Home is where the Vase is for Tring and Levy
FOOTBALL: Tring Athletic and Leverstock Green have both been handed home ties in the second round of the FA Vase.Levy will take on Enfield 1893, while Tring face Haringey Borough. Both matches will...
View ArticleChiefs mauled by the Men in Black
Saracens were 43-20 winners over Exeter Chiefs in the LV= Cup on Sunday afternoon. Four tries secured the home side the bonus point in an impressive and clinical performance against a strong Exeter...
View ArticleFlamstead sports club folds
THE Flamstead Sports & Social Club has been wound up with debts of almost £27,000.At the annual general meeting of the club, which ran football and cricket teams, on September 22 it was decided it...
View ArticleLost key sparks burglary alert
Police rushed to a home with sirens blaring after reports of a break-in today (Tuesday).But when officers arrived at Elstree Road in Hemel Hempstead, just before 3pm, they discovered the lady who...
View ArticleBiker taken to hospital
A MOTORCYCLIST has been taken to hospital with suspected leg fractures after coming off his bike. The Herts Air Ambulance was called in at 3.20pm today (Tuesday) after an accident in Great Road, Hemel...
View ArticleNo drunk work-out for villagers as outside gym cancelled
A £4,400 grant application for an outdoor gym has been withdrawn amid fears drunk people will use it.Potten End Parish Council had applied to Berkhamsted Youth Town Council for part of a £50,000 pot of...
View ArticleTudors ready to put on a show
Hemel Hempstead Town FC will be hoping to cause a bang both on and off the pitch this weekend.On Saturday, the Tudors take on Brackley Town in the second qualifying round of the FA Trophy, before the...
View ArticleJohn Pilgrim: My new shooting stick gave me a sinking feeling
LAST week was mildly entertaining one way or another. First up on Monday I decided to try out my latest acquisition, namely a shooting stick. I purchased this rather ostentatious piece of equipment...
View Article‘Let’s have a party!’
PREPARATIONS have begun to stage the parties of a lifetime to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee next year.Events being planned in Little Gaddesden include a classic car display, fancy dress competition...
View ArticleRelationship manager’s mountainous feat
A RELATIONSHIP director for Lloyds has collected more than £7,000 for The Hospice of St Francis after a seven-day trek up a 19,400ft mountain.Carlo Gajewski, 57, went up Mount Kilimanjaro to repay the...
View ArticleRaiders will host a Festival of Fun
BERKHAMSTED Raiders are staging a festival of fun so people can learn more about a youth football squad.There will be a quiz night and dinner on Friday, November 25, and a Raiders Christmas market...
View ArticleStaff spa time to get over recession fret
Health resort Champneys in Tring is offering companies the chance to help their employees get over the stress of the recession by launching a corporate wellbeing programme.It claims that employees in a...
View ArticleJoin folk band for one last fling on tour
CATCH a folk band perform for one last time as Uiscedwr embark on their final year of touring in the UK.Join founder members Anna Esslemont on fiddle and vocals and Cormac Byrne on bodhran and...
View Article‘Time to check fire safety rules’
BUSINESSES are being urged to take the time to make sure they are fulfilling fire safety obligations before the Christmas rush.St John Ambulance in the east of England, which includes Dacorum, says...
View ArticleMP Gauke stands firm after Commons criticism
A TREASURY minister defended his government from calls by Labour opponents to reduce public sector spending cuts.David Gauke, also MP for South West Herts, answered backbench MPs’ questions in...
View ArticleMagic and curry nets thousands for good cause
THE transport minister was among the guests at a fundraising curry night for wounded soldiers’ charity Help for Heroes.Mike Penning, who is also MP for Hemel Hempstead, joined 70 guests for the event...
View ArticlePub fight trial will go ahead
A MAN charged with a pub assault will not be back in court until Tuesday, January 3.Michael Wood, of Eight Acres, Tring, pleads not guilty to actual bodily harm at The Bell, Tring, on Thursday, October...
View ArticleCan you give a child a new, loving home?
THIS week marks National Adoption Week and potential parents from across the borough are being asked to consider whether they could adopt.There are currently 70 children in Hertfordshire who need a...
View ArticleBurglar gets four years
A MAN from Hemel Hempstead who preyed on the elderly has been jailed for four years for a string of burglaries.Martin Wickens, 19, of no fixed abode, and his accomplice Elaine Doyle, 20, from Hampton...
View ArticleBreaking news: Police plea after stabbing death
Police have appealed for help as they launch a murder probe after the death of a 21-year-old man.The victim, who has been named on internet sites but has not yet been formally identified, was stabbed...
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