Fire volunteers on the up, but can you help?
NEW participants took part in the largest training course run so far for volunteers for the Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.Four more volunteers from the district covering Dacorum and St Albans...
View ArticleElixir is prepared to a rich recipe
NEW dance company Sadana brings its second work Elixir to the Espinosa Chute Centre in Berkhamsted next weekend.Evocative and provocative, Elixir combines contemporary choreography, digital projection...
View ArticleBroken vows, failed hopes, and a dysfunctional family – of course it’s a comedy!
Little Gaddesden Drama Club members will stage their spring production – Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones – at the Village Hall in Little Gaddesden for three nights only from Thursday, May 24.This warm...
View ArticleBerkhamsted girl beats thousands in international competition
A SCHOOLGIRL’S bank balance has been given a bumper boost after she beat thousands to the finals of a poster competition.Kate Saunders, 13, was one of just 23 international finalists to be given a...
View ArticleMore number plate crime in Herts than Beds or Cambs
MORE than 250 drivers were given formal penalties for having misrepresented number plates in a month long police campaign.It was carried out between Beds, Herts and Cambridgeshire police forces – but...
View ArticleThey’ve got a cunning plan to make you laugh
FROM the team that produced last year’s hit The Vicar of Dibley comes another stage production based on a comedy classic of the small screen – Tring Festival Company is proud to present Blackadder Goes...
View ArticleTickets out for open-air Shakespeare concert in Tring
Tickets have gone on sale for the Pendley Open-air Shakespeare taking place in the grounds of Pendley Manor in Tring.This year the company made up of actors from the area and further afield will...
View ArticleTrust events give insight into classic craft skills
TASTER sessions are being offered by the Box Moor Trust in a variety of different craft skills such as pottery.Held on a number of Saturdays over the coming months, from 10am to 4pm, sessions cost £30...
View ArticleTring student in Russian ballet
Tring Park student Tala Lee Turton has become the ninth Brit to win a place in the Bolshoi Ballet Academy.The 16-year-old has been studying at Tring Park for the past five years on its music and dance...
View ArticleHemel Hospital plan imminent
Hospital bosses expect plans to either refurb or rebuild the Hillfield Road site to be presented this month.Discussions have been taking place over the future of the site since 2009, when the accident...
View ArticleThis canine’s cute, but hardly talented
I CAN imagine that, in centuries past, Romans conscious that the days of the mighty Empire were coming to a close would look down on the spectacle of gladiators hacking bits off each other and muse...
View ArticleTRAVEL: Glamorous allure of Galapagos
As Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie celebrate their engagement in the Galapagos Islands, Sarah Marshall discovers why this wildlife haven in the Pacific Ocean still has superstar appeal.Whoosh! A sea lion...
View ArticleMixed bag of results for the Dacorum sides
IT was Mini Soccer Cup Finals day at the Hertfordshire FA County Ground on Sunday – with the four Dacorum teams in action experiencing mixed fortunes.The first match of the day was the girls’ U10 final...
View ArticleMichael proves that he is in peak condition
A MEMBER of Tring Running Club put in a marathon effort as he reached 42 Lake District peaks in less than 24 hours.Michael Burgess completed the Bob Graham Round – a 72-mile route including 29,000 feet...
View ArticleEpps passes the test
MICHAEL Epps enjoyed a productive day of testing at Silverstone on Friday in preparation for the second round of the Formula Renault BARC championship at Rockingham this weekend.The 20-year-old from...
View ArticleEaton leaves Hemel Town
HEMEL Hempstead Town FC have announced that manager Mark Eaton and assistant Alan Biley have left the club with immediate effect.A club spokesman said: “Both the club, Mark and Alan agreed that it was...
View Article‘We are still here despite a £134k cut’ says crime charity
A CHARITY that provides free security work and advice to vulnerable victims of crime says it will not fold despite losing £134,000 of funding.West Herts Against Crime (WHAC) will have to rely on...
View ArticleExhibition for Jubilee
A PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibition to celebration the Diamond Jubilee has been opened by Dacorum’s Mayor Gillian Chapman. Snaps, commissioned by Mrs Chapman and put together by the Dacorum Heritage Trust, are...
View ArticleFuture of card stores on rocky ground in Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted
The future for staff at Clinton Cards stores hangs in the balance.The firm, which employs 18 staff across two shops in Hemel Hempstead, and five employees in Berkhamsted, went into administration last...
View ArticleBerkhamsted beaver place shortage sparks call for leaders
PARENTS are putting their children onto a waiting list to join the beavers as soon as they are born as demand for places spirals out of control.The 1st Berkhamsted Scout Group wants to launch a second...
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