Matt Adcock’s film review: Silent Hill –Revelation 3D
Welcome to back to Silent Hill, a place formed by the twisted psyche of those who have suffered unimaginable horrors, an alternate dimension ruled by demonic forces… If that sounds like the sort of...
View ArticleCouple will help make Christmas cheaper in Hemel Hempstead
Howard Hyams has opened the Christmas Cut Price Shop in Hemel Hempstead after a 23-year absence from the town’s retail scene.The shop, which he runs with wife Michelle, is where Thorntons in Marlowes...
View ArticleHonours even in end-to-end draw for Kings
Kings Langley 3 Cranfield United 3Kings Langley were held to a home draw in an entertaining clash with Cranfield United on Saturday.Jimmy Armstrong notched a brace and Sakho Bakare also got his name...
View ArticleMusic on the Moor is facing the finale
The future of the most popular music event in the borough has been thrown into doubt after bosses announced they are ‘revisiting’ Music on the Moor.The cost of staging the free festival has reached...
View ArticleInterim boss for hospital
THE director of nursing at West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust will step into the top job on an interim basis.Natalie Forrest, who has been a nurse for more than 20 years, will take on the role of chief...
View ArticleLong Marston roll on in the County Cup
Sarratt 3 Long Marston 4Long Marston made it through to the next round of the County Cup as they took advantage of the competition’s new roll-on-roll-off substitutes format.Sarratt took an early lead...
View ArticleTable toppers are toppled by four-goal Nield
Kings Langley Ladies 4 Bishop’s Stortford Ladies 3Kings had four-goal Kim Nield to thank as they moved level on points with league leaders Bishop’s Stortford Town after beating them in a tense...
View ArticleTring Athletic left empty-handed as Ampthill Town take all three points
Ampthill Town 3 Tring Athletic 0Ampthill Town put in an impressive second half display as they swept to a deserved victory over Tring Athletic.In a largely uneventful first 30 minutes, Tring felt they...
View ArticleThe Comrades fight back twice to edge a five-goal thriller
Berkhamsted 3 Colney Heath 2Berkhamsted twice came from behind to take all three points in a highly entertaining clash with Colney Heath at Broadwater.Colney took the lead early on, before Frankie...
View ArticleHat-trick hero Sizer has the measure of Storm in the cup
Tring Athletic A made it through to the next round of the Herts Junior Cup with a narrow win at AFC Storm.Glen Sizer was the Tring hero – his hat-trick doing the damage in the 3-2 victory. Joining them...
View ArticleTourists could holiday at Walter’s old place
The new owners of the former racing estate that was managed by Walter Swinburn and Peter Harris for more than 20 years are looking into the possibility of offering holiday lets from the property.If the...
View ArticleTreasury minister David Gauke says those who complain about child benefit...
South West Herts MP David Gauke has accused those who are opposed to child benefit cuts for high-earners of being ‘fiscal nimbys’.The treasury minister, who previously said it is ‘morally wrong’ to pay...
View ArticleNo place like Frome
Frome Town 1 Hemel Hempstead Town 3Table topping Hemel Town returned to winning ways with a deserved victory at Frome Town on Saturday.The Tudors had crashed to their first loss in six games a week...
View ArticleRain halts play for the Sunday league teams
Only three games took place in the Berkhamsted Sunday Friendly League this week after the Dacorum pitches took a battering from heavy overnight rain.All of the Steve Norwood Challenge Cup fixtures were...
View ArticleTrial of man who allegedly stole £135k from The National Children’s Home delayed
The man who allegedly stole £135k from The National Children’s Home will now appear in St Albans Crown Court on Monday, November 19.Christopher MacKnight, 52, of Howard Agne Close, Bovingdon, is...
View ArticleFlu fighters are music to the ears of patients
Ambulance crews in Herts have become flu fighters in the biggest ever NHS vaccination campaign.More than 700 paramedics and ambulance staff in the county have had flu jabs so far but bosses hope to...
View ArticleNew academy will help young swimmers in Dacorum to make a splash
Hemel Hempstead Swimming Club and Sportspace have joined forces to launch the Hemel Hempstead Aquaspace Swimming Academy.The Academy aims to increase swimming opportunities within Dacorum and help...
View ArticleTRAVEL: Skiing in the Dolomites
With the winter sports season almost upon us, skiing enthusiast Jan Henderson reflects on an action-packed break in the Dolomites The style and charm of the Italians, the friendliness and efficiency of...
View ArticleGreen feeling blue as run goes on
Stotfold 3 Leverstock Green 0Leverstock Green’s poor run of form continued on Saturday as Stotfold inflicted a fourth consecutive defeat on Steve Benitez’s side.It is now seven games since Green last...
View ArticleBerkhamsted mayor trapped in lift
The chairman of Berkhamsted Town Council’s transport and environment committee couldn’t get to its meeting on Monday – because he was stuck in a lift.Councillor Ron Cowie, who is also the town’s mayor,...
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