up community cash
Team members at the Wilkinson store in Hemel Hempstead’s Marlowes Shopping Centre are offering a helping hand to community groups and charities in the area who need extra support with local...
View ArticleWhipsnade’s brrr-illiant half term lessons on cold critters
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo will be celebrating its cold weather creatures through a series of interactive talks during half term.‘Fat and Fur’ week will teach visitors how animals like red pandas and wolves are...
View ArticleHemel Hempstead smash driver’s 999 plea: ‘I’ve rolled my car, please rescue me’
A man phoned 999 to say his car had rolled onto its side in a road smash and he could not get out.Two police cars and a fire engine rushed to Felden Lane, Felden, just after 9am today,...
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