Late goals hit Hemel
Gosport Borough 3 Hemel Hempstead Town 3High-flying Hemel Town were left to reflect on what might have been after letting a two-goal lead slip at struggling Gosport Town on Saturday.A Charlie Mpi...
View ArticleTRAVEL: Battlefields of Belgium and France
Tony Looch follows in the footsteps of the lost generation in Belgium.It is now nearly 100 years since young Hugh Cameron Smith patriotically told the lie which ended his life in his teens, and yet...
View ArticleTown leave it late to sink Langley Ladies
Bishop’s Stortford Town Ladies 4 Kings Langley Ladies 3 Kings Langley Ladies remain in second spot in the league, despite being dealt a killer blow deep into stoppage time against Bishop’s Stortford....
View ArticleDacorum and Tring runners stay on track
Runners from Dacorum and Tring Athletics Club were in action on Saturday at the Chiltern League meet in Shuttleworth.A group of 15 men and five ladies were in action at the second match of the season,...
View ArticleCommunity order for man who touched teen
A wheelchair-bound man who sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl was found to have more than 300 indecent images of children when the police examined his computers.Anthony Styles, 46, was sentenced to...
View ArticleLife’s a beech for Oakman
Tring-based pub company Oakman Inn has added a sixth site to its growing portfolio.It has planning permission to change the use and extend a shop in Beaconsfield to create a pub called The Beech...
View ArticleSeventh heaven for the Golden Girls as the unbeaten streak continues
Tottenham Hotspur Ladies 0 Watford Ladies 2Watford Ladies extended their unbeaten run to seven games with a hard-fought win at Tottenham in the FA Women’s Premier League Cup.The contest took a little...
View ArticleGriggs red card proves costly for Comrades
St Margaretsbury 2 Berkhamsted 0Berkhamsted manager Mick Vipond was left fuming after he saw his side beaten at St Margaretsbury in highly controversial circumstances.With the game finely balanced at...
View ArticleHome win for Tring as Colney see red
Tring Athletic 2 London Colney 0Tring Athletic returned to action at the Grass Roots Stadium with a deserved victory over nine-man London Colney.After three Saturdays in a row away from home, Tring...
View ArticleA414 update - roads reopened while fire burns on
Highways officials have reopened the A414 and the A4147 roads in Hemel Hempstead and St Albans after closing them for more than 24 hours.The roads were closed at 3am on Monday because smoke from a fire...
View ArticleBerkhamsted win keeps the ball rolling
The Berkhamsted and Hemel Hempstead Hockey Club men’s first team picked up where they left off last week as they dispatched a ten-man Bishop’s Stortford third XI 7-2. Berko never looked in any danger...
View ArticleHat-trick hero Payne delivers for Tring
The Tring Hockey Club men’s first team took a point away against Oxford, although they were disappointed to draw after leading the game 3-1. Sam Payne took the scoring honours with a hat-trick.The...
View ArticleProperty market ‘moving towards stability’
Chartered surveyors across the east of England, including Dacorum, are reporting the emergence of stability in the residential property market.New buyer enquiries, properties on the market and price...
View ArticleTring Park girl wows X Factor judges
A 16-year-old former student of a Tring school is now the last girl left on TV talent show The X Factor – and she’s still wowing its judges.Ella Henderson sang Tinie Tempah’s Written In The Stars on...
View ArticleParking: Is a decision on the way?
A network of new parking permits could be given the go-ahead within a fortnight.Berkhamsted Town Council has been considering plans for the residents-only zones around the train station and Charles...
View ArticleScale back the wedding, we need a mortgage
Britons are shunning big white weddings in a bid to get on the property ladder, new research from Barclays has revealed. 52 per cent of Britons – more than half the UK population – would choose to put...
View ArticleA414 update: road hit by new closure
There’s another morning of delays in store for commuters with the closureof the northbound carriageway of the A414 between the A405 and its junction with the M1 due to the continuing fire at the nearby...
View ArticleThere were warning signs before fire killed Kings Langley woman
Support agencies for old people will enter into contracts to ensure elderly people’s homes are better protected, following the death of a woman who died in a fire at her home.There were tell-tale signs...
View ArticleGood hospital provisions mean patients fund in Tring laid to rest
A charity that provides medical equipment to people who have been discharged from hospital has disbanded because it is no longer needed.Tring Patients Medical Fund, which will wind up today at its...
View ArticleHelp make Christmas extra special for someone
A good cause is appealing for donations of gifts to bring a smile to the faces of old folks this Christmas. Age Concern Dacorum is throwing three festive bashes where Christmas dinner will be served up...
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