Berkhamsted’s Swan Youth Centre nominated for £5k award
THE Swan Youth Centre has been shortlisted for a £5,000 award.To vote for the Berkhamsted High Street club, text VOTE LU4 to 61119 or visit...
View ArticleWe’re building Nashville here in Berkhamsted...
IN a little chapel in Berkhamsted, just a few steps away from the bustling high street, there’s a creative revolution taking place –but it’s happening very quietly.For Andrew McCrorie-Shand – musician,...
View ArticlePensioner challenges Treasury minister to Berkhamsted Castle toilets debate
A PENSIONER has challenged Treasury minister David Gauke to a public debate about whether toilets should be installed at Berkhamsted Castle.John Waller, 69, of the town’s Cobb Road, has been...
View ArticleSummer play
CHILDREN aged up to 11 are invited to enjoy a bouncy castle and other games at Dagnall’s recreation field from 2pm to 4pm on Tuesday.The event is one of many for rural areas organised by Aylesbury Vale...
View ArticleClowns, fire stunts and dog show at fair
THE star attraction at a charity’s annual fair will be Joseph Peace – who will perform a special fire stunt show.Tricks at his displays include jumping through a wall of fire on a BMX bike, riding a...
View ArticleAlexei Sayle-s into Studio for reading of his memoir
IF you knew comedy back in the 1980s you’ll remember Alexei Sayle – big on the alternative comedy scene at the time, he was renowned for his cynicism and political awareness, his too-tight shiny suits,...
View ArticlePolice: ‘Watch out for even more bike thieves’
Bike-riders are being urged to be vigilant because cycle theft is a continuing problem across the borough, despite a number of recent arrests.Police officers in Dacorum have recently made several...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid – Dog Days
It’s not easy being a pre-teen, it seems, but it can be funny as long as you’re not enduring the agonies yourself. The full awkwardness of the kid/teen frontier is the source material for Jeff Kinney’s...
View ArticleTurn back time at the Chiltern Open Air Museum
This weekend visitors will have chance to experience life as it was in Tudor times – working, resting and playing! The museum has invited Tudor re-enactment group Hungerford Household, to demonstrate a...
View ArticleMagical display sees Stags thrash Wizards
Hemel Stags 40 Warrington Wizards 6Hemel Stags got back to winning ways at the weekend as they blitzed Warrington Wizards at Pennine Way.After two shock away defeats in their last two games, Stags...
View ArticleCarter is the FA Cup King for Langley
Kings Langley 1 St Margaretsbury 1Tom Carter came off the bench to keep Kings’ FA Cup ambitions alive with a late equaliser against St Margaretsbury. Langley had fallen behind with just seven minutes...
View ArticleStags unveil main sponsors for next year
Hemel Stags have revealed that Haven Holidays will be their main sponsor and key corporate partner for the 2013 season. The announcement was made at the half-time break during Stags’ win over...
View ArticleHarry and Lily top the polls for most popular baby names
Harry and Lily are the names of choice for new parents according to the latest statistics. In figures released this week by the Office for National Statistics the two names were the most popular...
View ArticleCar ploughs into wall
An elderly man has been taken to hospital after driving his car into a garden wall in Hemel Hempstead.Witnesses have told police the driver mistook the accelerator for the brake and ploughed into a...
View Article‘Recession will last, but we can handle it’
DACORUM businesses are coping comparatively well with the global recession, commerce leaders have claimed.Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King has warned the slump could last until 2015.South West...
View ArticleStaff look like mugs to promote coffee event
A GIANT mug visited Hemel Snow Centre on Thursday in a bid to promote a charity coffee morning.Volunteers from Macmillan Cancer Support had the pleasure of dressing up as Muggy to promote the charity’s...
View ArticleTRAVEL: A boot camp, but no pain in the Pyrenees
Leanne Rinne toughens up in the hills, as she’s put through her paces at a boot camp in the Pyrenees.Lying back on the warm stone decking, a bright tangerine sun overhead, I’m surrounded by the scent...
View Article‘Murder victim’s fiancee visited death flat and spoke to killer’
The fiancee of Murray Thompson, the man alleged to have been murdered at a cannabis factory, has told a court how she went there the day after his disappearance and spoke to the man it is claimed...
View ArticleFA Cup dreams alive as Tring see off Sports
Bedfont Sports 0 Tring Athletic 1Tring progressed to the next round of FA Cup with a hard-fought win over Combined Counties League outfit Bedfont Sports in the first preliminary round of the...
View ArticleHave a lock at what’s on offer during annual Apsley fun day
A PACKED entertainment line-up has been announced for this year’s Apsley Lock Fun Day. Organisers are boosting everything from alternative rock band Peach, to Bollywood performers on Sunday, September...
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