Just three pupils, but school is outstanding
An independent school for children with special educational needs has risen in the ratings from good to outstanding after its latest Ofsted inspection.The Ignite School – based in Woodhall Farm...
View ArticleA perfect ten for Tring
The Tring Hockey Club men’s first team were without a game this week, so the men’s seconds took to the fore with a 10-0 win over bottom club Witney. James Heath opened the scoring with a neat finish at...
View ArticlePlanning bulletin: Dacorum Borough Council, published November 24, 2012
Recent details of applications made to Dacorum Borough Council for planning permission to carry out development include the following proposals. 4/01840/12/Drc, Details Of Materials And Windows...
View Article999 crew arrange mother and child reunion
A mother who locked herself out of the house while her baby was inside has told the HeraldExpress how she tearfully watched him cry without being able to do anything about it.Neha Sinha, 32, who had...
View ArticleLittle Hay ladies celebrate at AGM
The Little Hay Ladies celebrated a year in which they passed the 70-member mark at their AGM last week.Retiring captain Carol Kent presented the trophies to the competition winners for the year, and...
View ArticleShop to raise funds for trust
A fundraiser is hosting a Christmas shopping event in memory of her sister who lost her battle against leukaemia 15 years ago. Organiser Martina Enright is holding the festive sale at Hemel Hempstead’s...
View Article‘Government should act to enforce regulation’
A lack of effective regulation means that some parts of the lettings sector can been likened to the property industry’s Wild West – and that’s putting consumers at risk, according to the Royal...
View ArticleGolden memories of a summer to remember
200 Hertfordshire volunteers who helped make this summer’s London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games such a success were thanked by inspirational athletes from Team GB at a special event.Etienne Stott,...
View ArticleFree bus travel on offer for our troops
Free bus travel is now on offer to serving and former members of the armed forces community. Arriva, Centrebus, Metroline and UNO, which run services in Herts, have signed up to the county’s Community...
View ArticleInjury-hit Claire forced to retire
A BMX racer from Hemel Hempstead has been forced to retire from the sport after failing to recover from serious injury to her wrist. Claire Morrison, the 2010 female over-25s national champion,...
View ArticleYoungsters needed for new sport group
The Herts Sports Partnership is in the process of setting up a Youth Sports Advisory Group that will provide informed views and recommendations about sporting opportunities for young people across...
View ArticleLoo campaign launch
A campaign is being launched in a bid to get public toilets in Hemel Hempstead’s Bennetts End reopened. Bosses at the community centre are fed up with finding needles and pregnancy tests in its toilets...
View Article£90,000 for roads, but what will that pay for?
A county councillor with a £90,000 pot of cash to spend on repairing Berkhamsted’s roads has been explaining how he decided on key projects.Dr Ian Reay, who represents the town, has already allocated...
View ArticleFive more players sign for Stags with the big kick-off fast approaching
Hemel Stags have signed another crop of players to their 2013 Championship 1 squad. Outside-back Aaron Small, props Ian Keevil and Aidan Pritchard, full-back Harry Mostyn and hooker Joel Miranda have...
View ArticleMP had doubts about taking big promotion
Hemel Hempstead MP and former soldier Mike Penning expressed doubts as to whether he should have been promoted to a ministerial post in Northern Ireland at an hour long meeting with Prime Minister...
View ArticleReaders help to hit target for Sienna’s tricycle wish
A mum has been left gobsmacked by the generosity of people after launching an appeal to buy her disabled daughter a specially adapted trike for Christmas. Becky Hollick asked for help to foot the bill...
View Article‘We can carry on with Henry’s charity work’
Donations made at the funeral of a popular young man from Tring will go towards sending a volunteer to help build and repair homes for poor people in Kyrgyzstan.Henry Nash, who passed away on Tuesday,...
View ArticleCall for streetlight to be turned on after damage to cars
A driver whose car was targeted in overnight attacks is calling for the streetlight outside his home to be left on during darkness. Nicholas Ellis says his neighbours have also been victims of thugs...
View ArticleMore time to get in the beers this Christmas
A homegrown brewery has been given the nod to extend its licensing hours so that customers can grab a crate on the way home from work.Tring Brewey in Dunsley Farm will open on Friday evenings until 8pm...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: End Of Watch
“I am the police, and I’m here to arrest you. You’ve broken the law. I did not write the law. I may disagree with the law but I will enforce it. By law I am unable to walk away. I am a consequence. I...
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