Thousands of chickens being slaughtered in ‘appalling conditions’ every month...
MORE than 130,000 chickens a year were being killed on a farm in “appalling conditions” in Bovingdon, a court heard.Farmer Robert Skerry, 54, operated an illegal slaughterhouse at Game Farm off...
View ArticleFitness First avoids administration
A GYM firm facing financial troubles has avoided administration after creditors voted through a restructure of the company’s property portfolio. Creditors for Fitness First, which has a gym in...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Abraham Lincoln - Vampire Hunter, Chernobyl Diaries
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire HunterIf aliens are orbiting in radar-defying craft, looking for signs that Earth is weak, lacking heart, imagination and fight, they’ll take great strength from this film. I’d...
View ArticlePolice hunt for man who flashed at schoolgirls
POLICE have released details of a sex pest who exposed himself to three school girls and a woman in Kings Langley more than a month ago.Between 3.50pm and 4.10pm on Friday, May 18, three schoolgirls...
View ArticleFears for the future of hospital’s scanners
DOUBTS have been raised about the future of the scanners at Hemel Hempstead Hospital.Currently there are both CT and MRI scanners available on the Hillfield Road site to help doctors diagnose problems...
View ArticleConcerts raises hospice funds to the tune of Jennifer’s memoirs
A CLASSICAL music concert in memory of bestselling author Jennifer Worth raised £3,500 for Iain Rennie Grove House Hospice Care.The event at St John’s Church, Boxmoor, on Saturday (June 16), attracted...
View ArticleBosses go in front of the camera for funding bid
TOP council chiefs have appeared in front of the camera as part of a funding bid. Dacorum Borough Council chief executive Daniel Zammit and leader of the council Councillor Andrew Williams could be...
View ArticleFive a day is the crimefighting way
POLICE community support offices are being told to visit five homes per day to introduce themselves to people in their patches.The campaign by Berkhamsted’s PCSOs aims to educate householders about how...
View ArticleGet in quick to vote for sports cash
THERE are just days left to vote for which two Dacorum sports groups will get a slice of £1,000 each. The Riverside Community Sports Awards competition, which is celebrating a summer of sporting events...
View ArticleBerkhamsted golf day raises more than £16,000 for hospice
MORE than £16,000 was raised for two charities by a golf day that was held in memory of a 50-year-old mum-of-one.The Berkhamsted Golf Club event on Wednesday, June 13, was organised Professional...
View ArticleHemel Hempstead MP Mike Penning speaks out against gypsy site near Little...
THE MP who village leaders said responded ‘impotently’ to an illegal gypsies’ site now says he is doing everything he can to move them on.Little Gaddesden Parish Council say the site Valley View –...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the new movie releases: The Five Year Engagement, Abraham...
YOU want to know what a high concept movie is? It’s the sort of film which tells you everything you need to know in the title, and makes you want to see it. Snakes On A Plane was a good example – and...
View ArticleSign up if you want to boost your broadband
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to bring super-fast broadband to rural parts of Dacorum. Herts County Council launched the drive this week in a bid to improve internet coverage in places that do not have...
View ArticleMail depot demolition ‘did breach the rules’
COUNCIL bosses have confirmed the demolition of the old Royal Mail building has breached planning regulations – but no action will be taken.Dacorum Borough Council says housing association Hightown did...
View ArticleVictory for bodybuilding Jodie Marsh after training in Hemel Hempstead
FORMER Page Three girl Jodie Marsh has just won a major bodybuilding championship in the States – with the help of her two Hemel Hempstead trainers.She came top in her category in the International...
View ArticleDacorum firms shine at Herts FSB awards
TWO Dacorum firms took away gold from the Hertfordshire Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) awards. MND Bookkeeping Services took the title of Dacorum Business of the Year while Debbie Gilbert, of...
View ArticleIt’s the final countdown to hospice walk
THE final countdown has begun to this year’s fundraising Midnight Walk. And limbering up for the Hospice of St Francis event is grandfather Patrick McInerney and his 15-year-old grandson Ethan,...
View ArticleBerkhamsted dairy farmer can’t go on
THE price of milk is so low that a farmer, who says he runs the area’s last dairy farm, has decided to sell off his herd.Kevin Fancourt of John’s Lane Farm, in Berkhamsted, does not want to auction off...
View ArticleHow good would the PM have been at the ‘Yes, No Interlude’?
WHILE I was flicking my TV between Russia v someone or other at football and Midsomer Murders (repeated for the umpteenth time) my mind wandered off to those far off television days of my youth. For...
View ArticleHole lot of space to relax on new grass deckchair
A GRASS deckchair is among the works of art in a new display.Breathing Space is being shown as part of the Up The Garden Path exhibition at The Upstairs Gallery in Berkhamsted High Street, which runs...
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