Passionate Paul’s all set for top job
THE Boxmoor man who has taken over at the top of a national charity which is overhauling its image has spoken of his hopes for the future.Paul Breckell, 41, has been named as the new chief executive of...
View ArticleFirm’s caring contribution to Voice speaks for itself
Staff at a Hemel Hempstead-based firm threw their weight behind a charity campaign.Workers at Eckoh, which has its headquaters in Corner Hall, raised more than £6,500 during the 12-month drive in...
View ArticleHerts Falcons fly into the play-offs
Despite having both already sealed their places in the postseason action, Herts Falcons and Lakenheath Diamondbacks shared an exciting double-header at Grovehill Ballpark.Lakenheath were quickest out...
View ArticleRoyals are held as the Tudors bag a draw
Hemel Town 1 Reading XI 1Hemel Town held a decent Reading XI side to a draw at Vauxhall Road as they continued their impressive pre-season form.Reading took the lead in the first half through Jordan...
View ArticleKings spot on in season opener
Kings Langley made a winning start to the new season as they beat Hatfield Town 7-6 on penalties to progress to the second round of the Herts Charity Shield.With the scores tied at 3-3 after 90...
View ArticleFurther FlogIt details released about show in Ashridge House
THIS could be your chance to be on TV and make lots of money, as an antiques show comes to a very stately home near you.BBC Two daytime show FlogIt!, presented by Paul Martin, will be filmed at...
View ArticleCalcutt earns Comrades draw
Welwyn Garden City 1 Berkhamsted 1Connor Calcutt bagged a second half equaliser to ensure Berkhamsted salvaged a draw in their final pre-season friendly of the year.The Comrades had started the game...
View ArticleTowns struggle to organise torch events without a route
Confusion surrounds the details of the Paralympic torch coming through Dacorum as Olympic organisers hold off from announcing the exact route.As part of a 24 hour relay from Stoke Mandeville to London,...
View ArticleFete to be held to aid charity chopper
THE son of a Highfield man is hosting a fundraising fete for Herts Air Ambulance after the service came to his father’s aid.The charity chopper flew in to help Peter Whittle, 45, when he suffered a...
View ArticleHospice walk needs you to join in and like it too
Fundraisers of Iain Rennie Grove House Hospice Care have been drumming up support for their forthcoming charity walk through Facebook.The Three Peaks Challenge page will give people a chance to follow...
View ArticleTicket fraud warning after string of incidents
Police are warning people to be wary of online ticket fraudsters after a number of people were caught out trying to buy tickets for a popular music fesitval through social media sites such as...
View ArticleVineyard suffers as wet weather prevails
THE unpredictable weather has left the owners of the only vineyard in the borough waiting with bated breath to find out what this year’s harvest will bring.Frithsden Vineyard is suffering as a result...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Step Up 4, Offender
Step Up 4: Miami Heat 3DIf you can find anything redeemable, or original about this film, can you please tell me what that might be? I have no words for this. It feels insulting and patronising, but...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the pick of the week’s TV
SATURDAYLondon – The Modern Babylon (BBC Two, 9.20pm)This feature-length documentary takes a look back at the past century of the capital’s history. An extensive patchwork of archive clips, songs,...
View ArticleThe Hornets create a buzz in Berkhamsted
Despite heavy rain showers, Watford Ladies FC enjoyed a successful promotion day in Berkhamsted.The club’s staff, including chairman Chris Crickitt, first team manager John Salomon and first team coach...
View ArticleBerkhamsted Cricket Club’s Pitch Perfect £1,575 for Great Ormond Street
A JAZZ, opera, comedy and dancing show that featured the likes of TV actor Adrian Scarborough raised £1,575 for charity, it has been announced.Pitch Perfect was held at Berkhamsted Cricket Club in June...
View ArticleChildren’s charity to benefit from baby clothes sale
A CHARITY sale is aiming to raise much-needed funds for the NSPCC when it takes place on Saturday morning.Running from 10am to noon at the Gadebridge Community Centre in Hemel Hempstead the baby and...
View ArticleMax Whitlock will come home to Hemel to party with his folks
She felt sick until the end of the competition, but when Max Whitlock’s mum Madeleine saw that her boy had won an Olympic bronze medal in the pommel horse final on Sunday she breathed a sigh of...
View Article‘Drugs grower was killed by fellow gang member’
A drugs ‘gardener’ at a cannabis factory was murdered by another grower who then disposed of the body so that it has never been found, a court heard yesterday.Murray Thompson, who worked in Apsley and...
View ArticleCharity head shave for Wigginton’s The Mullet Man
A MAN spent a year growing his hair into a mullet, dyed it purple and then had it all cut off for charity.Tom Lewis’ friends gave donations to The Pepper Foundation, which cares for children with...
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