Dacorum gets green gong for eco efforts
Dacorum has received a top standard for its efforts in reducing its impact on the environment.The ISO 14001 accolade recognises that Dacorum Borough Council has systems in place to reduce its impact on...
View ArticleCould you help make life better for the ill?
Tring-based charity Iain Rennie Grove House Hospice Care (IRGH) is appealing for volunteers in Dacorum to give home help to the terminally ill.The task could involve shopping, small household chores,...
View ArticleAre you the right sort for charity’s vital job?
A selection of the opportunities available this week through Volunteer Centre Dacorum.Enthusiastic and energetic volunteers are needed to help sort items that are donated to Iain Rennie Grove House...
View ArticleAlyson aims to help Losers all the way
A nutrition expert who is backing this year’s Hospice Of St Francis Biggest Loser fundraiser says she is delighted to be involved with the project for the second year running. Alyson Carter of...
View ArticleCan you complete endurance cycle challenge for charity?
Entries are open for a charity’s third annual cycle challenge.You can try either a 10km, 35-mile or 75-mile route during the event by Iain Rennie Grove House Hospice Care (IRGH) on Sunday, March...
View ArticleJoin the team that will make this survey count
Keen-eyed volunteers are needed to count one of the UK’s most elusive birds in more than a 1,000 woods across the UK in the 2013 national woodcock survey.The woodcock is a beautifully camouflaged bird,...
View ArticleTV Egghead CJ’s backing benefit gig for Crescent
Former quiz show fixture CJ de Mooi makes an appearance on the bill of a Friday night concert in aid of a threatened HIV charity.The event has been organised by members of the Herts Chamber Ensemble,...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: A Good Day To Die Hard
I was proud to be there when terrorists took over Naktaomi Plaza in ’88, I was back again when Washington Dulles International got hit in ’90 and for the Federal Reserve heist in ’95. I even celebrated...
View ArticleCar flips at Jarman Park
One person was rushed to hospital after being cut out of a car that had flipped onto its side at the Jarman Park roundabout in Hemel Hempstead in the early hours of Sunday morning.Two fire engines...
View ArticleRecycling centre fire is out after three months
A fire that raged for almost three months to the day has now been extinguished. Firefighters have confirmed that the blaze among a pile of wood waste at the recycling site in Appspond Lane, Potters...
View ArticleMarkyate car fire was ‘probably deliberate’
A car was found abandoned and on fire by emergency crews called to a Markyate street on Saturday night.Firefighters from the nearby High Street fire station raced out to Buckwood Road to put out the...
View ArticleBerkhamsted bin fire ‘started deliberately’
Firefighters rushed out to tackle a bin that had been set ablaze in Berkhamsted on Saturday night.They got to Swing Gate Lane and put out the flames in just under 15 minutes after a 7pm 999 call.Herts...
View ArticleFriday night garage fire
Firefighters rushed to a Hemel Hempstead home to tackle a garage fire on Friday night.Emergency crews arrived shortly after being called to the garage attached to a semi-detached house at about...
View Article‘My magnificent mum was always my hero’
The daughter of hospital patients’ champion Jessie Winyard, whose funeral takes place today, has paid tribute to her ‘hero’ mother.Jessie, of Oak Green, Abbots Langley, who would have been 75 on...
View ArticleA date is set for Adeyfield West by-election
A date has been set for a by-election following the departure of a long-standing councillor.Labour’s Keith White resigned from his post as Adeyfield West councillor after moving out of the area to be...
View ArticleTrain firm suffers low ranking from users
Train operator London Midland has been ranked sixth from the bottom in a customer poll about the best and worst UK train companies. The firm was given a 45 per cent approval rating by the 431 customers...
View ArticleHead shocked by saucy music video shot at school
A headteacher who rented his school to a music firm was shocked when he saw it used in the saucy new video by Aussie indie band Tame Impala.Footage from the shoot – made to promote their song Mind...
View ArticleThe write way to keep things fresh
Well, that’s Valentine’s Day out of the way for another year. Take a tip from me, chaps, it’s all a matter of holding your nerve and starting as you mean to go on.Mrs Dee and I have been a functioning...
View ArticleRoundabout advertising plan branded ‘dangerous and unnecessary clutter’
Visitors to Berkhamsted won’t be welcomed by the ‘dangerous and unnecessary clutter’ of advertising if the town’s leading planning committee has anything to do with it.Herts County Council wants to...
View ArticlePCC criticised as deputy quits post
The judgement of Herts police and crime commissioner David Lloyd has been called into question after the furore surrounding deputy Rachel Frosh’s resignation on Wednesday last week,Dr Frosh left her...
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